The Problem With Mitch McConnell Isn’t His Age, It’s His Occupation

Thomas Knapp: For the second time in as many months, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81, experienced an … episode … on August 30, suddenly freezing, going silent, and appearing to have broken contact with the external world while talking with reporters. Dr. Brian Monahan, the US Capitol’s attending physician, declared McConnell “medically clear” the … Continue reading The Problem With Mitch McConnell Isn’t His Age, It’s His Occupation → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s Plan For Ending The Russia-NATO Proxy War In Ukraine Is Pragmatic

Voice of East: Vivek Ramaswamy’s Plan For Ending The Russia-NATO Proxy War In Ukraine Is Pragmatic By Andrew Korybko Accepting the impossibility of Russia abandoning its mutually beneficial cooperation with China and acknowledging that lifting the sanctions likely won’t happen either, the rest of... Read More › - Voice of East
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Disaster Politics: My Perennial Plea for Presidents to Stay Home

Thomas Knapp: As I write this on the morning of Tuesday, August 29, forecasts predict that the storm known as Idalia will make landfall as a Category 3 Hurricane early tomorrow, about 50 miles to the west of my home outside Gainesville, Florida, then come right at me. Any or all of those elements (when, where, how … Continue reading Disaster Politics: My Perennial Plea for Presidents to Stay Home → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Historical Injustices In Kashmir And The Apathy Of United Nations

Voice of East: Historical Injustices In Kashmir And The Apathy Of United Nations By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General (SG) of the United Nations tweeted on August 23, 2023: ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity... Read More › - Voice of East
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Ron DeSantis is the Republican Party’s Elizabeth Warren

Thomas Knapp: “The goal of our declaration of economic independence is simple,” according to Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign website: “We win. They lose.” By “we,” DeSantis presumably means everyday Americans. But he never really explains who “they” are, other than to reference shadowy “elites” no fewer than five times, and China a whopping 14 times, in his … Continue reading Ron DeSantis is the Republican Party’s Elizabeth Warren → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Russia Appears To Have Given Up On Participating In The G20 At The Leadership Level

Voice of East: Russia Appears To Have Given Up On Participating In The G20 At The Leadership Level By Andrew Korybko The protracted NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine and BRICS’ historic expansion last week combined to finally push the Kremlin to give up on... Read More › - Voice of East
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Enough with the DAOs, Time for the DAPs

Thomas Knapp: On August 23, the Southern District Court of New York unsealed an indictment accusing two Romans of money laundering. “Romans” doesn’t refer here to people from Rome. It refers to two guys named “Roman” — Roman Storm of the United States and Roman Semenov of Russia. And “money laundering” doesn’t refer here to actual money … Continue reading Enough with the DAOs, Time for the DAPs → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Obstacles to the Peaceful Reintegration of Taiwan into the People’s Republic of China

Kim Petersen: 1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a […] - Kim Petersen
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Western Media Is Nowadays Talking About How Fatigued And Frustrated Ukrainians Have Become

Voice of East: Western Media Is Nowadays Talking About How Fatigued And Frustrated Ukrainians Have Become By Andrew Korybko What’s taking place is a “de-programming operation” aimed at reversing the effect that pro-Ukrainian/-war and anti-peace/-Russian propaganda had on the Western masses. The purpose is... Read More › - Voice of East
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COVID-19: Never Let Them Re-Impose the “New Normal”

Thomas Knapp: I keep hearing that COVID-19 is back — but of course, it never really left and likely never will. Case numbers and hospitalizations are ticking upward, something we’re likely to see as a seasonal phenomenon from here on out. I finally experienced the virus firsthand last week. I rate it zero stars, not recommended.  As … Continue reading COVID-19: Never Let Them Re-Impose the “New Normal” → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Japan’s Participation In This Week’s Reported South China Sea Drills Sends Five Messages

Voice of East: Japan’s Participation In This Week’s Reported South China Sea Drills Sends Five Messages By Andrew Korybko Japan’s new military role in the Asia-Pacific is unprecedented in the post-war period, but it’s approved by America so as to prepare its “unsinkable aircraft... Read More › - Voice of East
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A Tale of Two Countries

