“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Sunday Scripture: The Broken Flask

Sunday Scripture: The Broken Flask

19 Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests, 2 and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the...
When the Colonel speaks…

When the Colonel speaks…

… the rest of us damn well sit up and listen. As most of you know by now, Col. Douglas Macgregor is a highly respected and well-known political commentator and pundit on the subject of the Banderastan War, who has gained quite a lot of attention (and notoriety)...
Friday T&A: Up the Irons Edition

Friday T&A: Up the Irons Edition

This week has been a symbolic one, for a great many reasons. The (Khlearly Khatastrophic) Khreat Khokholite Khumvee Khounteroffensive has gone straight from blitzkrieg to BLYADskrieg in the space of a month, which literally anyone who was actually paying attention,...
The Prigozhin putsch post-mortem

The Prigozhin putsch post-mortem

I had originally intended to write this some 48 hours after the failed mutiny/coup/insurrection by Yevgeniy Prigozhin last Saturday, but then events started accelerating. It has been a very busy and interesting week, which has exposed a number of powerful dynamics at...
Monday morning counting coup

Monday morning counting coup

Well, that sure was a strange weekend, eh? One minute, it looks like the Russian government might actually be in some danger of a serious existential crisis – and the next, it turns out that Putin always had the situation well in hand, and Prigozhin is on his...
Sunday Scripture: The Broken Flask

Sunday Scripture: Evil in the Land

7 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship...
Rebellion in Dreamland

Rebellion in Dreamland

The dominant news story today is the mutiny – or rebellion, or coup, depending on whom you listen to – of the Wagner private military company (PMC) in Russia. The crisis unfolded rapidly since yesterday, at close to midnight GMT, when the titular head of...
Friday T&A: Pink Flamingo Edition

Friday T&A: Pink Flamingo Edition

I had meant to get around to this yesterday – we really should probably start calling this the “Saturday T&A” or “Weekend Totty” section, honestly – but events intervened. Specifically. there appears to be an armed mutiny...
Monday morning WordPress woes

Monday morning WordPress woes

We all hate Mondays, especially the ones that seem to come WAY too fast after a weekend spent almost entirely asleep. Well, for some of us, that is EVERY Monday. And this Monday, in particular, has certainly proved to be a very busy one. I’ve been running around...