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Time and Tide Wait for No Man

July 24, 2026 | The Fortnightly Rant

Nine hundred years ago, Henry of Huntingdon wrote of King Canute, a Dane who had ruled England about a century before. Canute, in Henry’s telling, had his throne carried down to the seashore, where he then commanded the incoming tide to stop advancing before it reached him. Spoiler alert: the tide did not stop. Tides come and go, but that story has remained. So it goes with many stories that are open to interpretation. A fool might think that the story shows King Canute to be a wet-footed fool. That ancient monarch knew, though, where his powers ended. He was just trying to drive some sense into the sycophants who surrounded him. To this day, Canute is remembered as a wise man who was immune to flattery. Today, it’s fair to say, we’re ruled by a fool for whom flattery is the very breath of life. How dare we call him a fool? What else can you call a man who says “there is no…

Kidnapping Maduro: Narco-fiction as Narrative Management

July 24, 2026 | The Alleged News®

by Richard M. Balzano On January 3rd, “Operation Absolute Resolve” transformed years of coup attempts, subversion, and sanctions into outright abduction, as Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were kidnapped by U.S. forces and transported to New York. The White House framed Maduro as a narco-kingpin, head of the fictional “Cartel of the Suns,” dressing the regime-change operation in the language of law enforcement coated in uplifting rhetoric that oscillated between liberation-speak and outright resource imperialism. Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, spent decades antagonizing Washington by committing the unforgivable crime of using Venezuela’s oil wealth to fund social programs instead of allowing multinational corporations to siphon it abroad uninterrupted. His Bolivarian Revolution improved literacy, healthcare access, and poverty indicators for millions. He also…

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2018—A travel trailer tire blowout near Redding, Calif. sends sparks flying from the wheel rim; a 154-mph fire tornado kills four and injures six. 1968—Newly elected, the President of South…

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2019—Pres. Trump makes a “perfect” phone call to Pres. Zelenskyy. 2000—In a touching display of naiveté, George W.[MD] Bush announces that he has picked Dick “Dick” Cheney as running mate….

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2017—“Who the hell wants to talk about politics…in front of the Boy Scouts?,” asks Donald Trump, who then talks politics at the Jamboree. 2009—Chen Guojun, a $440,000/year Chinese steel executive,…

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2014—Arizona authorities experimenting with new poisons find Joseph Wood’s execution takes 12 times longer than the expected 10 minutes. 2001—Bank robber Gary Sampson calls the FBI to turn himself in,…

Sexual Peccadilloes of Public People

July 24, 2026 | The Northcountry Chronicle

by W.D. Ehrhart So much for ex-Marine oysterman and working-class hero Graham Platner’s bid to unseat the sleazy weaselly Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate. Another American male undone by his inability to keep his pants up. It just amazes me—indeed, leaves me breathless and…

N.H. DOE’s “Nuclear Roadmap”

July 24, 2026 | Mash Notes, Hate Mail & Other Correspondence

To the N.H. Department of Energy, Concord, N.H.: Dear Sirs, On behalf of Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SAPL) and our approximately 300 members throughout the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, I’d like to submit the following comments in regard to your “Nuclear Roadmap” process. In considering…

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Volume 270, No. 23

Another fortnight, another no-show from truth, justice, and the American Way.

Like our favorite forgotten Founding Father, we hold monarchy in contempt as a form of government.

Here’s what Thomas Paine had to say about William the Conqueror, who ruled England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066: “A French bastard landing with an armed Banditti and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original.”

Despite our antipathy towards all things regal, in this issue we had a kind word for one of King Billy’s predecessors.

Strange times, indeed. To learn what has come over us, just give this link a click.

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“Thanks again, as always, for making the now really bad news somewhat easier to tolerate. The truth, which is now seldom spoken, and never spoken by our nation’s “Liar in Chief,” just keeps getting worse and worse. I am thankful for our still (for now, anyway) free press and late night television comedians’ rants posted on Youtube about the state of our country.”

— E.S., Dover, N.H.

Admiral Fowle’s Piscataqua River Tidal Guide
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Portsmouth, arguably the first town in this country not founded by religious extremists, is bounded on the north and east by the Piscataqua River, the second, third, or fourth fastest-flowing navigable river in the country…read more.