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Will They Be Benevolent?

No, Not This Administration. Extraterrestrials.

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Ken Taub
Feb 06, 2025
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In times like these, when we feel like we’re desperately hanging onto a cliffside rope, and directly above us rats are gnawing on the hemp fibers, it’s reasonable to ask: who will shoo away the rats? And then: who’s going to pull us up, save us?

The two surviving Beatles are rather old. And Obama’s busy.


We’re surely a batty bunch forever inclined to ge…

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