Politics

Kamala Harris is a clueless bully who refuses to do her homework

#U.S.A. #Politics

It’s rare that someone can say so much and so little simultaneously. Harris apparently believes the best strategy for responding to a question for which she obviously has not prepared is to keep talking, ...…

Jacques Bopp

The Market Is Too Serene About Inflation

#Economy #Politics #U.S.A.

The interest rate on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note hovers around 1.75% while the annual rate of inflation nears 7%, suggesting that investors believe high inflation is temporary.…

Jacques Bopp

«Die Medien lieben Geschichten über Rassismus, weil sie Klicks bringen und Ideologien bestätigen. Ob die Storys wahr sind, ist unwichtig»

#Politics #Racism #Crime

Solche Falschmeldungen über Hassverbrechen sind auch in Europa ein zunehmend verbreitetes Phänomen. In der Schweiz sorgte 2006 eine Brasilianerin für einen internationalen Skandal, indem sie behauptete, jemand habe ihr die Buchstaben «SVP» ins Bein geritzt.…

Jacques Bopp

Putin's propaganda coup

#Politics #U.S.A. #Trump

Indeed, the most consequential conduit for Vladimir Putin’s objectives were those public men and women in the media and government who supercharged and disseminated the most extreme conspiracy theories that Trump was a literal Manchurian candidate controlled by a hostile foreign power.…

Jacques Bopp

Eine Ausstellung in der Neuen Nationalgalerie Berlin verharmlost kommunistische Gewaltherrschaft und die Sowjetunion

#Politics #Deutschland

«Sehen Sie die sommerlichen Blau- und Grüntöne? Und die strahlende Sonne im Zentrum?», fragt der Audioguide in der Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin vor Heinrich Vogelers Ölbild «Kulturarbeit der Studenten im Sommer». Der Ton ist heiter, die Farben sind froh, die Szenen hoffnungsfreudig.…

Jacques Bopp

Left-Leaning Media Seek a Misinformation Monopoly

#Politics #U.S.A.

Kyle Rittenhouse is a domestic terrorist. Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist. Donald Trump won in 2016 only because he colluded with the Kremlin.…

Jacques Bopp

Durham Sails Into Deep Waters

#Politics #Crime #U.S.A.

_Former FBI director James Comey is sworn in during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2017.…

Jacques Bopp

Durham and the Clinton Dossier

#Politics #U.S.A. #Trump

The nation argued for five years over the infamous “Steele dossier,” the document on which the Federal Bureau of Investigation relied to investigate )’s 2016 campaign. It should have been called the Clinton dossier.…

Jacques Bopp

Biden and Nothingness - WSJ

#Politics #U.S.A.

Another of the world’s famous existentialist philosophers, Jean-Paul Sartre, wrote a book called “Being and Nothingness.” Extending Sartre’s ideas on nothingness, Mr.…

Jacques Bopp

Zeitgeist in Deutschland: Wo bleibt das Bürgertum?

#Politics #Deutschland

_Als Angela Merkel Kanzlerin wurde, dachte man, gesellschaftspolitisch sei das Ende der Geschichte erreicht.…

Jacques Bopp