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Nixon Prolonged Vietnam War for Political Gain—And Johnson Knew About It, Newly Unclassified Tapes Suggest | Smithsonian

Nixon ran on a platform that opposed the Vietnam war, but to win the election, he needed the war to continue
— Read on www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vietnam-war-for-political-gainand-johnson-knew-about-it-newly-unclassified-tapes-suggest-3595441/

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment May 13, 2024 1 Minute

Abandoning Biden could repeat the 1968 mistakes that helped elect Nixon

Nixon had sabotaged the October 1968 Paris Peace Talks for his political benefit, which delayed a U.S. pullout from South Vietnam until 1973
— Read on www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2239229/-Abandoning-Biden-could-repeat-the-1968-mistakes-that-helped-elect-Nixon

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment May 13, 2024 1 Minute

Self as Instrument

traininglab.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/my_self_as_instrument_article_6-2-01.pdf

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment May 7, 2024 1 Minute

What is private equity, and why is it killing everything you love?

From here:

Moody’s found that after the financial crisis, from 2008 to 2013, companies owned by top private equity firms defaulted on their loans at about the same rate as other companies. However, in megadeals where more than $10 billion of debt was involved, private equity-backed companies performed much worse

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment April 17, 2024 1 Minute

How This Radio Host Lost 70 Pounds and Learned to Love Movement | Inspiration | MyFitnessPal

Jenny Hutt lost 70 pounds after changing her mindset from being thin to being healthy.
— Read on blog.myfitnesspal.com/how-this-radio-host-lost-70-pounds-and-learned-to-love-movement/

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment March 27, 2024 1 Minute

How Managers Become Leaders by Michael D. Watkins

hbr.org/2012/06/how-managers-become-leaders

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment March 17, 2024 1 Minute

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much | Dazed

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much
— Read on www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/60860/1/we-were-never-supposed-to-see-our-faces-this-much-social-media-zoom

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment September 21, 2023 1 Minute

www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/travel/hawaii-tourism-protests.html

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment September 16, 2023 1 Minute

Climate change is causing an insurance crisis in Louisiana

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-11/louisiana-insurance-market-in-crisis-from-climate-fueled-storms

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment September 12, 2023 1 Minute

Welcome To The Second Pandemic Winter, I’m Losing My Mind | by John DeVore | Humungus | Jan, 2022 | Medium

The ancient Greek city-state of Athens was ravaged by a mysterious plague during the second year of the Peloponnesian War, in 430 BC. The disease killed one in every four Athenians, the victims…
— Read on medium.com/humungus/welcome-to-the-second-pandemic-winter-im-losing-my-mind-6f20cdf630a2

Sam worthwhile reading Leave a comment January 21, 2022 1 Minute

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