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What Have We Learned?

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Exactly one week ago the big media outfits went through the mandatory ritual of marking the 25th anniversary of… That Day. Being what they are, they could hardly have done otherwise. Their marching orders were to be solemn and respectful, to note how many people died in less than two hours—enough to constitute a modest New Hampshire town—and remember all the people who loved them, and whose lives have been forever changed. Not to have done any and all of this would have been unthinkable. The more daring of the news franchises, having temporarily appeased their audience’s apparently insatiable appetite for ritualized catharsis, may have brought up some of the effects of That Day on our daily lives. Like mediocre jokes from stereotypical stand-up comics, these typically cited various petty annoyances associated with air travel. The boldest among those who peddle gab about current events might even have mentioned Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The alleged mastermind of the plot that shocked the nation is still notoriously…

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Randy Fine and the Ministry of Acceptable Journalism

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by Richard Balzano Calla Walsh, Jackson Hinkle and Christopher Helali have been accused of disinformation and propaganda. They are nontraditional journalists, certainly. They do not spend their days interviewing retired generals for mainstream outlets about why this week’s bombing campaign is regrettable but necessary, and they don’t wait until truth commissions to be on the right side of history. Instead, they travel to countries the United States considers enemies, talk to people Americans are told to hate and fear, and report perspectives that rarely penetrate our Western media echo chamber. The trio were among the remarkably few Western media figures who attended the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Funny thing about journalism: sometimes it’s more than transcribing State Department talking points; sometimes it requires…

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Sat, Sept 19

2014—Iraq War veteran Omar J. Gonzalez jumps the White House fence and runs into the East Room. 2001—George W.[MD] Bush tells CIA chief George Tenet to look for links between…

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Fri, Sept 18

2023—John Waters gets his star on Hollywood’s filthy Walk of Fame. 2014—A scientific study concludes that the U.S. is not a democracy, but an oligarchy: the rich rule the people….

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Thurs, Sept 17

2011—Wall Street gets Occupied. 2002—President George W.[MD] Bush says, “… fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me …you can’t get fooled again.” 2001—President George W.[MD] Bush gives the…

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Wed, Sept 16

2016—D. Trump gets a free 1.5 hour infomercial from all the networks. 2009—Nashua-born news anchor Ernie Anastos tells a weatherman, on air, “Keep fucking that chicken.” 2001—Dick “Dick” Cheney vows…

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All the News That’s Fit to Print?

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by W.D. Ehrhart For the past few months, I have largely avoided political events and especially contemporary goings-on involving the staggeringly comically greedy egotistical narcissistic bigoted hate-fueled criminal he-would-be-unbelievable-except-that-we’re seeing-it-daily-with-our-own-eyes excuse for a human being occupying what has become the Whitewash House. Instead, I’ve written…

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Volume 271, No. 1

Despite our insistence on practicing a fairly uninhibited sort of journalism here, at a time when the powerful frown on such behavior, we have survived yet another fortnight.

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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
(Not for Navigational Purposes)

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.