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========== Avoiding catastrophic gradualism https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/opinion/liberal-pessimism-poland.html == topic foreign ===== negative 0 posted 2018-12-30 rate 17 title Avoiding catastrophic gradualism topic foreign words 6 ID 779355022409019 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/779355022409019 impress 46 likeuimpress 29 likeuusers 24 oimpress 46 oreach 26 posted "12/30/2018 05:36:40 PM" reach 26 type Link ========== What do we want to be when we grow up again? After recovering from our current regression to childhood? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/19/democrats-need-new-foreign-policy-one-that-doesnt-sound-like-trumpism-left https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sanders-and-warren-are-challenging-the-post-cold-war-foreign-policy-establishment/2018/12/11/f730a33c-fcbb-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html And another point of view - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/27/how-trumps-crass-selfishness-could-make-gop-less-dangerous https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/us/politics/trump-syria-afghanistan-withdraw.html We can't wish away the rest of the world or its bad rulers http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic foreign ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2018-12-27 ratio 4 react 15 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title What do we want to be when we grow up again? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 41 ID 777386469272541 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/777386469272541 audclicks 8 audreach 7 engaged 7 impress 89 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 6 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 89 oreach 62 posted "12/27/2018 06:54:40 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 7 reach 62 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Why it's good to have allies with similar ideals - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/wake-up-americas-military-isnt-invincible/2018/12/23/bf0698e2-054c-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html Nobody can do it alone, when it comes to defense. Offense gets easier all the time, though. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-is-poised-to-add-a-new-hypersonic-nuclear-warhead-to-its-arsenal/2018/12/26/e9b89374-0934-11e9-8942-0ef442e59094_story.html == topic foreign 1 ===== comments 1 impact 87 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2018-12-24 priority 1 ratio 5 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Why it's good to have allies with similar ideals - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 31 ID 775494086128446 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/775494086128446 audclicks 15 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 184 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 91 likeusers 7 likeuusers 72 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 184 oreach 142 posted "12/24/2018 06:07:16 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 9 reach 142 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== It's been quiet - too quiet. Too many people want more excitement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-lure-of-chaos-is-leading-britain-straight-into-the-abyss/2018/12/21/650b3474-0489-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html Of course someoneis there to tell them they can have it - http://www.philly.com/columnists/brexit-theresa-may-russia-second-referendum-youth-remain-20181214.html For a gripping view of a similar time and its horrible aftermath - https://www.fathomevents.com/events/they-shall-not-grow-old Over by Christmas, or over by March 29; is this what lemmings feel? == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-12-22 priority 1 ratio 14 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title It's been quiet - too quiet. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 54 ID 774322872912234 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/774322872912234 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 78 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 3 likeuusers 54 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 78 oreach 57 posted "12/22/2018 05:29:36 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 57 type Link ========== What are they going to do about it? The generals know it's wrong. The senators know it's wrong. The allies know it's wrong. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mattis-once-one-of-my-generals-loses-his-influence-with-trump/2018/12/19/cb3b61f2-03a2-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-decision-to-withdraw-us-troops-from-syria-startles-aides-and-allies/2018/12/19/80dd8ab2-03b2-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-snubs-corker-as-critics-and-allies-alike-lambaste-syria-decision/2018/12/19/a145f716-03e0-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-islamic-state-remains-a-deadly-insurgent-force-analysts-say-despite-trumps-claim-it-has-been-defeated/2018/12/19/f4ed3396-03d3-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html Mattis made his move - out. What are the others going to do about it? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/congressional-republicans-trump-mattis.html Even Fox and Friends are alarmed! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/21/he-just-refounded-isis-fox-news-bucks-trump-again-trump-is-listening-again/ Putin and Assad and the Turks and Iranians will praise Trump for achieving peace for our time. Why wouldn't Putin and Erdogan like it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkeys-erdogan-delays-operation-against-kurdish-forces-in-syria/2018/12/21/ea505452-418f-4d98-bc7d-7ae527c46d18_story.html https://www.rt.com/news/446904-usa-war-syria-achievements/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/europe/putin-trump-syria.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/sanctions-oleg-deripaska-russia-trump.html Land wars in Asia - almost anything is better than getting involved in one. Because once you're in, almost anything is better than getting out before it's really over. And it's hardly ever really over. == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 193 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-12-19 priority 1 ratio 3 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title What are they going to do about it? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 107 ID 772890319722156 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772890319722156 audclicks 11 audreach 8 engaged 10 impress 105 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 69 likeusers 4 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 105 oreach 64 posted "12/19/2018 10:33:02 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 6 reach 64 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== How Chinese imperialism is superseding American imperialism, which superseded British imperialism, which superseded a vast array of antecedents. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/world/asia/pakistan-china-belt-road-military.html == topic foreign ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-12-19 ratio 6 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title How Chinese imperialism is superseding American topic foreign wordrate 0 words 21 ID 772748239736364 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772748239736364 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 74 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 3 likeuusers 41 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 74 oreach 46 posted "12/19/2018 04:57:32 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 46 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Tough luck AGAIN for the Kurds - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/12/19/us-says-it-is-pulling-out-syria-who-are-big-winners-losers/ and a warning for other current and prospective American allies - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-plans-to-pull-us-troops-from-syria-immediately-defense-official-says/2018/12/19/4fcf188e-0397-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html But good news for Islamic State survivors. Their battle is not over - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/opinion/trump-syria-islamic-state.