
Intellectual
23 FOLLOWERS
Curating and Commenting on World News, History, and Literature.
Intellectual
11M ago
Manchin strikes the death knell to the "Build Back Better" plan, refusing all climate and tax provisions ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
An update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: BIDEN's call to remove PUTIN from power; Russian troops WITHDRAWAL to BELARUS; Russia losing CLOUT in its immediate geo-political sphere, AZERBAIJAN defies RUSSIA ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: NATO summit, Ukrainian COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, Putin CO-OPTS JK Rowling ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: probability of using small NUCLEAR missiles, and news of an imminent RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK on US private sector companies ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
An update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; hyper-sonic missiles and the long-term strategic use of the refugee crisis ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
A quick review of the history of the Telegram app and its founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, and an exploration of the app's relevance in the future of messaging and social media communications ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
Forty-five years after her death, France decided to induct Josephine Baker, the African American-born singer/performer, into the monument for its most veneered citizens.
Josephine Baker had lived the majority of her adult life in France, adopting French life, language, and even working briefly during the Second World War as a spy for the French Resistance.
Her induction to the Pantheon seems to be a testament to French egalitarianism, and France’s embrace of people coming from diverse backgrounds.
However, a closer look at France's past, may reveal signs t ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
The INCREDIBLE story of the LEGENDARY Soviet spy who defied the FBI for too long, only to fall at hands of his treacherous deputy ..read more
Intellectual
1y ago
He established the world's modern Police State, and his life is a classic example of revolutionary-turned-reactionary. He's remembered in history as a fearsome statesman of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France... and the slayer of horrifying Robespierre ..read more