bobdig986Nov 30, 2023
Shauna GM

"Jacobin hated Henry Kissinger so much that they wrote a book-length obituary years ago and commissioned 50,000 copies and just let them sit until the motherfucker finally died. Unbeatable levels of hater. I am inspired."

https://jacobin.com/store/product/kissinger-book

The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger

If the American foreign policy establishment is a grand citadel, then Henry Kissinger is the ghoul haunting its hallways. For half a century, he was an omnipresent figure in war rooms and at press briefings, dutifully shepherding the American empire through successive rounds of growing pains. <br/> <br/>Approx. 200-page book published with Verso Books. Backordered. Expected ship date January 2, 2024.

Nov 30, 2023 at 5:15amWeb
Show threadeinfeldtNov 30, 2023
@shauna Kissinger was fucking murder. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.
Show threadChristopher E. StithNov 30, 2023

@shauna this reminds me of one of the greatest statements ever by a musical act.

https://genius.com/albums/Chumbawamba/In-memoriam-margaret-thatcher

Chumbawamba recorded it in 2005 to be released upon her death. She outlived the band, but they still made sure the EP got out as a celebration.

Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Nov 30, 2023
> they considered her eventual death something to celebrate. So, in the early 2000s, they recorded an EP that did just that. According to Fact magazine, it was first available to pre-order at concerts in 2005, and the pre-sale moved online in April 2009. The physical album was “already recorded, pressed, and ready to go,” the band announced, but it wouldn’t be sent out until Thatcher actually died. When that finally happened four years later, the CDs were mailed almost immediately, and the songs hit YouTube not long after that.


Grade A spite. The band had even disbanded at that point, but they still held up their end of the deal and released the song and the physical copies.

mentalfloss.com/article/642934…

@cestith @shauna

Chumbawamba Released an Album Celebrating Margaret Thatcher’s Death | Mental Floss

The “Tubthumping” rockers bid adieu to the Iron Lady with a touching musical tribute featuring “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead.”

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Show threadKNovaNov 30, 2023
@shauna easy buy
Show threadAnAffordableWizardNov 30, 2023
@shauna Damn, thats probably the most justifiably venomous literary grudge since Nieztche wrote an entire book about why his (presumably ex) friend wagner was an awful fascist who wrote awful fascist music.
Show threadElz de KorteNov 30, 2023
@shauna yeah!!!
Show threadBeto DealmeidaNov 30, 2023
@shauna the longer it took for him to die, the better the book title became.
Show thread[moved to @[email protected]]Nov 30, 2023
@shauna Reminds me of Chumbawamba’s Thatcher EP
Show thread[moved to @[email protected]]Nov 30, 2023
@shauna https://youtu.be/fMlooANcdlM
Chumbawamba--In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher EP (complete)

YouTube
Show threadEmi Nov 30, 2023

@shauna Fun fact, their publisher is also running a sale right now until the end of the year.

Verso Books End of Year Sale 2023 Now through January 1st, save up to 50% on your entire order

Announcing the Verso Books End of Year Sale 2023

It's time again for the Verso Books End of Year Sale. This time around, we're offering up to 50% off your entire order! Discount details below. Verso Books End of Year SaleNovember 20 - January 1Standard Verso Books discount: 20% off original priceBuy 3 books, discount increases to 30%Buy 4 books, discount increases to

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Show threadJoborgDec 1, 2023
@emi @shauna Oooh, and it should be in their monthly e-bookclub drop!
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 1, 2023

@shauna

Tagging @flexghost
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Shauna GM (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image "Jacobin hated Henry Kissinger so much that they wrote a book-length obituary years ago and commissioned 50,000 copies and just let them sit until the motherfucker finally died. Unbeatable levels of hater. I am inspired." https://jacobin.com/store/product/kissinger-book

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Show threadFeral 3DDec 3, 2023
@shauna Damn. I gotta party with Jacobin.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceDec 7, 2023
@shauna
Joseph Heller hated Kissinger so much. His book Good as Gold spends a good amount of time excoriating him in it. I also found it very funny and an accurate comment on government.