Tag: World War I

American Paranoia: How the First World War triggered a wave of xenophobia and a Red Scare

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In 1912 Woodrow Wilson was an unlikely Democratic candidate for the presidency, a sometime law professor and president of Princeton who had only served in public office for two years, as governor of New Jersey. But then it would be an unusual election, with a three-way fight. When the incumbent, William Howard Taft, defeated Theodore Roosevelt, his predecessor in the White House, for the Republican nomination, Roosevelt ran as a “Progressive”, splitting the Republican vote and allowing Wilson to win the presidency with little more than two-fifths of the popular vote.

American Paranoia: How the First World War triggered a wave of xenophobia and a Red Scare

“Get The Hell Out Of There” – Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

While the US government is dispensing millions of dollars in resources to treat balloons as an existential crisis, a small town in Ohio finds itself engulfed in what actually looks like the apocalypse. Perhaps by design, all of the drama surrounding violations of US airspace by Chinese spy initiatives has done well to keep what is becoming one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory from getting any headlines.

“Get The Hell Out Of There” – Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On

The specter of socialism haunts US Congress

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

*Trigger Warning*: this talks about socialism, which seems to trigger some of those who follow my blog. If you don’t like something, that I post, either scroll on by or unfollow me!

A specter is haunting Congress: the specter of socialism.

Last week, as the US Congress discussed approving billions more dollars in weapons for the war against Russia and began negotiating cuts to social programs in advance of the debt ceiling expiration, the House spent three days discussing and adopting a resolution denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Before the resolution was brought to a vote Thursday, the Republican-controlled House Rules Committee rejected a proposed amendment introduced by Democrats that would have clarified “that opposition to the implementation of socialist policies in the US does not include federal programs like Medicare and Social Security,” according to the Hill.

The specter of socialism haunts US Congress

[2015] George Friedman – Europe Destined for Conflict

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Please listen to these 10 minutes! He also mentions Croatia! Dr. George Frideman said all this 7 years ago! American geopolitical forecaster of Hungarian origin and international affairs strategist. He is the founder and president of Geopolitical Futures, an online publication that analyzes and predicts the course of global events. Prior to founding Geopolitical Futures, he was president of its predecessor, Stratfor, a private intelligence publishing and consulting firm he founded in 1996.

George Friedman – Europe Destined for Conflict

Related:

War in Ukraine: The real wild card is Germany, said geopolitical forecaster George Friedman already back in 2015

Full Video (YouTube): Europe: Destined for Conflict

Why Does Humanity Still Tolerate the Tragedy of Wars in the 21st Century? The Big Picture

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Since the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), there have been many civil wars and several important regional military conflicts between two or more countries, but none has evolved into a general world war involving all the most heavily armed countries. The most serious regional wars were the Korean War (1950-1953), the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the Iraq War (2003-2011), the Syria War (2011- ), and the Ukraine War (2022- ).

Why Does Humanity Still Tolerate the Tragedy of Wars in the 21st Century? The Big Picture

H/T: Der Friedensstifter