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Trump asks the President of Ukraine to make nice with Russia, the country that attacked it and stole its land

By Mark | September 25, 2019

I want to write about everything that’s happened today, as writing about things here helps me to process things, but, before I dive in, I wanted to share this piece of video with you. It was taken earlier today in New York City, at the United Nations building, where Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Barack Obama, conspiracy theories, Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, Donald Trump, foreign affairs, foreign relations, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky | 2 Comments

Russia, Russia, Russia… Now that we’ve got a narrative, we can’t let go

By Mark | July 17, 2017

It’s all happening so fast. It’s easy to be overwhelmed. One minute, Kid Rock, in what we can hope is just a bid to sell a few thousand more of his ridiculous “dumbfuckistan” t-shirts, announces a bid to take on Debbie Stabenow for the Senate, and, the next thing you know, Caitlyn “just because she’s […]

Posted in Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged adoption, Aras Agalarov, Breitbart News, Caitlyn Jenner, conspiracies, Coretta Scott King, Debbie Stabenow, deprograming, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., dumbfuckistan, election rigging, Emin Agalarov, fake news, FOX News, Germany, hacking, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, House Judiciary Committee, Idiocracy, InfoWars, Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions, Kid Rock, Michael Flynn, money laundering, Natalia Veselnitskaya, New York, organized crime, Paul Manafort, perjury, Preet Bharara, real estate, Rinat Akhmetshin, Rob Goldstone, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, Sean Spicer, Senate, SF86, tax fraud, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, voting rights, WWII | 49 Comments

Of course it’s all about oil… Putin, Trump, and the campaign to keep the world addicted to fossil fuels

By Mark | January 7, 2017

I’ve been struggling since the election to catch even a glimpse of the big picture. Like many of you, despite my best intentions, I tend to get swept up in the horror of the day. I want to look dispassionately at all the moving pieces and see if I can maybe find some logic in […]

Posted in Economics, energy, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aras Agalarov, Arctic, big oil, Canada, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, dependency on foreign oil, DNC, Donald Trump, Exxon, fake news, FBI, hacking, Hillary Clinton, James B. Comey, Kazakhstan, Lindsey Graham, Michigan, NATO, offshore drilling, oil, Party of Regions, Paul Manafort, Pennsylvania, Presidential politics, propaganda, Rex Tillerson, Trump Soho, Viktor F. Yanukovych, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko, Vladimir Putin, Wisconsin | 45 Comments

To what extent is Donald Trump a surrogate of Vladimir Putin?

By Mark | July 24, 2016

Just before the Republican National Convention, the Republican party released their new platform for 2016. The New York Times called it “the most extreme Republican platform in memory.” Among other things, according to the Times, this new platform outlined positions “making no exceptions for rape or women’s health in cases of abortion; requiring the Bible […]