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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Byron George on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Money and Success]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/money-and-success-376d43a4d7b5?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*SCuKuVYOIHS1K-_N" width="3648"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Money &amp; Success</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/money-and-success-376d43a4d7b5?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:12:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The President Today]]></title>
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 He&#x2019;s eaten all the Macs and fries. 
 He taints his skin an orange, tan,
 Stalks golf courses like an&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/the-president-today-0dfd048c20fe?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-13T16:04:47.818Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Disappointed Travellers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/disappointed-travellers-156a14755a1a?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*x-J9yxSEnV8bPqjy" width="5215"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I recently wrote this long response on Medium to an article about someone&#x2019;s disappointment with China after a short spell there as a&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/disappointed-travellers-156a14755a1a?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-08-19T18:27:07.541Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Shadow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/the-shadow-7f3a26d34f16?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*ZaT2O-yrclUh4Ofm" width="4996"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The shadow it comes from the east,
&#xA0;From the depths of Russia&#xA0;
&#xA0;It neither follows nor covers,&#xA0;
&#xA0;It imbues and saturates,&#xA0;
&#xA0;Soaking into&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/the-shadow-7f3a26d34f16?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Darkness is Upon Us]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/darkness-is-upon-us-9b6e6d9008ea?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*tH_avvE-mfkBaOtD" width="6240"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Dark times arrived
Yet we all saw them coming
Not enough believed
In the stark warning</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/darkness-is-upon-us-9b6e6d9008ea?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Loved You USA]]></title>
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&#xA0;The music, the blues, AFN radio,
&#xA0;Fifties and sixties, Levis and Sloppy Joes
&#xA0;Teen rebellion, movies and&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/i-loved-you-usa-c4291f36e920?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-11-20T10:27:48.664Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[America’s in the Toilet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/americas-in-the-toilet-e6157149a1e8?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*KK7AJWxmAIBtGtrO" width="4996"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">There&#x2019;s a rat in the White House,
That&#x2019;s for sure, a scab, a louse,
Money is his God, every day a deal,
But people and countries are not&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/americas-in-the-toilet-e6157149a1e8?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-07-26T12:38:14.115Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make America Fucking Insane Again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/make-america-fucking-insane-again-2a3958034bdf?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*r9sS0wTYEt4xfe0x" width="5712"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Its now official as Trump&#x2019;s inauguration speech proved it&#x2019;s no longer Make America Great Again but the MAFIA has now truly taken over. The&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/make-america-fucking-insane-again-2a3958034bdf?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-01-20T20:18:46.658Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doomed or not?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/doomed-or-not-4731e40571ad?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*QjnbL0JVof23eB_E" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The choice is for real
The vote is on for all,
Its darkness or light,
Western freedoms,
Or Fascistic dominions.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/doomed-or-not-4731e40571ad?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-10-30T11:13:57.703Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Good v Evil]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/good-v-evil-ac135137781c?source=rss-3b03285941af------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*Z2iodPGNip2N7tNc" width="3474"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Harris v Trump</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://bgt00847.medium.com/good-v-evil-ac135137781c?source=rss-3b03285941af------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron George]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 20:03:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-10-26T20:03:43.210Z</atom:updated>
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