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/trump-syria-turkey-troop-withdrawal.html == topic foreign ===== comments 16 impact 462 impactrate 0 likeimpress 25 negative 0 posted 2018-12-19 ratio 4 react 136 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 85 title Tough luck AGAIN for the Kurds - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 34 ID 772461749765013 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772461749765013 audclicks 85 audreach 47 commentsimpress 16 commentsusers 11 engaged 64 impress 779 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 25 likeuimpress 294 likeusers 23 likeuusers 188 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 76 oimpress 779 oreach 544 posted "12/19/2018 06:35:06 AM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 41 reach 544 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== "If Macron fails, it can bring the end of Europe.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/opinion/europe-france-economy.html The opposition, which has no leader, wants lower taxes and a bigger social net. That doesn't compute - but they don't believe it. One can imagine the same thing happening here - it's a global stalemate - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/opinion/meritocracy-populism-political-stalemate.html == topic foreign 1 ===== comments 1 impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-12-18 priority 1 ratio 11 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title "If Macron fails, it can bring the end of Europe.” topic foreign wordrate 0 words 51 ID 772195883124933 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772195883124933 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 94 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 67 likeusers 1 likeuusers 52 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 94 oreach 56 posted "12/18/2018 06:49:46 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 56 type Link ========== Action to make the border secure One provident and productive avenue is at the source - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-mexico-pledge-billions-in-program-to-reduce-migration-from-central-america/2018/12/18/22ecf7bc-02f4-11e9-958c-0a601226ff6b_story.html Another avenue is at the destination - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Verify Building a wall is a complete waste of time and money. But like it or not, all the Western democracies have to import foreign labor, both skilled and unskilled, to maintain their standard of living against declining native birth rates. Limiting immigration eventually means lowering the standard of living. In the larger picture, limiting population growth - either native or immigrant - is going to happen sooner or later, smoothly or violently. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic foreign ===== impact 20 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-12-18 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Action to make the border secure topic foreign wordrate 0 words 98 ID 772065809804607 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772065809804607 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 61 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 37 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 61 oreach 32 posted "12/18/2018 02:18:28 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 32 type Link ========== We need a new foreign policy? But what, specifically? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sanders-and-warren-are-challenging-the-post-cold-war-foreign-policy-establishment/2018/12/11/f730a33c-fcbb-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html == topic foreign 1 ===== impact 38 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-12-11 priority 1 ratio 1 react 29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title We need a new foreign policy? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 13 ID 767418503602671 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/767418503602671 audclicks 25 audreach 3 engaged 5 impress 82 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 58 likeusers 4 likeuusers 49 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 82 oreach 51 posted "12/11/2018 09:17:30 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 51 type Link ========== Foreign highlights Looks like somebody's back to the same old tricks https://www.thelocal.fr/20181210/russia-denies-getting-involved-in-frances-yellow-vest-protests https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/national-security/russian-propaganda-skripal-salisbury Russian interference was in plain view last time too https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-sad-truth-about-russian-election-interference-is-that-we-knew-about-it-before-election-day/2018/12/09/0d13d30c-fb06-11e8-8d64-4e79db33382f_story.html Pompeo doesn't seem to be improving things at State https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/mike-pompeo-swaggers-his-way-to-failure/2018/12/09/0c7dd626-f977-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/that-was-awkward--at-worlds-biggest-climate-conference-us-promotes-fossil-fuels/2018/12/10/aa8600c4-f8ae-11e8-8642-c9718a256cbd_story.html FAQ on Brexit - another bonfire that Putin helped with kindling https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/15/can-brexit-be-stopped-guide-those-just-waking-up-britains-political-nightmare/ interesting emoji in that article - ‾\_(ツ)_/‾ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/11/brexit-might-be-so-bad-that-cadburys-is-stockpiling-chocolate-just-case/ == topic foreign ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 35 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2018-12-10 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Foreign highlights topic foreign wordrate 0 words 50 ID 766880276989827 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/766880276989827 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 78 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 2 likeuusers 38 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 78 oreach 41 posted "12/10/2018 06:39:54 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 41 type Link ========== How to avoid international sanctions Maybe South Ossetia will open an office in North Korea next. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/11/21/feature/how-russia-avoids-sanctions-and-supports-rebels-in-eastern-ukraine-using-a-financial-system == topic foreign ===== hide 1 impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2018-11-26 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title How to avoid international sanctions topic foreign wordrate 0 words 19 ID 758040731207115 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/758040731207115 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 56 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 1 likeuusers 35 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 56 oreach 41 posted "11/26/2018 06:58:07 AM" postotherclicks 4 reach 41 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== “The means we use to achieve our objectives in this world define the type of world we are going to live in.” Global leadership protects Americans and our allies. https://longreads.com/2018/11/20/the-second-half-of-watergate-was-bigger-worse-and-forgotten-by-the-public/ How soon we and they forget. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/one-of-the-worst-things-about-our-awful-political-moment/2018/11/19/b75d6a28-ec2c-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html === topic foreign ===== impact 76 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-11-20 ratio 4 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title “The means we use to achieve our objectives in this topic foreign wordrate 0 words 38 ID 754405821570606 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/754405821570606 audclicks 15 audreach 10 engaged 10 impress 127 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 57 likeusers 1 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 127 oreach 89 posted "11/20/2018 05:56:38 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 8 reach 89 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Anybody want a new cold war? http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/u-s-china-conflict-trump-new-cold-war-20181116.html == topic foreign ===== negative 0 posted 2018-11-20 rate 13 title Anybody want a new cold war? topic foreign words 9 ID 754244134920108 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/754244134920108 impress 32 likeuimpress 17 likeuusers 16 oimpress 32 oreach 18 posted "11/20/2018 10:30:36 AM" reach 18 type Link ========== The Wild West is the Wild East now https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-social-mobility.html but it's a very tightly defined Wild East. