#Biden’s war on truckers will make everything more expensive

#Biden’s war on truckers will make everything more expensive

“Biden’s war on truckers will make everything more expensive” President Joe Biden rightly announced a ban on Russian energy imports Tuesday — though only after a bipartisan group in Congress twisted his arm. Biden had resisted the move, despite the purchases funding Vladimir Putin’s deadly Ukraine invasion, worried it would further boost gas prices (and further…

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#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

“Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary” Foreign desk: Putin Won’t Pull Out Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war “will get uglier,” predicts Walter Russell Mead at The Wall Street Journal. The autocrat “is no doubt dismayed by the cascade of bad news” as his forces flounder, but “knows that his future in power, his freedom…

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#Prehistoric ‘vampire’ squid named after President Biden

#Prehistoric ‘vampire’ squid named after President Biden

“Prehistoric ‘vampire’ squid named after President Biden” A rare prehistoric “vampire squid” has been renamed — after President Biden. Syllipsimopodi bideni, an “incredibly rare” fossil, had been sitting in a drawer at a Canadian university for decades before one curious scientist took a closer look — and decided to name it for the 46th president….

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#How Biden can help lower gas prices

#How Biden can help lower gas prices

“How Biden can help lower gas prices” For the first time in nearly 14 years, the national average price for gasoline surpassed $4 per gallon. The price at the pump is up more than 40 cents per gallon from just a week ago and $1.30 per gallon higher from one year ago. In a matter…

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#Putin slithered into Ukraine as Biden dithered

#Putin slithered into Ukraine as Biden dithered

“Putin slithered into Ukraine as Biden dithered” It is said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. So it was last week when America ran out of ideas for helping the suffering souls in Ukraine.  It was then that Sen. Lindsey Graham broke the brain freeze by calling for the…

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#Biden’s unserious State of the Union

#Biden’s unserious State of the Union

“#Biden’s unserious State of the Union” It takes a special sort of political cynicism to publicly thank the Ukrainian ambassador for her nation’s bravery — and stress in the next moment that we will do nothing to defend her country with our military.  But then President Biden’s State of the Union speech was nothing but…

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#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

“#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary” From the right: Bitter Lessons of the War “It’s vital that the world not look away” from “the indifferent brutality of Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine,” argues The Wall Street Journal’s editors, since “it’s a warning of what will become more common as the multi-decade Pax…

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#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air

#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air

“#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air” Proving that he’s still the same old clueless gasbag, ex-Secretary of State John Kerry has flagged the great worry about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: It will lead to “massive emissions” and distract from the fight against climate change.  Talk about tunnel vision: The “emissions” generated by an autocrat’s…

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#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

“#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions Flashback: “If Vladimir Putin opts to back away from invading Ukraine, even temporarily, it’s because Joe Biden . . . has matched every Putin chess move with an effective counter of his own.” — Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Friedman,…

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