The president has a salary of $400,000 per year and the vice president has a salary of $235,000 per year. That 10% for the big guy must be pretty hefty. I wonder how many times Kamala has to get on her knees to generate that increase in net worth. I guess Harry Truman was right.
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Ukraine: The CIA’s 75-year-old Proxy
Joe Biden “is fueling the fire in the Ukraine.”
— Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
It takes a musical artist to cut through the morass of propaganda to educate American mainstream media (MSM) about the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the roleof the United States in instigating that conflict for its own nefarious ends.
The MSM have constructed an undiluted narrative about “Putin’s War” that disguises America’s imperialist expansion into eastern Europe. It is utterly Orwellian in its effort to project onto Russia what the U.S. and its main imperial ally, the UK (which a British journalist deemed “America’s tugboat”), have been doing non-stop since 1945—and indeed for centuries.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – President Truman announces Soviets have exploded a nuclear device – 1949
In a surprisingly low-key and carefully worded statement, President Harry S. Truman informs the American people that the Soviets have exploded a nuclear bomb. The Soviet accomplishment, years ahead of what was thought possible by most U.S. officials, caused a panic in the American government.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan – 1948
On April 3, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signs the Economic Assistance Act, which authorized the creation of a program that would help the nations of Europe recover and rebuild after the devastation wrought by World War II. Commonly known as the Marshall Plan, it aimed to stabilize Europe economically and politically so that European nations would not be tempted by the appeal of communist parties.
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Bring Me the Head of Harry Truman
Submitted by Mary Christine
Here a few factoids Cashill leaves out, probably to keep the essay on the short side.
Tom Pendergast controlled Kansas City, Missouri from about 1925 to 1939. Truman would never made it to the Whitehouse without Pendergast backing his rise in politics in Missouri. Brush Creek runs through the south side of the Plaza which made the area a bit swampy with a tendancy to flood. NIchols took a big risk developing this area. Pendergast owned Readymix Concrete and lined the creek with concrete. Rumor has it that some bodies are entombed in that concrete. He also owned several speak easy type clubs that never got raided because Pendergast made sure the Feds were paid enough in bribes to stay away.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – An assassination attempt threatens President Harry S. Truman – 1950
On November 1, 1950, Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House in Washington, D.C. Truman escaped unscathed.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Truman orders army to seize control of railroads – 1950
On this day in 1950, in anticipation of a crippling strike by railroad workers, President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order putting America’s railroads under the control of the U.S. Army, as of August 27, at 4:00 pm.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – President Truman signs the National Security Act – 1947
President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act, which becomes one of the most important pieces of Cold War legislation. The act established much of the bureaucratic framework for foreign policymaking for the next 40-plus years of the Cold War.
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QUOTES OF THE DAY
“As a general rule, most “regrets” after one is caught’s aren’t regrets about having committed the action, but regrets about having been caught. Apologies count only when they are spontaneous, coming out of deep principles. Otherwise they are just an expression of submission.”
Nassim Taleb