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-internet.html == topic foreign ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-11-19 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title The Wild West is the Wild East now topic foreign wordrate 0 words 19 ID 753564771654711 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/753564771654711 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 53 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 34 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 53 oreach 32 posted "11/19/2018 06:43:31 AM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 32 type Link ========== Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/to-mark-end-of-world-war-i-frances-macron-denounces-nationalism-as-a-betrayal-of-patriotism/2018/11/11/aab65aa4-e1ec-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html But 2018 feels more like 1914 or 1939 than 1918 or 1945 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-bittersweet-commemoration-exposes-ominous-rifts-in-our-new-world-order/2018/11/11/f270cf06-e5d8-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/12/rubin-nationalist-trump-attends-wwi-centennial-in-france-meant-to-warn-never-again/ And Trump is the exact opposite of Macron https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-preoccupied-with-anniversary-of-devastating-terror-attacks-as-trump-slams-their-president-on-twitter/2018/11/13/3e7de8d4-4a4b-41e3-bbd0-fb0cca7fb08b_story.html == topic foreign 1 ===== comments 4 impact 96 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2018-11-13 priority 1 ratio 2 react 31 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism topic foreign wordrate 0 words 31 ID 750019588675896 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/750019588675896 audclicks 18 audreach 8 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 2 engaged 12 impress 96 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 66 likeusers 8 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 17 oimpress 96 oreach 72 posted "11/13/2018 12:05:47 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 7 reach 72 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== And the world's greatest deal maker is... not Donald Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/north-korea-missile-bases.html == topic foreign ===== comments 14 impact 177 impactrate 0 likeimpress 32 negative 0 posted 2018-11-12 ratio 3 react 136 reactrate 0 shares 13 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 77 title And the world's greatest deal maker is... topic foreign wordrate 0 words 13 ID 749647918713063 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/749647918713063 audclicks 77 audreach 46 commentsimpress 14 commentsusers 11 engaged 66 impress 731 likeclickusers 39 likeimpress 32 likeuimpress 186 likeusers 28 likeuusers 119 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 68 oimpress 731 oreach 469 posted "11/12/2018 09:49:33 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 38 reach 469 sharesimpress 13 sharesusers 13 type Link ========== Today in history https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/09/why-nov-is-most-important-day-german-history == topic foreign ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-11-09 ratio 4 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Today in history topic foreign wordrate 0 words 6 ID 747801328897722 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/747801328897722 audclicks 9 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 78 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 66 likeusers 2 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 78 oreach 52 posted "11/09/2018 12:46:49 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 2 reach 52 type Link ========== This is the swamp that has not receded at all https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/world/europe/oleg-deripaska-russia-oligarch-sanctions.html There are opportunities available to billionaires that will not be available to you. ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-11-04 ratio 26 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title This is the swamp that has not receded at all topic foreign wordrate 0 words 23 ID 744960985848423 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/744960985848423 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 77 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 44 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 77 oreach 52 posted "11/04/2018 05:54:26 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Does the future look like Viktor Orban? Bannon thinks so - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/opinion/hungary-orban-republican-party-trump.html ===== negative 0 posted 2018-11-04 rate 10 title Does the future look like Viktor Orban? topic foreign words 11 ID 744927669185088 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/744927669185088 impress 63 likeuimpress 38 likeuusers 28 oimpress 63 oreach 40 posted "11/04/2018 05:10:19 PM" reach 40 type Link ========== Chinese tourism might decline https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/china-has-a-big-weapon-that-it-hasnt-used-in-the-trade-war--yet-tourists/2018/10/29/a5645ae4-ccaf-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html For some, that might be a good thing - https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/25/big-surs-beloved-bixby-bridge-goes-viral-bringing-trouble/ ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-10-30 ratio 7 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Chinese tourism might decline topic foreign wordrate 0 words 13 ID 741992536145268 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/741992536145268 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 58 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 2 likeuusers 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 58 oreach 28 posted "10/30/2018 02:05:57 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 28 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Is House of Cards reality? It is for foreigners, with encouragement from their governments. It is for us if we make it so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/house-of-cards-is-credible-just-ask-the-russians-chinese-and-iranians/2018/10/25/81b02346-d644-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-10-29 ratio 20 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Is House of Cards reality? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 23 ID 741605866183935 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/741605866183935 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 76 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 51 likeuusers 38 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 76 oreach 41 posted "10/29/2018 08:38:05 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 41 type Link ========== The cultural revolution lives on in Xinjiang - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-glittering-glamour-disguises-a-fist-of-tyranny/2018/10/26/857ff93a-d949-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution#Ethnic_minorities ===== likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-10-29 rate 0 ratio 11 react 3 shares 1 title The cultural revolution lives on in Xinjiang - topic foreign words 8 ID 741602059517649 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/741602059517649 engaged 2 impress 67 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 36 likeusers 2 likeuusers 27 oimpress 67 oreach 34 posted "10/29/2018 08:21:33 PM" reach 34 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Is Trump right about INF? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/on-the-inf-treaty-trump-finally-gets-something-right/2018/10/24/5ce56314-d7b6-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html Gorbachev has a different perspective - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/mikhail-gorbachev-inf-treaty-trump-nuclear-arms.html ===== hide 1 impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2018-10-24 ratio 4 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Is Trump right about INF? