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The French paper Marianne has published excerpts by secret military documents that are causing an uproar in Europe and the world, for dealing with the situation on the ground in Ukraine without the disguise of propaganda that pervades almost all reports on the subject. In the piece, the French journalists wanted to understand what happened to President Emmanuel Macron to make him consider sending troops to Ukraine? These ‘confidential defense reports’ explain the ‘panic’ at the Élysée palace. When it comes to the perspective of sending troops to fight the Russian forces, they were incredibly blunt in their assessment. Several...

Financial news publisher Forbes says it’s apologizing to Ireland’s president for inaccurately describing him as gay in an online article. The New York-based media company pulled the offending piece from its website Wednesday and replaced it with an apology to readers and, indirectly, to President Michael D. Higgins. … The article, posted Tuesday by Ireland-based blogger David Monagan, called Higgins an “acknowledged homosexual.” Higgins, a poet and intellectual who supports gay rights, was elected as Ireland’s ceremonial head of state in 2011. …

As a reaction to the general apathy and ignorance which abounds as I watch our once great nation slide into the morass, I was inspired to rewrite the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America. the original --- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. My version ---- We the sheeple of...