International

Nyet!

March 31, 2022

ow could anyone think that putin the putz actually intends to negotiate in good faith? Can anyone cite an agreement he has honored? Negotiation, by its very nature, would give each side something they want. So, it gives him some or all of what he wants. Should he be rewarded for his invasion?

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The Moscow Midget Miscalculates

February 26, 2022

he first order of business is to use the correct name for the military action that is dominating the news. It is not the Ukrainian War. It is not the Invasion of the Ukraine. It is not the Russian attack on the Ukraine. It is the desire of one psychopath for fulfilling his anachronistic fantasy. […]

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Stop It – Just Stop It

February 19, 2022

Pictures from covers of The Guardian Weekly iden and the other NATO leaders screwed up. I fear the damage has already been done. One can hope that the situation is recoverable but their approaches to the crisis in the Ukraine have proven ineffective in the past and, so far, in the present.

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Does It Matter?

August 18, 2021

t seems impossible to avoid seeing heartrending stories of Afghanis who worked for us and their families desperately seeking a safe haven. If they pull off a miracle of getting to Kabul through territory controlled by the Taliban, they face a Kafkaesque American bureaucratic barrier. Actually, two.

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Banana Republic of Trump

January 6, 2021

America Humiliated he carrying or wearing of the American flag is insufficient camouflage for traitors/racists. It is tragedy that even this group of perhaps 2,000 people at most can be so gullible as to believe that a petulant, semiliterate sociopath cares about them or this country. Even more amazing is that this idiocy has infected […]

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Now Hear This

October 31, 2020

aving been a foreign correspondent, the title of the video I have embedded quite naturally caught my attention. I expected to see something familiar. I should have known better. The video is a compilation by The New Yorker of impressions of this country by foreign correspondents assigned to the U.S. It always helps to see […]

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Not a Good Idea

February 19, 2020

es, it’s me. And, yes, the article involves politics, economics, and even an international issue. Really? Pigs and chickens? Trust me. This is an important issue to you. And, no, it’s not about your diet.

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Climate Change – The Real Solution

September 14, 2019

es, Virginia, there is a solution to climate change. We will still need to drastically reduce fossil fuels, build windmills, employ solar energy and modify our lifestyles but a major new weapon is now available to help us survive. Herein is a Youtube video of a TED talk. It’s academic in presentation but in only […]

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Says Who?

September 1, 2015

f you have a large amount of debt, cut expenses; tighten your belt. Who says? Says the people who want to screw you again – and make you pay for it again. True, there are others saying the same thing but they are either the toadies of the above parasites or the gullible, touting the […]

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It’s Not A Greek Crisis

July 10, 2015

reece cannot fall all by itself. It likely will bring the end of the Eurozone and create significant problems for the US. The Eurozone is a noble experiment but it is run by an international cartel of incompetents.

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