Tag Archives: Russia

Yesterday in History IV

Posted on February 25, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Russia Invades Ukraine (February 24, 2022) Will this be another day in infamy? I expect so. What really surprises me is how anyone thought that diplomacy could have prevented this from happening. Putin only wanted one thing: assurances from the … Continue reading →

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The Russian Holy Man who Wanted to be the Tsar

Posted on February 24, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Grigori Rasputin (January 21, 1869 – December 30, 1916) This post was triggered by a comment from my friend, David Lowe, last night: he quoted someone else who said, “There are three letter missing from Putin’s last name: RAS.” Oh-ho, … Continue reading →

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Is the USA Starting to Unravel?

Posted on February 23, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Has Putin Painted Biden into a Corner? There’s something about a brilliant set of political moves internationally that makes us secretly admire the one doing the maneuvering. Putin has certainly got Trump’s approval, as the White House has noted. But … Continue reading →

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Who Will Purchase This Perch From Us?

Posted on February 22, 2022 by cdsmiller17

When ALL the Chickens Come Home to Roost I have been commenting and predicting on events that were current for these past couple of months. The culmination happened yesterday, the day after the Beijing Winter Olympics ended. COVID-19 The Queen … Continue reading →

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Conflict: How to Win Friends and Influence People?

Posted on February 18, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Spectrum of Allies and Opponents No, how to divide and rule… May I remind you that when I pose a question in the title of a post, I am hinting that the answer is “NO”? The Freedom Blockade in Ottawa … Continue reading →

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Another Cassandra Alert:

Posted on January 31, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Might Biden Attack Russia at the Start of China’s Olympic Games? All this time, we in the West have been focusing on what Putin might or might not do about Ukraine. We tend to ignore the other side of the … Continue reading →

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Are We Really Headed Toward World War Three?

Posted on January 29, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Armageddon (Tired of This) Seven years ago, I reviewed the book “Cracking the Apocalypse Code” here on these pages. The date that the authors came up with for the start of World War III was February 5, 2043, based on … Continue reading →

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Opinion: The Pot is Calling the Kettle Black

Posted on January 15, 2022 by cdsmiller17

False Flag Operations OK. I’ve written about this before, but recent news suggests that the Russians are going to create a situation in Ukraine by attacking their sympathizers there in a ‘false flag’ operation. This is not new. The term … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want To Seem Like a Cassandra*, But…

Posted on December 24, 2021 by cdsmiller17

War with Russia? To be honest, I don’t listen to the warmongers very often. What we see on the nightly news can only be considered propaganda, at best. But something that was said the other day really caught my attention: … Continue reading →

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Last of the Great Russian Christian Mystics

Posted on December 2, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) Ian, from our Faith & Science group, sent me links to pdf copies of two of Leo Tolstoy‘s books on the Gospels. Ian also copied out the Preface to “The Gospel … Continue reading →

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