<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The End is Near]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>As the political storm brews a dust storm it will settle with mushroom clouds and death. I just hope I get to see my oldest grandkids drive my '56. </p>

<p>What do you see in the future for mankind? Do you have hope or am I dillusional?</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/topic/47038/the-end-is-near</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:35:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://brownsboard.com/topic/47038.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Sat, 08 Jul 2017 08:36:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/roycerolls" aria-label="Profile: roycerolls">@<bdi>roycerolls</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710670">said</a>:</p>
<p>That's correct, I haven't been anywhere but I can read, and I've seen enough to realize that America is a for profit organization that doesn't give a fuck about me or my family or anyone who can't afford it. </p>

<p>I don't blame you for refusing to believe that these modern wars are driven by money. It's a depressing side to take, but I don't have the luxury of placing what I want to believe over what makes sense.</p>
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<p>I agree with some of this. I don't really think the government has a responsibility to care about me or my family. How could they? I'm just one of 350 plus million. </p>

<p>On the other hand, our government has been forced to admit to some pretty disturbing things. For example, why is it that most conflicts past WWII were not declared wars by our congress? </p>

<p>Vietnam was about opium and heroine production as evidenced by Frank Lucas, Nicky Barnes, and other mobsters like Carmine Tramunti. The overall tactics used in Vietnam are indicative of a prolonged conflict by design.</p>

<p>Operation Iraqi Freedom was also a prolonged conflict by design as they employed similar tactics just like in Vietnam. We also planted the seeds for insurgency by our actions and inactions throughout the conflict.</p>

<p>Operation Enduring Freedom is where our opium is coming from now. If you look back at the rise of pharmaceutical sales from before OEF to now you'll see a huge spike. Just as you will with pharmaceutical related addictions and deaths. </p>

<p>There's also our government's documented experimentation with mind control. </p>

<p>Anyone in a position of power that has sought to end the FED, has either been assassinated, ruined politically, or is lost in obscurity. There are plots afoot and they are being executed across the political board. Part of the reason that partiality towards this party or that seems to make less sense by the day.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/714423</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/714423</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 08:36:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:21:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/boo-fagley" aria-label="Profile: boo-fagley">@<bdi>boo-fagley</bdi></a> said:</p>
<p>Love that year Chevy.</p>

<p>Is the gas tank spout behind the tail light? What motor? 327?</p>
</blockquote>Yes behind the left tail light. Originally it had 283 but now a 350. It's got chrome everything under the hood but is a cruiser not a hot rod really. It looks mean and the brakes are rough you have to stand on them. It's been in the family for years.]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712997</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712997</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[One Post]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:09:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/fairhooker11" aria-label="Profile: fairhooker11">@<bdi>fairhooker11</bdi></a> <a href="/post/712938">said</a>:</p><p>or Cysko vs White Dog or Bunker ?</p></blockquote>
<p>Good point. We're going to have to move this thing to the Rocksino ir the Gund Arena.</p>

<p>WSS </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712952</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712952</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westside Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:09:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:53:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>or Cysko vs White Dog or Bunker ?</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712938</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712938</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FairHooker11]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:53:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 23:03:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I'd feel dirty watching that one</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712863</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712863</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MLD Woody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 23:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:27:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/diehardbrownsfan" aria-label="Profile: diehardbrownsfan">@<bdi>diehardbrownsfan</bdi></a> <a href="/post/712828">said</a>:</p><p>Aww, look like someone came back angry huh boy?  HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.</p></blockquote>
<p>If anyone has been following the Browns board looks like they are trying to put together a bout between Zombo and Ghoolie. Maybe Cleve and Die-hard could-be on the card? </p>
<p>WSS </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712833</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712833</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westside Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:27:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:23:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/clevfan4life" aria-label="Profile: clevfan4life">@<bdi>clevfan4life</bdi></a> <a href="/post/712786">said</a>:</p><div><p>You're a stupid fuck sitting on your couch rotting away who the are you? Your a stupid old cunt from NE ohio like everyone elae here</p></div></blockquote>
<p>Aww, look like someone came back angry huh boy?  HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712828</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712828</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DieHardBrownsFan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:23:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:49:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/diehardbrownsfan" aria-label="Profile: diehardbrownsfan">@<bdi>diehardbrownsfan</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710662">said</a>:</p><p>Where the fuck have you ever been in the world?  Served in the military?  CIA?  FBI?  Or just some stupid fuck from Youngstown.  </p></blockquote>
<p>You're a stupid fuck sitting on your couch rotting away who the are you? Your a stupid old cunt from NE ohio like everyone elae here</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/712786</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/712786</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clevfan4life]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Mon, 19 Jun 2017 02:19:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/boo-fagley" aria-label="Profile: boo-fagley">@<bdi>boo-fagley</bdi></a> said:</p>
<p>56 what?</p>

