Newsmax is a rightwing propaganda website (details here) originally funded by Richard Mellon Scaife who, until his 2014 death, spent much of his inherited billions on spreading rightwing extremism. It has a following. I don’t know why. That defies logic (more about this below). Anyway, “[...]
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What’s the U.S. strategy in Ukraine?
I’d say we don’t have one, for the simple reason we aren’t at war. It’s not a U.S. or NATO “proxy war,” either. We’re not at war with Russia, period. So supplying Ukraine with weapons isn’t what I’d call a military strategy. It’s military a[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 1:55 pm § in Health
Covid-19 is still here, and not to be trifled with
Jarrett Banwart (photo), 59, of Seattle, got Covid-19 in March 2020 before vaccines were available. He survived, but two years later, still suffers from fatigue and other “long Covid” symptoms that keep him from going for bicycle rides or working regularly. He wonders if his Covid-19 ord[...]
Fox personality quietly sacked for “Dr. Mengele” remark
Rightwing firebrand Lara Logan (profile here, photo below) apparently has been pushed off Fox News after her infamous November 2021 remark comparing Dr. Fauci to Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, who (among his other crimes) conducted cruel medical experiments on Jewish children (photo, right). This week,[...]
Is Tulsi Gabbard a Kremlin agent? Russian TV says she is
Tulsi Gabbard (photo, left; bio here), who was elected to Hawaii’s legislature and then Congress as a Democrat, and sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has long been something of an oddball, not least for her frequent pro-Russia comments. This came into sharper focus after Russ[...]
4 things Putin got wrong
Kirill Rogov, a Russian political analyst (C.V. here), says Putin’s Ukraine war is “lost” and an “epic failure,” and propounds 4 major mistakes: “The mistake was the notion that the West was unwilling to resist aggression, that it was lethargic, greedy and divided.” “[...]
The GOP’s extremism problem
America’s democracy has always been rowdy, its politics can get ugly, and both parties have fringe elements. Our system has survived that, and often thrived despite it, so it’s not the outliers, per se, that threaten the system. It’s when an entire party goes bonkers. That’s [...]
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[...]
Portland police built a wall of silence around BLM mass shooting
When half a dozen people are shot all at once, it doesn’t normally take days to find out what happened and who was responsible. But a wall of police silence surrounds the act of fanatical political terrorism committed by a rightwing extremist in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, February 19, 2022[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 7:45 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Texas GOP candidate for Congress berates college education
First, let’s start with what Christian Collins is for. He’s for himself succeeding retiring Rep. Kevin Brady in Texas’ heavily-Republican 8th District in S.E. Texas (profile here, see map below), for whom he worked as a campaign manager. He’s also for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gre[...]