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 11 ID 738850959792759 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/738850959792759 audclicks 6 audreach 2 engaged 3 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 69 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 1 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 69 oreach 37 posted "10/24/2018 09:37:51 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Nothing new under the sun https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/opinion/jamal-khashoggi-murder-mussolini-italy-fascism-mbs-saudi-arabia.html ===== hide 1 impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2018-10-23 ratio 3 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Nothing new under the sun topic foreign wordrate 0 words 5 ID 738291983181990 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/738291983181990 audclicks 15 audreach 9 engaged 11 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 103 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 2 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 7 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 103 oreach 73 posted "10/23/2018 09:21:54 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 5 reach 73 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== The Saudis were nice to Trump - now they feel empowered to do anything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/10/08/khashoggis-disappearance-and-the-crumbling-of-the-global-order/ The lesson has not been lost on other repressive regimes. Or on those who think there are too many journalists right here at home. http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-journalist-mbs-mohammed-bin-salman-enemy-of-the-people-trump-20181009.html ===== impact 152 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2018-10-09 ratio 6 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title The Saudis were nice to Trump - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 38 ID 730526423958546 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/730526423958546 audclicks 23 audreach 14 engaged 22 impress 354 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 72 likeusers 9 likeuusers 63 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 354 oreach 254 posted "10/09/2018 09:19:13 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 13 reach 254 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Reclaiming the center and leading by example https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/opinion/colombia-president-duque-populism.html We should have such leaders. ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-10-06 ratio 21 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Reclaiming the center and leading by example topic foreign wordrate 0 words 12 ID 728723754138813 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/728723754138813 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 5 impress 261 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 51 likeusers 3 likeuusers 44 matchedlinkclicks 4 oimpress 261 oreach 192 posted "10/06/2018 06:57:36 AM" postlinkclicks 3 reach 192 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== geopolitics vs geoeconomics https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-what-sleepwalking-into-war-looks-like/2018/10/05/df272590-c89a-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html If push comes to shove, we'll need all the friends we can get. So we'll need a doctrine that appeals to all of them together. America First isn't it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-just-reset-the-us-china-relationship/2018/10/04/c727266e-c810-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html And it's not a game that America can sit out. That didn't work in 1917, and it didn't work in 1941. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/war-games-and-business-deals-russia-china-send-a-signal-to-washington/2018/09/11/35371ff2-b5b9-11e8a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/asia/china-navy-aircraft-carrier-pacific.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/opinion/america-china-trump-trade.html We have some work to do to get ready - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/05/white-house-report-points-severe-shortcomings-us-military-supply-chain/ Keen competition doesn't have to involve military force; China has been studying Russian methods and practicing its techniques in Taiwan and elsewhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/opinion/china-cyberattack-hacking-us-midterm-election.html ===== impact 102 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-10-05 ratio 5 react 12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title geopolitics vs geoeconomics topic foreign wordrate 0 words 85 ID 728405430837312 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/728405430837312 audclicks 9 audreach 9 engaged 10 impress 85 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 3 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 85 oreach 64 posted "10/05/2018 05:17:08 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 7 reach 64 type Link ========== The Trump administration says it's taking on China https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-just-reset-the-us-china-relationship/2018/10/04/c727266e-c810-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html It needs to get to the same place with Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/russian-hackers-were-caught-in-the-act--and-the-results-are-devastating/2018/10/05/5e72495a-c8b5-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-10-05 ratio 12 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title The Trump administration says it's taking on China topic foreign wordrate 0 words 18 ID 728219154189273 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/728219154189273 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 118 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 2 likeuusers 35 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 118 oreach 75 posted "10/05/2018 07:59:49 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 75 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Somebody who knows all the right people https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/erik-prince-in-kabul-pushes-privatization-of-the-afghan-war/2018/10/04/72a76d36-c7e5-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html Privatize schools, privatize prisons, privatize armies... what's good for the billionaires is good for the rest of us! In fact, why not contract all of federal, state, and local government out to a private general contractor! They could certainly get lower-cost labor. Since the contractor would also operate Congress and the state legislatures, it could quickly enact any needed laws. It could give itself a budget and collect the taxes to pay for it. It would only take a few major Republican donors to seed this new contractor corporation and realize all their dreams of reduced government! Having your life run by anonymous Wall Street bureaucrats is bound to be better than having your life run by anonymous Washington bureaucrats - but better for whom? ===== comments 27 impact 3551 impactrate 0 likeimpress 80 negative 0 posted 2018-10-04 ratio 3 react 269 reactrate 0 shares 30 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 132 title Somebody who knows all the right people topic foreign wordrate 0 words 132 ID 727947327549789 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/727947327549789 audclicks 132 audreach 70 commentsimpress 27 commentsusers 25 engaged 123 impress 1622 likeclickusers 56 likeimpress 80 likeuimpress 284 likeusers 75 likeuusers 197 matchedlinkclicks 12 matchedotherclicks 120 oimpress 1622 oreach 1074 posted "10/04/2018 06:13:15 PM" postlinkclicks 12 postotherclicks 59 reach 1074 sharesimpress 30 sharesusers 30 type Link ========== What we get for foreign aid and the UN https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-miracle-in-the-middle-east/2018/10/03/a4cae540-c74a-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-10-03 ratio 1 react 24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 24 title What we get for foreign aid and the UN topic foreign wordrate 0 words 9 ID 727385734272615 