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Archive for March, 2022
How Amish launch a boat (video)
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March 5th, 2022 - 10:39 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump lied at Jan. 6 rally about going to Capitol with supporters
At his January 6, 2021 rally, Trump told the crowd he’d march to the Capitol with them (watch video below). He didn’t, and never intended to. His schedule for that day, released by House investigators this week, reveals he planned in advance to return to the White House after the rally, [...]
Why invaders shouldn’t take the elevator (8-second video)
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Germany explains Nazis to Putin
Putin claims he invaded Ukraine to “denazify” the country. That drew hoots from the rest of the world, none more so than the Germans (read story here). When Russia’s embassy in South Africa tweeted that “Russia is fighting Nazism in Ukraine,” the Germans posted the repl[...]
How to interpret Jan. 6 committee’s “criminal conspiracy” accusation
Last week, in a court filing (here), the House committee investigating the Capitol riot argued “the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy” (see story here). The news media made it a bigger deal than it is. The committee can’t indict or prosecute anyone.[...]
March 5th, 2022 - 4:48 am § in Politics
Wisconsin GOP’s election “audit” is a debacle, too
“For months, far-right conspiracy theorists have not only argued that Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2020 — even after a count, recount, and an audit proved otherwise — they also insisted that state officials could undo the certification of Wisconsin’s election results,” MSNBC repor[...]
March 4th, 2022 - 7:34 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Russia
Birth of a nation
Wars have unintended consequences. Gallipoli changed Australia from a place name on maps to a country with a national identity. Although Canada was farther along in its national evolution, to some extent that happened to Canadians at Vimy Ridge, too. National identity is an intangible thing, althoug[...]
The ugly side of Ron DeSantis
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March 3rd, 2022 - 11:13 pm § in Russia
A stupid way to fight a war
You shouldn’t believe everything Russian POWs say to the cameras. They don’t want to be shot. They’re going to say what they think their Ukrainian captors want to hear. “Nonetheless, there is an authentic sense that many Russian servicemen regret ever having come to Ukraine,&[...]