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I don't support the inclusion any such material in any school library, or indeed, educational estsblishment. Why are you interested. Which schools do you think should stock those kinds of books, since you have specifically highlighted elementary school libraries should not have them. Logically, then, you think some school libraries should have them. You are attempting to debate using the logical fallacy approach, but along the way making outrageous implications about the ciminality, or not, of forum members. A simple apology would suffice. When did you stop beating your wife?

Reference to this Reel "Rockaway Primetime Reporting" is a partisan account. I think its reference to the tour he gave Terry Moran from ABC before "that" interview. He struggled to describe what President Monroe had achieved besides the Monroe Doctrine. In the context of a debate on whether his mental faculties are failing, its pretty weak sauce.

I think Bush, whatever people think of him when he was in Office, is acting Presidential. His dad went further though. The closest Dubya has gotten, on record, is oblique references to press freedom. We don't really know what he said during the 2017 inauguration; its apocryphal, it kind of fits with his public character, but its better that he just stays silent on the matter. Irrespective of my opinion of a current President, past holders of the office should maintain a statesman like dignity, partly because they know the reality of that office, about what really goes on behind closed doors, and the difficult decisions all Presidents have to take, and life with. And it cuts both ways with a current leader commenting on his predecessor. In both cases, the Head of State represents ALL Americans, not just the ones who voted for him. I'd say the same about Prime Ministers, but constitutionally, that Office is entirely different, and the PM is merely First among Equals (PMs are easily replaced). https://www.politico.eu/article/former-presidents-walk-fine-line-in-trumps-america/#:~:text=Former presidents walk fine line in Trump's America – POLITICO. Yeah, I don't recall any of the former Presidents embarking on some sort of project in collaboration with the current incumbant; whether that's because they don't want anything to do with him, or vice versa, is not clear. When Trump shakes the hand warmly of a departing Biden, or is seen sharing a joke with Obama at a funeral, is it genuine, or just for the cameras. Is the very personal criticism of predecessors genuine, or just for effect? He spent 13 years literally acting a role for the cameras.

Why would Clinton be deported? Watching too much Happy Valley.

To be fair, Corporal Vance made a pretty good fist of standing to attention, saluting, properly attired. Colonel Hegseth, in his shrunken trousers, not so good. He needs someone how to pick a correct fitting suit when buying from JG Penneys. The President, hamfisted.

The controversy is over his transfer from Fordham to Wharton. Wharton's Admission Officer commented in 2019, that the man must have had a decent enough record to be accepted, thought at the time, in the mid-60s, was that more than half of transfers from UPENN were successful, compared to 7.4% today. In 1967, worst at Wharton was worst than most. It was then a below average college, but better than Fordham. In 2011, as a private citizen. Trump demanded publication of Obama's academic transcript. At the same time, as a celebrity at the time, Trump arranged for his own academic records. Its also a fact that on multiple occasions he has claimed to have been top of his class. While his academic records remain private, what are a matter of public record are Commencement Ceremonies Invitations and Deans Lists. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/07/09/trump-overstated-academic-record-report-says He is listed as an ordinary graduand. Its also important to note, he did not graduate from Fordham. He did not attend the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton Undergraduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. In the 60s, Wharton was then considered the easy route prior to transferring to the better College of Arts and Sciences. Its kind of like someone going to Oxford Brookes and 60 years later claiming they had graduated from the University of Oxford. He did not graduate with honors, such as cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude. This is not conjecture, but public record. Its also a matter of fact that the school awarded honours based on GPA. A score of less than 3.40 meant no honours.

Curiously, in the very recent past, the US government has complained about foreign governments interfering in its own internal politics, and has threatened retaliatory action. It must be ok now to do this, for, say, the Russian Government to reach out to various political groups and organisations within the US.

Locomotives and wagons can be kept running. But they can't stop rail from wearing out. Russia isn't a country without communications, and rail is a very important component of that. The road connections to the Far East have always been poor, due to vast geography and a low population in between Moscow and Vladivostok. Pilots flying into Domodedovo airport are seeing more and more cannibalised airliners. As civil aviation starts to break down, then passenger miles on the trains increases. But if derailment rate increases due to worn out track, then what. If the Far East becomes disconnected, then Russia, in effect, ceases to be a country, in that the Far East will increasingly seek their own agenda.

Or someone pretending to be a Russian, and is Barry from the Wirral, and doing a valiant job of trolling.

Depends how you are measuring "making money". The war is making the West collectively poorer. The West isn't making money. Defence spending might increase, but that's really just bringing purchases forward. And if defence spending increases, then there are cuts in expenditure elsewhere. How did the UK profit frm WW2. The Russian economy is converting to a war economy. Meaning more money is flowing to the oligarchs. Far from a price being paid that is worth it, they just see the money coming back to them. Referring to Ukraine as "the Ukraine" is a Russian habit, designed to diminish the legitimacy of Ukraine.

I was thinking more like Gaddafi. On the lam, found in a sewer pipe, bayonet up the jacksie, face his accusers across the bonnet of a pickup, before a coup de grace. Unmarked grave in a rubbish tip. But it won't happen.

You "dare" (drama queen!!) say no more, because you know it to be nonsense. I know what you are trying to allude to, but it is complete cobblers. Has been ever since Mosely tried it on. You are disgracing the memory of Stalin's millions of victims because of sheet ignorance, all because you have a desire to be liked.

Putin might not be an idiot, but he is an ignorant man.

I believe this is a stalking post.