Monthly Archives: March 2022

About a week ago, “Crosstalk”, hosted by Peter Lavelle, broadcast a 25-minute show: Sanctions Madness. After Joe Biden dramatically ordered economic sanctions against Russia, we now face the law of unintended consequences, Lavelle opined. Guests on the show, aired by … Continue reading →

Hunter Biden credits smoking toad with keeping him off cocaine for a year. (The “toad” smoked by Hunter Biden is extracted from the Sonoran Desert toad, Incilius alvarius.) [1] The New Yorker magazine article about smoking toad does not tell … Continue reading →

A document, purportedly sent by a Ukrainian military attaché in the US to somebody’s defense ministry, allegedly “highlights a meeting between the attaché and representatives of the US-Canadian company Skymount, which is involved in AI-related research.” [1] Puzzle piece #1: … Continue reading →

“Researchers at the World Health Organization first reported increasing numbers of BA.2 infections in January in Denmark, India, and the U.K.” [1] The BA.2 Omicron variant began to be noticed in Europe in January 2022. Ukraine is in Europe. The … Continue reading →

“Bono” (Paul David Hewson) sent a poem to “Aunt Nancy” Pelosi. She was enchanted by the ditty and gave a reading. (See video hopefully viewable above.) Others were not so enchanted as Aunt Nancy. “A particular kind of awful”, commented … Continue reading →

The atmosphere is foggy in eastern Europe in the 1991 movie, “Kafka”. And so too does a fog pervade Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the north coast of the Sea of Azov. There, the Donetsk Regional Drama … Continue reading →

In Guatemala, our guy was Jorge Ubico. Ubico gave massive concessions to the United Fruit Company and wealthy landowners. Ubico has been described as “one of the most oppressive tyrants Guatemala has ever known” who compared himself to Adolf Hitler. … Continue reading →

In the 1990s, people read Manufacturing Consent, by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. They then promptly forgot its lesson. The book, published in 1988, argues that the mass communication media of the U.S. “are effective and powerful ideological institutions … Continue reading →

Events in Ukraine not found in the U.S. “news”: There has been an ammonia leak around the northern Ukrainian town of Novoselytsya. There has been “intense fighting with Russian forces in the area…” In recent days the Russian government has … Continue reading →

“Slava Ukraini!” (Glory to Ukraine!) said Nancy Pelosi on March 16, 2022. “Myru Ukraini!” (Миру Україні, Peace to Ukraine!) says Ersjdamoo. Today is the ominous 322 (March 22nd), the Skull & Bones number. “Question: What do you make of the … Continue reading →