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Jan 1Liked by Linh Dinh

Schopenhauer called them the masters of lies.Nothing has changed.Germany`s biggest"newspaper" BILD today:"Hamas are monstrous rapists,shot two Isrealis directly into their vaginas."Note the "directly",Rabbi Pornhub,anyone?The German Secretary of Economy recently said that Israel is the reason for the existence of Germany,students in Berlin petition for Glory Holes on campus,and the Postal Service has issued a commemorative stamp of Magnus(there are 81 genders)Hirschfeld.

Locally,ugly and overweight,white Antifa feminists chant "Down with the white man!"at demonstrations.

Listening to Bill Evans "Peace Piece" helps me calm down.

And your columns.Drops of sanity in a sea of bullshit.Thank you.

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Jan 1Liked by Linh Dinh

Happy New Year, dear Linh. I waited til this morning to treat myself with your new substack. So glad you are in your happy place. I hope your health greatly improves this year. Thank you so much for your interesting and educational essays. Be well!

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Happy New Year, Linh! I'm glad you're back safely in the bosom of Vung Tau. πŸŽπŸ™πŸΏπŸ€©

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Jan 3Liked by Linh Dinh

Blian ΓΊr faoi mhaise duit, Linh.

TΓ‘ sΓΊil agam go mbeidh an pΓ©ire againn beo, slΓ‘n an t-am seo ar an bhlian seo chugainn.

There is a saying in the Irish language:

NΓ­l an tobar ag gabhail a ghlanadh fΓ©in go dtΓ­ go stadann na h-asaile a chac ann.

As you know only too well, translating a language into English does it no justice whatsoever, but i'll have a go,

NΓ­l an tobar ag gabhail a ghlanadh fΓ©in go dtΓ­ go stadann na h-asaile a chac ann. -

The well will not cleanse itself until the donkey's quit shitting into it.

Reminds me of what's going on in the world over the last few years.

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Jan 2Liked by Linh Dinh

Hello Linh, spent the morning of new year's day catching up on your last few posts. Delightful as always. Wish you a happy and healthy year of the dragon!

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Photos getting godlike. Moved on from observation to participation. Oh, that’s not it. If I could say what you are doing that wouldn’t be what it is. Glad you’re home.

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"Moved on from observation to participation." Many thanks for that, Dan!--Linh

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Jan 3Liked by Linh Dinh

Happy New Year, LInh! All the Best to you and good for you to be back in Vung Tao for 2024!

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another welcoming letter from a world I know so little about

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"Since I haven’t read the news, nothing bad is happening anywhere. Inky waits for me. In his direction, I will walk."

You mean, knock off social media and the blaring propaganda and go spend time with a good dog? If the pursuit of wisdom leads anywhere, it must surely lead here.

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"Though Muslims dislike dogs ......"

Edward Abbey said in one of his books, that he disliked dogs. Thought them worthless. Said they should all be killed and fed to the coyotes.

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Masha and the Bear! Russian culture making inroads into the Asian t-shirt market? Soon the kool kids will be sporting Cyrillic - Маша и мСдвСдь

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Glad you made it. We will be in VT Feb 5. Looking forward to eating that goat meat again!

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Welcome back to the city where the waves never stop. I'm going to Nha Trang this week and we'll catch up soon.

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