Comments on: Open thread 5/14/22 https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 16 May 2022 13:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623526 Mon, 16 May 2022 13:22:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623526 They are ghouls

https://mobile.twitter.com/emeriticus/status/1526056553882820608

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623522 Mon, 16 May 2022 12:19:37 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623522 Vlad’s grand strategy pays off:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-jens-stoltenberg-nato-626c6954e80fd38ecaf8558e8ad7a4b1

h/t Instapundit.com

But, but, but NATO!

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623519 Mon, 16 May 2022 10:36:39 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623519 Another existential 14 minute threat. You must walk 10 kilometers in his shoes (t
o Katyn). Or he will nuke the polar bears, puppies, and the penguins. Justifiably.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623515 Mon, 16 May 2022 08:27:00 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623515 Gentlemen, start yer…RATIONALIZATIONS!

“Russian Lawmaker Says Poland Next In Line For ‘De-Nazification'”—-
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-lawmaker-says-poland-next-line-de-nazification
Opening graf:
‘A Russian lawmaker has issued a fiery warning that Warsaw is next in line for “de-nazification” after Poland’s Prime Minister penned an op-ed calling Russia’s imperialist “Russkiy Mir” ideology a “cancer” consuming Russian society and a “deadly threat” to other countries….’

I would think that the only “deadly threat” that Poland “presents” to others is exporting (er, weaponizing) kielbasa…oh-so-tasty! oh-so-irresistible! oh-so-carcinogenic!(?))… Just the thing to make anyone a vegetarian in self-defense…(at least a non-practicing vegetarian…)

In any event, nice to know that Russia has lawmakers? Well…”lawmakers”, maybe.

(Be even nicer” if they had a sense of humor….)

]]> By: TJ https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623510 Mon, 16 May 2022 06:23:28 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623510 Justice Clarence Thomas celebrates Thomas Sowell (in his interview with former clerk, John Yoo). He tells us that we’ve gotten into trouble by not bearing witness to the truth.

The Justice cites Solzhenitsyn’s essay and plea, “Live Not By Lies.” Only by insisting on telling the truth can we restore civil society and gain our future.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/05/justice-thomas-on-the-leak.php

Sensible, powerful wisdom.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623494 Sun, 15 May 2022 22:03:21 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623494 can one be anymore cynical about this administration

https://mobile.twitter.com/SgtTim911/status/1525905853169254400?cxt=HHwWgIC-rb7Sja0qAAAA

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623491 Sun, 15 May 2022 21:40:57 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623491 probably the latter,

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/laying-siege-to-the-institutions/

]]> By: Banned Lizard https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623490 Sun, 15 May 2022 21:00:15 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623490 One can’t help but wonder if the Groper Joe phenomenon embarrasses Democrats, or are they all so compromised that nothing fazes them anymore?

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623488 Sun, 15 May 2022 20:22:55 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623488 What’s the over-under on the number of cosmetic procedures Kathy Hochul has had on her face? How about her teeth?

]]> By: TommyJay https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/14/open-thread-5-14-22/#comment-2623487 Sun, 15 May 2022 20:22:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116830#comment-2623487 In the long run we are all dead.
https://www.historytoday.com/keynes-long-run

I’m sure it’s easy to find elements that are on both sides of Keynes’ short termism. I had heard that he was an active stock trader and liked to spend and live it up. On the other hand, one of the more amazing long term points about the young Keynes was that he thought that the Treaty of Versailles was a huge mistake.

From Wikipedia:
Prominent economists such as John Maynard Keynes declared the treaty too harsh—a “Carthaginian peace”—and said the reparations were excessive and counter-productive. On the other hand, prominent Allied figures such as French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, criticized the treaty for treating Germany too leniently. This is still the subject of ongoing debate by historians and economists.

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