President Barack Obama explained that Russia, hit hard by Western sanctions, is losing in its confrontation with the West and NATO caused by Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. In his State of the Union address, Obama displayed similar swag and bluster against both the Kremlin and congressional Republicans, seemingly without regard for any recent events….
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Alabama state troopers swing nightsticks to break up the “Bloody Sunday” voting march in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965. John Lewis, front right, of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, is put on the ground by a trooper. Rep. John Lewis knows how to assess ‘Selma.’ He was there… ‘Selma’ is a work…
One thing that has struck me lately is how unfashionable it has become to strive towards what used to be called gentlemanly behavior. Perhaps civility might be more appropriate, since gentlemanly tends to invoke a false image of the well to do, well-dressed. Although civility is too often cold, and a dissembling of rudeness through overuse of…
For better or for worse, we Americans have some very unique habits. Baseball caps and fanny packs aren’t the only giveaways. So Yahoo Travel found out what foreigners think are our top tells. Here are 13 ways to spot an American anywhere in the world. 1. We’re the only ones wearing white athletic socks….
SAYONARA GLOBAL ECONOMY Posted on January 5, 2015 by JimQ “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total…