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In the thrall of 80’s nostalgia @BretStephens looks to ‘Operation Praying Mantis’ to curb the The Iranian Menace!

Newspaper Reader comments. Mr. Stephens in his latest contribution to @NYT . Under the pretentious rubric: Mr. Stephens is a bellicose Neo-Con, without any kind of military experience. Yet he places his faith, based upon a complete ignorance of what war might … Continue reading →

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Constanze Stelzenmüller: ‘… directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution’. Brookings is an integral part of the American National Security State propaganda apparatus.

Newspaper Reader advises caution! Headline: Germany’s moderate middle is back in a volatile political age Sub-headline: While ordinary citizens march against the far right, Sahra Wagenknecht promises realignment on the left https://www.ft.com/content/a45e4a8d-9d0c-4cd0-958a-f844d87961b1 Constanze Stelzenmüller writes with the authority of a … Continue reading →

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The self-serving mendacity of Bret Stephens, is not just dependable, but utterly predictable!

Political Cynic scoffs! Is it predictable that three New York Times Public Intellectual’s Friedman/Brooks/Stephens should all be parties to the Gaza Genocide, and the Famine that is unfolding now? The first paragraphs of Stephens’ would be ‘bill of attainder’. United Nations … Continue reading →

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David Brooks on ‘… a Sad, Lonely, Angry and Mean Society’ … note the key word here is ‘save’, a Christian Imperative!

Philosophical Apprentice comments. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A selection from Brooks’ latest Public Moralizing. Yet not a word about the Gaza Genocide! Brooks does offers an extended diagnosis of what ails us… Many professors seem to have lost faith too. They’ve become race, … Continue reading →

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Tom Friedman enunciates, in a brief 2,519 words, ‘A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway’ …

A Newspaper Reader focuses on one of the many political actors, in this Friedman Political Melodrama! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. My brief collection of evocative fragments from this ‘essay’: There are many ways to explain the two biggest conflicts in the world today–while … Continue reading →

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Bret Stephens contemplates ‘The Meaning of Gaza’s Tunnels!’

Political Observer on the Propaganda Imperatives of @NYT Bret Stephens & David Brooks. Like his Fellow Traveler David Brooks , Bret Stephens attempts to change the subject from the 24,100 dead in Gaza, by means of his latest essay: The Meaning of Gaza’s … Continue reading →

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Martin Wolf on ‘The bitter lessons of Brexit’ & ‘the performative politics of populist leaders’.

Political Observer comments. J.G.A. Pocock in the London Review of Books offers this frontal attack on The Paradise Lost of Brexit: J.G.A. Pocock offers this on Brexit: Vol. 38 No. 14 · 14 July 2016 Profoundly anti-democratic and anti-constitutional, the EU obliges you … Continue reading →

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@tomfriedman writes an apologetic for Antony Blinken & @nytdavidbrooks writes on the clear and present danger of the creeping ‘Administrative State’: featured final player Donald Trump!

Political Observer comments. I’ll just ‘sample’ key paragraph’s of this wan apologetic that Mr. Friedman offers, on behalf Blinken, in a Newspaper that is the active partner of The American National Security State. Note that Friedman mentions Blinken being a Jew, yet … Continue reading →

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Giuliano da Empoli’s Political Fiction captures the attention/celebration of both The Financial Times & The New Statesman

Political Observer comments. The Financial Times: January 5, 2024: Headline: Writer Giuliano da Empoli: ‘Putin knows he made a mistake. But one rule of power is to never go back’ Sub-headline: The Italian political adviser turned bestselling novelist on using … Continue reading →

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As beguiling as Freddie Hayward evaluation of David Cameron … there is the matter of History ?

Old Socialist comments. January 11, 2024: In my haste to comment on Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay, I commented about the Hunger and Homelessness in Britain. I failed in my moral duty, yes Kant!, to, at the least, mention the Gaza … Continue reading →

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