Category: Social Issues
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HOW I BOUGHT MY NEW MAC
Ever buy something, only to discover hours later you could have paid a lot less? That’s what happened when I went shopping for a new MacBook Air. My trip to the Apple Store was full of salesmanship, theater, and high-tech enthusiasm. But the real surprise came when I rolled into Costco. What followed was part…
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MY MAC AND I
How old is my 2016 Mac in human years? I posed that to Google’s AI. Here’s the reply: “A 9-year-old Apple laptop is roughly equivalent to a 75- to 80-year-old person, retired and no longer able to keep up with the demands of modern life. While it can still perform basic functions, its hardware is…
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SERBIA: SHIT HAPPENS
A Dream Come True or A Nightmare Yet to Unfold? What a nightmare it has turned out to be so far. It was an authentic way to acquaint myself with the national character of the country in which I was born. In the end, I never felt more like a stranger in Serbia than in…
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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAUVINISM
European football fans are focused on the UEFA Euro Cup 2024 games, but many are unaware of the simultaneous Copa America tournament. This lack of attention from Europe contrasts with the significant following the Copa America has in the Americas, attracting large crowds and demonstrating the tournament’s longstanding history. The contrast highlights the Euro-centric perspective…
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HOW U.S. “DEEP STATE” FORGED NEW ENEMY FOR NATO
One day after Tucker Carlson’s record-setting interview with the Russian president Putin was published, one could hear screams all over the western media. Because someone has just told the truth about how corrupt the halls of power are in the American political system. US presidents are mere figureheads. It is the unelected officials around them…
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BIDEN’S DISGRACE: WEARING UKR FLAG-TIE
POLITICAL WEATHER VANE Until today, McConnell had also urged the Senate Republicans to pass the bipartisan bill which Joe Biden was supporting. The bill would have given $60 billion to Ukraine, $14 billion to Israel and only $20 billion for the all-important domestic border-immigration crisis. Guess what? McConnell just flipped. This morning, Wed Feb 7,…
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YESTERDAY’S “LIBERALS” MORPH INTO TODAY’S ANARCHISTS-TERRORISTS
Yesterday’s “liberals” have morphed into today’s anarchists or terrorists. And since the “liberal” administrations across the country and in Washington condone this type of violence, some even inspire them, what does that make them? STATE TERRORISTS, of course. The Mob. Organized criminal enterprises.
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WASHINGTON, KIEV AND MOSCOW CALLOUS SOCIOPATHS
Neither side So it’s the old Ukrainian song and dance: “Give us more weapons and we will keep supplying the cannon fodder for the offensive.” The Russian generals are not much better. Nor is Putin. Neither side gives a rat’s ass about human life. Just as Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt did not in World…
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WHEN PLATES COLLIDE
Devastating earthquakes, like the February 6 one in Turkey and Syria, are caused by shifting of tectonic plates. In other words, we all live on an unstable ground. It’s just that some of us are farther away from cracks than others. Do you know where the nearest fault line is to your home? That is…
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PLUTOCRACY BLOSSOMS AROUND THE WORLD
THE RICH GET RICHER, THE POOR GET POORER, THE MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKS This week, the global “elite” are meeting again in Davos, a posh Swiss ski resort, for their annual shindig about global economy. And about how to get richer yet. In their honor, the anti-poverty charity Oxfam issued a new report which showed that over…
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