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INVADING IRAQ WAS A DISASTER–SO LET’S INVADE IRAN: PART ONE (OF THREE)
“If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!” So threatened President Donald Trump in a tweet on May 19. Meanwhile, a debate raged among...
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INVADING IRAQ WAS A DISASTER–SO LET’S INVADE IRAN: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2019, will mark the 18th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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INVADING IRAQ WAS A DISASTER–SO LET’S INVADE IRAN: PART THREE (END)
On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush attended a meeting of the National Security Council. “Why shouldn’t we go against Iraq, not just Al-Qaeda?” demanded Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of...
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3,000 DIED, WHILE THE GUILTY GO FREE
On October 16, 2015, then-Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump told a brutal truth to take down his opponent, Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Interviewed on Bloomberg TV, Trump said...
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THE WHITE POOR: LOVING THOSE WHO DESPISE THEM: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On July 22, 2011, ABC News carried the following story: The Pew Foundation, analyzing voter identification, found “the electorate’s partisan affiliations have shifted significantly” since Barack Obama...
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THE WHITE POOR: LOVING THOSE WHO DESPISE THEM: PART TWO (END)
Republicans have long tried to prevent or eliminate programs that aid the poor and middle-class, including: Social Security (since it began in 1935) Medicare National health insurance Food stamps WIC...
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AMERICAN DECLINE STARTS WITH IRAQ: PART ONE (OF THREE)
“Many of the people who work in American foreign policy today were shaped by the experience of the 1990s, when the United States was ascendant. The Berlin Wall came down. Democracy was spreading across...
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AMERICAN DECLINE STARTS WITH IRAQ: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2018, will mark the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this is a time to remember all those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out. But it...
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AMERICAN DECLINE STARTS WITH IRAQ: PART THREE (END)
On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush attended a meeting of the National Security Council. “Why shouldn’t we go against Iraq, not just Al-Qaeda?” demanded Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of...
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THE WHITE POOR: LOVING THOSE WHO DESPISE THEM: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On July 22, 2011, ABC News carried the following story: The Pew Foundation, analyzing voter identification, found “the electorate’s partisan affiliations have shifted significantly” since Barack Obama...
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THE WHITE POOR: LOVING THOSE WHO DESPISE THEM: PART TWO (END)
Republicans have long tried to prevent or eliminate programs that aid the poor and middle-class, including: Social Security (since it began in 1935) Medicare National health insurance Food stamps WIC...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART ONE (OF THREE)
It’s that time of year again—yet another anniversary celebration of September 11, 2001. The day when Islamic terrorists slammed two jetliners into the World Trade Center and a third into the Pentagon....
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Colonel Brandt: “I wonder what we’ll do after we lose the war.” Captain Kiesel: “Prepare for the next one.” –-“The Cross of Iron,” film by Sam Peckinpah September 11, 2022, marks the 21ist anniversary...
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SALUTING THE AMERICANS WHO GAVE US 9/11: PART THREE (END)
“Naturally, the common people don’t want war. neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But the people can always be brought to the bidding of...
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3,000 AMERICANS DIED, WHILE THE GUILTY WENT FREE
On October 16, 2015, then-Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump told a brutal truth to take down his opponent, Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Interviewed on Bloomberg TV, Trump said...
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THE ROAD TO DECLINE STARTS IN IRAQ: PART ONE (OF THREE)
“Many of the people who work in American foreign policy today were shaped by the experience of the 1990s, when the United States was ascendant. The Berlin Wall came down. Democracy was spreading across...
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THE ROAD TO DECLINE STARTS IN IRAQ: PART TWO (OF THREE)
September 11, 2023, will mark the 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Inevitably, this will be a time to remember those whose lives were so cruelly snuffed out....
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THE ROAD TO DECLINE STARTS IN IRAQ: PART THREE (END)
On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush attended a meeting of the National Security Council. “Why shouldn’t we go against Iraq, not just Al-Qaeda?” demanded Donald Rumsfeld, the...
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COMBATING SLUMLORDS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
As of 2022, seven states—California, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and the District of Columbia—offer tenant protections via residential rent control. Only 34 out of 482...
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COMBATING SLUMLORDS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
“We investigate complaints of building code violations and compel building owners to fix the violations.” So boasts the website for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Yet DBI...
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