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Cake day: July 28th, 2023

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  • I’ve found this quote from Lincoln to be illustrative.

    “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”

    I also find the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves living in border States, but only States that seceded to corroborate this.

    That being said, Lincoln had long been know to oppose slavery and supported its abolition.



  • I’ll bite, here’s a little list of the top of my head.

    1. They’ve had a failed invasion of Ukraine
    2. Rampant corruption
    3. Putin is getting old and frail
    4. Russia has a struggling economy where “Fortress Russia” is starting to fall short
    5. Drone strikes from Ukraine have been able to target major Russian cities.
    6. There was a mini-coup attempt by one of Putin’s closest allies where a standing army nearly made it to Moscow while shooting down multiple Russian military aircraft.