Category: Global Issues
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ARIZONA “MARCH MADNESS:” GOVERNOR DECLARES GOLF “ESSENTIAL SERVICE”
“March madness” normally refers to one of our national pastimes – the playoffs of the best college basketball teams. This year, however, with “social distancing” shutting down sporting and cultural events across the U.S. and around the globe, the expression seems to apply to the state of mind of the Arizona state governor.
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DID RELIGIOUS SERVICES PLAY A PART IN SPREAD OF VIRUS?
74% of all U.S. coronavirus cases are in just 8 predominantly Catholic states; 73% of all European cases are in just 5 predominantly Catholic countries
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WE CAN LEARN FROM CHINA HOW TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS, NOT BLAME IT FOR IT
Some people are blaming China for the coronavirus crisis, claiming they are using it because they want to “rule the world.” Certain American politicians, Donald Trump among them, are helping incite hatred against the Chinese calling by calling COVID-19 the “China Virus.” Instead, there is much to be admired about how bravely and wisely the…
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JUST 8 “BLUE” STATES ACCOUNT FOR 72% OF ALL U.S. CORONAVIRUS CASES
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Mar 18, 2020 – The world is in the middle of the worst pandemic of our time. Statistics pour in every hour from across the nation and around the world showing that the coronavirus seems to be spreading faster than a wild fire. Markets are crashing. People are losing jobs and businesses.…
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AN AMERICAN IN SERBIA: WHAT LIVING IN BELGRADE IS LIKE AFTER 50 YEARS
Buying a car in Serbia: NIGHTMARE ON FOUR WHEELS About one year ago, I arrived in Serbia. The idea was to see what living in my native city for about six months would be like after spending nearly half a century in America. Well, best laid plans of mice and men… Three months after my…
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I HAD QUIT (FB, Twitter) OVER CENSORSHIP; INFOWARS NOW BLOCKED
NOTE FROM EDITOR: Today’s RT.COM OpEd elicited my response which was also published at their website (see below). I am also republishing here my Feb 3, 2018 editorial about quitting Facebook and Twitter (in 2016). Chilling precedent? InfoWars block exposes Big Tech as no friend of free speech (RT.COM, Aug 7) Excellent OpEd! Kudos to Nebojsa…
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JE ME SOUVIENS… I REMEMBER
An American in Serbia: From a Writer’s Notebook JULY 23, 2018 VISIT TO TAŠMAJDAN PARK, NATO WAR MEMORIAL EVOKES WARTIME MEMORIES Maybe it’s because today is the 23rd (day of the month). On April 23, 1999, NATO committed one of its most heinous crimes against humanity. It bombed the Serb TV building. Which is in…
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SERBIA REMEMBERS NIKOLAI II… AND HONORS RUSSIAN CZAR AND HIS FAMILY, SLAIN 100 YEARS AGO
An exclusive special video news report from the streets of Belgrade When I went to Saint Marko cathedral on July 12 to light a candles for my father and brother, as I usually do, I also stopped at the nearby Russian Holy Trinity church. A sign on the door said that there was going to…
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PUTIN SLAMS AUSTRIAN INTERVIEWER IN GERMAN FOR BADGERING HIM
Russian president offers a lesson in belligerent media handling Trump could learn from Vladimir Putin’s interview with Armin Wolf, a reporter with the Austrian state ORF TV channel, in advance of the Russian president’s today’s visit to Austria, was a work of art. As if to justify his last name, the reporter attacked Putin like…
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WHAT BIBI WANTS, BIBI GETS
America’s de facto President stages a dog and pony show in Tel Aviv Netanyahu claims Israel has proof that Iran lied and violated 2015 nuclear treaty Have you ever seen any head of state give a speech in which he used slides and props like a computer salesman? I have not. The closest any politician…
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