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Guest Post: Muddy – Eighty Years Ago
Eighty years ago, in the first minutes of the 30th of June, 1943, two waves of United States troops of the 41st Infantry Division were thrown ashore in a shipwreck landing at Nassau Bay, south of the Huon Gulf in Papua New Guinea. The event signalled the beginning of Operation Doublet, the final stage in…
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Open Thread – Tues 27 June 2023
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Open Thread – Weekend 24 June 2023
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Open Thread – Tues 20 June 2023
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Open Thread – Weekend 17 June 2023
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Barnes on the federal Trump indictments
Excellent overview of the constitutional issues raised by the recent federal indictments againt Trump, the leading challenger in the 2024 Presidential election. It all appears to hang on Article II powers conferred on every President, including classified material.
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Open Thread – Tues 13 June 2023
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Guest Post: Muddy – Who Wrote That? Round 2
Nothing except my faith in humanity has changed since the first round. To participate, nominate a Cat or Kitteh as the author of a specific quote. i.e. ‘48, Muddy.’ You can include the number and the quote itself if you wish, or just the number. All quotes have been sourced from an Open Thread. After…
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Open Thread – Weekend 10 June 2023
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May you live in interesting times
You already probably know Mearsheimer’s view of the conflict, at least in respect of its cause, which he largely places at the feet of the US (and NATO) and the decision of Bush Jr. to move to have Georgia and Ukraine enter NATO. He again goes over this terrain but also looks at the prospects…