Conservative publication I’m not a fan of, but… Gen. Mark Hertling:
«War stories are parables, and like much of military life, they’re sometimes about finding purpose—even profundity—in the mundane.»
https://warontherocks.com/2022/04/putin-the-planner/
This seems obvious:
«If Putin’s meticulous planning fails, and he perhaps has to settle for seizing just the Donbas region, it will mean another failure on his part to solve the Ukraine problem. … This means that at some time in the future he would again seek to bring Ukraine to heel.»
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/biden-trump-democrats-rural-america.html
«Democrats should be proud of what the party has been and is — the party of Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare, of greater opportunity for more and more Americans — and what it stands for, and its values: for smart government being part of the solution, not the problem; for health care as a right, not a privilege; for clean water and air and effective climate solutions; for taxation that doesn’t favor the rich; for equal opportunity for all; for life chances and opportunities that aren’t determined by one’s ZIP code, race, gender, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.
These are Democratic values. They can play everywhere, including in rural America. Run on those.»
Interesting. Zelenskyy as transitional figure.
https://www.investopedia.com/should-america-pay-slavery-reparations-5080415
«Estimated costs for the program fall somewhere around $16 trillion, the entire current-day book value of the four generations of slaves who lived in the United States from after the country’s independence in 1776 until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865.»
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/slavery-probe-harvards-ties-inseparable-from-rise/
I read another article a while ago about this that was a little sadder. Controversy among the various Black folks affected/involved on what should be done. Now I can’t remember it clearly, including whether they thought $100 million was enough. I know it sounds like a lot, but so is interest compounded over 300 years.
Harvard’s total endowment is $50 billion.
«I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.»
https://gizmodo.com/infowars-looks-to-dodge-sandy-hook-conspiracy-responsib-1848805709
Gizmodo’s headline wins.
