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Category Archives: Ukraine
Supporting Ukraine Is A Bigger Blunder Than Invading Iraq
In a speech uploaded to Youtube May 23, 2023, John J. Mearsheimer says supporting Ukraine against Russia is a much worse mistake than invading Iraq in 2003. “We committed a colossal blunder and I find it hard to see how … Continue reading
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Historian Matthew Ghobrial On Russia Vs Ukraine (3-29-22)
00:00 PhD student Matthew Ghobrial, https://twitter.com/GhobrialMatthew 01:00 Matt’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9z6CwgycPjUbOLElkLuHjQ 02:00 What are Russia’s legitimate interests in Ukraine? 04:00 Why did Putin invade Ukraine? 06:00 What would a peace agreement look like? 08:00 Hyperbolic rhetoric about Putin 09:00 When … Continue reading
Loving Putin Is The New Holocaust Denial (3-21-22)
00:00 Holocaust denial has long been the most socially deviant opinion you could offer 01:00 Dooovid joins the show 03:00 When you moralize the news, the IQ of the conversation goes down 05:00 The dominant narrative about the war in … Continue reading
The Energy Stars (3-20-22)
00:00 The situation is the boss 03:00 The power of emotional energy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142897 07:00 Elliott Blatt joins 12:00 Karen Carpenter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter 15:00 How did Ukraine become sacred? 25:00 Stalemate in Russia v Ukraine 52:10 Who’s Who in the Dissident Right: … Continue reading
Imagine No Religion, Ukraine War Discussion (3-5-22)
00:00 Religion in Secular Society, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141986 02:00 The dark world of mega-churches? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTfKpAWkgJY 1:12:30 Peter Zeihan on the Ukraine war 1:18:30 The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything | Yuval Noah Harari, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQqthbvYE8M 1:22:00 Cinema vs religion 1:26:00 Can liberalism … Continue reading
What Are The Implications Of the Ukraine War For Taiwan? (3-4-22)
00:00 My new Norelco electric shaver (scratchy audio first six minutes) 02:00 Amazon’s nut chocolate harvest 04:00 The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142846 What Is The Role Of The State? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142828 23:00 Hans Freyer’s journey from church to … Continue reading
What Does Putin Want? (2-23-22)
00:00 Putin at war (choppy audio first two minutes) 03:00 PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE 45:00 Ricardo vs Kyle 49:00 Kyle on the importance of alliances 57:30 Is China more likely to invade Taiwan with … Continue reading
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis
From June 2015: “John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best … Continue reading
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Observer: In Modern Ukraine, People of Color Need Not Apply
REPORT: “Attacks on dark-skinned visitors and Aryan-only pools reveal post-Maidan Ukraine still has some maturing to do” Chaim Amalek: “Same thing was happening in China just before Tiananmen Square. It is what racially conscious, nationalistic people do.” When people grow … Continue reading