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by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Participant Comments - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Short Quiz – Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women
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Short Quiz – Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women

. 1. Is our author, Batya Ungar-Sargon the long-time opinion editor of Newsweek Magazine? 2. Did she spend a year, in addition to her Newsweek duties, interviewing zillions of “blue collar” Americans around the country? 3. Did she find that that the three most-important ways in which American worker...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Section 1 – General Info + Info Re Next Meeting
Topic: 4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation
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Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today

. This “kettle of fish” appears to be unprecedented!!! According to the U.S. House of Representatives website (https://www.house.gov/), the House last Saturday IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER – (1) Passed H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act). (2) Passed H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supp...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Re April 17 Meeting
Topic: Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today
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Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today

. This “kettle of fish” appears to be unprecedented!!! According to the U.S. House of Representatives website (https://www.house.gov/), the House last Saturday IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER – (1) Passed H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act). (2) Passed H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supp...
by johnkarls
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Section 1 – General Info + Info Re Next Meeting
Topic: 4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation
Replies: 2
Views: 286

Banning TikTok in yesterday’s House Bill funding Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan after record 439 simultaneous-on-line viewers Fri

. Many of our 58 campaigns over our 19 years of existence have been effective – some surprisingly. But this may have been the quickest and most dramatic -- (1) Every few years, our website's viewers-online-simultaneously shoots over 400 (it's usually on the order of 40-50 day or night). (2) Our TikT...
by johnkarls
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Re April 17 Meeting
Topic: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
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Views: 182

Banning TikTok in yesterday’s House Bill funding Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan after record 439 simultaneous-on-line viewers Fri

. Many of our 58 campaigns over our 19 years of existence have been effective – some surprisingly. But this may have been the quickest and most dramatic -- (1) Every few years, our website's viewers-online-simultaneously shoots over 400 (it's usually on the order of 40-50 day or night). (2) Our TikT...
by johnkarls
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Reference Materials - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Interview of Batya Ungar-Sargon re "Second Class" - Newsweek Magazine
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Interview of Batya Ungar-Sargon re "Second Class" - Newsweek Magazine

. https://www.newsweek.com/2024/04/12/free-college-wont-make-american-dream-attainable-working-class-1885626.html Free College Won't Make the American Dream Attainable for the Working Class By Meredith Wolf Schizer On 04/03/24 at 6:00 AM EDT For working-class Americans, attaining the American Dream ...
by johnkarls
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Reference Materials - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Book Review - Second Class - NY Post
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Book Review - Second Class - NY Post

. https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/us-news/batya-ungar-sargon-calls-trump-the-working-class-voice-in-book/ It’s not politics fueling the great American divide — it’s elite contempt for working class Review By - Rikki Schlott (NY Post Columnist) March 29, 2024 “The Democrats have become the party of the...
by johnkarls
Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: Section 1 – General Info + Info Re Next Meeting
Topic: 4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation
Replies: 2
Views: 286

4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation

. Here is a sample of the letters that were sent to each member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation -- RL-m419-LetterToSenateCommerceCommitteeMembersReTikTokProhibition.pdf *************************************************************************** USPS Certified-Mail Tra...
by johnkarls
Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Re April 17 Meeting
Topic: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Replies: 1
Views: 182

Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

. Here is a sample of the letters that were sent to each member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation -- RL-m419-LetterToSenateCommerceCommitteeMembersReTikTokProhibition.pdf *************************************************************************** USPS Certified-Mail Tra...
by johnkarls
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Reference Materials - Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer - April 17
Topic: "No Substitute for Victory - America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed" – Foreign Affairs Magazine
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"No Substitute for Victory - America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed" – Foreign Affairs Magazine

. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/no-substitute-victory-pottinger-gallagher?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=fa_editl&utm_campaign=pre_release_no_substitute_victory_prospects&utm_content=20240410&utm_term=promo-email-prospects No Substitute for Victory - America’s Competition With Chin...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Section 3 – Possible Topics for Future Meetings
Topic: “The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World” by Stuart Eizenstat
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“The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World” by Stuart Eizenstat

. I propose that we read “The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World” by Stuart Eizenstat (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 5/28/2024 – 520 pages but probably many fewer sans notes & index – Hardcover $35.00 + shipping or $24.99 Kindle from Amazo...
by johnkarls
Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Discussion Outline - Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer - April 17
Topic: Suggested Discussion Outline
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Suggested Discussion Outline

. The following outline is respectfully suggested – ********************** A. Comments About Specific Chapters of “Blood Money” by Peter Schweizer – 60 minutes Our tradition is to devote the first portion of each monthly meeting to going through the focus book, chapter by chapter, to invite importan...
by johnkarls
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Participant Comments - Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer - April 17
Topic: Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz
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Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz

. *************** OVERALL QUESTIONS Question 1 Do you find you get more out of a book if before you start, you think about what it will probably say based on the book’s title, its chapter headings, etc., etc.? Answer 1 What do you think??? Let’s discuss!!! Question 2 Is that usually the case with ou...
by johnkarls
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: Participant Comments - Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer - April 17
Topic: Short Quiz – Composed BEFORE Starting To Read “Blood Money”
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Short Quiz – Composed BEFORE Starting To Read “Blood Money”

. *************** OVERALL QUESTIONS 1. Do you find you get more out of a book if before you start, you think about what it will probably say based on the book’s title, its chapter headings, etc., etc.? 2. Is that usually the case with our Quizzes (which are intended to stimulate interest and thought...
by johnkarls
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: Reference Materials - Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer - April 17
Topic: Past meetings on Peter Schweizer books and other books about China, action taken, etc.
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Past meetings on Peter Schweizer books and other books about China, action taken, etc.

. Materials for past meetings can be accessed by scrolling down because after the first 8 sections of this website which are numbered, there is in reverse chronological order a cluster of 4-5 sections for each meeting. Past meetings focusing on China -- With Peter Schweizer – 5/18/2022 - “Red-Handed...

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