Putin Apologists!
Sources: George Kennan: quoted by Thomas Friedman in his New York Times essay This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders. Jack Matlock: in Ukraine: Tragedy of a Nation Divided William...
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You mean you think Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked?!!!
The Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea were some of the main reasons given by pro-war commentators starting in 2014 for arming Ukraine and further expanding NATO.  Russia violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity, they said,...
Psst! Wanna buy a bridge?
For documentation of the claims see Playing Russian Roulette in Ukraine With Rep. Adam Smith, or the detailed How the U.S. provoked Russia in Ukraine: A Compendium. When I share content that exposes U.S....
Calling the war in Ukraine “unprovoked” is as much a lie as ….
Calling the war in Ukraine “unprovoked” is as much a lie as saying Sadaam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was behind 9/11. Calling the war in Ukraine “unprovoked” is as much a...
Concise summary of the self-licking ice cream cone
The U.S. aggressively expanded NATO, knowing that Russia would respond by invading Ukraine. That’s what the Pentagon’s own think tank, The Rand Corporation, told it, and it’s what many senior U.S. diplomats warned about. As...
More AI-generated images about Donald Trump
As a follow-up to AI-generated images making fun of Donald Trump, here are some more images about Donald Trump, generated with help from the AI image-generation program http://midjourney.com. Donald Trump giving birth to a...
Republican states have higher rates of teen births, gun deaths, suicides, poverty, crime, and divorce; and they die younger and are less educated
Using data from reliable public sources listed below, I plotted charts showing the relation between the percent of voters that voted for Donald Trump in 2020 in each state and various per capita rates:Â ...
Something liberals and conservatives can agree on
Liberals tend to dislike suburban sprawl and over-dependence on cars. Conservatives tend to dislike regulations and lack of freedom. Here’s a policy change that should satisfy both liberals’ desire for more walkable, self-sufficient neighborhoods...
Dennis Kucinich’s cogent interview about the war in Ukraine and U.S. foreign policy
Dennis Kucinich’s extended interview with Aaron Mate’ is cogent: Dennis Kucinich: where are the pro-peace Democrats?. He speaks well. Kucinich sounds clear-headed, informed, and inspiring. He discusses what the proxy war with Russia says...