Related: Tucker Carlson: Lawmakers applauding Zelensky clapped ‘like seals’ | The Hill
Music: Jazmine Sullivan sings “The Star Spangled Banner” at the 2022 MLB World Series:
Jazmine Sullivan Killed the (Star-Spangled Banner) at the World Series🥲🔥 #mlb #astros #phillies – YouTube
(1) Never underestimate the enemy
(2) The persuasive power of honesty
I began collecting these headlines not long after Joe Biden began expressing apprehensions about Putin’s intentions in Ukraine. I wanted to document the lead-up to whatever it might be that might happen. I avoided pieces that appeared to be mere speculation or he-said-she-said. Once the war itself began, I quit; the war itself will be adequately documented.
Yahoo! News links are not immortal; so whenever possible, I have linked to the source.
Bookmarks:
9-year-old kills gun instructor • Russian aggression in Ukraine • Third world elections: the loser cries foul • A bullied child hails his rescuer • Iraq War Vet Was Warned Waffle House Wasn’t ‘Safe For Whites,’ Gets Beaten, Needs Brain Surgery
Continue reading Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
I followed this matter closely at the time.
MH17 plane crash families prepare for critical trial phase | Reuters
A previous similar collection of links to news items appeared here.
2014-05-19
They said this before, and the U.S. and NATO found no evidence that it had happened. We’ll see. But it does sound as if Russia is distancing itself — literally — from the separatists.
Continue reading The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
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