Drumbeats category archive
Psychopaths on the War Paths 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
Supply Change 0
Ukraine is a major exporter of grain.
Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at the implications of Putin’s war for the world’s food supply. It is disquieting.
A snippet:
Now that a significant share of this supply has vanished from the tightly woven global market, it has created a shockwave that can be felt in many areas of the world . . . .
Russian Impulses 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini tries to remember, just what was the word for providing aid and comfort to an enemy?
Russian Impulses 0
At the Arizona Republic, E. J. Montini comments on the Republicans who are supporting Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A snippet:
I bet he would if they were Democrats.
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*A reference to Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s characterizing the Republicans who voted against sanctions against Russia as the “Putin wing” of the Republican Party.
The Lies of the Land 0
Behavioral economist Lionel Page explores how propaganda works. A tiny little snippet from a very long article:
In a related vein, Badtux argues that, strictly defined, propaganda may be slanted and manipulative, yes, but it may not necessarily be false.
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*Hence the success of Fox News.
Stray Thought, War and Mongers of War Dept. 0
A bayonet is not a scalpel.
On the battlefield, there is no such thing as a “surgical strike,” despite what the mongers of war would have you believe.
All that Was Old Is New Again 0
In the Portland Press-Herald, Bill Nemitz reminds us that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.*
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*As Mark Twain said.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
A caller calls out America’s color-coded double standard on granting refuge to refugees.
War and Mongers of War 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Gordon Weil decodes de code, in this case, Vladimir Putin’s self-styled “justifications” for invading Ukraine. Here’s one little bit; follow the link for the rest.