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ONLY AMERICANS BURN IN HELL by Jarett Kobek – a review #twitterati #dmt #facebook #trump #posttruth #killerfairies #jarettkobek

Only Americans Burn in Hell is by Turkish-American writer, Jarett Kobek. It’s a second follow up to 2016’s surprise self-published hit, I Hate The Internet. Like that book, it is a scathing satire of contemporary society, institutions, and media. Kobek’s Fans include the radical comedian Stewart Lee & the anarchist writer Alan Moore, and he […]

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Because I’m Human – #anti-bullying #poetry

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On Protestant Life Expectancy and Lazy Journalism.

Originally posted on The Oisín Dubh:
Thoughts on the pathological resistance to discussions of class inequality in Ireland. So an article has been doing the rounds in the past few days with a pretty eye-catching title. A new study from the CSO, it tells us, has supported the view that Irish Protestants live longer,…