#Max Cleland

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Max Cleland (1942 – 2021) Former Georgia Secretary of State

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The Fascisting of America: Explaining the Fifty Year Republican Plan to bring Fascism to America

As cultural multilevel selection predicts, declining cooperation and increasing distrust and dissatisfaction precedes social collapse, but it also sets the stage for the inner authoritarian of all the snowflakes to meltdown and gra

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[with-a-martyr-complex]

With A Martyr Complex: Reading List 2022

Adapted from the annual list from @balioc​, a list of books (primarily audiobooks) consumed this year. This list excludes several podcasts, but includes dramatizations and college lecture series from The Great Courses, which I consume like a disgusting fiend.

Introduction to the Qur'an by Martyn Oliver with Tahera Ahmad (for Quranic recitation)

Conquistadors by Michael Wood

ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life by Stacy Sims and Selene Yeager

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe 1500-2000 by Vegas Gabriel Liulevicius

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Coup de Grâce: A Novel by Marguerite Yourcenar (Translated by Grace Fick)

Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima (Stanford Press Translation)

Classical Mythology by Elizabeth Vandiver

Metamorphoses by Ovid (Translated by Frank Justus Miller)

Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power (A method for getting what you want by getting off on what you don't) by Carolyn Elliott

Fascism: A Warning by Madeline Albright

The Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self by Leo Damrosch

Greek Tragedy by Elizabeth Vandiver

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiaticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

Natural Law and Human Nature by Father Joseph Koterski

Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming by Jonathan Shay (Foreward by John McCain and Max Cleland)

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Translated by Clarence Brown)

Treason by Orson Scott Card (Originally published as A Planet Called Treason)

The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas by Lawrence Cahoon

Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault (Translated by Alan Sheridan)

Harrow The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

History of Sexuality: Volume I by Michel Foucault (Unidentified Translator)

Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault (Translated by Richard Howard)

Lent: A Novel of Many Returns by Jo Walton

Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon by Suzanne M. Desan

The Stranger by Albert Camus (Translated by Matthew Ward)

10 Women Who Ruled The Renaissance by Joyce Salisbury

A Brief History of the Samurai by Jonathan Clements

Because Internet: Understanding The New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by Yukio Mishima

The Republic by Plato (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Davos Man: How The Billionaires Devoured The World by Peter S. Goodman

The Birth of The Modern Mind: The Intellectual History of the 17th and 18th Centuries by Alan Charles Kors

(Spooky) Litigation: The Practice of Supernatural Law (Volume 1) by Jeffrey A. Rapkin

Emperors of Rome by Garrett G. Fagan

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Francis of Assisi by Ronald B. Herzman and William R. Cook

Impact Winter by Travis Beacham

Popes and The Papacy: A History by Thomas X. Noble

Misery by Stephen King

The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher

The Aeneid by Virgil (Translated by John Dryden)

The Aeneid of Virgil by Elizabeth Vandiver

The Industrial Revolution by Patrick N. Allitt

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Translated by Duke Classics)

America and the World: A Diplomatic History by Mark A. Stoler

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Translated by William Scott Wilson)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Voltaire and The Triumph of The Enlightenment by Alan Charles Kors

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Translated by Constance Garnett)

Incomplete books: Jacques the Fatalist, The Just City, On Killing

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Great Courses consumed: 17

Non-Great Courses Nonfiction consumed: 16

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Works consumed by women: 17

Works consumed by men: 37

Works consumed by men and women: 2

Works that can plausibly be considered of real relevance to foreign policy (including appropriate histories): 10

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With A Martyr Complex’s Choice Award, fiction division: It’s a tie between Lent and Coup de Grace, I just couldn’t decide between the two. Feel free to mock me for my indecision.

>>>> Honorable mention: The Stars My Destination, Misery

With A Martyr Complex’s Choice Award, nonfiction division: The Guns of August

>>>> Honorable mention: Living the French Revolution and The Age of Napoleon, Greek Tragedy, Conquistadors, The Aeneid of Virgil

>>>> Great Courses Division: The Birth of the Modern Mind: The Intellectual History of the 17th and 18th Centuries

The Annual “An Essential Work of Surpassing Beauty that Isn’t Fair to Compare To Everything Else” Award: We

>>>> Honorable mention: Crime and Punishment (This may have suffered from me reading while quarantining, I could easily have swapped it with We under other circumstances)

>>>> Nonfiction Division: Leviathan

>>>>>>>>Honorable Mention: Discipline and Punish

The “Reading This Book Will Give You Great Insight Into The Way I See The World” Award: War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

>>>> Honorable mention: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, Leviathan

The “This is Kooky Made Up Nonsense But Still Worth Checking Out” Award: Existential Kink

The “Reading This has Allowed Me To Stop Caring About Its Author Too Much” Award: The Benedict Option

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This marks the first year where I’ve reached my goal of at least 1 book per week for the year, and I’m reasonably proud of that. I’m especially proud that I didn’t overload the list with short works to reach that goal and was able to tackle some difficult or long works while maintaining a solid pace. I did find myself reading fewer literary works than I tend to prefer, and my nonfiction that wasn’t lectures was lower than I’d generally like (however much I do love lectures). 