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/727385734272615 audclicks 24 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 52 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 36 likeuusers 30 matchedotherclicks 24 oimpress 52 oreach 32 posted "10/03/2018 07:16:21 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 32 type Link ========== Of course Brazil is completely different from US https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/brazil-elections-jair-bolsonaro.html Isn't it? Maybe not - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/just-like-trump-bolsonaro-leads-brazils-presidential-race-with-right-wing-populist-pitch/2018/10/04/c4ba3728-c65c-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html ===== negative 0 posted 2018-10-02 rate 3 title Of course Brazil is completely different from US topic foreign words 13 title Of course Brazil is completely different from US ID 726524187692103 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726524187692103 type Link posted "10/02/2018 08:49:26 AM" reach 14 oreach 14 impress 36 oimpress 36 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 13 ========== Looking for bipartisan foreign policy http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/a-upenn-conference-shows-where-democratic-and-gop-visions-of-global-order-could-meet-20180928.html There won't be agreement over everything. But not everything has to be a contentious issue. ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-10-02 ratio 5 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Looking for bipartisan foreign policy topic foreign wordrate 0 words 20 ID 726493997695122 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726493997695122 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 6 impress 71 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 48 likeusers 4 likeuusers 42 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 71 oreach 46 posted "10/02/2018 07:35:51 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 46 type Link ========== What happens when America abandons the leadership role - and what individuals can do to help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/can-latin-america-handle-venezuelas-collapse-without-the-us/2018/09/30/58302bb4-c25e-11e8-a1f0-a4051b6ad114_story.html China and Russia are happy to step in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-rising-to-the-china-challenge-in-the-worst-way-possible/2018/09/30/b645a00e-c41f-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html What can individuals do to help? Here are some ideas from a web search - https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-help-venezuelan-children-who-are-starving-in-the-midst-of-a-national-hunger-crisis-7627580 https://www.local10.com/espanol/noticias/venezuela/here-is-how-to-help-venezuelan-children-refugees-in-colombia https://www.sos-usa.org/blog/june-2018/colombia-building-on-experience-to-help-venezuela ===== comments 2 impact 82 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2018-09-30 ratio 3 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title What happens when America abandons the leadership role - topic foreign wordrate 0 words 39 ID 725729017771620 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/725729017771620 audclicks 9 audreach 8 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 15 impress 120 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 88 likeusers 9 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 120 oreach 83 posted "09/30/2018 05:16:41 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 6 reach 83 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Building an overseas empire the old-fashioned way https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/china-is-challenging-the-us-in-the-horn-of-africa--and-washington-is-silent/2018/09/27/6b5b5d10-c288-11e8-a1f0-a4051b6ad114_story.html Who decides about artificial islands? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-warship-nearly-hits-us-destroyer-in-south-china-sea/2018/10/02/877cc788-c5fb-11e8-9158-09630a6d8725_story.html How are they different from guano islands? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act ===== comments 2 hide 2 impact 127 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 2 posted 2018-09-28 ratio 1 react 67 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 49 title Building an overseas empire the old-fashioned way topic foreign wordrate 0 words 19 ID 724834674527721 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/724834674527721 audclicks 49 audreach 8 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 15 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 150 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 94 likeusers 12 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 44 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 150 oreach 107 posted "09/28/2018 05:30:45 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 7 reach 107 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== If you are not at the table, you are on the menu https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-seems-eager-for-a-post-american-world/2018/09/27/bbbccbc4-c295-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2018-09-27 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title If you are not at the table, you are on the menu topic foreign wordrate 0 words 12 ID 724504181227437 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/724504181227437 audclicks 7 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 65 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 44 likeusers 2 likeuusers 40 matchedotherclicks 7 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 65 oreach 42 posted "09/27/2018 11:17:51 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 42 type Link ========== A new approach to foreign aid - cash https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/foreign-aid-as-a-cash-only-transaction-its-worth-a-try/2018/09/26/63622d74-c1bf-11e8-a1f0-a4051b6ad114_story.html Improve the way we distribute our (tiny) amount of foreign aid? or domestic welfare? That might be a worthwhile accomplishment of the Trump administration. But more likely the goal is just to eliminate foreign aid and domestic welfare entirely, except of course for foreign aid that goes to buying American military hardware. ===== comments 1 hide 1 hideall 1 impact 54 impactrate 0 negative 2 posted 2018-09-27 ratio 3 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title A new approach to foreign aid - cash topic foreign wordrate 0 words 60 ID 724214954589693 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/724214954589693 audclicks 6 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 58 likeclickusers 5 likeuimpress 41 likeuusers 34 matchedotherclicks 6 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 58 oreach 35 posted "09/27/2018 06:55:30 AM" postotherclicks 5 reach 35 type Link ========== China got a navy and now it's making bases for it - to what end? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/world/asia/south-china-sea-navy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/asia/china-navy-aircraft-carrier-pacific.html ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-09-20 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title China got a navy and now it's making bases for it - to topic foreign wordrate 0 words 15 ID 720919731585882 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/720919731585882 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 50 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 38 likeusers 1 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 50 oreach 33 posted "09/20/2018 09:30:15 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 33 type Link ========== Bono describes the idea of the United States of Europe https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-wanted-to-understand-europes-populism-so-i-talked-to-bono/2018/09/20/55ee0d82-bcfd-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html Like the United States of America, the essence of the European Union is an idea rather than a Blut-und-Boden nationality. Before the Civil War, people would say "The United States are..." After, it became "The United States is...". World Wars I and II and the Cold War were the traumatic event that would cement the European Union, it was thought, just as the Civil War cemented the American Union. America has had backsliding