<p>Chevy?</p>
</blockquote>Yes '56 Chevy Nomad wagon. Souped up and Cleveland Brown.]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711486</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711486</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[One Post]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 02:19:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:58:38 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mld-woody" aria-label="Profile: mld-woody">@<bdi>mld-woody</bdi></a> <a href="/post/711043">said</a>:</p><p>Lol. I see nothing wrong with that. He'll be completely fair</p></blockquote>The Cleveland Caveliers played the Golden State Warriors for the nba championship. Steve is a Cavs fan and was being quite jovial about some fake news that the Golden State team would visit the White House; our nations capital.
<p>You see, when a professional team wins a championship...most of them visit the White House and when it was Obammy in office he would suck them dry,</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711085</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711085</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[One Post]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:58:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 22:12:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/westside-steve" aria-label="Profile: westside-steve">@<bdi>westside-steve</bdi></a> <a href="/post/711034">said</a>:</p>
<p>Or it was a fine joke making fun of our enemies in golden state and you are stupid but I wish to be fair about this. We will let Cal decide. </p>
<p><img src="https://brownsboard.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f601.png?v=914d980dd38" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grin" title=":grin:" alt="😁" /></p>
<p>WSS</p>
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<p>Lol. I see nothing wrong with that. He'll be completely fair</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711043</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711043</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MLD Woody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 22:12:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:44:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>well, as the duly appointed special decider, this will take some time...I have to investigate</p>
<p>whether or not Woody had communications with the russians, and consider the possibility</p>
<p>that he may have obstructed poetic justice...completely impartially, of course...in my best impression</p>
<p>of a liberal judge....</p>

<p>and I won't flop, pull jerseys, knee Irving in the leg, hammer Lebronco in the head and claim foul and try to get</p>
<p>two foul shots after claiming the warrior player was ...."headbutted"   and pay off referees to act like wwf refs like Dishonesty Curry and the</p>
<p>Big Actors did..</p>

<p>okay, Steve wins. It was a good joke, I got it, agreed with it. <img src="https://brownsboard.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=914d980dd38" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" alt="🙂" /></p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711038</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711038</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[calfoxwc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:44:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:16:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mld-woody" aria-label="Profile: mld-woody">@<bdi>mld-woody</bdi></a> <a href="/post/711028">said</a>:</p>
<p>Oh, so it was just a bad joke.</p>

<p>My fault. Carry on.</p>
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<p>Or it was a fine joke making fun of our enemies in golden state and you are stupid but I wish to be fair about this. We will let Cal decide. </p>
<p><img src="https://brownsboard.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f601.png?v=914d980dd38" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grin" title=":grin:" alt="😁" /></p>
<p>WSS </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711034</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711034</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westside Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:16:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:51:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Oh, so it was just a bad joke.</p>

<p>My fault. Carry on.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711028</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711028</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MLD Woody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:51:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:05:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/westside-steve" aria-label="Profile: westside-steve">@<bdi>westside-steve</bdi></a> <a href="/post/711014">said</a>:</p>
<p>Keeping the Golden State Warriors out of the White House would cut-down on security costs  from theft assuming that the Golden State Warriors live their lives as dirty as they play ball. Take a deep breath kids.</p>


<p>Another clue is that I wouldn't have said it about the Cleveland Cavaliers who, I assume, also employ a lot of negroes. </p>
<p>WSS</p>
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<p>Larry Bird isn't white - Larry is clear. </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711020</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tiamat63]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:05:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:17:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/tiamat63" aria-label="Profile: tiamat63">@<bdi>tiamat63</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710999">said</a>:</p><p>Not that I give a shit either way but I'm curious....  how is it more of a warriors slam ?</p></blockquote>Keeping the Golden State Warriors out of the White House would cut-down on security costs  from theft assuming that the Golden State Warriors live their lives as dirty as they play ball. Take a deep breath kids.

<p>Another clue is that I wouldn't have said it about the Cleveland Cavaliers who, I assume, also employ a lot of negroes. </p>
<p>WSS</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/711014</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/711014</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westside Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:17:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:54:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/westside-steve" aria-label="Profile: westside-steve">@<bdi>westside-steve</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710977">said</a>:</p>
<p>It was more of a Golden State Warriors slam snowflake. </p>
<p>WSS</p>
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<p>Not that I give a shit either way but I'm curious....  how is it more of a warriors slam ?</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710999</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710999</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tiamat63]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:54:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:04:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sober-poet" aria-label="Profile: sober-poet">@<bdi>sober-poet</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710864">said</a>:</p>
<p>OK, One Post, you were the first to respond to my first ever post on the Browns Board so you get a poetry prize.  It’s my belief that most people will go through life never having a poem (either written or spoken) dedicated to them.  Well, you are safe, cuz this one’s for you.</p>

