And so I looked him up. Want to see something complicated? From Ustinov’s Wiki page: Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov was born at 45 Belsize Park, London, England. His father, Jona Freiherr von Ustinov, was of Russian, German, Polish, Ethiopian … Continue reading →
Here’s the report: Russian authorities said famous Putin critic Alexei Navalny died on Friday: “Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he … Continue reading →
Obama’s CIA head John Brennan was apparently a key actor in setting up Russiagate against candidate Trump: The report – written by Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag – details how the Obama administration CIA allegedly and improperly called … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting discussion on current anti-Semitism. About two-thirds of the way through (I would have to listen to the whole thing again to find it), the man being interviewed mentions that, at some point not too long before Elie … Continue reading →
This “Bacchante” variation from Walpurgis Nacht was Maya Plisetkaya’s forte, and nobody else is Plisetskaya or even close. But many give the variation a try, especially in dance competitions where they face a particularly daunting task: to perform the variation … Continue reading →
Natan Sharansky is interviewed in the following video, in which he speaks on growing up in the Soviet Union and the mental gymnastics it required, becoming a “refusenik,” spending nine years in the Gulag, living in Israel after his release, … Continue reading →
Seventy thousand dollars or so? Someone shelled that out back in 2020. I looked that fact up because of this comment by “Oligonicella”: I have a long running joke of a habit as I paint. I clean my palette board … Continue reading →
Tommy Smothers has died at the age of 86. I was an early fan, having seen him and his brother on some variety show or other, doing their number, “Chocolate.” I was a kid and I howled with laughter. They … Continue reading →
And Fetterman’s own way is not the way the Democrats expected: The acquisition of @U_S_Steel by a foreign company is wrong for workers and wrong for Pennsylvania. I’m gonna do everything I can to block it. pic.twitter.com/9EqohwRhRJ — Senator John … Continue reading →
By Dershowitz: Musk has been falsely accused of antisemitism because of his criticism and mockery of George Soros. … Soros is Jewish by heritage. Musk is not. But their religious backgrounds should play no role in evaluating the charges and … Continue reading →
Interesting: Fetterman has found himself on the opposite side of the Democratic Party numerous times over the last few months. Most controversial has been his outspoken support of Israel, and that has included trolling pro-Hamas protesters, a move that enraged … Continue reading →
What can you say about Henry Kissinger? A ton. I won’t attempt to do that. Most readers here probably know quite a bit about the policies he advocated and implemented: detente, Realpolitik, rapprochement with China. He was a titanic figure … Continue reading →