(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 06/17/21 4:16 pm)
When commenting on my most recent WAIS post, John Eipper had some interesting comments about the "paramount importance of freedom of expression (and especially, of dissent)." John argued th
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(Edward Jajko, USA, 06/17/21 3:51 am)
Eugenio Battaglia used this pseudo-Latin phrase, "inimicus bellum psycologia," in an earlier posting, there defining it as "enemy warfare psychology."
My philological senses
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(David Duggan, USA, 06/17/21 3:26 am)
The year is not half over, astronomical summer hasn't started, and yet the tennis and golf seasons are half-way through, at least measured by the number of "major" tournaments played. Th
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(John Eipper, USA, 06/16/21 7:46 am)
This morning at 7:24 AM US Eastern time, I sent out a post from our faithful correspondent in Savona, Eugenio Battaglia. What landed in my inbox (and those of other WAISers, according to re
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(Patrick Mears, -Germany, 06/16/21 5:48 am)
I sent this text to a group of people I correspond with, one of whom is a born and bred Dubliner who lives "just down the street" from Paddy Moloney of the Irish traditional music group, the
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(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 06/16/21 4:22 am)
John E asked, "Isn't fairly obvious that Putin is a killer?"
No, at least not any more than the average low-profile president of the Empire has been. For instance, it is said that
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(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 06/15/21 3:59 am)
John Eipper commented on my last post: "Tor, [can a nation claim the moral high ground if it] allows no freedom of expression or freedom of dissent? Earlier, I said that China will truly be a m
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(John Eipper, USA, 06/15/21 3:19 am)
It's only Tuesday, and the week is already full of Big Deals in geopolitics.
Yesterday's NATO meeting saw Biden's "America's back" reaffirmation of the allia
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(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 06/14/21 5:34 am)
As a young PM, Mussolini had a cat named Tobia. The photo you posted of il Duce petting a cat while working at his desk most probably depicts Tobia. Il Duce had a painting made of the
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(Yusuf Kanli, Turkey, 06/14/21 3:49 am)
Months after he was elected and took office, on the sideline of a NATO summit, the new American President Joe Biden finally is to meet today (June 14th) with the Turkish leader. According to some anal
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