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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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A real hero just died. His story is thrilling
I don’t remember when or how I first learned about what a small group of Norwegians did during World War II, to ensure that Werner Heisenberg, a Nobel-prize winning German physicist, would not get his hands on heavy water, a … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged heavy water war, heroes of Telemark, Joaquim Ronneberg, Quisling, Werner Heisenberg
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Ron Johnson, America’s very own Quisling*
I don’t know if you saw the cringe-worthy video of what a bunch of us on Twitter are now calling the #Kremlinboys, i.e., the seven GOP senators and one GOP congresswoman who made the bizarre decision to celebrate America’s Independence … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Foreign Minister Lavrov, Koch Bros, Kremlinboys, National Rifle Association, Quisling, Ron Johnson, Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
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