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Karl Kraus

A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.

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Their Power
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What Does Bloomberg Stand … Fore!
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Voters, Govern Thy Governor
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Pay the Boatman
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Subsidizers May Be Checked
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The Battle Ahead
November 5, 2024
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The Squirrel vs. The State
November 4, 2024
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Taking Out The
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Gnashing of Teeth
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Forever Be Changed
October 30, 2024
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My Simpler Solution
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Fast-Moving Planet
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When Your Bond Is Your Bond
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Term Limits Poster Boy #98,992,938
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The One-Man Petition Drive
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Inconvenient Cash?
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My Privilege Isn’t White
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The Fifth Century Begins
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Bernie’s Slippery Definition of Democratic Socialism
SharingBernie Sanders has always given a comically slippery definition of democratic socialism. For …
Who’ll Stop the Wars?
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On November 5, 1781, the second session of the United States in Congress Assembled began, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This “Second Confederation Congress,” as it is popularly known, ended on November 2, 1782.

And on that Fifth of November, 1781, John Hanson of Maryland (pictured above) was elected to serve as president of the United States in Congress Assembled. He would become the first president of Congress to serve a full one-year term as specified under the Articles of Confederation, for the second session of the Confederation Congress. Of course, this presidency was nothing like the presidencies under the Constitution. Hanson merely presided over Congress.

On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony defied the law to vote, and was later fined $100.