Category Archives: Food for thought
Crypto Could Be Contagious
Terry Pratchett on how expensive it is to be poor …
The Guns of April
I don’t agree with this, but it is a very interesting perspective.
I don’t believe however there are any angels in this story.
I do also believe that the West and America stands for good, and embraces wholesome values. NATO is a defensive alliance. I don’t believe anyone in NATO wants war. Quite the opposite.
I know that America is not a perfect place. Far from it. They have done so much bad shit in the past. But for my adult life, America has stood for something positive. Again, not perfect, but they do strive for freedom and equality.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/27/pszn-a27.html
The awful truth is dawning: Putin may win in Ukraine. The result would be catastrophe
“Putin could win. If the west so abandons its principles and values to let that happen, the long-term price, for everyone, will be a whole new world of pain.”
Fareed Zakaria: We must stop Putin’s Plan B
Ex-top investor in Russia explains what’s really driving Putin
“A desperate little man who is afraid of being killed. A small little man who is worried about the people rising up against him.” – Bill Browder
Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Media, Propaganda, and Accountability
“I think is important for people to understand, is that Vladimir Putin, for whatever reasons he made the decision to do this in Ukraine, ultimately has created conditions that the U.S. has long wished were there for the United States to assert total dominance over European decision-making on issues of militarism. It also is an enormous boondoggle for the war industry.”