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    Semiquincentennial of the American Revolution

    250 years ago today, General Gage and Washington exchange insults the eighteenth century way, with politely worded letters. It seems some Britiah prisoners in American hands had been put to work to earn their keep. On the British side, American officers and enlisted men were being housed...
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    The Republican War on Public Schools (vouchers, religion, graft, testing, etc.): Part 2

    My sister (a died in the wool Democrat) sent me a story of a politician (I think it was this guy in Oklahoma) in some online meeting and on the computer behind him (and facing the computer used in the meeting) a adult video was playing. So it appears Satan is already on the case,.
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    Here is an article from the Hill on the events in Washington: 5 takeaways from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting Five points. A positive tone but few specifics (Not surprising at this stage) Europeans succeeded in shoring up Zelensky (The Euro leaders wanted to avoid a repeat of the debacle...
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    The Republican War on Public Schools (vouchers, religion, graft, testing, etc.): Part 2

    I would agree that a "MAGA loyalty test" for teaching applicants to Oklahoma certification is a bad idea, this looks like another example of the media telling readers what to think of an issue rather than reporting facts. Oklahoma has not released what the questions are, but they did share the...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    I had a professor in grad school (International Affairs, Troy State U.) who had been Deputy Chief of Mission in a small African country. There was an anti-Israel vote coming up in the UN General Assembly condemning Israel for something (because it was a day ending in "y") and the US was...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    That is just how international affairs is done. Turkey has said that they did not want Sweden in because a Danish man had burned a Koran in Stockholm. The real reason was that they wanted F-35s so if they have another go at Greece they will have F-35s. So, behind doors, the Turks told the US...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    Just after September 11th 2001, Pentagon planners realized that the only way to get into Afghanistan was to invade through Uzbekistan, which was led by a very unsavory dictator, Karimov. The US rep showed up with a check book and said, "What's it going to take to get basing rights?" Karimov...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    I'd be very surprised if Zelensky de jure ceded Crimea and Malorossiya. He might acknowledge it is de facto occupied and agree not to settle things militarily, but de jure? I serious doubt it. That would put things in a situation similar to Taiwan. Not good, but better than nothing.
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XIX

    As I have said before. The accession decision will have to be unanimous. My guess is that Turkey or Hungary would be the toad in the road on Ukrainian admission. Or France.
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    In the source you just provided, Witkoff is quoted as saying, "there should be territorial concessions on both sides." If that mean freeze the front lines, then Ukraine will have made huge concessions already. I have not seen any reliable source stating that the Russians demand the unconquered...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    Of the sources you provided, Reuters is the most reliable. "Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by ... Putin and ... Trump." This was the operative...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    Just the detail on what the Russian demand was. "Donbas" is a region in Ukraine. Traditionally, the boundary betwen the Zaporizhzhian sich and the Don Cossack host. Traditionally, it includes the northern part of Donetsk and the southern part of Luhansk. Between 2014 and 2022, it included this...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    I have heard American journalists say that Putin is demanding Ukraine evacuate the portion of Donetsk that they now hold. I would like to see a source for that. I have been deceived enough by American journalists that I would prefer another source. It could be that Putin did indeed make the...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    Probably a good idea to include Starmer, Macron, Meloni and the NATO SECGEN on hand since any peace plan is going to have to lean on the Europeans pretty heavily.
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    The devil, I would imagine, is in the details. If the pollster were to place conditions on that (i.e. peace, but Russia continues to occupy the Ukrainian land it now does, no reparations, no NATO membership for Ukraine just "security guarantees" and EU economic and NATO military aid to Ukraine...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    Part of the problem with assessing the likelihood of Ukrainians success and parrying the Russian invasion was that, between 2014 and 2022, there were a lot of programs to train Ukrainians (Canadians, Brits, Americans), but they were bilateral, not NATO-run programs. Left hand, right hand. It...
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    Russia Invades Ukraine XVIII

    The meeting was a yuge success. "We have the best summits. They very best..."
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    Convince Me NOT to Get YouTube TV for Football

    I just got it and it seems to be working fine. Of course, I have yet to sit through a game day.
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    Weather thread, Part III

    It has been remarkably cool and wet in the Shenandoah Valley. Right now it is 74 and there are no days in the long-range forecast over 82. With a few exceptions, it has been like that most of the summer. (I realize it is one locale and one summer). The corn is about ten-twelve feet tall. and...
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    Video: SEC Shorts - Introducing the only jersey fans need in the NIL era...

    Sadly appropriate. Pretty funny as well.

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