When it comes to meeting people's basic needs, the US is not number 1. It is now ranked number 41, ranking between Cuba and Bulgaria.

Those two are "developing countries", but the US is an "undeveloping country."

I suppose the reasons for specific faults are complex, but it is clear that plutocracy is the fundamental reason the US does so badly with so much money.

Conjecture: Dementis is using migrants as pawns to trigger outrage from Democrats. That builds him up in the eyes of Republicans.

This suggests we should downplay the importance of his stunts. I think that Martha's Vinyard's response will be helpful.

Republican officials tricked migrants into accepting flights to Martha's Vineyard via false promises. The migrants' lawyers are suing and calling for prosecution.

That's more significant than mere helpless outrage.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, "defeated" in Belarus's last election when Lukashenko stole it, says that additional western sanctions on Belarus can drive him out.

Internal documents subpoenaed by congressional investigation show that what companies publish to imply they are trying to curb global heating is pure bullshit. What employees say to each other goes directly against it.

The US Army sets a standard of excellence in winning battles, and its contrast shows the incompetence of the Russian Army. However, the US as a country shows similar incompetence ast the level of winning wars; it can get stuck in a losing war for years.

The US is to quick to assume that starting a war is a good idea.