Goals for next year: more foreign policy reading, more literary fiction, write something of my own.

[boycottdivestsanctions]

Former 9/11 Commissioner Max Cleland resigned from the Commission, stating: "It is a national scandal"; "This investigation is now compromised"

[wikiuntamed]

On this day in Wikipedia: Thursday, 9th November

Welcome, こんにちは, Benvenuta, Velkommen 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 9th November through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

9th November 2021 🗓️ : Death - Max Cleland Max Cleland, American politician (b. 1942) "Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous actions in combat, as well as a United States..."

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9th November 2017 🗓️ : Death - Shyla Stylez Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (b. 1982) "Amanda Hardy, known professionally as Shyla Stylez (September 23, 1982 - November 9, 2017) was a Canadian pornographic actress from Armstrong, British Columbia. ..."

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9th November 2013 🗓️ : Death - Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American saxophonist (b. 1936) "Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (March 24, 1936 – November 9, 2013) was an American free jazz tenor saxophonist...."

9th November 1973 🗓️ : Birth - Nick Lachey Nick Lachey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor "Nicholas Scott Lachey ( lə-SHAY; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television personality, and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees and later starred in the reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife,..."

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9th November 1923 🗓️ : Event - Munich In Munich, police and government troops crush the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch. "Munich ( MEW-nik; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ; Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ] ) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria. With a population of 1,578,132 inhabitants as of 31 May 2022, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which..."

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9th November 1822 🗓️ : Event - USS Alligator (1820) USS Alligator engaged three pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States. "The third USS Alligator was a schooner in the United States Navy. Alligator was laid down on 26 June 1820 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 2 November 1820; and commissioned in March 1821 – probably on the 26th – with Lieutenant Robert F. Stockton in command. On 6 June 1996, the site of her wreck..."

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9th November 🗓️ : Holiday - Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas (Bolivia) "The Day of the Dead (Spanish: el Día de Muertos or el Día de los Muertos) is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. It is widely observed in Mexico, where it largely developed, and is..."

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S.3369 Max Cleland VA Medical Center Act

S.3369 Max Cleland VA Medical Center Act sponsored by Sen. Raphael Warnock became law on December 9th, 2022. https://ift.tt/L7VQN3g

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Max Cleland (1942 – 2021) Born: August 24, 1942, Atlanta, GA Physique: Average Build

Joseph Maxwell Cleland is an American politician from the state of Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous actions in combat, and a former United States Senator.  Cleland died as a result of heart failure at his home in Atlanta on November 9, 2021, at age 79.

The handsome, former U.S. Senator from Georgia lost both legs and his right arm when a grenade exploded during his service in Vietnam. Sure he's missing an arm and two legs, but you know what I say to that. Easy access. Politicians today should follow his example and do a nude or at the very least in their underwear shoot for a magazine.

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Support the troops

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CW: Suicidal Ideation.

[alwaysscreechingbasement]

“Max Cleland didn’t deserve this, and the fact that it worked proved American politics didn’t deserve Max Cleland. Also, that some sins are mortal and unforgivable. Also, that nothing that happened in the past five years started with Donald Trump. Rest in peace, Max Cleland, and may his memory be a blessing.“

[idvoteforthatdaddy]

Max Cleland (1942-2021) Former Georgia Secretary of State

[calicojack1718]

Trump Losing to a Black Woman is Causing a Narcissistic Collapse

Trump is in free fall losing to a Black woman and denied the opportunity to avenge his Election 2020 loss against Joe Biden. This is called narcissistic collapse. He is depressed and ftilting at windmills. Luckily, he has JD Vance to blame for any losses.

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Who do you think would have been a good vice presidential choice for John Kerry in 2004?

I think Biden would have been just as good of a choice for VP in 2004 as he was four years later (he also would have been a better Democratic Presidential nominee in 2004 than Kerry was). Other potential Vice Presidential candidates that John Kerry should have chosen in 2004 instead of John Edwards: Bill Richardson, Dianne Feinstein, Gary Locke, John Lewis, Hillary Clinton, Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara Mikulski, Bob Kerrey, Howard Dean, and many others. In hindsight, it should have been anyone but Edwards and I was anti-Edwards back in 2004, too. Even John McCain -- who was vetted and seriously considered by the Kerry campaign in 2004 -- would have been a better pick than Edwards, and almost certainly would have won the election for Kerry.

