https://freerepublic.com/tag/thejoke/ en-us Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:18:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4168040/posts Milan Kundera died in Paris this week at the grand old age of ninety-four. He was, as he insisted, a French writer, but better known to the world as a "Czech writer. In recent years, his 1967 novel The Joke was never far from Mark's side, and indeed seems to have been adopted by the Wokestapo as an instruction manual. This essay is from The [Un]documented Mark Steyn: I read The Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, when I was a schoolboy. Bit above my level, but, even as a teenager, I liked the premise. Ludvik is a young man in... Steyn On-Line https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4168040/posts#comment Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:18:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744868/posts Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator,now comes under this fancy "Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan," which means that even if she never gets re-elected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until she dies. If Bill outlives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is already getting his Presidential salary until he dies. If Hillary outlives Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that? WE DO! It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency, they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua, New York.... An E-Mail Making it's way around the Internet-fwd.fwd,fwd. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744868/posts#comment Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:17:31 GMT