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Once again there is speculation that Michelle Obama might run for president if the incumbent bows out. I wouldn’t vote for her (or, naturally, for the soon-to-be ex-real estate magnate), but nobody would have greater appeal for independents and the more than 50% of Democrats who want someone other than Biden as their candidate. The […]

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Frederick III: a Model for What Biden Should Do

 

Frederick III was Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia for the very short interval of 99 days during 1888.  The son of Emperor Wilhelm I and father of Wilhelm II, his reign was cut short by throat cancer.  Prior to his accession to the throne, the then Crown Prince was disturbed by an upsurge in anti-Jewish agitation. Having fairly liberal beliefs (in the older sense of the term), Frederick made his own position clear.  Clad in the uniform of a Prussian field marshal, Frederick, together with his wife Victoria, attended a synagogue service in Berlin in 1880 to show support for tolerance.

Shortly afterward, he gave a speech denouncing the anti-Semitic movement in Germany as “a shameful blot on our time”, adding that “We are ashamed of the Judenhetze [agitation against Jews] which has broken all bounds of decency in Berlin, but which seems to flourish under the protection of the Court clerics.”  In 1881, Frederick and Victoria again attended a synagogue service, this time in Wiesbaden “to demonstrate as clearly as we can what our convictions are”and  followed this up by giving a speech in which he spoke out for “poor, ill-treated Jews” of Europe.

Biden’s Rogue Ultimatum to Ukraine

 

Biden apologists on the left and center-right point to a list of international institutions that believed Viktor Shokin, the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating Burisma, was corrupt and had to go. These institutions comprise a Who’s-Who list designed to dazzle the Frums and Frenches of the world: the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the G-7, and many more. “Everyone in the Western community wanted Shokin sacked…” senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Anders Aslund told the Wall Street Journal. At the risk of putting too fine a point on it, Aslund went so far as to include something called the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Well, if the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is onboard, say no more…

Readers may be forgiven for thinking that this argument from authority is just more fake news of the “51 former intelligence officials” variety. That’s because it is. More to the point, it is an attempt to recast then-Vice President Biden’s threat to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine not as a rogue threat, but a simple extension of Obama administration policy.

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Joe Biden gave speech to residents of Lahaina. Because of fire damage they held it at the fairgrounds. Biden starts off the speech by saying he got there as soon as he could. Someone at the back of the crowd enthusiastically  shouted  “Pulukeke.”  Then Biden told them how he knew what fire could do because […]

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Obama and His Legacy

 

I saw this today on Twitter (or X) today and it was an interesting read. The author is a fan of Obama and he reviews a book written by David Garrow.

There are some interesting aspects to an articles that is overtly nice to Obama. The first section notes that his “autobiography” Dreams of My Father has some inconsistencies.  We’ve known that before, but the article shows one example specifically. Obama relates a story about breaking up with his then-current girlfriend Sheila Miyoshi Jager.