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The Division of Ukraine

Using force to halt what Russia perceives as a counter-offensive to NATO advances is a never-ending pursuit. 

Postscript to Treason

Because the boastful and mercurial Prigozhin surrendered, while supposedly leading a powerful force, it can be assumed he became aware he was about to face a more powerful force and could not win.

The Bizarre Episode of Yevgeny Prigozhin

More complete information on the Yevgeny Prigozhin episode is now available and reports of the event still do not “add up.” What we are told cannot be what exactly occurred.

Purposely Misunderstanding Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

Keep it sweet and simple, let the Koreans settle their problems, and we will see doves flying over the Korean peninsula.

The U.S. Will Assure Taiwan Joins the Peoples Republic of China

News reports have a predatory China trying to take advantage of every opportunity to pounce upon Taiwan and forcibly annex the Island to the PRC. History does not validate that hypothesis.

China Disguised

Agendas, exaggerations, and misrepresentations guide media reports of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Analysis of reports exposes the distortions.

Ukraine War Shifts to Economic Warfare

Escalating economic warfares, in which the Russian military pounds economic targets and NATO sanctions pound the Russian economy, have become the decisive and deciding strategies of the war. 

Ukraine – Sacrificial Lamb 

The final outcome of U.S. diplomacy in resolving Ukraine’s crisis will have Ukrainians dead and their country demolished in trade for weakening Russia economically.

Wandering 40 Years in Afghanistan's Desert

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Assumption that the Taliban can, by itself, effectively govern a nation divided by conflicting tribal loyalties and a partially  reconstituted population, with a sharply contrary mindset, needs more validation.

More than an Assassination of Qassim Soleimani

Is the reason for the assassination of Qassim Soleimani an act of revenge, or is it one part of an offensive policy of subduing those who could undermine US hegemony in the Middle East?

It is not the non-existent Iranian bomb; it is the other existing bombs

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Tehran senses it is in a no-win situation.  Regardless of its decisions and directions,the centuries old Persian lands will be pulverized

Last Nation Standing - Iran

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Due to US aggressive tactics,
the antagonists to Israel have
fallen, and Iran is the last nation standing.

Does Capitalism Mean War?

Chinese troops attaack in Korea War

Add to the mix, the economic
warfare that has decimated
populations, and the question
"Does Capitalism Mean War?"
leans to a positive answer.

Beware of Economic Textbooks 

Students learn economics from unverified theories, many contradicting each other, which leads to confused understandings of the discipline and complicated approaches to resolve problems.

Saving Social Security
A National Pension Plan Revisited

Only a National Pension Plan can provide a suitable and secure financial arrangement for retirees.

Trump's Lesser Economy

When a multitude of factors, rather than a few handpicked factors, are considered, during Trump's term in office, U.S. economic progress has been meager, and China’s economic power might have eclipsed that
of the United States.

Democratic Socialism Will Soon Replace Capitalism 

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Capitalism will slowly evolve into a Democratic Socialist system that will
be able to provide the structures for maintaining democratic substance
and resolving the challenges of a
difficult future.

Democratic Socialism Can Prevent
the Catastrophe

"Better Pink than Sink," is the new slogan for the Democratic and Socialist communities, pushed to leadership in order to prevent Capitalism's latest offering
 -- human extinction.

Demystifying the Mystery
of Debt

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Providing answers to a few questions enables improved understanding of debt, of how it shapes the economic system, and the magnitude of its perceived problem.

Is the Keynes Investment Multiplier Actually a Divider?

A careful and complete examination
of Keynes' investment multiplier
and the contradictions concerning it
is required. If analysts cannot refute the presented arguments, then the "multiplier's" significance may have
to be re-evaluated.

Whom Did Tax Reform
Benefit?

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Characterizations of the Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act  have followed
agendas – its opponents
maintaining it is a bill for the
wealthy, and its supporters arguing that the bill fairly satisfies all economic levels.
Whom Did Tax Reform Benefit?

Failure of Trump Tax Cuts



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President Trump's corporate and
income tax cuts enriched corporations, satisfied those already employed and
flush with money, and did little to
stimulate the economy.

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Middle East Crisis

Biden and Trump

Asked which of two American candidates for president would win the presidential election in Pakistan, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf responded, “They both would lose.” 

The Democratic Party’s Big Mistake - Support for Israel

By improperly attending to the urgent situation in Gaza, the Democratic Party may lose sufficient voters to jeopardize its commanding position in national governance.

America is Now Democratic Socialist
Failure of Neoliberal Free Enterprise

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As of March 2020, the United States is operating as a more than strict Democratic Socialist system,
regulating aspects of American life. Disappointing  that Democratic Socialists failed to capitalize on this historical moment, which shows a desperate need for Democratic Socialism.

The New Politics of Starvation
An Updated Survey

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President Donald Trump's use of
the most vicious aspects of economic warfare prompt another examination of the politics of starvation.

July 4 and Declaration of Independence
Part of a Global War and Owed to Others

The Declaration of Independence contains inspiring words but it was not initially prepared for that purpose. To have other governments assist them, the revolutionists had to organize themselves as an independent nation.

PBS Spurious Narrative of America and the Holocaust

The documentary emerges as another narrative on the World War II Holocaust, with a calculated intent of using spurious information to link the American people and their administration to the catastrophe. Why was this necessary? What was the reason? Did the PBS producers pursue a hidden agenda?

Sievierodonetsk- Deciphering News  of  the War in Ukraine

Obtaining credible reports of the war in Ukraine requires shuffling through several accounts and piecing them together to make a logical analysis.

Debasement of America

Expansion of knowledge sources and ease of access have brought familiarity with an overload of content without ability to authenticate, successfully analyze, and capably use the content. Sources are controlled, access is subtly directed, and content is deliberately shaped. The knowledge revolution has manufactured the debasement of America

Illogical Thinking Leading to Illogical Actions

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Preventing the assault on America’s capitol was not exclusively a policing failure; the twisted behavior culminated from inadequate response to Trump and his supporters’ unsubstantiated attacks
on the validity of the 2020 election.

The Film Knives Out
What You See Cannot  be What is  
 

Knives Out’s twists are conveniently manufactured to engineer a twisting plot. Combine these failures with errors in the film narrative and Knives Out does not satisfy The film can be rescued if what we think we see is not what is actually happening; maybe there is another explanation to “who dunnit.”