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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the last posting of 2025. I just wish I could be more optimistic. But the lunatics have taken over the asylum and it looks like they might burn it to the ground. ◊ WAY BACK WHEN . . . As he left office in January 1961 outgoing US President Dwight D Eisenhower (R) &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/tidings-of-unease-and-foreboding/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tidings Of Unease And Foreboding</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I mention Globalism regularly, and now I&#8217;m devoting a full piece to explaining what I mean by that term. So if it bores you, turn away. But if you want to learn something, stick around. I advise you to stick with it because those I&#8217;ll be talking about already influence your life in so many &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/globalism-for-dummies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Globalism For Dummies</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone expecting an armchair strategist&#8217;s take on the fighting in Ukraine should look elsewhere. This is a very personal attempt to explain how I believe we arrived at war between Russia and Ukraine. This is a litany of lies, mistakes, personal failings, and geopolitical manoeuvrings. ♦ HISTORY AND RUSSIA Perhaps the only time Russia enjoyed &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/ukraine-a-personal-view/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ukraine: A Personal View</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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