Thomas Knapp: To me, Jason Aldean’s recent hit “Try That in a Small Town” provides the best  answer to an Internet joke question I’ve seen floating around for several years: “If you could completely eliminate one genre of music, what genre would you choose and why would it be modern country?” The only thing remotely “country” about … Continue reading A Tale of Two Countries → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Disqualify Trump? Maybe … But Not By Ukase

Thomas Knapp: “Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is self-enforcing,” Steven Calabresi writes at The Volokh Conspiracy. “It is ‘the supreme Law of the Land’ binding on each of the 50 State Secretaries of State and their subordinates who draw up primary or general election ballots.” Calabresi believes former president Donald Trump has disqualified himself as a candidate … Continue reading Disqualify Trump? Maybe … But Not By Ukase → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Air Travel Privacy: Is Elon Musk’s Personal Security More Worthy of Protection Than Yours?

Thomas Knapp: Elon Musk and other Very Special Important Wealthy People want to use “your” airports, “your” airspace, and “your” air traffic control systems, but don’t want to you and your fellow smelly peasants to know the details. Per Axios, the VSIWP class has contrived — probably through lobbyists, although direct whispers or even outright bribes to … Continue reading Air Travel Privacy: Is Elon Musk’s Personal Security More Worthy of Protection Than Yours? → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Victoria Nuland Revealed Some Interesting Details About Her Discussions In Niger

Voice of East: Victoria Nuland Revealed Some Interesting Details About Her Discussions In Niger By Andrew Korybko The top takeaways are that: the US is making a public effort of dubious sincerity to show the world that it doesn’t want a regional war; her... Read More › - Voice of East
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Totalitarianism: The Oak is in the Acorn

Thomas Knapp: “Democrats and corporate media throw around terms like ‘fascism’ and ‘dictatorship,'” Brian C. Joondeph writes at American Thinker, “as a means of stifling discussion of anyone they disagree with. Totalitarianism is another term along those lines, typically associated with tyrants such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.” Unsurprisingly, Joondeph attributes the “real” totalitarian impulse to those … Continue reading Totalitarianism: The Oak is in the Acorn → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Kashmiris Gather At Times Square, Declare Aug 5, 2019 One Of The Darkest Chapters In Kashmir’s History

Voice of East: Kashmiris Gather At Times Square, Declare Aug 5, 2019 One Of The Darkest Chapters In Kashmir’s History By Our Special Correspondent Kashmiri Americans along with friends of Kashmir, including women and children gathered at historic Times Square, New York to... Read More › - Voice of East
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Tell It to the Marine: No Draft, “Limited” or Otherwise

Thomas Knapp: “Today,” Lt. Colonel Joe Penzler (USMC, retired) writes at Military.com, “the military needs only about 160,000 youth from an eligible population of 30 million to meet its recruitment needs. But after two decades of war — both of which ended unsuccessfully — and low unemployment, many experts believe the all-volunteer force has reached a breaking … Continue reading Tell It to the Marine: No Draft, “Limited” or Otherwise → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them

Voice of East: Niger’s Ousted Leader Initially Promised To Fight Terrorists But Ultimately Allied With Them By Andrew Korybko Without any exaggeration despite how sensational it sounds, Bazoum literally allied with Al Qaeda and ISIS’ regional affiliates according to The Economist, and he even... Read More › - Voice of East
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Kennedy: For Free or Not For Free?

Thomas Knapp: “RFK Jr., You’re No JFK” proclaims John Turres in The Wetumpka Herald (August 1). Although “early on, Kennedy was getting a lot of attention and even support, because, well, he’s a Kennedy, and that’s what the family label gets,” Turres doubts that the halo effect will last as Democratic voters find out more about how … Continue reading Kennedy: For Free or Not For Free? → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War

Voice of East: It’s Likely That Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War By Andrew Korybko Security and ideological interests account for why the Algerian Chief of Staff just flew to Moscow. His country wants to coordinate with its... Read More › - Voice of East
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“Biden Crime Family”: The Difference Which Made No Difference Still Makes No Difference

Thomas Knapp: Testifying before the US House Oversight Committee on July 31, Devon Archer allegedly claimed that his former business partner, Hunter Biden, trafficked in the “illusion of access” to his father, then vice-president Joe Biden. Republicans took a victory lap on Archer’s testimony,  saying it proves the “Biden brand” played a key role in various corrupt … Continue reading “Biden Crime Family”: The Difference Which Made No Difference Still Makes No Difference → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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