“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.”

Competence is necessary but not sufficient

Competence is necessary but not sufficient

As noted earlier this week in the Great Mondaydact Browser Slayer, the long read of the week was an excellent bit of analysis on the decline, fall, and collapse of the Western world by Gaius Baltar, featured at Larry Johnson’s SONAR21 blog. As Mr. Baltar pointed...
Zerg Rush meets Marine Bunker

Zerg Rush meets Marine Bunker

Gentlemen, has anyone here ever heard of a game called StarCraft? One or two of you, right? Yeah. It was (and is) KIND OF A BIG DEAL, because it revolutionised strategy gaming, all the way back in 1998, and essentially made Blizzard the powerhouse that it is today. (I...
Thot in the shell

Thot in the shell

A bit over a year ago, I wrote about the story of one Diana Deets, aka Coconut Kitty, who was (in)famous for posting pictures of herself on her Instaham account with VERY heavy filtering that made her look about half her true age. Sadly, the woman behind that account...
Chasing shadows in Banderastan

Chasing shadows in Banderastan

I really, really did not want to write anything more about the Gonzalo Lira situation. When he disappeared off the radar after his rather odd attempts to flee SBU custody and seek sanctuary in Hungary, I figured he had been caught and detained at the border by the...
If it glows yellow and blue…

If it glows yellow and blue…

I would imagine most people are not familiar with the recent drama surrounding one Gonzalo Lira. A few months ago, I wrote about his disappearance and asked people to pray for him, because it seemed like he had been arrested for, essentially, telling the truth. It is...
A Lvov Boat spin-off appears imminent

A Lvov Boat spin-off appears imminent

Gentlemen, no doubt many of you remember last year’s most hilariously over-the-top White-trash-trailer-park soap opera, which I quite fittingly titled Lvov Boat. In case you need a season recap, please refer to this season guide. Essentially, the season –...
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...
Turducken sandwich

Turducken sandwich

As y’all know quite well by now, there is a rather serious – I would say, panicked – discussion among the NATO types about giving F-16 Vipers to Banderastan, to replenish their almost completely destroyed air farce force. I have pointed out already...
The Khreat Khokholite Khumvee Khounteroffensive

The Khreat Khokholite Khumvee Khounteroffensive

The long-awaited Ukrainian (counter)offensive has finally begun. Indeed, as of this writing, it has been underway for a bit over a week. Last Sunday, the hohols rolled out troops and vehicles in substantial force, and began what they insist on calling “probing...
Dambusting

Dambusting

Everyone has no doubt heard by now about the destruction of the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, or Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP). The result was pretty much what you might expect – a big-ass wall of water rushing downstream and flooding towns...