An American tourist in Russia
While we all wait for the verdict, let’s get one thing clear. Regardless of what the jury thinks, Kyle Rittenhouse is a hero. I’m glad he shot three criminal low-lifes, and there’s only one thing that I’m sad about; that one of them lived. The mainstream media coverage has been absolutely disgusting and they’ve immediately … Read more
The corporate media is beating the war drums in response to the “crisis” at the border between Poland and Belarus. It’s fake news to justify a buildup of NATO troops, and more sanctions against Belarus. There are, at most, 4,000 refugees trying to cross into the EU. Germany alone takes in well over a million … Read more
Here’s the paradox of building a relationship with the USA. The only way to get Republicans to respect you is to be a macho tough guy – and have a strong military with nuclear weapons. Republicans are schoolyard bullies. They talk lots of trash about Russians, but have given up trying to fight them in any meaningful way. But here’s the paradox – what works on Republicans has the opposite effect on Democrats. Being a macho tough guy will actually make them hate you more. They’ll build even more drones and ships named after gay pedophiles, and want to start a war with you more than ever before.
The last 600 years—the totality of modern history—were an invention of the West. Art, industry, law, music, philosophy, science, and technology—there was no field of consequence we did not dominate. From Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Nietzsche to Newton, Poincaré, and Watson and Crick, almost every thinker and doer of note was a product of Western schools, … Read more
