I missed this: WASHINGTON — Working to salvage an aid package to Ukraine, Republican senators pitched an idea to former President Donald Trump that they thought he’d like: Instead of a grant, the U.S. would give the country a loan that would be backed in some fashion by Ukrainian rare earth minerals worth …
Category: Foreign aid
Jan 30 2024
It’s Been Tried Before
Several times, really…and it hasn’t worked, ever: Days after closing a deal with Albania to hold part of the migrant flood there while awaiting asylum processing, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is trying to limit the number of arrivals in the first place, by a new partnership with Africa. She unveiled a …
Jan 19 2024
It Might Not Have Started That Way…
…but in our time: Besides, how else could all those autocrats and tyrants in Third World hellholes get so rich? Did you know that infamous “Palestinian” terrorist Yasser Arafat had accumulated a personal fortune of over $1 billion before he died? Where do you suppose it came from, considering that the man never …
Dec 18 2023
A Nation Or An Idea?
I don’t always get to every article every Gentle Reader cites while it’s still fresh in people’s minds. Sometimes I must admit to being embarrassed at having missed something tremendously significant. That’s the case today. The impetus is this Dennis Prager article from a few weeks back. If you haven’t read it, I …
Aug 09 2023
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Apparently they’re not all stupid: Money – “free” money from a supposed benefactor – is more addictive than heroin. Washington has used money addiction to subjugate the fifty states and a number of small countries. If the people of Niger are aware of the danger that comes with “free” money, they’re more aware …
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