David LaSpina (@dbooster) - Political Hive

David LaSpina

Japan

David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.

10 days ago

Trump is Cartman: America’s Cruel Mirror “Whatever! I do what I want!” That line, bellowed with full-throated glee by South Park’s Eric Cartman, has echoed through pop culture for nearly three decades now. For a…

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17 days ago

The Man Who Claimed Hirohito Wasn’t the Real Emperor A few days ago I posted about Emperor Sukō and the chaos of the Northern and Southern Courts. At the end of the post I mentioned a little trivia that after WWII, a guy came…

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about 1 month ago

Vulture Capitalism and the Death of Sears The other day I found myself thinking about what happened to Sears. After some research, I found they were the victim to something I have read about several times over the years…

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about 2 months ago

What Does Trump Have on Graham? I can't decide if this is Graham trying to troll us or if he is being serious: It's a real tweet. [See here](

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about 2 months ago

Trump Accidentally Admits Russia Is Trying to Take All of Ukraine—Then Calls Taking Less of It a 'Concession' Donald J. Trump (real estate mogul, part-time geopolitics dilettante) just gave us a masterclass in Kremlin propaganda digestion during his Oval Office chat with Norway's…

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2 months ago

Paper in my Pocket

When Fiat Died (Briefly): Real Moments When Gold and Silver Saved the Day Most of the time, fiat currencies work. I know, our collective opinion on Hive and in #silvergoldstackers is a bit more suspicious (to sa

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2 months ago

Tariffs and Depressions There is a meme going around. Obviously, it’s attacking Trump’s tariffs. The left and moderate Republicans have opposed them from the st

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3 months ago

The Emperor Has No Clothes In what seems like weeks ago, Trump declared against all evidence and against historic fact, that Ukrai

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3 months ago

The Modern Spectacle; or, How Might Marcus Aurelius Have Viewed Trump This is a cross post of @dbooster/the-modern-spectacle-or-how-might-marcus-aurelius-have-viewed-trump by @dbooster.This might fit the community

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