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April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“STRIP SEARCH” – (The title stolen from “New York Post”) This short piece by Ken White at Popehat might not answer some of the key questions, such as what does …

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March 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO EXPEL RUSSIAN SPIES BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY? – The dilemma our cousins across the pond face as they try to exercise solidarity with 23 other …

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March 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BABY, IT’S COLD WAR OUTSIDE – It’s one of the encouraging signs over the last year or two that the media and the opinion-making classes are finally waking up to …

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March 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HOW’S THAT COLLUSION WORKING OUT – for Mr Putin? In its toughest challenge to Russia to date, the Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of an elaborate plot to penetrate …

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March 14, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

T’S REX GOES EXTINCT – AND IT’S ALL RUSSIA’S FAULT – “The Apprentice: The White House” season 1 continues, with another senior Administration official fired through a tweet. Some supposedly …

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March 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IN PUTIN WE TRUST – People nowadays are cautioned against stereotyping, particularly of entire nations, and particularly in a negative way (it’s OK though to stereotype the politically incorrect groups …

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March 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MEDDLE AWAY – Russia said today it has proof Washington has tried to interfere in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told a leading Russian news …

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March 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

REGRETS, I’VE HAD A FEW – Putin regrets: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he would reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he had a chance to alter modern …

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February 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT TO DO ABOUT RUSSIA – In “The Washington Post”, Never-Trump Republican Max Boot hyperventilates somewhat, all to the cheers of the left, which after decades of the Cold War …

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February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TO INDICT OR NOT TO INDICT – My old blogging friend John Hinderaker at Powerline blog explains a little – big? – mystery about the recent indictment of Russian election …

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The Big Collusion Nothingburger, or 10 takeaways from the Russian indictment

February 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

1.Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian organisations have been indicted as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. You can …

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January 27, 2018January 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SORRY, NO WEHRMACHT; WE’RE GERMAN – Postcards from pacifism: For the largest economy in Europe, Germany’s military — the Bundeswehr — sure is small. In fact, although smaller missions, like …

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What would ABBA do?

January 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Historical karma is a bitch. Once, the Vikings used to rape and pillage their peaceful neighbours; a thousand years later, people come to rape and pillage the peaceful Vikings (pictured above: …

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January 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DISPLEASING TSAR VALDIMIR – In the post-Soviet Russia, it’s not the leaders whose sanity is questioned, but those who question the leaders: A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader …

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20 best books I’ve read in 2017

January 2, 2018August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I read. Too much. In fact, my New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to read less, and instead fill that time with some more profitable pursuits, like making some profits …

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January 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT A DOWNER – I still can’t quite comprehend how the whole “Russia hacked the election” thing started as a drunken chat between a Trump campaign flunkie repeating a hearsay …

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While Chrenkoff Slept

December 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Back in September, while on the road in Europe, I reported on the welcome I was about to receive: With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw …

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December 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A USEFUL REMINDER… – …that the Russians have not gone into Syria to fight ISIS but to support the Assad government. And since ISIS has been fighting the Syrian opposition …

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November 2, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“COLOR YOUR OWN BERNIE SANDERS HERO” AND OTHER RUSSIAN ELECTION HACKS – The US House Intelligence Committee (almost an oxymoron there) has released some of the 3,000 ads prepared and …

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November 1, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IF YOU TREAT THEM MEAN, IT DOESN’T KEEP THEM KEEN – If you don’t show love to your allies and supporters, someone else will: Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities …