Tuesday, December 15

"The U.S. finds itself in a peculiar situation in which it can neither win nor lose its wars".

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What is a "just" war in this era of drones and long-range missiles, when one side can fight without taking any risk whatsoever?  I...
Saturday, November 21

Putin's grim economic prognosis for 2021

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But he had kind words for President Trump's efforts to restore the US economy and thus, keep the world economy afloat in the Covid Era. ...
Monday, October 26

The right way to investigate the U.S. Global War on Terror.

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Matthew Duss , writing for Foreign Affairs  on October 22, lays out his case for establishing a commission to investigate the sins of Americ...
Thursday, October 8

Houthi Common Sense: "If we are funded by Iran, please, bomb Iran."

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Leader of the Ansarallah Movement, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi    Pundita editorial comment: Hear! Hear!  "Settle your issues with Iran, lea...

Rosy the Raccoon analyzes 2020 US presidential campaign

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Thanks, Sputnik for catching her hard at work. *********
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Monday, September 21

Wasting food is a custom in modern China. Changing the custom won't be painless.

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From  Xi Declares War on Food Waste, and China Races to Tighten Its Belt ; The New York Times, published August 21, updated September 17: [....
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Tuesday, September 8

Should India stay with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

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 Well, here is my opinion of Beijing: "Bite by bite, China has been eating away at Indian borderlands." The quote is from an Indi...
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Wednesday, September 2

Human response to Covid virus

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Farmer in Amazon fighting  forest fire with sprinkler can   Photo : CARL DE SOUZA/AFP Photo at Sputnik's This week in pictures, August 1...
Monday, August 24

I can tell you in one sentence what's wrong with America. But then you'd have to understand the sentence.

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What's wrong is that when statistical data interpretation rules societies, disaster results. That's the truth, the whole truth about...
Sunday, August 23

Japanese scream jar

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Soundproof jar you can scream into to let off stress.  From a list of 101 products only available in Japan. I also like the soundproof karao...
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Thursday, August 20

Has Dr Ron Paul been branded a Russian agent yet?

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  Dr Ron Paul turned 85 years old today. He is a great American, a very loyal American, but by a curious logic just about every loyal Americ...
Tuesday, August 11

Guess what? Our bones think and network. That's not all the news about bones.

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“The idea that bone is just a simple organ that’s separated from everything else as a mineralised tissue and doesn’t communicate – that’s ch...
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Thursday, August 6

Wèishéme?

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Learning the Mandarin for "Why?" can take you a long way in The Story of Yanxi Palace . Wèishéme ( 为什么), p ronounced wes he ma , ...
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Sunday, August 2

The Turkish general who learned too much

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So much corruption, so much ruthlessness in the service of corruption; one becomes hardened to it after a time. But this got to me.   Genera...
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Wednesday, July 22

Is it because the British became nihilists and the Russians didn't?

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Something a little eerie happened last night as I pondered the British hatred for the Russians. This after I read  Spying, election hacks, a...
Tuesday, July 21

Chief conduit for U.S. meddling argues U.S. should stop meddling. Pundita faints from shock.

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Get the smelling salts away from me; I'm alright, just a little discombobulated. [fanning herself]   The argument has been made by ...