Truths and inspirations for 26 October 2026

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I congratulate the voters of Brazil for refusing to return Bolsonaro to power.  They did not repeat our own country's mistake of 2024.  (Update:  The defeated candidate was actually Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the earlier president Jair Bolsonaro, not the same person.  I had not been following the story closely, being so focused on the rioting in France and elsewhere in Europe, and missed this.  The general point remains valid.)

Here is some of what the barbarians destroyed.

We need to bring back penalties like public whipping for corporate executives in cases of major business corruption.  Imposing fines in such cases is a joke.