Category: You can’t make this stuff up.

Source: The Wall Street Journal.

My mother gave me a copy of the original Whole Earth Catalog for Christmas when I was 12. I wish I still had it, but it eventually disintegrated in my hands from too much page turning.

Continue reading “‘Whole Earth’ Review: A Man in Whole” →

Source: French Center for Intelligence Research (CF2R).

The writer gives one of the best overviews of the war in Ukraine I have read.

I’m glad to see that Canadian journalist Lauren Southern returned to video blogging after “retiring” from the medium in 2019. I regret that I have missed two years of her work because I thought she had stopped working. My fault for not paying attention.

Source: The Saker.

The writer, Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, is the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. She published the linked article this morning on Telegram, which is a Twitter-like service based in Dubai.

The timeline looks accurate to me, although there are a couple of events I would not have thought to associate with the biological facilities in Ukraine.

As this is a developing story, perhaps some clarity will begin to emerge in the near future.

Source: New York Post.

Category: You can’t make this stuff up.

When you get the chance to listen to a smart person with relevant experience, you should take it. The exemplar in this case is Chas Freeman, the interviewee in the video. Wikipedia has an article about him where you can learn something of his background.

I suppose Mr. Freeman might be a Putin puppet, but I doubt it. I disagree with him that Putin has made substantial mistakes in invading Ukraine, but I am eager to promote many of his other observations on the Ukraine crisis. Hence the sharing of this video.

On the question of Putin’s substantial mistakes, I say time will tell.

Source: Mintpress News.

I’ve been warned more than once lately that Russian propaganda cannot be believed. In fact, I’ve been told that any information that seems to support a Russian propaganda talking point must be rejected out of hand, because — tautologically — all information that isn’t anti-Russia is automatically pro-Russia.

I am sharing the instant article because it illustrates the use of propaganda by an enemy of Russia. And I am doing this, in turn, to make a point.

The point, simply, is this: Propaganda is propaganda.

Source: The Wall Street Journal.

The writer suggests an answer to the question, “Why did the New York Times unexpectedly authenticate Hunter Biden’s laptop the other day?” The answer he gives: Because WWIII just started in Ukraine.

Continue reading “Why the Biden Laptop Matters Now” →

Source: The American Conservative.

Finally, a mainstream source takes the trouble to present evidence of Ukrainian war crimes.