PUTIN AND MRS. CLINTON
Did the Russians hack the emails of the Democrat National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton?
The answer is almost certainly “yes,” but that does not mean that the DNC and other emails were released on behalf of the Kremlin to help Donald Trump. The basis for my skepticism of the charge that the email dumps were ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin is as follows.
To begin with, I am no fan of Mr. Putin and the Russian government, as I was subjected to Russian-Bulgarian disinformation campaigns; because of my high-profile work on the economic transition in Bulgaria and Russia in the early 1990s; and my expose of Russia payments to members of the Bulgarian Parliament to support the now-abandoned proposed gas pipeline from Russia to Bulgaria 2 years ago.
Consider that the Clintons have been covert financial allies of Mr. Putin for a number of years. They are allies in environmentalism’s war on fossil fuels (the more expensive oil is, the more billions he makes). Consider the New York Times front-page story of April 23, 2015: Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal.
So here are some questions to ponder.



Oil rigs in the Permian Basin of Texas are still being built even at $45 oil, defying shale skeptics
All plagues, whether they are biological or destructive policy ideas, begin at some specific place and time. The city of Austin, Texas, is now the place of origin of what could be a very costly experiment. (Yes, Texas – which is a Red State overall, but the people who run Austin, like Houston, are Hyper-Blue –JW.)



Environmental zealots and the politically correct have become modern-day book burners in their attempts to criminalize and repress the speech of those who disagree with them. The Nazis and other dictatorial regimes used the old practice of book burnings and gun seizures as a way of maintaining control and intimidation. Burning books is most often done to censor materials that the authorities consider to be offensive to the cultural, religious or political order.