In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Here is a brief description of California politics circa 2005. A controversial; and larger than life, outsider celebrity businessman Governor promoting unpopular neoconservative fixes to the state’s problems.
A polarized state legislature that was unable to get anything done. Rampant but shallow anti-immigrant hysteria stoked by unpopular demagogic Republican politicians. Sound familiar?
That indicates Republicans are likely to have a hard time attracting support from Trump voters in the Midwest. For all their passion, the Trump voters seem to prefer the conservative status quo in both parties.
One reason why Democrats are doing well in West Virginia is that rank and file voters don’t buy the media’s claims that the GOP is “Trump’s Party” and still distrust the Republican establishment. Strangely enough, disgruntled Trump voters might be the key to Democratic victory in 2018 – at least in Coal Country.
Ojeda’s popularity indicates that Trump voters are not as socially conservative as many think. The State Senator also demonstrates that there is a strong leftwing constituency in the U.S. military that might play an outsized role in upcoming elections.
One can make a strong case that climate change and not George W. Bush or Bashar Al-Assad is the real cause of the collapse of Syria and all the problems it created.
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The Crimean War is called the first modern war because of all the firsts in that conflict. For example, the Crimean War was the first conflict in which they photographed battlefields.
The Crimean War resembles the Ukraine because it began with Russian aggression and found an isolated Russian facing a large alliance of other countries. Additionally, the Crimean War saw catastrophic failures of both Russian and allied armies. In a similarity to the Ukraine debacle, attacking armies became bogged down instead of winning a quick victory.
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Biden ordered the boycott to appease American China Hawks, not to protect human rights he claims. Hence, US China Hawks helped make war possible.
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1942 saw four of World War II’s most important battles; Midway, First and Second El Alamein, and Stalingrad. Other major events in 1942 included some of the greatest defeats in American and British history, the beginning of Russia’s greatest victory, and the arrival of US troops in Europe and Africa.
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The historical inspiration for In the Pale Moonlight was the Zimmermann Telegram. Some historians believe the Zimmermann Telegram changed history by encouraging the United States to enter World War I.
Strangely, most Republicans were onboard with the effort to expand the welfare state. Indeed, Johnson’s successor, Richard M. Nixon (R-California) began with his administration with an ambitious welfare state expansion plan.
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However, any strategy based on the fantasy version of the Civil Rights movement the mainstream media and politicians promote will fail.
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