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🔗 They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine.

Wasn’t the Russian military — because of poor morale, poor generalship, outdated weapons, desertions, a lack of ammunition that supposedly forced soldiers to fight with shovels, and severe supply shortages — supposed to collapse months ago? Wasn’t Putin supposed to be driven from power? Weren’t the sanctions supposed to plunge the ruble into a death spiral? Wasn’t the severing of the Russian banking system from SWIFT, the international money transfer system, supposed to cripple the Russian economy.

💬 Chris Hedges

Somewhere on this blog there is a link that connects to this.

“Robert F Kennedy Jr is a flake of Cadbury proportions.”

💬 John Naughton

… my news readers to understand that I do not want the same news from so many sources over and over again. And yes, I have heard of Feedly.

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If at first you don’t succeed ….

🔗 The Final Triumph of Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023)

Cormac McCarthy’s first 5 novels were totally ignored. . . . Even Blood Merdian—now widely considered a modern classic of American fiction—got remaindered after only selling 1,883 copies.

💬 Ted Gioia

Over on The Grauniad

In a world in which the creator of the Oculus headset claims to have invented a new virtual reality system – called NerveGear – that kills players for real when they are bumped off in a game, it is clear that Black Mirror has its work increasingly cut out.

💬 Lucy Mangan

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Meanwhile - over on Scripting.com …. 🔗 Uncle Sam doesn’t “ask”

This isn’t Macy’s

💬 An IRS Agent

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