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Losing Earth: A Recent History

by Nathaniel Rich (Goodreads Author)

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“Ike noticed the preacher had pictures of Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms in his office, with a portrait of Jesus in the middle. Ike said that seemed appropriate since the Bible said Jesus was nailed up between two thieves. The preacher didn’t like that much, so Ike quit going to church for awhile.”
― James Aura, The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

tags: humor, politics, religion

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“We all lived for money, and that is what we died for.”
― William T. Vollmann, No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies

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“Humans have one foot in the jungle and one foot on Mars.”
― James Aura, The Hurricane Code

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“You’re supposed to be objective. What use is the news if it’s not objective?”
― James Aura, The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

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“She smiled. “I love that old song about Muhlenberg County; John Denver did it, I think.”
“Him and a dozen others. But John Prine wrote and sang the original. It’s one of our claims to fame.”
She quietly began to sing under her breath, “Daddy…won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County…”
― James Aura, The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

tags: history, kentucky, singers

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