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Andrew Bacevich of Quincy Institute: Be wary of the NY Times and WA Post, The Ukraine war is neither good nor necessary
From The Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers speak out against America’s misguided wars. In their new book, veterans Andrew Bacevich [president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft] and Danny Sjursen describe how the realities...
Warnings about Ukraine from top Western strategic thinkers
I saw this on fb, which had a link to https://mobile.twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1498491107902062592. It complements my How the U.S. provoked Russia in Ukraine: A Compendium. The fascinating thing about the #Ukraine war is the sheer number...
Roger Waters (from Pink Floyd) works to raise awareness of the costs of militarism
Roger Waters, the 78 year old creative genius behind the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, is launching the This is Not a Drill Tour. Checkout that web page for tour dates and venues. He’ll...
George Beebe (Dick Cheney’s former Russia aide) on why we need a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine
George Beebe was Dick Cheney’s former Russia adviser. He authored the 2019 book The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe.  He is Director of Grand Strategy at...
Fireplaces burning in the summer when it’s over 90 degrees! Again!
On July 30, 2022, when it was in the mid 90s in Bellevue, The Lodge at Bellevue Square was running the gas fireplace at 523 Bellevue Way NE. . They do it, I presume,...
Summary of The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the C.I.A., and the rise of America’s secret government
David Talbot’s book The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government is a biography that reads like a spy novel. It is painful to read because of all...
Can non-violent protest and civil disobedience achieve justice in this era?
The antifa and BLM protests over the last several years were overwhelmingly peaceful. Nonetheless, right-wing media were able to convince tens of millions of Americans that antifa and BLM are violent, radical movements. Right...
Warning to Dems from antiwar conservatives: Dems’ militarism “is going to bite them pretty hard very soon”
The transpartisan* Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft held a zoom meeting today with antiwar conservatives: The New Right: Ukraine Marks Major Foreign Policy Shift Among Conservatives. *The Quincy Institute is funded by both the...
Visualizing and analyzing the 2022 election
Using data from Harvard and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, “County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2020”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ, Harvard Dataverse, V10; County Presidential Returns U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Bureau of Economic Analysis U.S. Dept. of...