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January 20, 2023•9 words
📖 The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling
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January 15, 2023•375 words
For the record, I did not support President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. I do support green industries, but I did not support all of the flaws in the legislation. I do not like it when the US Congress rushes legislation through simply to score a few election points when that legislation is full of major problems that still need to be worked out, but that's exactly what they did with the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation is creating tensions with all of our allies, unravelling all of o...
Read postPlease Send Tanks to Ukraine
January 20, 2023•713 words
The USA supports Ukraine's desire to fight for their independence. I still believe it would be easier for Ukraine to accomplish all of their goals by joining the USA, but I understand their desire to do this independently. I am also fiercely independent. I refuse to get married even though it would be easier to accomplish all of my goals if I was married. I also understand why some Ukrainians would be suspicious of the USA's motives. Ukraine has only been an independent nation for a few decades,...
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