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| + | |death_place=Manhattan, New York | ||
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| + | |children=Mark Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut, Nannette Vonnegut, James Adams, Steven Adams, Kurt Adams, Lily Vonnegut | ||
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| + | '''Kurt Vonnegut''' was a US [[author]]. | ||
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| + | ==Opinions== | ||
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| + | |subjects=fossil fuels, casus belli, resource war | ||
| + | |text=Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all [[addict]]s of [[fossil fuels]] in a state of [[denial]]. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on. | ||
| + | |authors=Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| + | |source_URL=https://www.alternet.org/story/18881/cold_turkey | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ===US Deep state=== | ||
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| + | |image=Kurt Vonnegut on librarians.jpg | ||
| + | |image_width=700px | ||
| + | |source_name=A Man Without A Country | ||
| + | |source_URL=http://stephenslighthouse.com/2013/03/12/kurt-vonnegut-on-librarians/ | ||
| + | |authors=Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| + | |subjects=librarians, White House | ||
| + | |text= I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and destroyed records rather than have to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. | ||
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| + | So the [[America]] I loved still exists, if not in the [[White House]], the [[US/Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], the Senate, the [[House of Representatives]], or the [[CCM|media]]. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. | ||
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| + | "I myself feel that our country... might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style [[coup d’etat]] imaginable".<ref>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1100.htm</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 12 August 2019
 Kurt Vonnegut      (author) | |
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| Born | 1922-11-11 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | 2007-04-11 (Age 84) Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | • Mark Vonnegut • Edith Vonnegut • Nannette Vonnegut • James Adams • Steven Adams • Kurt Adams • Lily Vonnegut |
| Spouse | Jane Marie Cox |
Kurt Vonnegut was a US author.
Opinions
“Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.”
Kurt Vonnegut [1]
US Deep state
"I myself feel that our country... might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d’etat imaginable".[3]
A Document by Kurt Vonnegut
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:The Blood of Dresden | book extract | 2008 | Dresden WWII | The story of a US prisoner of war who was in Dresden during the infamous allied firebombing raids of February 1945 |
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