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Ukraine

Ukrainian military strategy

1. Avoid frontal offensives because, in flat terrain, the number of tanks and soldiers matters. Russia would prevail. Ergo,...

  Ukraine
Apr 30, 2024

Who loses and who makes money in the war in Ukraine

People financing that war see Russia’s unconditional surrender as the outcome, but in the meantime, they see profits in...

Feb 26, 2024

Putin outfoxed an American dunce

One American dunce played by Putin is not a problem. But Tucker has 12.1 million followers on X. A...

Feb 10, 2024

The truth about Russia and NATO

Ergo, extending NATO eastward was the best for everyone. It preserved the very existence of NATO. It was the...

Jan 21, 2024

Is Putin a rational person?

Putin's rationality was that of a criminal who believed it could go unpunished.

  Ukraine
Sep 25, 2023

Backseat drivers in Ukraine’s war

Russia is weakened now. But it will not be after subduing Ukraine.

  Ukraine
Aug 23, 2023

Russia needs to rejoin a worldwide community

The worldwide community cannot accept war as a way of doing business. The Russians can accept it now because...

  Ukraine
Aug 19, 2023

Real professors, phony science

The peace requires informing Russians that none of the countries around Russia aspire to take any of its territories...

  Ukraine
Mar 21, 2023

World War III had already started

Informally, WWIII had started on February 24, 2022. The objective is to win it decisively before it spreads.

  Ukraine
Feb 2, 2023
Remark of the day

Is Musk losing it?

August 20, 2024
Life and politics

Elon Musk claims that he is ready to serve as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. He forgot what he did when he had to improve Twitter's performance after purchasing it. He fired about 80% of employees, and Twitter did not collapse. After taking office as president of Argentina in December of 2023, Javier Milei did not create the Department of Government Efficiency either. He did the opposite; he dissolved 11 ministries and fired 15,000 government employees. As of June 2024, 55% of Argentinians are OK with that. One does not improve efficiency by creating a new bureaucracy but by eliminating the existing one. Musk knew that at Twitter but forgot it when veering into politics.

$44 billion for loud lamenting

July 26, 2024
Life and politics, Media

Elon Musk warned us that “America is headed for bankruptcy.” The national debt, which is $34 trillion and gro...

Do we need the judiciary branch of the government?

July 10, 2024
Life and politics

That question comes to mind when reading critics of the recent Supreme Court decision weakening so-called Chevron deference. In t...

Between a circus and a nursing home

June 29, 2024
Life and politics, Media

I heard on BBC that assessment of the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. People are still commenting. For exampl...

Dr. Phil’s sore knees

June 08, 2024
Media

Dr. Phil McGraw is a clinical psychologist who has gained fame thanks to his charming way of asking people seemingly simple questions that are not s...