But here are the top five people I would have liked to have seen as John Kerry’s Vice Presidential running mate in 2004 (if, in this hypothetical situation, John Kerry still had to be the Democratic Presidential nominee):

5. Wesley Clark: the retired General and NATO Supreme Allied Commander made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2004 and I thought he was an intriguing candidate. A Kerry-Clark ticket would have had powerful national security credentials at a time when the country was in the middle of two costly wars. And while it may seem silly on the surface of things, “Kerry-Clark” is great-sounding ticket. The names of the candidates sound good together and that’s one of those weird advantages that campaigns cherish (and actively seek, believe it or not).

4. Joe Biden: again, it’s Joe Fucking Biden...he would have been a good VP pick for pretty much every Democratic candidate since 1988. His story and his blue collar roots would have helped balance John Kerry’s perceived eliteness and reputation for being out-of-touch with everyday Americans. Biden could have communicated with the exact voters that would have put Kerry over the top in 2004.

3. Max Cleland: a former U.S. Senator from Georgia, Cleland could have provided the same geographical balance that Kerry sought with his pick of Edwards. Cleland also could have done a better job of reaching the Americans who couldn’t connect with the wealthy Kerry who was seen as more of a WASP than George W. Bush even though Kerry was actually Catholic and the grandson of Austrian-Jewish immigrants. More crucially, it would have been very difficult for the Bush-Cheney campaign to use their damaging “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” attacks against a Kerry-Cleland. While Bush and Cheney were both going to great lengths to avoid service in Vietnam, Kerry and Cleland were both Vietnam veterans who were wounded in combat. It was already disgraceful for the Bush-Cheney campaign to use the “Swift Boat” strategy against Kerry; I doubt they could have justified using that strategy against a ticket including Max Cleland who lost both of his legs and part of his right arm in Vietnam and was wheelchair-bound -- especially considering the number of American soldiers, sent overseas by Bush-Cheney Administration policies, who were fighting in the bloody conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan at the time.

2. John Glenn: at 83 years old, Glenn probably was a little too old in 2004, but he was also John Glenn. Glenn had been been a crew member on a space shuttle mission just six years before that and was not a normal senior citizen. He was basically Captain America. Glenn, a former U.S. Senator who missed his window for the Presidency for various reasons (he should have run in 1976 instead of waiting until 1984), was an American hero and would undoubtedly have boosted the popularity of Kerry’s ticket because, like I said, he was John Glenn. Not to mention the fact that Glenn’s quarter-century in the Senate was spent representing his home state of Ohio -- the very state that decided the 2004 election.

1. Ann Richards: I think Ann Richards would have been a perfect running mate in 2004. First of all, a female on the ticket would have motivated a lot more people who stayed home on Election Day to get out the vote. Secondly, she was from Texas and while that state was never in play, it would given Kerry’s ticket even better geographical balance than Edwards did and would have rattled George W. Bush to face a popular former Texas Governor in a national race. Best of all is that even though George W. Bush began his rise to the Presidency by defeating Richards in the 1994 Texas Gubernatorial election she would have been an amazing hatchet woman (as good Vice Presidential candidates often are). Richards was famously brutal and biting with her words and her wit, and many of her best lines came at the expense of the Bush family. It was Ann Richards at the 1988 Democratic National Convention who said of George H.W. Bush, “I’m delighted to be here with you this evening because, after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like” and quipped, “Poor George, he can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” And those comments were for the elder George Bush! Imagine what she would have said in a national campaign about George W. Bush! In my opinion, Ann Richards would have been a great fit for John Kerry in 2004, and I think a better running mate would have won that election for Kerry -- I mean, Kerry barely lost the 2004 election with John Edwards as his running mate, so surely an even marginally better VP nominee could have flipped Ohio in favor of the Democrats. And that’s all Kerry would have needed to have been elected President in 2004. Oh well, I’m sure that doesn’t keep anyone lying awake at night except for John Kerry, his campaign staff, and 60 million Americans.

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That shows the dilemma facing officials like Milley. If they want to protect the Constitution or the institutions they serve—the Army, the State Department, the Foreign Service—they can try to do so by ceding some territory to Trump and doing things they otherwise wouldn’t countenance. They hesitate to defy the president, because it could mean being fired, and they tell themselves that if they leave, whoever replaces them will be more of a pliable toady. But maintaining that balance is impossible over time, and eventually they have to either go through with something terrible or else risk losing their job—and often both. Take former Ambassadors Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland, who testified during impeachment hearings last year that they gritted their teeth and pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation into Joe Biden’s family. They concluded that Trump’s claims were baseless, but they also worried that unless Zelensky made the announcement, vital American aid to Ukraine in its struggle against Russia was in danger. You know how the story ended: Ukraine got the aid, though the incident weakened its government; Volker and Sondland were forced out; and Trump survived the impeachment emboldened. Or consider Mattis. The retired Marine general tried a couple of different strategies with Trump. In some cases, he simply tried to refuse commands. In others, he acceded to bad ideas to satisfy Trump, like sending troops (with no clear duties) to the southern border to stave off an (illusory) invasion of refugees on the eve of the 2018 election. But eventually, Mattis gave up, resigning over Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria. In the end, the troops came out, and Trump—having gotten what he needed out of Mattis—has now turned on him.

