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Monday morning Sardaukar slaying

Monday morning Sardaukar slaying

Egads! 'Tis Monday again. Ah, weekend, we barely knew ye... I surely am not the only one that goes into blank verse when confronted with the horrors of Monday, but this one isn't all bad. Earlier...

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Friday T&A: Void Wars Edition

Friday T&A: Void Wars Edition

As we approach the NATO summit in Vilnius next week, it is very clear to all but the dimmest of bulbs that the West's Great Ukraine Project is failing, in horrendous fashion. The videos, photos, and...

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Domain Query: Uncanny Valley

Domain Query: Uncanny Valley

The Domain Query series is finally back, with a new instalment, thanks to LRFotS Randale6. He had an unusual and rather interesting question for me, related to gaming, which I answered at...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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