A few days in my life of roughly three decades have been pivotal moments in world history, and today is one of those days. 11 September 2001 was obviously the big one in terms of global politics, which started the War on Terror. August 2008 saw the Russian-Georgian War, the first foreign invasion by Russia …
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Hamas is not Palestine
The US vetoed the resolution to grant Palestine UN membership yesterday, and in response, the Israeli occupation minister said: “The proposal to recognize a Palestinian state, more than 6 months after the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and after the sexual crimes and other atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists was a reward for …
Consider other perspectives, but don’t forget history
Let me be clear: I like Bernie Sanders in general. I voted for him over Hillary Clinton, and if I could have ranked my ballot, I would have put him as my second choice in 2020 after Elizabeth Warren. I agree with the results of his decision to support Ukraine and push for a two-state …
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Cause of inflation
When people claim inflation is caused solely by greed, as if that’s something new… They need to go back to the Solow model. First of all, it implies that companies were not profit maximizing before 2020 and have bursts of generosity. So the leftist take is that companies are sometimes charitable and not greedy in …
The Republican border plan
https://apnews.com/article/congress-border-security-ukraine-a39e188fa2c6a563203d2c69eaabdc6d “In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were not authorized to talk publicly about it and spoke anonymously.” Back in February, there was a chance the …
More details on the solution to the crisis in the Levant
I have written multiple times about how there were three primary reasons for the current war in Gaza. Distract the US government so we do not send aid to Izrael because Izrael supports Ruzzia’s invasion of Ukraine. Keep Netanyahu in office. Keeping Netanyahu in office delays the recognition of Palestine by the United States, which …
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Israel attacked Iran first
Imagine what the United States would do if Ukraine went as far as arresting Russian embassy workers in Ukrainian territory after the 2014 war when the embassy was still open. The Russian embassy in Kyiv was open until the day before Russia expanded its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This was after about six months …
One way to reduce emissions
Go spend 30 minutes reading abstracts in peer reviewed literature regarding pollution from packaging. If you are trying to reduce carbon emissions from packaging, and you are trying to do it through banning one form of packaging or another, it is a losing battle. The literature is a mess. No study properly accounts for all …
Worst Speaker in history
Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/04/11/mike-johnson-may-have-to-choose-between-ukraine-aid-and-his-job from The Economist Mike Johnson, the creepy dude from the bayous of Louisiana who shares with his underage son when he watches porn, is a radical evangelical who uses his faith in hatred as a bludgeon against people who wouldn’t even know …
A world without deterrance
In August of 2008 Russia invaded Georgia. Russia had de facto control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia since 1991, but the 2008 war reinforced this already existing reality on the ground. Russia officially recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent. There was significant deterrence still from the United States since we were involved in two …