Johan Norberg on Twitter: "Incredible. Bolivarian socialism has turned Venezuela into the most unequal country in the world, according to research at Andrés Bello Catholic University. https://t.co/5S9ZWuGAhY" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/johanknorberg/status/1653457614204747791

Via #PEGobry

#Venezuela #socialism #HugoChavez #inequality

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on Twitter: "As French historian Michel Pastoureau points out, Protestant morality is hostile to color, and the Reformation was a very literal darkening of the world." / Twitter
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1623220170863902721?cxt=HHwWgoC8yaWJ64YtAAAA

#PEGobry #Reformation #Protestantism #decoration #colour

This column by #PeterHitchens is absolutely correct:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11204915/PETER-HITCHENS-Let-Queen-brought-London-train.html

The body of #ElizabethII should be brought back to London for her funeral by rail, not by air.

Via #PEGobry

"Why do women live longer than men?"

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1543458949160210432

Via #PEGobry

"We underestimate children. Every child in France can read and appreciate Victor Hugo. Believe me. Try it this week-end. Tonight! Read a page from Les Misérables to your daughter. She will say, 'Mom, keep reading! I want to know what happens to Jean Valjean!'"

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1483376209383673857

#ÉricZemmour #polfr
#PEGobry

TIL that #CharlesDeGaulle received a post-humous citation for his actions in the First World War. That is, the French army believed that he had been killed, and cited him for bravery.

Of course we know that he had merely been captured; he subsequently escaped the prison camp (and was recaptured).

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1482461683562000391

#WWI #PEGobry

"Do you know the last time a US aircraft carrier was sunk?"

https://twitter.com/cigarettesnrome/status/1461358647385022481

Via #PEGobry

#uspol

"La « linguistique » est le domaine où l’on voit le mieux l’absurdité de cette forme d’argument de gauche : « Il y a eu des changements par le passé, donc tout changement futur ou potentiel est forcément bon. »"

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1450349280439508993

#PEGobry
#français #linguistique

@pegobry has been reading *Stalin's War* by Prof. #SeanMcMeekin . It seems fascinating in general, but #PEGobry has been posting many quotes from the book about how #FDR 's policies served #Stalin . It wasn't just that the US government was overrun by agents; at the top level, FDR was convinced that Stalin should be given whatever he wanted.

Have a look at this thread for some amazing examples:

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1430398919847124996

#WWII

"…and this is why I have tendered my resignation to the President" would be the next phrase in any civilized country"

#PEGobry

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1428091588245344267

#GenMarkMilley
#Afghanistan #uspol

"PEG, how dare you say colonialism was good, white man’s burden was a terrible idea, and also we must stay in Afghanistan forever so Pushtun girls can go to school."

#PEGobry
#imperialism

"Afghanistan discourse is lots of people speaking with all the moral certitude of a pith-helmeted British imperialist but none of the intelligence, talent, or ability.

"And none of them have a respect for (or interest in, really) foreign cultures comparable to a Charles Gordon’s or a Savorgnan de Brazza’s."

https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1426786626034978817

#PEGobry
#imperialism

Daniel Holland🎗 on Twitter: "Al Bundy as a Miami Vice Coke Dealer (1984) https://t.co/Ql6Vrk5UWa" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1422825829189496833

Never before have I wanted to watch #MiamiVice .

Via #PEGobry

PEG on Twitter: "One bit—that won’t be noted by either side for ideological reasons—that shows Trump is more an avatar of his base than its leader is that (as @mtracey noted) he’s never stopped touting the vaccine and it has had zero effect on vaccine discourse on the Right." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/pegobry/status/1415333488685993987

#PEGobry #uspol

PEG on Twitter: "Finally, some foreign policy thinking that goes beyond the stale Washington consensus." / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/pegobry/status/1414453820663422977

#PEGobry #Haiti #Taliban

#Scotland #OuterHebrides #gaelic

https://twitter.com/dusttoodigital/status/1404801852080861187

Via #PEGobry