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Headlines

 

G-7 leaders pledge action to address food shortages caused by war

EU strikes gas deal with U.S. as it seeks to cut irs dependence on Russia

Hunter Biden bio firm partnered with Ukrainian researchers ‘isolating deadly pathogens’ using funds from Obama’s Defense Department

USA will ‘respond’ to [Russian] chemical, biological weapons …

The Florida GOP suddenly has a fight on its hands

EU targets U.S. tech giants with new rule book aimed at cutting their dominance

USA Today ‘fact checker’: No simple answer to what a woman is

Claim: Russia forceably taking [Ukraine] citizens to Russia …

Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims

Supreme Court silent on Justice Clarence Thomas’ hospitalization

White House: U.S. to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees

Zelensky Oscar appearence in works?

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Today’s Poser

Do all the vapid clowns in the Biden administration … including Whispering Joe himself … have the slightest notion of how they are coming across … even in a friendly media? (All they really need are slapsticks and banana cream pies to complete the picture.)

Afterwards: Biden voters (real and imaginary) need to apologize to America …

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Juxtaposition

Emojis

Afterward: Imagine writing all of Shakespeare’s  plays with 100 emojis!

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daily timewaster Pic

 

It continues …

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Headlines

As BA.2 spreads, Biden administration calls on Congress to pass COVID-19 funding

North Korea fired ‘long-range’ ballistic missile toward the sea, says Japan and South Korea

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died at 84

Manhattan DA protects the Don … Presecutor: ‘Trump guilty of felonies’

Cruz erupts on Durbin: ‘I know you like to interrupt’

Putin has made a ‘big mistake,’  NATO says; Ukraine appears to be retaking ground

Pentagon: Russia has failed to achieve any of its major objectives a month into war

100 House GOPers to cohost fundraiser for Cheney challenger …

Jackson indicates affirmative action case recusal plans as hearing questions wrap

Why don’t kids get COVID badly? Scientists are unraveling one of the pandemics big mysteries

Mo problems: Trump turns his back on Brooks in Alabama Senate race

Putin’s defense minister ‘vanishes’ …

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Reader Contribution

"The danger to America is not Joe Biden, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of a Biden presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Biden, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Biden, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president." — Translated from a Prague, Czech Republic newspaper

Even if 11 million or so votes were manufactured by Democrat operatives in 2020, still 70 million Americans qualify for the above zinger. — Fletcher

Thanks Earle …

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Carnac

 

Answers: Future tense (or future imperfect?)

Question: What is the outlook for Putin’s defense minister?

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Obvious Truth

 

Zelensky has invited Biden to Kyiv to see first-hand the results of this war … like many NATO leaders did last week. I think we all know what Biden’s RSVP will say.

However, kind Pilgrim, I would wager a dollar to a dime that I know what Trump’s response would be were he still in office.

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Headlines

 

The world holds its breath for Putin’s cyberwar

Zelensky says 100,000 trapped in Mariupol; Germany says Putin destroying Russia’s future

Psaki tests positive for COVID again, will miss Biden’s European trip

Putin’s obscene wealth revealed …

Get ready for ‘hell,’ UN food chief warns amid Ukraine shockwaves

Chinese stocks may start exiting U.S. in two years, warns Asian Corporate Governance Association

Former AG Barr accuses Joe Biden  of lying to the American people about Hunter’s laptop

[Russian] Troops will run out of food in days …

Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID

Carl Icahn says there ‘very well may be a recession or even worse’

Poll: Only 47 percent think Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee should be confirmed

Belarusian military could join war …

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Barr the Door

Recent Headline: Barr calls progressives ‘dangerous,’ indicates he could support Trump in presidential rematch

Recent Headline: Former AG Barr accuses Joe Biden  of lying to the American people about Hunter’s laptop

Paradox thy name is Bill Barr. The AG under Donald Trump is conflicted. Like many of us, he was very much behind Trump’s policies but bemoaned his personality. He didn’t like his “petty” tweets. He thought Trump was too quick on the trigger when responding to a slight.

And, most of all, President Trump’s persistent claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen was too much for Barr. These piques in the late months of his presidency soured Barr to the point that he publicly broke with his boss. Parts of the book and his comments on his book tour suggest he might be trying to mend these fences.

I am unable to read Barr’s book, but, as a footnote, here is a review: The American Greatness. It is somewhat of a scattershot and doesn’t clearly differentiate between Barr’s and the author’s opinion … but it does hit the high points.

I once greatly admired Bill Barr. Now, I am not so sure. His FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop for 18 months before the left media called it “Russian disinformation” right before the presidential election. At this critical juncture, Barr stayed mum.

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Apt Analogy

An $80,000 golf cart …

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Today’s Poser

 

Why isn’t the presidential limousine (“The Beast”) an all-electric vehicle?

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Cleavage

 

The cleavage between the American elites and our ordinary citizens* seems never greater than at present. Unless this is narrowed, this country’s future is bleak. — Fletcher

* Even those, who once defended the oppressed, are now the elites.

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Headlines

 

‘The only thing Putin understands is strength’: U.S. Aircraft carrier flexes its muscle in the Med

Biden says Putin’s ‘back is against the wall’ as Ukraine war nears stalemate

Unhinged liberals wish death on Justice Thomas following hospitalization

Biden: America will lead New World Order …

Indiana governor wants transgender girls sports ban

Russia says Biden’s ‘ ‘war criminal’ claim has put relations ‘on the verge of rupture’

Ukrainian intelligence reports Russian elites planning to overthrow Putin

U.S. sending [Ukraine] secretly-acquired Soviet air defense systems …

Biden warns cyberattacks coming …

As Mariupol hangs on, the extent of the horror not yet known

Porn star Stormy Daniels loses appeal in Trump case, owes former president nearly $300,000

Liz Cheney says Russian use of chemical weapons a ‘red line’ for NATO intervention

DC cherry blossoms hit peak 10 days early …

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Powerline Charts

 

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Quotable Quote

Tower of  Babbel

The English language may well be the ultimate unifying force for peace in the world. — Fletcher

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Quotable Quote

 

It happens over and over and over again. Despots, once they have finished cowing their people with wanton tyranny, look around for other populations to suppress. — Fletcher

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Headlines

 

China Eastern Boeing 737 crashes with 132 aboard

Besieged Mariupol rejects Russia’s surrender ultimatum as deadline passes

Fredo fights back: CNN faces explosive allegations in Chris Cuomo lawsuit

Ukraine civilians deported to Russia in Nazi-like purge … Captives shipped to labor camps?

Russian oligarchs drop suit against investigative firm Fusion GPS

Russian bond yields spike as trading resumes after month-long pause

Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection 

Pentagon work with [Ukraine] biological labs becomes flashpoint …

Biden to visit Poland this week

The SEC wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about climate change

UN: Over 3.3 million have fled Ukraine

Zelensky evokes Holocaust … Slams Israel inaction … Plot to poison Putin?

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Quotable Quotes

Society runs on supposition. — Fletcher

Realism is a curse. — Fletcher

Dictators are almost always brutal realists … but realists are too often assumed dictators. — Fletcher

Realisms’ bites are more painful because its barks are almost always ignored. — Fletcher

Realism’s revelations often make their appearance  in the middle of the night. — Fletcher

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