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Trump said “bloodbath” as a follow-up consequence to failing to elect him, after speaking about the electric vehicle industry. His method and manner of stating it and repeating the word were meant to attach it to the “failure to elect” portion as both...
by GreyHawk
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 07:31 PM PDT
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Republicans and their Russian bankrollers + bedfellows are at it again, and I’m deeply alarmed that most Democrats don’t see the obvious and dangerous trap they’re laying. Let’s be clear, Republicans, drunk on pushing anti-democracy...
by Liberal in a Red State
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on Thu Mar 14, 2024 at 08:50 AM PDT
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Under the latest Ukraine state of war overview by Mark Sumner, Angela Marx asked: What if the West fails to support Ukraine enough and Putin’s forces eventually defeat Ukraine and subsume it back into the Russian Federation it appears Putin is set on...
by KyivGuy
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on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 11:02 AM PST
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Once upon a time, American politics had settled into a familiar battle between oligarchs. Clintons battled Bushes and the DLC and RNC were all happy campers taking turns in an oligarchic two-step. Then, in rode a kid from Chicago and disrupted the nice...
by Phillysophy
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on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 06:40 AM PST
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We often hear that the United States is a democracy, and even used to hear it was the world’s best. That would have come as a surprise to the delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 who blamed the problems under the Articles of Confederation on an excess of...
by Phillysophy
178 comments
on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 05:39 AM PST
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Beyond Trump, it’a also the Republican party leadership and Republican voters. Why are they lining up behind this lawless thug? There are two main factors: racism and massive wealth inequality. Aristotle explained a long time ago that in a city...
by Phillysophy
117 comments
on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 05:46 AM PST
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This article is not intended as a prediction of disaster. But I believe we should not approach the campaign by being overconfident. Nor should we assume that Trump will be the opposing candidate. This list is an acknowledgement of some of the factors...
by psychusa
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 03:03 PM PST
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I'm as guilty as the next person for calling Dictator Trump all kinds of bad names. It’s like having a contest with one's self to see if you can come up with something more ingenious each time you want to describe this vicious monster! While it feels...
by ThinkOutsideTheBox
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on Wed Nov 15, 2023 at 01:25 AM PST
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In what is likely to be regarded as welcome news to the Ukrainian defenders in Avdiivka, the famous Ukrainian mud season ( bezdorizhzhia ) appears to have arrived in Eastern Ukraine. Russian van ...
by RO37
202 comments
on Sun Nov 05, 2023 at 11:10 AM PST
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In the history of warfare, major wars can often be characterized as “offensive wars” and “defensive wars,” where either the attacker or the defender have a significant advantage.� Offensive ...
by RO37
130 comments
on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 11:53 AM PDT
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Food security is a key casualty of the war in Ukraine, as Ukraine produces 10% of wheat, 15% of corn, 13% of barley, and 50% of the global sunflower oil market. An inability to export these products can lead to famine in the poorest parts of the world....
by RO37
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 04:55 PM PDT
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No new material here, just a bunch of old dusty articles. So I got a question a little while back about past articles I’ve written that I’d recommend, so I thought I’d go ahead and pluck out some of the articles I’ve written that were more focused on...
by RO37
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on Mon Oct 02, 2023 at 11:55 AM PDT
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Here is a well-researched and thought-provoking article on how Russia plays with the mindsets of the Western elites and, particularly, with those in the government: The Second Front by Françoise Thom. I will cite some parts of the text to give you the...
by KyivGuy
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on Sat Sep 23, 2023 at 12:37 PM PDT
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On Memorial Day (US), the Vietnam War should serve as a stark reminder that the greatest way for America to continue to honor those who made the greatest sacrifice for our country is to have a coherent strategy. The Vietnam War is one of the most...
by RO37
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on Mon May 29, 2023 at 08:43 AM PDT
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Many people in the West are familiar with the great Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, and the “Art of War.” What’s a little less known is that the Sun family continued to produce great generals and strategists. One of Sun Tzu’s descendants, Sun Bing, wrote a...
by RO37
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on Sat May 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Bahkmut points the way: there’s not a lot of reason to believe that the Russian fortifications are any less of a paper tiger than their army. I know Wagner probably extra sucks at fortifications, but on the other hand the Russian MoD has depleted...
by Yojo
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on Tue May 16, 2023 at 11:58 PM PDT
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The terms strategic and tactical are frequently misused which is not surprising as they are related but differ in subtle (and not so subtle) ways. It doesn’t help when many people use them interchangeably in everyday life. But they do have particular...
by Peter Olandt
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on Tue Mar 28, 2023 at 11:39 AM PDT
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This Zoom event comes from Energy (and Other) Events Monthly (http://hubevents.blogspot.com). I attended and am sharing my notes. 12/9/22 Energy as a Weapon of War: Russia, Ukraine, and Europe in Challenging Times with Margarita M Balmaceda, Professor...
by gmoke
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on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 08:08 PM PST
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If you go, please share your notes. More such Energy (and Other) Events at https://hubevents.blogspot.com MIT Starr Forum: Energy as a Weapon of War: Russia, Ukraine, and Europe in Challenging Times Friday, December 9 12:00 PM - 1:15 AM Online RSVP at...
by gmoke
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on Tue Dec 06, 2022 at 07:41 PM PST
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"Rural voters overwhelmingly support Democratic policies": How Dems can flip more red states to blue This is the first part of a deep dive series I’m publishing at my newsletter, Progress Report. If you find this valuable and want more original reporting and analysis like it, it’s free to subscribe! When voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected the...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Mon Dec 05, 2022 at 08:46 PM PST
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