at times but so far has overcome it. Perhaps the current Putin-encouraged populist nationalist movements will eventually be overcome as well. Or perhaps not - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/708916326119556 ===== comments 1 impact 184 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-09-20 ratio 3 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Bono describes the idea of the United States of Europe topic foreign wordrate 0 words 108 ID 720910474920141 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/720910474920141 audclicks 15 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 86 likeclickusers 9 likeuimpress 56 likeuusers 46 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 86 oreach 61 posted "09/20/2018 08:51:53 PM" postotherclicks 9 reach 61 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== North Korean sanctions - reality TV https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-massive-spike-in-oil-smuggling-has-eased-the-economic-pressure-on-north-korea/2018/09/20/1f6b684a-bc35-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html You'd think a reality TV star would be better at managing these complexities. ===== likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-09-20 rate 4 ratio 22 react 1 title North Korean sanctions - reality TV topic foreign words 19 title North Korean sanctions - reality TV ID 720825831595272 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/720825831595272 type Link posted "09/20/2018 04:48:38 PM" reach 22 oreach 22 impress 39 oimpress 39 engaged 1 likeuimpress 26 likeuusers 21 likeclickusers 1 likeusers 1 likeimpress 1 ========== A doctrine of retreat? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/09/18/generals-urge-trump-not-to-retreat-on-foreign-aid/ Or leadership? https://www.usglc.org/ ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-09-19 ratio 3 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title A doctrine of retreat? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 6 ID 719965041681351 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719965041681351 audclicks 6 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 33 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 18 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 33 oreach 19 posted "09/19/2018 08:18:28 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 19 type Link ========== An opportunity for Trump to be as great as Jimmy Carter https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/opinion/the-broken-pieces-of-middle-east-peace.html Don't hold your breath. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-peace-keeps-receding-in-the-middle-east/2018/09/18/9cb30460-bb82-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#israel ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-09-18 ratio 2 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title An opportunity for Trump to be as great as Jimmy Carter topic foreign wordrate 0 words 15 ID 719599145051274 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719599145051274 audclicks 11 audreach 3 engaged 5 impress 65 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 4 likeuusers 42 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 65 oreach 47 posted "09/18/2018 04:59:42 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 47 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Once again, the Poles have broken the code. They're tired of German armies and Russian armies. They've figured out how to get Trump enthused about putting American armies in Poland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/polands-new-tactic-for-getting-a-us-military-base-pitch-it-as-fort-trump/2018/09/18/5a58c17a-bb7a-11e8-b1c5-7a2126bc722c_story.html They better act fast, lest the next Congress in January isn't as supportive of Europeans at odds with the EU. Oddly enough, the photo-op did not play well with the Polish opposition - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/19/poland-used-be-ok-with-trump-then-he-posted-photo/ ===== comments 3 hide 1 impact 1342 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 1 posted 2018-09-18 ratio 1 react 213 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 181 title Once again, the Poles have broken the code. topic foreign wordrate 0 words 63 ID 719596815051507 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719596815051507 audclicks 181 audreach 31 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 48 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 473 likeclickusers 38 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 197 likeusers 23 likeuusers 125 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 176 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 473 oreach 324 posted "09/18/2018 04:49:09 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 26 reach 324 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Foreign policy - the left needs to figure it out https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/opinion/democratic-party-cortez-foreign-policy.html ===== negative 0 posted 2018-09-17 rate 6 title Foreign policy - the left needs to figure it out topic foreign words 10 title Foreign policy - the left needs to figure it out ID 719060431771812 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719060431771812 type Link posted "09/17/2018 05:33:53 PM" reach 36 oreach 36 impress 57 oimpress 57 likeuimpress 40 likeuusers 34 ========== Building the new world order https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/14/trumps-trade-wars-chinas-unexpected-win-more-friends And the people are with Xi for now - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trump-started-a-nasty-fight-with-chinas-middle-class-that-could-extend-the-trade-war/2018/09/17/887bb05e-ba43-11e8-b1c5-7a2126bc722c_story.html ===== comments 3 hide 1 impact 56 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 1 posted 2018-09-15 ratio 3 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title Building the new world order topic foreign wordrate 0 words 14 ID 717722825238906 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/717722825238906 audclicks 23 audreach 14 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 18 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 166 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 87 likeusers 8 likeuusers 74 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 17 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 166 oreach 126 posted "09/15/2018 06:31:14 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 11 reach 126 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== China and Russia find common ground https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/war-games-and-business-deals-russia-china-send-a-signal-to-washington/2018/09/11/35371ff2-b5b9-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html ===== comments 1 impact 19 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2018-09-11 ratio 3 react 31 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title China and Russia find common ground topic foreign wordrate 0 words 6 ID 715977618746760 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/715977618746760 audclicks 20 audreach 15 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 19 impress 152 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 93 likeusers 6 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 152 oreach 107 posted "09/11/2018 09:29:30 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 8 reach 107 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Slicing up nation states - leading to peace or war? Can peoples be bored into belligerency? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-west-may-be-sleepwalking-into-another-catastrophe/2018/08/29/9f540ad2-abbc-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html One might think that it shouldn't matter much whether the European Union is divided into traditional large nation-states or the smaller ethnicities than came before them. As long as the citizens think of themselves as Europeans first, why not? The recent experience of Yugoslavia is not encouraging. Dividing Europe up into tiny ethno-states might encourage traditional ethno-identities rather than pan-European ones. And that can turn into unhealthy focus on ancient ethno-grievances. The experience of Africa is not encouraging either. The newly independent nations of Africa decided to respect their colonial boundaries, not because they made sense, but because the alternative made less sense. But that consensus is falling apart. