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Are young kids “thirsty for blood?”
You just wait a minute! Weren’t teenage girls in the U.S. known to be crazy and violent? Why is Sweden elbowing itself into our mishegas? From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]eenage girls in Sweden were reportedly using encrypted messaging sites to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Culture, Mishegas, News media, The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, Sweden, Swedish teenage girls, Teenage girl assassins
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In a history of the modern world, a sudden burst of glory
I’ve been slowly reading a 1965 edition of “A History of the Modern World,” by R.R. Palmer and Joel Colton, both of whom I’ve come to admire. How can anyone compress a history of the entire world in one volume, … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, War
Tagged " RR Palmer, "The History of the Modern World, Finland, history of science, Joel Colton, Pomerania, science denial, Sweden
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Sweden’s approach to the virus: an update
I mentioned this previously to note Sweden’s non-authoritarian approach, although my praise went to the Swedish constitution and the concomitant trust Swedes have in their government agencies. Today, John Whitehouse, of MediaMatters, just sent out this, below (way down below: … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged COVID 19, John Whitehouse, Laura Ingraham, MediaMatters, National Review, Newt Gingrich, Sweden, Tucker Carlson
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