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A Review of Secrets of a Webcam Girl, by Annabelle Baxter
Introduction: This is Annabelle Baxter’s memoir as a webcam girl (digital stripper) and a body-rub girl (giving happy-ending massage sessions). The book contains a gallery of broken men. The author, who used to be a real estate agent, cannot any longer afford the stress and the expenses of her life. She cheats on her boyfriend,…
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A Review of Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin’s Luck, by Horatio Alger Jr.
Introduction: Horatio Alger Jr.’s novels are as goofy as can be, and they all follow the very same pattern. Poor boy works honestly, diligently, and relentlessly seeks success, then some problem occurs, and the boy demonstrates his good character in helping solve the issue, and becomes rich and popular in the process. Alger Jr. has…
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The Politics of Confusion: A Review of Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism.
Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the common man. It has raised the average standard of living to a height never dreamed of in earlier ages. It has made accessible to millions of people enjoyments which a…
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Cherished Remnants
Traveler intruding on the jetsam of birds:Let not pass the nest of days forgottenTo ruminate on wet sulfur memories.The feather tucked in between pebble stonesAnd horned twigs hung by the digest of the dayNow vane-barren,Was groomed till that due flight.Be not fooled by unsavory shards of shellAs you know not the fates of yokes contained.Nor…
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Government Ownership of Petroleum
“It is as if the average human assumes that a coercive governance must be established or assigned despite the fact that such a government is often not very efficient or even involved in the outcomes we ultimately want, peace and prosperity.” Block and Sløk-Madsen, Who Should Own the North Pole? In many oil-producing countries, governments…