Tag: ukraine
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TAPA # 248 DECENCY???
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.” Those were the words of Joseph Welch, the Boston attorney representing the U.S. Army during the nationally televised Army-McCarthy hearings on June 9,…
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TAPA # 247 BETRAYAL
Trump has betrayed Ukraine and our European allies by undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, restricting critical military intelligence, and providing Putin with additional revenue to finance his illegal war of aggression. But his betrayal extends to every American. As he coddles his comrade Putin, Trump is illegally easing sanctions Congress enacted and that he…
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TAPA # 246 LIPSTICK FOR A PIG???
Trump has an extraordinary ability to create problems, blame everyone else for them, and somehow persuade people to believe him. I watched his rally in Syracuse, my hometown, with particular interest. Many in the crowd came for the spectacle. Some traveled from out of state, while others were local residents who, still blind to the…
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TAPA # 244 The Neanderthal Waltz
Today I was reading Sapiens, a gift from my grandson, and listening to an NPR interview with a longtime Pentagon journalist discussing the state of our military under Hegseth. Suddenly, the two narratives converged, offering an illuminating perspective on the disaster unfolding in our government. In the chapter “An Animal of No Significance,” Yuval Noah Harari…
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TAPA # 155 ” GOOD AND PROPER “
When I first read this, I thought it was a comedy skit spoofing Donald Trump’s long-standing obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. But no, it is real. Written by the President of the United States. It reads like a note from a first grader to a classmate who wouldn’t share a Mounds bar. Text message…
