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Russians Understand the Hypocrisy State Department Denies

The article below appeared on a Russian news site. It shows the Russians, after years of autocratic governments, and after years of watching the US plead for their rights when it was politically...

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Shilling for a Living: Public Diplomacy in Russia

Wow, Russia. ‘Lot going on there, Obama attending the G-20, what with Russia taking in NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russian support for the other side in Syria, the famous Obama-Putin sourpuss...

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U.S. to Iraq: If Russia Helps You Fight ISIS, We Won’t

This. Is. Hilarious. Honestly, I can’t stop laughing. I gotta wipe the tears out of my eyes, seriously. I feel like I need to start including the line “This is real. It is not from the Onion” as a...

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What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?

What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003? How would things be different in the Middle East today? Was Iraq, in the words of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the “worst foreign policy...

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Who Benefits from the Tragedy? Tour Sales from Russia to Egypt Down 70 Percent

One of the most basic precepts of detective work is always to first ask, “who benefits from a crime (cui bono)?” That answer will often point you toward your perp, and his motive. With the downing of a...

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Did Russian Intelligence Hack the DNC Servers?

Short answer: nobody knows, but the media is treating it as a fact based primarily on a single technical source employed by the Democratic National Committee. I read the source’s publically available...

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Acts of Quiet Desperation: Wisconsin Recount Edition

It is quite sad to see so many well-meaning and otherwise intelligent Americans embarrassing and deluding themselves that Hillary Clinton didn’t lose the election held over two weeks ago. I hear many...

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A Media Blacklist, Courtesy of WaPo: Now I’m Afraid for Our Democracy

In most third world societies, when people don’t like the results of an election, they take to the streets. In America, we take to the Internet. But the end result is the same. The system is undermined...

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The Media and the Myths of Trump

Donald Trump’s victory was so loathsome to journalists that instead of acknowledging their cultural and partisan blindness lead to them misreport the election, they doubled down, growing two...

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That Indictment: A Lot of Not Very Much

Related Articles: The U.S. is Playing with Fire if It Walks Away from the Iran Nuclear Deal on May 12 What Happens Next in North Korea? Look Back at the China Example from 1979 Review: A Higher...

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Christopher Steele’s Other Job: He Ran an Info Op Against the United States...

Christopher Steele did far more than simply provide an opposition research dossier to the Democratic National Committee, his Job One. As a skilled intelligence officer, Steele ran a full-spectrum...

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John Brennan is 2018’s Poster Boy

It is not a pretty face, but one scarred from an evil past, repackaged by the madness of “resistance.” Accusing Trump recklessly, implying he knows more than he lets on, leading the rubes down the path...

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Trump and the New McCarthyism

There was no explanation for what had happened, how certain victory had boiled off. Fear took over. An answer was needed, and one was created: the Russians. 1950s Cold War America? Or 2018 Trump...

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Russians Understand the Hypocrisy State Department Denies

The article below appeared on a Russian news site. It shows the Russians, after years of autocratic governments, and after years of watching the US plead for their rights when it was politically...

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Shilling for a Living: Public Diplomacy in Russia

Wow, Russia. ‘Lot going on there, Obama attending the G-20, what with Russia taking in NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russian support for the other side in Syria, the famous Obama-Putin sourpuss...

View Article


U.S. to Iraq: If Russia Helps You Fight ISIS, We Won’t

This. Is. Hilarious. Honestly, I can’t stop laughing. I gotta wipe the tears out of my eyes, seriously. I feel like I need to start including the line “This is real. It is not from the Onion” as a...

View Article

What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?

What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003? How would things be different in the Middle East today? Was Iraq, in the words of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the “worst foreign policy...

View Article


Who Benefits from the Tragedy? Tour Sales from Russia to Egypt Down 70 Percent

One of the most basic precepts of detective work is always to first ask, “who benefits from a crime (cui bono)?” That answer will often point you toward your perp, and his motive. With the downing of a...

View Article

Did Russian Intelligence Hack the DNC Servers?

Short answer: nobody knows, but the media is treating it as a fact based primarily on a single technical source employed by the Democratic National Committee. I read the source’s publically available...

View Article

Acts of Quiet Desperation: Wisconsin Recount Edition

It is quite sad to see so many well-meaning and otherwise intelligent Americans embarrassing and deluding themselves that Hillary Clinton didn’t lose the election held over two weeks ago. I hear many...

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