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“To think of it as a traditional or primordial whole is absurd”

https://jackmatlock.com/2022/11/there-m ... th-russia/
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Wilkerson had lunch with Mearsheimer


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The amount of trade between the U.S. and China makes the prospect of of a Cold War with China irrational. The amount of trade between China and our Allies in East Asia makes a Cold War with China irrational. But the leadership class of both U.S. parties are basically big kids. Big rich kids. The Senators, The Cabinets, the Top pundits, the top Lobbyists. They are going to dare and double dog dare and triple dog dare each other into ratcheting this up. That being the case, it was a mistake to have spent the last 8 years interfering in Ukrainian politics and then getting into a de facto war with Russia. Maintaining even a pretext of a Cold War with China would have required normalizing relations with Russia and encouraging neutral trading relationships between Russia and western and Central Europe.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4PllvFoz0

It looks like Matlock can use a personal assistant. Maybe some colle professor in their 50s that does not have tenure.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BZWEiiaNhUk

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Today is the twentieth anniversary.

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Everyone knows Cheney was the real President.


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Some people bombed the Nord Stream Pipelines

I suspect…they had never completed a Dale Carnegie course

Germany is not happy about it.

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It is important to appoint your best people as Ambassadors to important places.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wCXDboZ9AA

It is said he began his career in Egypt.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_atiuF8Bg

When incompetent or unqualified people are appointed to ambassadorships in important regions, bad things can happen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Glaspie
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At this rate I will never get that analyst job.

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