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Graveyard Shift

by M.L. Rio (Goodreads Author)

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Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World

by Lesley M.M. Blume

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TE said: " Well, put this one, yet another, in the "never-trust-our-lying,-criminal-government" file. And it grieves me greatly to learn of such things, if I'm honest, on practically the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Yet I am Well, put this one, yet another, in the "never-trust-our-lying,-criminal-government" file. And it grieves me greatly to learn of such things, if I'm honest, on practically the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Yet I am informed, and somewhat comforted, by the words of great Americans who have come before me who have echoed a similar sentiment.

In consideration of an often-recited quote attributed to Mark Twin, who reportedly said something to the effect of: "loyalty to country always; loyalty to the government when it deserves it," I am reminded that distrust in even elected officials has been a mainstay of our democracy for centuries, now. Edward Abbey also famously stated that “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” That applies particularly when government officials - for "governments" themselves are abstracts, and we would do well to remember it - perpetrate a lie that could result in the demise of human civilization.

It began simply enough. Perhaps he, too, had just been misinformed... or misled. In the months after the bombing of Hiroshima, then-president Harry Truman announced that the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was "nothing else than an artillery weapon." Then the spin started, by a much-maligned (and possibly reasonably so) figure, Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, the head of the Manhattan Project. When it was shortly revealed that radiation poisoning was VERY real, and was responsible for far more deaths than the bomb itself, he quipped dismissively that it could actually be "a very pleasant way to die."

The reality of what death by radiation actually entailed, and the US government's attempts to keep it concealed from the American people, and the world, is the subject of this very informative, albeit distressing book.
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“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
― Howard Zinn

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. ”
― Winston S. Churchill

“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”
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May 29, 2026 03:07PM · see review

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The Final Solution

by Michael Chabon

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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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