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The U.S. Played Gorbachev for a Fool

By / September 5, 2022

The U.S. Played Gorbachev for a Fool By Ted RALL Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who died this week, was a member of that tribe of politicians who can diagnose a problem but don’t know how to treat it. As he grew up, he couldn’t understand why a nation blessed with […]

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Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism |

By / September 4, 2022

I’m sure that you have had this experience before, or something similar to it. You are sitting at lunch in a nice restaurant or perhaps a hotel. Waiters are coming and going. The food is fantastic. The conversation about all things is going well. You talk about the weather, music, movies, health, trivialities in the […]

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W.H.O. Confirms First Case of Human-to-Dog Monkeypox Transmission

By / September 4, 2022

The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) confirmed Wednesday a dog has been infected with monkeypox through human contact. Commenting on the first human-to-dog transmission of the virus, Dr Rosamund Lewis, technical lead on the monkeypox response team at the W.H.O., said the case should be heeded as a warning to others. “This is the first case […]

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New Normal Germany’s Geisterfahrer Geist

By / September 4, 2022

CJ Hopkins So, it’s official. On Wednesday, August 24, New Normal Germany’s Bundestag rubber stamped the government’s latest revision to the so-called “Infection Protection Act” (i.e., New Normal Germany’s new Enabling Act), authorizing the continued persecution of “the Unvaccinated” (i.e., New Normal Germany’s new official Untermenschen), the mandatory wearing of medical-looking masks (i.e., the ideological-compliance symbol of the New […]

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Merrick Garland is a Lunatic

By / September 4, 2022

photo credit: United States Department of Justice Merrick Garland Let’s hope Merrick Garland’s search of Mar-a-Lago is based on more evidence than his indictment of the Louisville, Kentucky, police officers involved in the raid on Breonna Taylor’s house. That passive construction I just used — “involved in the raid on,” instead of “who raided” — […]

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When Honesty Is Disincentivized, Don’t Be Surprised That Trickery Abounds

By / September 3, 2022

Appreciating cultural nuances is difficult without understanding the stories that provide insight into a society’s soul. Stories reflect a nation’s values, aspirations, and ideals. Songs, poems, and literature illuminate the tastes of citizens and even political and economic preferences. Economist and polymath Deidre McCloskey in her bourgeois trilogy argues that the evolution of a promarket […]

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Coroner Reveals Anne Heche Cause of Death

By / September 3, 2022

The Los Angeles County Coroner has determined Anne Heche’s cause of death was smoke inhalation and burn injuries, according to a report by TMZ, in a tragic event listed as accidental. Heche died from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries that she sustained after her cocaine-fueled fiery car crash, in which she sent her blue Mini […]

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The Fair Tax Is the Tax That Will Not Die

By / September 3, 2022

Rep. John Linder (R-GA) has retired from Congress and radio talk show host Neal Boortz has been silent for years, but their tax plan just will not die. Writing in the New York Sun, billionaire businessman and Republican Party donor John W. Childs makes the case for replacing the current income tax system with a […]

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The Global Energy Crunch

By / September 3, 2022

If we insist on doing the transition the hard, slow, costly way rather than the easy, fast, cheap way, it’s going to be a needlessly arduous, soul-crushing slog. Let’s cover a few common-sense points and ask a few questions about the Global Energy Crunch. Let’s start with the high-tech, super-costly solutions that many promote as […]

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