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♥ Oil plunged more than 8% yesterday, touching a low of $99.76 a barrel. That means oil has lost almost roughly quarter of its value since touching a near 14-year high of $130.50 a barrel on March 6. ♥ Our … Continue reading
Posted in Good Things Happening, Joe Biden and his people, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Anonymous, anti-war texts, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, fixing bridges and highways, International Criminal Court, OAN, oil prices, Putin, Time Warner, Ukraine
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Can the European Union do anything to defend Ukraine?
We’re all fairly sure we know what NATO can and can’t do. One thing it won’t do is defend nations that are not members of the organization, like Ukraine. But the European Union is a separate organization. What can it … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Politics, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged EU membership, European Union, google, NATO, Ukraine, Zelensky
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About despots, Ukraine, Putin and America
I’m a few months behind in my New Yorkers. Today, though, David Remnick, the New Yorker’s editor, linked on Twitter a fascinating conversation he had with a Stalin scholar, Stephen Kotkin. The title of the piece, “The Weakness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Armando Iannucci, autocracies, David Remnick, despotism, despots, Hoover Institution, hot war, Putin, Quisling, Russia, sanctions, Stanford U, Stephen Kotkin, The Death of Stalin, The New Yorker, The Weakness of the Despot", Ukraine
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