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Thanks for remembering two entertainment 'heroes'.
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Please elaborate how you are unsure.

Agreed and to add to your thoughts ...
The way to abolish slavery was already in place. It was not to be spread beyond the states where it already existed.
The slave owners, if left alone, were, in effect, given a competitive advantage in their industry of growing cotton and
no new state would be able to compete until it made economic sense. The problem (for the slave owners) was that
abolitionists, a small minority, would not leave slave owners alone long enough for technology to make slave owning
a losing business. Simultaneously the uncompetitive northern 'industrialists' needed corrupt government force to
enrich themselves by stealing from southern farmers.
(This has been repeated many times since by the banking cartel, Wall Street, the Military Industrial Complex and others.)
If the goal of Lincoln had been to end slavery it would have been much easier, simpler, and cheaper to buy them all
and deport them. At the time there were many frontiers where they could have been relocated as pioneers.
Instead Lincoln chose to fight a war to enslave everyone in America to the federal state and his generals Sherman and
Grant introduced total war against civilians for the first time to guarantee that slavery.

Tough love indeed.
It's socialism on the grandest scale, and it ends in what socialism/communism always does: financial disaster, millions of deaths, and the end of civilization.

I'll vote for allosaur's explanation.

Seems to me that the leadership
(not a good term for those we refer to)
are dead scared to take a position on anything.

Exception, the urgent need for war on Russia - provided that
they do not pay, economies nosediving with climate crap and migrant welfare,
they provide no guns or materiel, what little they had squandered on Ukraine,
they send no men, their own disillusioned, -- migrants busy attacking women.

Will there be a change now that Iran has a 4,000km range missile?
Most euro capitals are now in range.

I'm sometimes unsure about DoB-
Maybe not the intention, but the one about Bolton happened to me, (I wish).

Yeah, after 47 years,
enough already.

"So, what’s going on? What explains this European schizophrenia? That they want to be an ally, but they don’t want to be an ally." Simple, they are Uncle Sam's friend as long as Uncle Sam picks up the tab for their own foolish decisions. Maybe Uncle Sam should stop being a patsy and cut 'em loose - kinda like tough love (or tough sh-t).

This is a good article.
I think Casey is often wrong, but in this case, spot on. It is not an argument I have seen expressed in those words but it ties in with all other sources I've seen.
Not the first time an action, a war, for narrow interests has been justified on contrived moral grounds, Lincoln saw the chance and jumped in.

How he got the chance, as I see it-
The big economy at the time was England. Free trade was in fashion, in theory and it worked. Tie-in with The South was logical as their well-priced commodities suited English manufacturing industries. But the political pressure against support for The South were too strong. In England, there was strong anti-slavery sentiment. It cut across the economy and cost the government a big sum - slave owners in English territory, the West Indies for example, lost their slaves but were compensated, it was big money at that time. There were naval clashes with US ships carrying slaves.
So far, the English stance was all justifiable, but, one idea was not considered, no one wanted to eliminate slavery and maintain free trade concurrently.
The North was one-eyed about both, i. absolute no to slavery, ii. absolute no to free trade.
But ii. came before i.
The English banking and mercantile class lost out to the ideologues (again).

When the horrendous war ended, were the slaves free?
Free in law, yes, but in economic reality, nothing had changed. Well the economy was badly down.

The North, Lincoln, wanted to protect the northern manufacturers, destroying secession was the method.
Lincoln did not care about slavery, many quotes to that effect.
If there was a way to abolish slavery and negotiate on trade and protection, no one spoke.

It would seem at this moment even when Trump is losing (rising oil prices) he still wins (oil prices lower than Biden). Glad the Indian investors have the patience to put up with US red tape to build a new refinery in Texas - not an easy task to build such a facility. [If I were younger and still contracting it would offer just the right job opportunity to get me to move to Texas]

RIP Neil and Chuck! Thanks, OUC, for the commemorative Sunday edition for them.

Oh my! What a crazy way to start a day! Still laughing and definitely sharing the Falls, The flag, Grammer, oh heck, all of them!

Go for it. Keep 'em coming.

Ya got me with BOLTON !, Brother . . .

PS. ITMTyme Sunday Paper Edition just posted

The "fickle Europeans?" My dino dictionary defines them as wimped out cowards who opened their gates to Muslim hordes who want them to convert or cut their own throats~~which they've already done to themselves anyway.
Yesterday I read that Muslims won't even allow Brits to have dogs anymore.
What won't be allowed next in the once Great Britain's own country? Keeping their heads? Invite in evil and it will take over every time.

No matter how much money Trump saves for the American public, no matter what wonderful right and good things he does,
the you can't fix stupid Jackass Demo-coocoo-craps will always all go WAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

May make another if I get the chance

They the Urinepeon leaders mentioned are all controlled by the Deep State. Iran was a deep state proxie. Ment to keep forever wars on going. It will be a grand day when they are deplaned.

I'm such a fuddy duddy that I don't have a Truth Social account. I'm old now.

all good but the last one perfect !

Great collection that had me smiling and nodding, but the bird selfie had me laughing out loud! Hunter's gingerbread house looks like what the Biden administration was trying to do to the whole country and Madmani is doing to NYC. Ahhh yesss, the the Irish and whiskey (like the stuff, myself) - Ireland today is being conquered by Islam according to a video I watched last night. I used to think Bolton was a good dude, but then he got twisted somehow. 90deg - good one. Thanks for posting, Dobrien!

Liked the pic, Captain!

Holy smokes! It seems for some folks when God gave out brains they thought he said trains and didn't want any.

Well stated, Captain. A different way of doing things, as the old method has never worked.

FFA, thanks for the link. A very good read, and it had much information that I had not seen. With this, there is a much better understanding as to what all is happening in the background.

Since it’s fairly well established Tucker is CIA , no jaw drop here.

ThanQ FFA,
Nice nuggets about the fuckery of the US Govt, and of course , like always the city of London’s Prussian banisters always funding both sides. WOW we are lucky to be here.