Day: April 13, 2022
The ‘Heartland Theory’, Russia’s Manifest Destiny, Has Driven Its Quest for World Domination Since 1904
From CaspianReport, the video below, “Ukraine War from Russia’s Perspective” is a well produced, a fast-moving 14 minutes that offers an insight into a Russian world view that is likely unfamiliar to most Americans.
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Vulgarian, Contrarian, Not Authoritarian
Donald Trump has always impressed us as a classless vulgarian,
His political views are those of a narcissistic contrarian.
And when it comes to brains,
Trump comes up lame.
John Bolton says, “He’s not smart enough to be an authoritarian.”
This Is a Decisive Moment in Russo-Ukraine War
“For those of us born after World War II, this is the most consequential war of our lifetime. Upon its outcome rests the future of European stability and prosperity. … If Ukraine succeeds in preserving its freedom and territorial integrity, a diminished Russia will be contained; if it fails, the chances of war between NATO and Russia go up, as does the prospect of Russian intervention in other areas on its western and southern peripheries.”
— Eliot Cohen
World Has Surpassed 500 Million COVID Cases
500 million
The world has now seen 500 million documented Covid cases, per the Johns Hopkins tracker.
Walker Claims to Own Nonexistent Companies
$29 million
“Former NFL star Herschel Walker has made millions in business ventures since he retired in 1997, and he claims to be worth more than $29 million today,” the Daily Beast reports. “But despite that success, the Republican Senate hopeful and longtime friend of Donald Trump has, for whatever reason, chosen to dramatically inflate his business record. … In doing so, Walker has established a parallel record of demonstrably false claims, many of which appear to bear no resemblance to reality whatsoever.”
McConnell: GOP Could Still Lose Midterms
“From an atmospheric point of view, it’s a perfect storm of problems for the Democrats. How could you screw this up? It’s actually possible. And we’ve had some experience with that in the past. … In the Senate, if you look at where we have to compete in order to get into a majority, there are places that are competitive in the general election. So you can’t nominate somebody who’s just sort of unacceptable to a broader group of people and win. We had that experience in 2010 and 2012.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the political atmosphere is good for Republicans heading into the midterms but warned that the party could bungle its chances if “unacceptable” candidates win their primaries but go on to lose in November, The Hill reports.
Reagan’s ‘Trickle Down’ Tax-Cuts-for-the-Wealthy Policy Is Still Ruining the Economy – in 5 Charts
It wasn’t a “trickle,” it was a gusher, and the money went up to the wealthy, not down to the middle and working classes.
George H.W. Bush called it “Voodoo Economics” when he was running against Reagan in 1980 – before he drank the Kool-Aid and became Reagan’s vice president. Well, they’re still doing that voodoo they do. Trump, McConnell and company passed yet another tax cut for their wealthy donors and corporate sponsors in 2017. And they’ll do it again if the control the White and the Congress after 2024. Count on it.