How Trump Corrupts His Lieutenants

Rick Wilson is a garbage fire human who smeared Max Cleland and helped set up the conditions for Trump to exist as a political candidate. I will never forgive him for that. But I will acknowledge that he came up with the fantastic truth that “Everything Trump Touches Dies” and that includes not just the reputations of these men, but their futures, as well.

Good. Anyone who deluded himself into believing he could do anything other than enable and embolden Trump’s worst impulses is a garbage human who has no business ever being in a position of responsibility for anything, for the rest of their lives.

And they should carry the shame of their actions with them, and never be allowed to forget that they helped this horrible man destroy so much that’s good in this world.

[spinelessdemsandwhinyrepublicans]

The Lincoln Project that consists of wealthy Republicans who are producing attack ads against Trump. We should treat the intervention of the Lincoln Project with ‘skeptical gratitude’ because those people have a very ugly history.

It’s the most high-profile of these TEMPORARY allies. Its commercials have been devastating attack ads that clearly have burrowed under the orange cheesecloth of the president’s skin. Good on them. But it should never be forgotten that many of these sharpies honed their skills in the Atwater-Rove era of Republican politics, and that during that time, the Republican Party sold its soul and lost its mind, I think irretrievably.

Cruelty, racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia became the essential raw materials out of which many of these folks molded candidacies. A toxic form of masculinity invaded the party’s personality. It was these campaigns that softened the ground for the march of this president* into the White House. If that were not the case—if, say, President Jeb Bush were running for re-election this time around—these deadly commercials would be aimed squarely at Joe Biden’s shining forehead. That should never be forgotten as we get closer to the election. Max Cleland is available for corroboration.

But this brings into sharp relief that problem that these people will face on the morning after Election Day in November. Most Republican operatives trained in the past 20-odd years have been trained in just this way. Their first duty then will be to begin the fumigation of the Republican Party, starting with its grimy conservative undercarriage. There’s a lot of soul-searching to do when you first have to search for your souls. They should go off into the wilderness and seek enlightenment. Governing will have to be someone else’s job.

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Never before nor after 9/11 has any steel high rise building collapsed due to fire and with melted steel found within the wreckage.  That only happened on 9/11.  This whole building burnt, but it didn’t collapse.  Every other such steel high rise building did not collapse.  For more read my book, “9/11 Hard Evidence”Send me an email at dick.mcmanus@yahoo.com and I will reply with books for free or For sale at Amazon Kindle books (then search for the titles) 

Resolution for a New Congressional Investigation events on September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letter attacks

   WHEREAS some 3, 375 architects and engineers (AE911truth.org,), including 52 Nobel laureates,63 recipients of the National Medal of Science, some 320 skilled commercial of military pilots (Pilots for 9/11 Truth), and some 58 elected public officials are saying that there is scientific irrefutably evidence proving that the TOTAL collapse of the World Trade Center buildings on September 11, 2001 were destroyed by explosives and incendiaries and not fire or airplanes,

 WHEREAS Richard L. Lambert the FBI special agent in charge of the murder investigation of the 9/11 anthrax letters, he stated his bosses at FBI shut down or covered up his investigation, and so he filed a whistleblower complaint about their dereliction of duty,

 WHEREAS 911 Commissioners Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton said that the FAA and NORAD did not tell the truth to the Commission and 9/11 Commissioners Bob Kerrey and Max Cleland called the Commission’s investigation a cover up,

 WHEREAS the 9/11 Commission Report is full of lies and misinformation,

 WHEREAS the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) final report made no recommendations about building future steel high rise building so they do not collapsing due for fires, and because never before nor after 9/11 had/has a steel high rise building ever collapsed with molten steel found within the wreckage,

 WHEREAS NIST failed to include in its final report any eye witness statements from first responders who alleged they saw melted steel within the wreckage, nor did their report explain  extremely high temperatures observed within the wreckage for months after the collapse and white smoke coming off the wreckage.

 WHEREAS NIST did not explain why the World Trade Center buildings TOTALLY collapsed, only stated why the top 12 and 30 floors  stated to collapse of the Twin Towers,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED we call for a new public Congressional investigation of event before, during, and after the mass murder on 9/11 and the anthrax letter attacks,