Monthly Archives: December 2020

Diplomatic Reform by Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Bruce

From the November/December edition of Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-09-23/diplomacy-transformation The Transformation of Diplomacy How to Save the State Department By William J. Burns and Linda Thomas-Greenfield Foreign Affairs — November/December 2020 We joined the U.S. Foreign Service nearly 40 years ago … Continue reading →

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Voting Record of Deb Haaland, Dept of Interior Secretary-Designate

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Bruce

It’s a crap shoot when a person’s main background is a legislator and then to become responsible to actually administer something. As several have quoted, "They debate and do nothing else, a debating club" That was Obama’s weakness. It’s always … Continue reading →

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Voting Record of Deb Haaland, Dept of Interior Secretary-Designate

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Bruce

from the newsletter of the Congressional analytical site: “The GovTrack” < https://govtrackinsider.com/deb-haaland-is-joe-bidens-nominee-for-secretary-of-the-interior-how-has-she-voted-on-interior-37109a219769 > Deb Haaland is Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior; How has she voted on Interior issues in Congress? GovTrack.us Dec 28 · 7 min read … Continue reading →

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30 Tropical Storms in the Atlantic for Hurricane Season, 2020

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Bruce

From NASA https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147643/a-destructive-abundance?src=nha A Destructive Abundance 2020 The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will go down in history as a season of superlatives: the most named storms observed in a year (30); the most storms to make landfall in the continental … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Bruce

wsj Drifting left of center lately and so is unlikely to be interested by the way have you walked down past the house lately because all of the shrubbery is now gone as our two trees on the side of … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Bruce

Looks as if some of these comments could be a ‘Letter to the Editor’ of the WSJ? From: Beeman Hollow Farm <beemanhollowfarm@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 4:59 PM To: Pete Crow <petermcrow@gmail.com> Cc: Bruce G. Potter <bpotter@irf.org>; Carol Anne … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Bruce

Thank you for the kind words… it was my privilege to come full circle at those newspapers, I would’ve done it for free if I could afford it. There are now zero employees .. every reporter is a stringer. Sigh. … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Bruce

BG: Cheryl first came to work for me at age 19, and eventually became publisher of all of my newspapers for a number of years when she was recruited by a later owner following my sale of them to the … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Bruce

It’s indeed sad, the first thing I do before I read a story is look to see the source, I used to respect the AP but they are blatantly slanted these days. I’m not sure they would hire unbiased reporters … Continue reading →

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AP News: China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Bruce

During my nearly 40 years of owning newspapers in Oklahoma the head of the Associated Press would come out to visit with me once or twice a year and we would spend the afternoon talking about the industry and other … Continue reading →

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