<p>I’ve been on to this guy for a while, true freaking genius and his politics should cause a ruckus on this board.  I suggest reading the poem then visiting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" rel="external nofollow">his Wikipedia page</a>.  I really can’t summarize what an amazing life Archibald MacLeish had.</p>

<p><img src="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/poetpics/macleish.jpg" alt="macleish.jpg" /></p>

<p><strong>Archibald MacLeish (1982-1982)</strong></p>

<p>Here are a few high points:</p>

<ul><li>Studied at Yale, member of Skull and Bones Society, graduate work at Harvard Law and edited Harvard Law Review</li>
<li>First an ambulance driver then an artillery captain in WWI</li>
<li>Left his law firm in the 20s and moved as an expatriate to France as an avant-garde poet, hung with Picasso, Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, you name it.</li>
<li>Wrote for Fortune magazine upon his return to US, then was appointed the first Librarian of Congress by FDR.  He completely reorganized the library and started the Poet Laureate Award process.</li>
<li>Assisted with the development of the new "Research and Analysis Branch" of the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. </li>
<li>During World War II served as director of the War Department's Office of Facts and Figures and as the assistant director of the Office of War Information, and was heavily involved with propaganda.</li>
<li>Persecuted by J Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy after the war for allegedly being a “fellow traveler” with communists/socialists (in spite of war service and after having helped create the CIA basically.)</li>
<li>2 Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and one for Drama. Talented guy.</li>
</ul>Here’s MacLeish’s take on your post, One Post:
<p><strong>The End of the World</strong></p>

<p>Quite unexpectedly, as Vasserot</p>
<p>The armless ambidextrian was lighting</p>
<p>A match between his great and second toe,</p>
<p>And Ralph the lion was engaged in biting</p>
<p>The neck of Madame Sossman while the drum</p>
<p>Pointed, and Teeny was about to cough</p>
<p>In waltz-time swinging Jocko by the thumb,</p>
<p>Quite unexpectedly the top blew off:</p>

<p>And there, there overhead, there, there hung over</p>
<p>Those thousands of white faces, those dazed eyes,</p>
<p>There in the starless dark, the poise, the hover,</p>
<p>There with vast wings across the cancelled skies,</p>
<p>There in the sudden blackness the black pall</p>
<p>Of nothing, nothing, nothing -- nothing at all.</p>
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<img src="https://brownsboard.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=914d980dd38" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" alt="🙂" />]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710982</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710982</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[One Post]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:04:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:05:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mld-woody" aria-label="Profile: mld-woody">@<bdi>mld-woody</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710918">said</a>:</p>
<p>I have an idea what you made an attempt at... But unfortunately it completely fell flat. </p>

<p>The black people steal joke is funnier when they're not black men with more more than you'll ever see. Just saying</p>

<p>Mixed with the context of this board as well I guess</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It was more of a Golden State Warriors slam snowflake. </p>
<p>WSS </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710977</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710977</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Westside Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:05:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:49:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Scary white men!   Scary black BOYS!</p>

<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mld-woody" aria-label="Profile: mld-woody">@<bdi>mld-woody</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710918">said</a>:</p><div><p>I have an idea what you made an attempt at... But unfortunately it completely fell flat.<br /><br />The black people steal joke is funnier when they're not black men with more more than you'll ever see. Just saying<br /><br />Mixed with the context of this board as well I guess</p></div></blockquote>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710923</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710923</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DieHardBrownsFan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:49:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:27:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/westside-steve" aria-label="Profile: westside-steve">@<bdi>westside-steve</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710856">said</a>:</p>
<p>If you really can't understand I don't imagine that explanation will help. </p>

<p>WSS</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have an idea what you made an attempt at... But unfortunately it completely fell flat. </p>

<p>The black people steal joke is funnier when they're not black men with more more than you'll ever see. Just saying</p>

<p>Mixed with the context of this board as well I guess</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710918</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710918</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[MLD Woody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:27:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:06:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>good ole sheppie was an author and a poet back in the day.</p>

<p>"still crazy after all these years?"</p>

<p>shepwrite....the emotional ultra extremist liberal/college star qb fancier...</p>


<p>"with leftwing lib hate,</p>
<p>our world coming undone,</p>
<p>tis ne'er too late</p>
<p>.. lib prodigal son"</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710887</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710887</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[calfoxwc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:06:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:12:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/one-post" aria-label="Profile: one-post">@<bdi>one-post</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710600">said</a>:</p><div>
<p>As the political storm brews a dust storm it will settle with mushroom clouds and death. I just hope I get to see my oldest grandkids drive my '56.</p>

