Month: July 2018

Poor, Poor Paul Manafort

Twitter is overrun by right-wing trolls bemoaning the fact that Paul Manafort is in lockdown twenty-three hours a day in a VIP section of his prison. They characterize this as solitary confinement but it’s actually for his...

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Munich: A Long Time Brewing …

It’s not about immigration or asylum seekers … it’s a ugly power struggle between CDU and CSU. No modern day Anschluss necessary … open border between Austria and Bavaria in the political mindset and...

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Stalemate: Occupation of Palestinian Land Continues

From some private discussion I had recently with friends from Egypt, Dubai and England there are economic developments between Egypt, Arab States and Israel.  Just as the EEC, European Economic Community was essential for...

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