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You and I, meaning Normal People, we look at our Thought Leaders, our Media and Cultural Overlords, our Ruling Class, and oftentimes wonder how they can be so venal and dishonest in pursuit of what they want - and what they want most of all is control over the lives of us Normal People, those of us who do not want to control anyone. We just want to be left alone.
How many times have we asked,
How do they live with themselves? All the lies they tell, the innocent people they destroy, the fake news they publish, the character assassination, the stoking of racial conflict, the hate campaigns, the advocating of violence, the unending cultural bigotry against those of us just minding our own business...
How do they sleep at night?Maybe, thanks to the dribs and drabs that have bubbled up over the past year, we are starting to have that question answered. The latest revelation surrounds Sally Quinn, the surviving widow of Ben Bradlee, the
Washington Post's powerful executive editor from 1968 to 1991, who then served as the paper's vice president until his death in 2014.
Comment: Yet another damning report but nothing gets resolved. When people try to raise awareness, the governments stomp on that idea: Roger Waters: Congress threatens to silence human rights advocates