Tour de force
Dr. James Tour's name should be fairly familiar to regular readers of this site. I have mentioned him a number of times before, particularly with respect to his seminal presentation about the known...
The SANKSHUNS are highly effective
I have been trying to tell just about anyone with sense enough to listen, since pretty much the middle of April, that the SANKSHUNS against those damned ROOOOOOOOSKEEES!!!, are actually useless at...
Monday morning finding out
Here we go again - Monday, the day of the week when we roll out of bed groaning because we didn't get anywhere near enough sleep, and were rudely jolted out of an extremely pleasant dream involving...
A bridge WAY too far
The picture you see above was taken early yesterday by Russians on the eastern bank of the Kerch Strait, a narrow (but still significant) body of water that separates the Crimean Peninsula from the...
Sunday Scripture: Jesus Raises Lazarus
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this...
Didactic Mind, Ep 104: World War Now
The main Didactic Mind podcast is finally back with a new episode. In this one, I argue that we are already in a World War - whether you call it World War III or IV at this point, I don't know or...
Friday T&A: С Днём Рождения Edition
The Russian phrase in the title is their way of saying, "happy birthday" - it literally translates as, "with the day of birth" - and today is, in fact, someone's birthday. No, it is not mine - but...
The great gift of solitude
In this day and age of constant stimulation, the ability to enjoy one's own company is a great gift indeed. Most people would not consider it to be so, because most people are afraid to spend time...
Monday morning living Legend
Whichever asshat came up with that meme up top, clearly never met a killer whale. I'm not joking about the dangers of those things. They literally hunt great white sharks for fun, and when they find...
The speech that shook the world
On September 30th, 2022, the Neo-Tsar signed treaties with the formerly Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozh'ye, and Kherson, and he gave a speech in the St. George Hall (technically the...
Sunday Scripture: The Prophets of Baal Defeated
20 So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. 21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between two...

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