Thursday, May 29, 2025

Padraic X. Scanlan, An Imperial History of the Irish Famine

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At Amazon, Padraic X. Scanlan, Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine . #CommissionEarned
Thursday, April 24, 2025

In Trade War, Trump Is Finding Tough Adversary in China's Xi Jinping

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This is actually good.  At WSJ , " Xi Is Ratcheting Up China’s Pain Threshold for a Long Fight With Trump ": Censorship and surve...

Weimar Republic Is Calling

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From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, " THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC CALLED AND SUGGESTED THAT 2025 DIAL IT BACK A NOTCH OR TWENTY ."

Trump to Order Investigation Into Criminal Democrat Operation ActBlue

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See AoSHQ, " It's the Democrats' own Holy Land Foundation ."

Right Wing Extremist Chats Flourishing on Telegram

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 At Der Spiegel, " Good Hunting ": He goes by "Hunter” on the messaging app Telegram. And the young German makes no secret of...

How the International System Can Survive a Hostile Washington

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From Ngaire Woods, at Foreign Affairs , " Order Without America ": In a remarkably short time, the second Trump administration ha...

Is Your Favorite Influencer's Opinion Bought and Sold?

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From Lee Fang, at the Los Angeles Times : Your addictive doomscrolling on X, TikTok or Instagram may also be the latest nexus for millions ...

Chainsawed Trees Spark Anger Over Downtown L.A.'s Decline

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Well, you'd think. (Eye-roll.) Who chainsaws trees? Aliens? Foreigners? Leftists? Anarchists? Democrats?  At LAT , " ‘Enough is eno...

How Much Time Should We Spend Online?

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It varies.  For me? Not much nowadays, now that I'm retired. I don't have anything to prove blogging or on social media, and I'v...
Monday, April 21, 2025

I Used to Hate Trump. Now I'm a MAGA Lefty

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From Batya Ungar-Saargon, at The Free Press , "The president is giving the working class its best shot at the American Dream in 60 year...

Pope Francis Dies at 88

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The Pope is Dead. Full Obituary, at the New York Times , " Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88: After decades of conserv...

Border Crossings Grind to Halt as Trump Policies Take Hold

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Good. At WSJ , " Illegal crossings at southern border are at lowest levels in decades, as a trend that began before the election has co...

Dow Tumbles, Dollar Slides as Trump Renews Attack on Fed

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Continued market chaos, with apologies in advance to your investment portfolio. At the Wall Street Journal , " Stock Market Today: Dow ...