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A word I am saying out loud…
Treason. I’ve been wondering about it for quite a while, off and on. A few days ago, I dropped the word into a conversation I was having with my brother and our cousin Nancy. I wasn’t affecting sensation. Just wondering … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Mueller investigation, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged 18 US Code 2381, Confederacy, Department of Justice, Jack Smith, Mueller report, Putin, southern secession, treason, Trump
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What “strongmen” can’t do
Tolerate dissent. Because of which they won’t hold open elections. (As my father pointed out years ago, if a political leader is as popular as he claims, he can prove it by having an open election — not one rigged … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Human rights, Propaganda, Racism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, "Bloodlands", Alexei Navalny, Lenin, Nicholas Kristof, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Stalin, strongmen, Tim Snyder, Trotsky, USSR, World War II
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“Blood and Ruins,” a revelatory history
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by British historian Richard Overy. That’s the book that has transformed my mind. So much so, every day I find myself absorbing news about our world and events within it with such … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged ", "Blood and Ruins, Baltic states, Harry Truman, NATO, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, United States and NATO, World War I, World War II
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