The various members of the European Union (can we really call them nations anymore?) all claim to be supporting Israel after the massive Hamas attack out of Gaza two weeks ago. Even so, they continue to supply massive amounts of support, mostly in the form of money, to Hamas.
What? Yep. Not only is Hamas officially headquartered in Qatar, but Qatar supplies (according to reports) $360-$480 million dollars (US) per year for the last decade to Hamas. Qatar of course gets that money from the profits selling LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) to Asia, Europe, and even the UK. (In large part, the sales to Europe have peaked in the last two years because of the NATO/US-instigated war in Ukraine.) Notice that Qatar is also where the FedGov parked $6 billion that Uncle Joe planned to give to Iran in exchange for releasing a few prisoners. (Usually such deals are called ‘paying ransom for kidnapped victims.’)
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The Price of Liberty 
Democracy’s end? Or just the end of the Union
Every time someone brings up dividing up the Fifty States – usually into a red faction and a blue one – they are ridiculed. Regardless of what political leaning the person suggesting it has.
But the times, they are a changing.
Maybe.
Pollsters tell us that a third or more of the electorate seem to want a divorce. But in the eyes of DC insiders, the mainstream media, and no doubt others, there is worse. At least a quarter of electors think democracy is toast.
Those who at least somewhat agree that democracy is no longer a viable system say that the country should explore alternative forms of government to ensure stability and progress.
It seems, so this organization claims, that Americans generally are becoming more politically divided despite Uncle Joe’s inauguration promise to unite the country.
Consider these results of a survey of 2,008 voters conducted by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia:
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