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Overmature trees: In timber company and Forest Service lingo, trees which may live in splendor for another 500 years, but which would make damned fine boards today.

— Edward S. Herman Beyond Hypocrisy (1992)

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National interest: The demands and needs of the corporate community.

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Conspiracy theory: A critique or explanation that I find offensive.

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Police brutality: A myth built on a mountain of cracked skulls.

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Magic bullet: One that wends its way through several bodies, smashing bones on the way, but ends up in pristine condition, conveniently located for police attribution to the gun of choice.

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Free election: A post-pacification election, in which the “hearts and minds” of the survivors are shown to have been won over by the force of pure reason.

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