Time Magazine: Why Sanctions on Russia Won’t Work

By SIMON CONSTABLE

As the U.S. and Europe roll out an arsenal of economic sanctions to combat Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is scant understanding that the financial interdependence of the crisis’s significant players means quick and easy solutions are unlikely to work. Worse still, imposing sanctions on Russia’s elite will do little if anything to bring order to what has fast-become chaotic. Read more here.

Russian Soldier

Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Ukraine: Storms over Europe @RealConstable

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

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Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Korn Ferry: The Ukraine Crisis Hits Home -- Wherever Home is

Five key ways the tension in Eastern Europe will impact leaders and their organizations, everywhere. Read more here.

Russian Tank

User:Jno, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

U.S. VP Kamala Harris And Her Weird Speeches to World Leaders

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

A friend sent me a link to this video of U.S. VP Kamala Harris. Draw your own conclusions about her style of presentation to world leaders. I can safely say I was not impressed 

U.S. VP Kamala Harris

The United States Senate - Office of Senator Kamala Harris, 

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Government obstructs man committing an act of journalism

By SIMON CONSTABLE

This video is particularly telling and instructive about how journalists approach stories. They do so with skepticism. They ask for proof, which may come in the form of official documents. They don't just take the government's word for it.

All of us remember only too well the weapons of mass destruction mess two decades ago. It was used as a pretax to start a costly war in the middle east.

 

This is legitimately crazy. Click here to watch

— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) February 3, 2022

 

Private Eye Comment on Beijing Olympics

 

CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Scotland-- Nicola Sturgeon vs Boris Johnson in the pandemic @RealConstable

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon

Scottish Parliament, OSPL, via Wikimedia Commons