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** WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable -- what then?

– George Orwell


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 23, 2022
The Evil of Sanctions ([link removed])
After maneuvering Russia into choosing either (1) to permit the U.S. to install its missiles, bases, troops, tanks, and weaponry along Russia’s border in Ukraine or (2) to invade Ukraine to prevent that from happening, President Biden, the Pentagon, and the CIA are now responding to Russia’s choice of (2) by imposing brutal sanctions on the Russian people. Oh sure, ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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Dystopia Disguised as Democracy ([link removed])
by John W. Whitehead
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The Democracy Illusion ([link removed])
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What Would George Washington Have Done? ([link removed])
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Decriminalizing Drugs, Especially Cannabis, throughout the U.S. ([link removed])
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D.C.’s “Best Information Available” Charade ([link removed])
by James Bovard
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The Sacralization of War, American-Style ([link removed])
by Kelly Denton-Borhaug
TomDispatch
WWII Redux: The Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan ([link removed])
by John V. Walsh
Counterpunch
Ukraine Does Not Justify War ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
Antiwar.com
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You Don’t Have to Shoot Someone to Use a Gun Defensively ([link removed])
by John R. Lott Jr.
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