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Gilbert ReidMay 10
John McGreevy
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Gilbert ReidApr 23
RECIPES FOR SUCCESS & FAILURE: CARNEY'S VICTORY, ORBAN'S DEFEAT
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At one point, Trump claimed that he wanted to liberate the Iranian people; now it seems he wants to murder them. In US politics, over the past year, the unbelievable has rapidly become believable. If the US commits mass murder because of the strategic incompetence of the present administration - the court of clowns - and the ego of one m…
The US-ISRAEL-IRAN WAR
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Gilbert ReidFeb 23
SCENE: How the 1960s Transformed Canadian Art
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Thank you, Adam Tooze! Fascinating, Summers consulting with Epstein on his amorous or sexual passion and Summers dispensing essential wisdom on China, at the same time, and how do the two connect in one man or in one mind? After the "sexual revolution" of the 1960s, triggered, in part, by the contraceptive pill's arrival circa 1960, many…
Chartbook 432 "Writing column. Talking w peril" - polycrisis or stroke?
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Thanks, John, that is a brilliant detailed reminder of the deep long-term nature of Canada's relations with China and the damage done to those relations when we are subservient to the United States. I suspect Trump's recent - last few days - outburst of anger with Canada is due to Carney making a splash at Davos while Trump merely displa…
Ignorance? Ill-Will? Certainly Incompetent Analysis
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I think you are right, Robert, that these coincidences are more than coincidences.
There is, even if it is a bit chaotic and not totally unified, a Grand Strategy on the part of some to abolish or limit democracy, to "restore" certain values, and to destroy, in particular, the welfare state, and to destroy or eliminate certain "progressiv…
“Brexit. Brexit was backed, incidentally, by many of the same unprincipled rapacious folk who back Trump.”
Indeed, and excellent points. It doesn’t appear to be coincidental that Brexit occurred exactly at the same time Trump began running for office; it was a classic Russian misinformation campaign, and exactly what would be needed for t…
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TRUMP'S HEGEMONY & WAR
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Gilbert ReidJan 24
I'LL GET BY