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You nailed this, I hate to say you did it better than Tiedrich even though I never fail to appreciate how fluently he uses multiple curse words in each sentence. Kissinger needed more than just insults. I don't think any of us particularly should decide his eternal punishment but I wish those with the job every bit of creativity and self-justification the man himself employed.

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Could you send the reference of Tiedrich writing on Kissinger please ? I'm interested in reading it if possible. Thank you

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Just go to Jeff T.'s latest Substack release. You can subscribe and read for free, but are not allowed commenting.

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Thanks a lot, I didn't know he was on Substack, I got it and will translate in French.

Have a great day

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I restacked it and tagged you so I'm hoping that will do the trick? If it doesn't comment back and I'll try something else. His cursing is beautiful, makes me miss my Grandma.

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Thanks Rachel, I found his article on Substack as Christopher Cosma wrote it to me.

Have a great day

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“I was always taught never to say anything about the dead unless it’s good. He’s dead. Good.”

Jackie “Moms” Mabley

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Thank you for reminding me of Moms Mabley. Anyone who reads this and DOESN’T know about her should immediately look her up. You won’t regret it.

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Heartily agree!

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I never knew of Mom’s deep wisdom. Thank you!

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He had two children, David and Elizabeth. David is head of Conan O’Brien’s TV production company, which so far has produced fairly mediocre, harmless and mostly unsuccessful programming, and Elizabeth seems to keep a low internet profile. (I only know this only because David is a friend of a friend). I just read that Kissinger was worth about $50 million when he died. I suppose we can hope the offspring put some of any inheritance to use for good.

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Fuck! And I thought the search for the Anti-Christ was at an end.

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I had to read your post twice because it's chock full of details—and all depressing. It's a truism, the victors write history. I had the pleasure of meeting Bourdain once and for someone who had obvious personal demons, he walked the walk and through his explorations of world cuisine, visited a plethora of different cultures.Unlike Kissinger, he was the true statesman, trying to understand people from different backgrounds and explore their worlds, not fucking bomb them out of existence.

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The little brown people are never missed. The white folks think there are always plenty more where they came from.

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He leaves enormous shoes to fill for any aspiring war criminals out there.

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“Kissinger was considered a moderate by today’s standards.” It appears the shoes are well and truly filled, and then some. Perhaps not by just one pair of feet but several, each pair trying to outdo the other.

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Brilliant brilliant write! You can’t make up stuff like this. I didn’t know half of how huge the murderous numbers were either. I love the play on words and the satirical way that it’s written, the truth is it’s true!

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May he enjoy every ring of hell.

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The good die young.

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Kissinger FINALLY hit his term limit

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If hell is anything like the average US jail, maybe he'll enjoy special attention from some of his fellow inmates.

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As a tribute to this piece of shit, Congress in the Un-United $nakes of AmeriKKKa-IF, just cancelled the first amendement:

US Congress declares anti-Zionism is equal to anti-Semitism /Air strike update for Nov 30, 2023

That would be true ONLY if human rights crimes are an inherent feature of Jewishness. Is that the message Congress is trying to convey to us? Do they know there are anti-Zionist Jews? What are they?

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Kissigner's long lasting fascist influence on the dems and republicans and the Zionists with Crosses and those with the Star of Bloody David.

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Spencer Ackerman, writing for Rolling Stone puts it well, with this headline: “Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies.”

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Henry Kissinger? There is no need to speak ill of the dead. The truth suffices.

Millions! He was responsible for millions of deaths, and they gave him a Nobel Peace Prize?

Here's hoping that Dante Alighieri had it right and he goes all the way down to the bottom where he belongs. For all eternity.

Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary | National Security Archive (gwu.edu) - google this

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As if we needed further evidence, the life of Henry Kissinger proves that the deaths of brown peoples count for nothing. That's one experiment we can stop replicating.

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Donald Drumpf's future; take every health risk, live to 100 on demonic blessing anyhow.

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I sincerely hope you’re wrong. I’m 65 and I really want to live long enough to dance on his grave.

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Nov 30, 2023·edited Nov 30, 2023

My standards are so low nowadays, that even Trump seems like a good choice to compare to what we currently got. I didn't vote for him in 2016 and 2020, but if worst comes the worst, I'll close my eyes, pinch my nose, and vote for him.

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Spot on! Even odious ex-Presidents like Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Donald Trump couldn’t compare in body count, the number of wars instigated or the complete lack of any moral sense whatsoever.

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