Monthly Archives: December 2022

Russia’s Proposed Peace Treaty with US & NATO

Posted on December 23, 2022 by David Roman

It wasn’t recently proposed. It was announced in December, 2021 (and dismissed by the US in January 2022, a month before the start of the Ukrainian War), and the full terms are here: Treaty between The United States of America … Continue reading →

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Wonders of Capitalism: Mafia Bonds

Posted on December 14, 2022 by David Roman

Before you criticize capitalism, you really want to understand how capitalism works. Explanation by the peerless Matt Levine of Bloomberg News: I want to read the risk factors here: International investors bought bonds backed by the crime proceeds of Italy’s most … Continue reading →

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La obsesión por los apellidos catalanes

Posted on December 3, 2022 by David Roman

Escribe García Domínguez, poco sospechoso de ser tomado por catalán, pero charnego, en Libertad Digital: Cataluña es un lugar cuya población autóctona se caracteriza por compartir colectivamente actitudes racistas y hondos sentimientos xenófobos. Una tara, el desprecio por los foráneos … Continue reading →

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