<p>What do you see in the future for mankind? Do you have hope or am I dillusional?</p>
</div></blockquote>

<p>OK, One Post, you were the first to respond to my first ever post on the Browns Board so you get a poetry prize.  It’s my belief that most people will go through life never having a poem (either written or spoken) dedicated to them.  Well, you are safe, cuz this one’s for you.</p>

<p>I’ve been on to this guy for a while, true freaking genius and his politics should cause a ruckus on this board.  I suggest reading the poem then visiting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" rel="external nofollow">his Wikipedia page</a>.  I really can’t summarize what an amazing life Archibald MacLeish had.</p>

<p><img src="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/poetpics/macleish.jpg" alt="macleish.jpg" /></p>

<p><strong>Archibald MacLeish (1982-1982)</strong></p>

<p>Here are a few high points:</p>
<ul><li>Studied at Yale, member of Skull and Bones Society, graduate work at Harvard Law and edited Harvard Law Review</li>
<li>First an ambulance driver then an artillery captain in WWI</li>
<li>Left his law firm in the 20s and moved as an expatriate to France as an avant-garde poet, hung with Picasso, Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, you name it.</li>
<li>Wrote for Fortune magazine upon his return to US, then was appointed the first Librarian of Congress by FDR.  He completely reorganized the library and started the Poet Laureate Award process.</li>
<li>Assisted with the development of the new "Research and Analysis Branch" of the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. </li>
<li>During World War II served as director of the War Department's Office of Facts and Figures and as the assistant director of the Office of War Information, and was heavily involved with propaganda.</li>
<li>Persecuted by J Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy after the war for allegedly being a “fellow traveler” with communists/socialists (in spite of war service and after having helped create the CIA basically.)</li>
<li>2 Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and one for Drama. Talented guy.</li>
</ul><p>Here’s MacLeish’s take on your post, One Post:</p>

<p><strong>The End of the World</strong></p>

<p>Quite unexpectedly, as Vasserot</p>
<p>The armless ambidextrian was lighting</p>
<p>A match between his great and second toe,</p>
<p>And Ralph the lion was engaged in biting</p>
<p>The neck of Madame Sossman while the drum</p>
<p>Pointed, and Teeny was about to cough</p>
<p>In waltz-time swinging Jocko by the thumb,</p>
<p>Quite unexpectedly the top blew off:</p>

<p>And there, there overhead, there, there hung over</p>
<p>Those thousands of white faces, those dazed eyes,</p>
<p>There in the starless dark, the poise, the hover,</p>
<p>There with vast wings across the cancelled skies,</p>
<p>There in the sudden blackness the black pall</p>
<p>Of nothing, nothing, nothing -- nothing at all.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/710864</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/710864</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sober Poet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:12:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The End is Near on Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:28:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/mld-woody" aria-label="Profile: mld-woody">@<bdi>mld-woody</bdi></a> <a href="/post/710837">said</a>:</p><div>
<p>They could have decided not to go under the assumption they'd eventually get an invite. That could have been reported out. Just because they haven't received an invite doesn't make it fake news.</p>

<p>Unless you're using the correct definition of fake news. That is, news you don't like. In which case, sure, it's fake news.</p>
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<p>Someone makes up a story and then others print the story as factual without checking it for accuracy equals fake news:</p>

<p>Per <a href="http://freebeacon.com/culture/reporters-spread-false-rumor-golden-state-warriors-refuse-trump-invite/" rel="external nofollow">Free Beacon</a>, they explain that this sports reporter, Downtown Josh Brown, started the rumor this morning and it went viral:</p>
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<p>NBA champion Warriors skipping the White House visit, as a unanimous team decision per reports</p>
<p>— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/874584819883266052" rel="external nofollow">June 13, 2017</a></p>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p>Despite the lack of attribution, sports and politics websites seized on Brown’s tweet and ran with it. The New York Daily News, New York Magazine, Vogue, and Newsweek all spread the story.</p></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Then the Warriors issue a statement:</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">“Today is all about celebrating our championship. We have not received an invitation to the White House, but will make this decision when and if necessary.”</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div>
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<p>So there you have it. Social media rumors are now becoming big news even though they have no good sourcing whatsoever. I guess for these leftwing media outlets it falls under the category “too good to check”.</p>

<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Read more: <a href="http://therightscoop.com/reporters-news-sites-spread-unverified-fake-news-about-golden-state-warriors-refusing-trump-invite/#ixzz4jyVLXse6" rel="external nofollow">http://therightscoop.com/reporters-news-sites-spread-unverified-fake-news-about-golden-state-warriors-refusing-trump-invite/#ixzz4jyVLXse6</a>
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