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We All Live on Savushkina Street Now.
“A lie’s true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Government, Politics, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade
Tagged economy, Education, government, opinion, Politics, Russia, Technology
331 Comments
It Is What It Isn’t: Fake News Comes of Age as Ideology Trumps Evidence
Our deeds still travel with us from afar; and what we have been makes us what we are. George Eliot, Middlemarch We have arrived, in my opinion, upon the moment in the course of human history which marks the nadir … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Europe, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism
Tagged Education, government, Military, Politics, role models, Russia, War
1,330 Comments
Get in There and Win One For Mom and Apple Pie: Non-Combatant Molly McKew Pounds the War Drum
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Georgia, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Religion, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, Military, Politics, role models, Rule of Law, Russia, Saakashvili, Trade, Ukraine, War
2,348 Comments
The Quality of Mercy
“Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere” -George W. Bush The western press, and the political systems it serves, are rousing themselves to a frenzy of effort to stop the Syrian government forces from re-taking … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism
Tagged economy, government, Military, Politics, role models, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, War
2,542 Comments
Admiral Kirby Buys a Farm
The British navy was involved in some peacetime maneuvers at sea, involving a column of cruisers. They were steaming along in formation when a signal was given to execute a ninety-degree turn. The maneuver went off flawlessly, except for one … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade
Tagged economy, government, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, War
1,112 Comments
Turn On Your Receiver
Turn on your receiver, I’m gonna lay it on the line; ‘cause I’m a great believer in hangin’ on to what is mine So come over here and listen; I don’t want you to be missin’ What I say: And … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Religion, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, greed, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, War
497 Comments
Institutional Incoherence: The Atlantic Council’s Desperate Scaremongering
Ooo, see the fire is sweeping My very street today; Burns like a red-coal carpet: Mad bull, lost its way Oh, children; it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away… The Rolling Stones, from, “Gimme Shelter” Let me … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Religion, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, War
3,271 Comments
Add a Cup of Crocodile Tears: “Western Values” is a Myth
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Government, Law and Order, Middle East, Military, Politics, Religion, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Vladimir Putin
Tagged government, Military, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, War
1,366 Comments
How Much Of a Nobody Do You Have To Be, To Be Too Much Of a Nobody To Testify Before a Congressional Committee?
Liz Wahl is a proud American. So proud, in fact, that she will hear nothing against the USA, even if it’s true. My country right or wrong, baby. For those who do not know Liz Wahl, she was the news … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Europe, Government, Investment, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, Education, espionage, government, opinion, Politics, role models, Russia, War
1,321 Comments
The Bout Opening – Stick to Checkers, America. Not Up In Here.
The intertubes are all a-twitter (see what I did there?) with speculation that the United States is about to send lethal aid (AKA weapons) to Ukraine to help Kiev bring its recalcitrant rebels to heel. Kiev is excited, because it … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Government, Military, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Terrorism, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Western Europe
Tagged government, Military, Politics, role models, Russia, Ukraine, War
1,634 Comments
The Kremlin Stooge 