The only people who can fix this are the Russian people.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 4, 2022
Easy to say, hard to do.
Unless you want to live in darkness for the rest of your life, be isolated from the rest of the world in abject poverty, and live in darkness you need to step up to the plate.
Category Archives: News
Most Hypocritical Quote of the Week – March 5, 2022
“You know, it’s such an awful thing to say. We hesitated to play that, even – it’s very common, you hear it every day. The question is: Why are they saying that? It doesn’t make any sense.”
Tucker Carlson, after playing a news clip of U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell saying he and other Republicans were on Putin’s side
This is a contrast to Carlson’s previous statements about Putin. During his February 22 broadcast, he declared: “The point here is to defend democracy. Not that Ukraine is a democracy. It’s not a democracy. Ukraine’s president has arrested his main political opponent, he has shut down newspapers and television stations that have dared to criticize him. So in American terms, you would call Ukraine a tyranny. But Joe Biden likes Ukraine, so Putin bad, war good.”
Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Russian media outlets have been sharing news clips of conservative American political and media figures speaking positively about Putin.
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Worst Quote of the Week – March 5, 2022
“Can we give a round of applause for Russia?”
Nick Fuentes, podcaster and admitted White nationalist, during the 2022 America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida
Fuentes has previously praised Putin, along with other political extremists, such as Benito Mussolini.
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Best Quote of the Week – March 5, 2022
“Despite the incredible heroism of Ukraine’s people, it’s still more likely than not that the Russian flag will eventually be planted amid the rubble of Kyiv and Kharkiv. But even if that happens, the Russian Federation will be left weaker and poorer than it was before the invasion. Conquest doesn’t pay.”
Paul Krugman, commenting on the economic impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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March 2022 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of March for writers and readers:
- National Reading Month
- Small Press Month
- March 2 Read Across America Day | Dr. Seuss’s birthday
- March 3 World Book Day in the UK and Ireland
- March 4 National Grammar Day
- March 6-12 Read an E-book Week | Return Borrowed Books Week
- March 16 Freedom of Information Day
- March 20 World Storytelling Day
- March 21 World Poetry Day
- March 26 Robert Frost’s birthday
- March 30 Pencil Day
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Word of the Week – February 26, 2022
Compendious
Adjective
French, 14th century
Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way.
It stems from the Old French “compendieux,” from the Latin “compendiosus,” which means “advantageous, brief.”
Example: My compendious speech on the evolution of canines impressed my fellow Toastmasters.
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Photo of the Week – February 26, 2022
The skyline of Dallas, Texas was lit up recently in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Other cities around the U.S. and around the world have done the same in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, as they face a brutal onslaught from Russia.
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Video of the Week – February 26, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson remarks on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Funniest Quote of the Week – February 26, 2022
“It is a Woodstock of the mentally impaired.”
Bill Maher, about some of the speakers at this year’s annual C-PAC convention, on “Real Time with Bill Maher”
Maher identified Glenn Beck, Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert and Donald Trump, Jr.
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