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It’s War and We’re All Traitors Now | Steve Berman

It’s War and We’re All Traitors Now | Steve Berman


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In World War II, the British and Canadians executed traitors, while Americans tended to jail them. Notably, William Joyce, the American-born Irishman-turned-Nazi who broadcasted propaganda from Berlin under the name “Lord Haw-Haw,” was captured shortly after the war, tried, and hanged by the British for “being a person owing allegiance to our Lord the King, and while a …

DON’T CAVE, JOE! Censorship is Not “Saving Democracy” | Steve Berman

DON’T CAVE, JOE! Censorship is Not “Saving Democracy” | Steve Berman


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Husbands and wives are at odds over COVID-19 vaccines. Cheryl Hines, wife of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tweeted that his remarks at an anti-mandate rally in Washington were “reprehensible and insensitive.” Meanwhile, septuagenarian rockers are abandoning Spotify because Joe Rogan invited some people to his podcast who didn’t toe the acceptable line on vaccines. RFK Jr. compared the …

VEGAS ODDS: Who Will Biden Pick for SCOTUS? | Steve Berman

VEGAS ODDS: Who Will Biden Pick for SCOTUS? | Steve Berman


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Vegas odds makers peg the Senate confirming the next SCOTUS nominee before the end of 2022 at 92 percent. The subhead under the top story in today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution noted that Democrats must work fast if they want the Court to not get “more conservative.” I laughed at that one, because it assumes the court getting more …

PUTIN: The Silent Sound of Ukraine Falling | Steve Berman

PUTIN: The Silent Sound of Ukraine Falling | Steve Berman


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Let’s be clear: Russia wants Ukraine more than NATO wants it. Also, Russia’s border Ukraine is a hundred miles longer than the Florida’s coastline. Plus, Russia designed the technology and software which runs most of its power infrastructure. Oh, and Russia has about 100,000 troops sitting on the border of east Ukraine. Finally, there’s hundreds of years of …

MANDALORIANS of Delaware and Other Stupid Authoritarian Ideas | Steve Berman

MANDALORIANS of Delaware and Other Stupid Authoritarian Ideas | Steve Berman


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As a conservative, I believe that our “rights” are not bestowed upon us as a positive reward for being useful members of society. We have them because we are imbued with human dignity by God, who is not subject to a vote or opinion poll. Therefore, government is an exercise in imperfection, since we are not …