American Thinker,
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William Sullivan
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3/10/2022 11:15:55 AM
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Donald Trump was a great president, and Americans of all stripes are beginning to recognize that. Even his opponents will find it hard to argue against that conclusion without waxing stupid about a supposed “January 6th insurrection” that was “worse than 9/11,” or citing the futile “impeachments” where Democrats beclowned themselves in conducting show trials against him. (snip) Yet I am deeply thankful for him, and his service to this country. All of that said, if he loves this country and wants what’s best for it, he should not run for the presidency in 2024.
American Thinker,
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Thomas Lifson
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3/9/2022 4:49:04 AM
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Far from rallying the free world as its leader in reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden’s diplomatic team has been publicly snubbed and humiliated by even putative allies. Rather than “restoring respect” for the US, as Biden promised to do, his administration has severely damaged America’s standing as a country to be heeded. (snip) Poland, a vital and well-armed ally, humiliated Secretary of State Blinken after he tried to force it to provide Soviet-era Mig fighters to Ukrainian pilots who were trained in them. (snip) Serious as is Poland’s mockery, the rebuke suffered from our key Middle east Arab allies is perhaps even more devastating.
American Thinker,
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Sloan Oliver
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3/9/2022 3:55:49 AM
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Most of my life, I assumed that we elected serious politicians and appointed competent people to deal with the country’s complex problems -- the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the economy, immigration, terrorism, foreign policy, natural disasters, etc. -- major problems that required competent people, serious about addressing (and fixing) the issues.
That was then, this is now. (snip) The Peter Principle says that people rise to the level of their incompetence. (snip) It’s difficult to believe that Biden could find someone less competent than himself, but he did. Among the vast numbers of very unintelligent politicians, VP Kamala is perhaps the least competent
American Thinker,
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Andrea Widburg
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3/7/2022 3:42:19 AM
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I started reading Doonesbury comics in 1971 or so, as soon as the sydicated cartoon first hit the San Francisco Chronicle. (snip) I stopped reading Doonesbury sometime in the mid-1980s. (snip) on Sunday, I discovered that Garry Trudeau is selling the big water bottle lie about the new Georgia election laws. (snip) Alex: A bunch of us are going to Atlanta this fall.
Doonesbury: Atlanta? What for?
Alex: To pass out water to voters waiting in line. It’s against the law in Georgia. And if we get hauled off to jail like Dr. King, so be it! The whole world will be watching.
American Thinker,
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Andrea Widburg
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3/4/2022 3:20:39 AM
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On Thursday, Melinda French Gates, who is Bill Gates’s ex-wife, sat down for an interview with CBS’s Gayle King. It was fascinating to see how adamantly and completely Melinda distanced herself from Epstein and the nature of Bill’s friendship with him. I couldn’t help wondering if she isn’t worried about something regarding Bill’s relationship with Epstein. (snip) The most interesting part of the interview (of course) was about Bill’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. When the story broke last May, the world learned that this was a very close friendship. Bill was often at Epstein’s New York townhouse, crying on his friend’s shoulder about his “toxic” marriage to Melinda.
American Thinker,
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Oleg Atbashian
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3/4/2022 3:10:03 AM
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Russian propaganda efforts have redoubled since Putin launched its aggression against Ukraine a week ago. Suddenly, a host of stories has appeared in conservative media that try to rally support for Vladimir Putin because he is allegedly fighting Nazis and the New Word Order in Ukraine. (snip) A lot of the anti-Ukrainian propaganda points have been growing from a widely planted story claiming that their Azov battalion is a Nazi organization. (snip) Its initial sponsor, Kolomoisky, is Jewish and has since become an Israeli citizen, living in Israel. Not exactly neo-Nazi material
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
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3/3/2022 8:55:49 AM
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Like president, like spokesweasel.
Joe Biden has relied on Jen Psaki to articulate his gaffes and gibberings for him as White House spokeswoman, but now that she's a year into the clean-up, she, too, is starting to make gaffes as he does.
She made two yesterday, including: [tweet] Psaki says Biden didn't “have the time” last night to mention our 13 service members killed in Afghanistan (snip) let's take a look at what Jen had to say about patterns and old Joe: [tweet] Jen Psaki: Biden "was the vice president the last time Russia invaded Ukraine, this is a pattern"
American Thinker,
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Lewis Dovland
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3/3/2022 4:50:09 AM
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The Laws of Economics are as immutable as the Law of Gravity, but few leftists grasp this fact. When it comes to the Democrats’ energy policies, I believe this immutability will finally be the Democrats’ downfall. People are reaching a pain point that the progressives can no longer deflect onto others. (snip) For the right cause, say a short-term need to defend the US against an aggressor to protect us, citizens do make sacrifices, as we saw in World War II with rationing. But sane Americans won’t do it for progressive, leftist, or Marxist authoritarian causes.
American Thinker,
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Vasko Kohlmayer
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3/2/2022 4:11:02 AM
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Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the western public has been carpet bombed with the claim that Russian president Vladimir Putin is some sort of unhinged madman. This notion is being feverishly spread by the establishment and those in its pay: the political class, the media and the commentariat, career diplomats and technocrats as well as those connected to the security and intelligence communities.
The most remarkable thing about the Mad Vlad claim is that it is obviously false.
Whatever Vladimir Putin may be, he is certainly no irrational madman.
American Thinker,
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Tadas Klimas
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3/1/2022 3:44:31 AM
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The world has been fundamentally changed by Ukraine. This is true, although nearly all Western coverage has been scaredy-cat and daft.
Russia expected to waltz in to Ukraine. It didn‘t. (snip) What this means is that the myth of Russian might has been broken for all time. (snip) Second, the myth that Russia poses no threat, that it is a normal country if a bit misunderstood, that it is anything other than a primitive dictatorship, has been exploded. (snip) Thirdly, it is certain now that Ukraine at some point will join the European Union and NATO. Perhaps not soon
American Thinker,
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Civis Americanus
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2/27/2022 5:08:12 AM
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I once respected Vladimir Putin for his effectiveness, although I emphatically did not like what he did to neighboring countries, and also Russians with whom he disagreed. (snip) Putin's invasion of Ukraine, however, demonstrates a colossal lack of judgment that reveals him to be more like Nicholas II than Peter the Great. Nicholas II was the Tsar whose mismanagement of the Russo-Japanese War lost the entire Baltic Fleet at Tsushima, whose blunders led to the revolution of 1905, and who sent soldiers who lacked rifles to fight Germany in 1914. This is exactly why he was Russia's last Tsar
American Thinker,
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Rajan Laad
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2/26/2022 9:01:38 AM
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A few days back, Texas GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician during the Obama and Trump administrations, dared to state the obvious, which is an act of bravery in current times. (snip) Jackson said that Biden’s mental fitness for office, or a lack thereof, “was on full display during the debacle in Afghanistan” and that it could “get more Americans killed” and “ultimately get us in a war because of his lack of leadership.”
This isn’t a mean-spirited personal attack, Jackson is merely stating facts.