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-dividing-of-a-continent-africas-separatist-problem/262171/ ===== impact 50 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-08-30 ratio 9 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Slicing up nation states - leading to peace or war? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 125 ID 708916326119556 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/708916326119556 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 79 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 1 likeuusers 35 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 79 oreach 37 posted "08/30/2018 06:30:11 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 37 type Link ========== China has become a naval power But to what end? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/world/asia/china-navy-aircraft-carrier-pacific.html ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-08-29 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title China has become a naval power topic foreign wordrate 0 words 10 ID 708360886175100 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/708360886175100 audclicks 5 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 60 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 1 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 60 oreach 40 posted "08/29/2018 07:31:09 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 40 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Does Turkey belong in NATO? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/08/16/its-time-for-turkey-and-nato-to-go-their-separate-ways/ ===== comments 1 impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-08-17 ratio 6 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Does Turkey belong in NATO? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 5 ID 697478877263301 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/697478877263301 audclicks 4 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 77 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 2 likeuusers 43 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 77 oreach 53 posted "08/17/2018 09:26:48 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 53 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The epitome of bipartisan achievement https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-can-you-forget/2018/07/20/a3bd86b0-8c37-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html ===== hide 1 impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 1 posted 2018-08-12 ratio 5 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title The epitome of bipartisan achievement topic foreign wordrate 0 words 5 ID 692324241112098 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/692324241112098 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 73 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 69 likeusers 3 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 73 oreach 50 posted "08/12/2018 05:57:33 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 50 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Trump makes our allies quake - our enemies, not so much https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/politics/nato-summit-trump.html The new Defense Department mission - defend our collective defense - against Trump ===== impact 86 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2018-08-10 ratio 3 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title Trump makes our allies quake - our enemies, not so much topic foreign wordrate 0 words 24 ID 689740124703843 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/689740124703843 audclicks 23 audreach 17 engaged 22 impress 188 likeclickusers 18 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 101 likeusers 9 likeuusers 70 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 18 oimpress 188 oreach 130 posted "08/10/2018 07:17:40 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 13 reach 130 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Modern Cold War - winning at home If you can't beat a superpower, you can use it as a bogeyman to frighten your own people into submission. You can exploit character assassination, which is kinder and cheaper than real chemical assassination: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/11/feature/putin-needed-an-american-enemy-he-picked-me/ And you can hack enemy journalism: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/12/sunday-review/when-spies-hack-journalism.html by making sure that journalists who think they are reporting the news are actually reporting just your version of the news. ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-15 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Modern Cold War - winning at home topic foreign wordrate 0 words 68 ID 618862665124923 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/618862665124923 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 43 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 40 likeuusers 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 43 oreach 20 posted "05/15/2018 05:20:18 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 20 type Link ========== Bomb Voronezh! All their efforts on social media have convinced the Russian leadership that they don't want American social media in Russia; they'd rather grow their own that work just the way they want: http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/vladimir-putin-fourth-term-russia-president-trump-20180504.html That is the way it is working out in the PRC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-walls-are-closing-in-chinafinds-new-ways-to-tighten-internet-controls/2017/09/26/2e0d3562-9ee6-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html ===== impact 27 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-08 ratio 3 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Bomb Voronezh! topic foreign wordrate 0 words 45 ID 615719055439284 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/615719055439284 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 60 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 1 likeuusers 19 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 60 oreach 23 posted "05/08/2018 04:33:37 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 23 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Robots of the world, unite! A PRC view of the future: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/05/03/end-of-capitalism/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/opinion/sunday/china-colonial-power-jinping.html And another point of view: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/then-they-came-for-peppa-pig/2018/05/03/172b7af6-4f0e-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html But there's money in it for the right people: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/05/04/feature/a-warrior-goes-to-china-did-erik-prince-cross-a-line/ ===== comments 1 impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-03 ratio 9 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Robots of the world, unite! topic foreign wordrate 0 words 25 ID 613452768999246 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/613452768999246 audclicks 6 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 impress 201 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 103 likeusers 1 likeuusers 40 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 201 oreach 94 posted "05/03/2018 05:03:45 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 94 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== It's time to welcome China as a great economic power And it's time to insist that China act like a great economic power - but the Trump administration has its eyes firmly on the rearview mirror. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/opinion/america-china-trump-trade.html ===== impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-05-02 ratio 3 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title It's time to welcome China as a great economic power topic foreign wordrate 0 words 36 ID 612788319065691 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/612788319065691 audclicks 7 audreach 6 engaged 6 impress 80 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 78 likeusers 1 likeuusers 25 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 80 oreach 27 posted "05/02/2018 07:14:42 AM" postotherclicks 6 reach 27 type Link ========== It's hazardous to mess with Social Security Nicaragua tried to fix its unfunded Social Security system by reducing benefits and raising taxes. Subsequent rioting convinced the regime otherwise: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/nicaragua-withdraws-social-security-changes-after-people-killed-in-riots Even reporting on the rioting could be fatal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/04/25/reporters-without-borders-just-released-its-annual-press-freedom-report-card-and-the-grades-are-dismal/ Perhaps the Venezuelan solution will be adopted: print money. You can read how that's working out: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/23/venezuela-hopes-to-tackle-the-worlds-worst-inflation-by-deleting-zeros-from-its-currency/ One hopes that America will find a more sensible solution before it gets that bad. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit ===== impact 47 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-04-25 ratio 7 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title It's hazardous to mess with Social Security topic foreign wordrate 0 words 67 ID 609890429355480 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/609890429355480 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 7 impress 115 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 97 likeusers 2 likeuusers 41 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 115 oreach 54 posted "04/25/2018 05:19:04 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 54 type Link ========== Where do wars come from? To defeat the internal opposition, of course: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/opinion/international-world/saudi-iran-prince-mohammed.html And to keep the masses busy: http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses Religious leaders will help too, when it's in their interest: http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#religious ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-04-24 ratio 25 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Where do wars come from? topic foreign wordrate 0 words 28 ID 609518696059320 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/609518696059320 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 82 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 75 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 82 oreach 25 posted "04/24/2018 09:15:34 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 25 type Link ========== Land Wars in Asia: can't stay out and can't get out? Even the wars that are fought by our nominal allies can have repercussions we might not be able to avoid: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/opinion/sunday/yemen-antibiotic-resistance-disease.html We might be paying for the Yemen war for a long time; after all, we're still paying for installing the Taliban in Afghanistan during the Reagan administration. It would seem obvious that diplomacy is a lot less expensive than warfare, but the Trump administration can't even be bothered to nominate diplomats: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-collapse-of-the-us-led-world-order-has-done-more-harm-than-we-realize/2018/04/15/c9156c04-3e8d-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html ===== negative 0 posted 2018-04-16 rate 2 ratio 40 react 1 shares 1 title Land Wars in Asia: can't stay out and can't get out? topic foreign words 82 ID 605722936438896 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/605722936438896 engaged 1 impress 101 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 76 likeuusers 21 oimpress 101 oreach 40 posted "04/16/2018 08:48:51 AM" reach 40 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A Bias Toward Action can lead to Bad Foreign Policy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/opinion/trump-us-foreign-policy.html A bias toward action is generally considered to be a good thing in business. Just do a web search on "bias toward action" to see. Information is always incomplete, and fear of failure can lead to "analysis paralysis." In Silicon Valley, startups often fail because of decisions they made, but startups that fail to make essential decisions always fail. At least one CEO liked to say "no decision is also a decision" - and often, the worst possible decision. In Silicon Valley, if your startup fails, you list it as a learning experience on your resume and try again. Foreign policy is different: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/opinion/trump-us-foreign-policy.html Churchill did say, in 1942: The maxim 'Nothing avails but perfection' may be spelt shorter: 'Paralysis.' But that was before the nuclear era. A misjudged nuclear-armed adversary is not a recoverable learning experience. In the specific case of Syria, there are about eight different sides whose allegiances are subject to change without notice. Unless the US is willing to enter the war in a major way to confront Russia and depose Assad, he will continue, under Russian protection, exterminating his opponents until he restores peace and law and order to his liking. In Syria, the only reliable allies of the US and Israel are the hapless Kurds, who have been struggling for independence forever - but are doomed by a hopeless landlocked geopolitical situation surrounded by larger enemies who are strategically more important to the US. Susan Rice lays out the path to the least bad outcome the US can realistically expect: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/opinion/syria-airstrikes-trump-next.html You'd think we'd learned in Iraq and Afghanistan that it's a lot easier to get in than to get out. All these locales are wrapped up in ethnic and sectarian conflicts - there is probably no resolution in Afghanistan, for instance, until there is a resolution in Kashmir: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/india-afghanistan-pakistan.html But Kashmir is unresolvable by the US and probably by anybody: supposedly a State Dept veteran interviewed new college grad job applicants by asking what they'd do about Kashmir - and the only correct answer was silence. If they said anything at all, they failed that test. Israel/Palestine is a similar problem. North Korea is another. To solve refractory problems like these requires a rare coincidence: leaders on both sides have to WANT a solution, and they must have the political capital to negotiate a solution even against their own muscular internal opposition. The current leaders of India and Pakistan do not want a solution. The current leaders of Israel and Palestine do not have the political capital to negotiate a solution. The net result is that no third party can negotiate a solution for them. ===== comments 18 impact 23932 impactrate 1 likeimpress 135 negative 1 posted 2018-04-15 ratio 6 react 533 reactrate 0 shares 37 sharesrate 0 spam 1 sumclicks 342 title A Bias Toward Action can lead to Bad Foreign Policy topic foreign wordrate 0 words 449 ID 605366093141247 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/605366093141247 audclicks 342 audreach 256 bimpress 3084 blikeimpress 38 blikeusers 29 breach 2788 commentsimpress 18 commentsusers 11 engaged 357 impress 4006 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 135 likeuimpress 138 likeusers 130 likeuusers 68 matchedlinkclicks 144 matchedotherclicks 198 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 922 oreach 678 posted "04/15/2018 12:57:17 PM" postlinkclicks 114 postotherclicks 166 reach 3407 sharesimpress 37 sharesusers 34 spamclicks 1 spamclicksusers 1 type Link budget 40 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""A Bias Toward Action can led to Bad Foreign Policy"""+"Post: ""A Bias Toward Action can lead to Bad Foreign Policy""" ccleantitle A Bias Toward Action can lead to Bad Foreign Policy cclicksall 491 cclickslink 118 ccpcall 0.0825365 ccpclink 0.356121 cdelivery not_delivering cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 3084 clicksunique 68+44 conversionrank - cost 0.189551 cpm 13.0223 creach 2808 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 15.8828 ctrlink 3.87928 ecomments 8 ecpclink 0.707222 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 113 eshares 34 frequency 1.09829 indicator actions:link_click+actions:post_engagement qualityrank - results 264 spent 40