Category Archives: video

Russia: We Destroyed Ukraine’s Patriot Batteries! Satellite Images: Not So Much.

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Russia is doing what it always does: Lying about its battlefield achievements. Recently they claimed to have taken out a Patriot missile defense system sent to Ukraine. YouTuber Suchomimus has looked into their claims by comparing them with several relevant … Continue reading →

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The League of the Boned: Turkey

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I have an in-process post titled “League of the Boned” in embryonic form, which was going to be about how each country in the League has been screwed by deficit spending, high interest rates and endemic corruption. But there so … Continue reading →

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The Tank Museum On The T-14 Armata

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Lawrence Person

We’ve already covered why Russia’s T-14 Armata tank isn’t all that. Here’s a somewhat more balanced look from David Willey of The Tank Museum: The first ten minutes covers the basics of Soviet tank design (the philosophy of favoring firepower … Continue reading →

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8 Californians Who Left For Texas Say Why

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Californians continue to flee the no-longer golden state, and many of them end up in Texas. ABC7 News in the bay area interviewed eight who fled as to why California dreaming has become a nightmare. Some takeaways: “In the span … Continue reading →

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Q: What Does It Take To Fire A Black Female SJW Professor? A: Holding A Machete Against A Reporter’s Neck

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

To be a black, Hispanic female, social justice warrior professor is to sit pretty close to the top of the victimhood pyramid. (She just needs be a disabled lesbian to hit for the cycle.) Given those exalted victimhood credentials, you … Continue reading →

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Russians Invade Russia?

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Lawrence Person

This is some curious news. Evidently members of anti-Putin Russia militias the Russian Volunteers Corps or the Freedom for Russia Legion has evidently invaded the border town of Kazinka in Belgorod, Russia, with forces that evidently included at least one … Continue reading →

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“Does The US Military’s New Combat Rifle Kinda Suck?”

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon, AKA the XM-5, AKA the XM-7, AKA 6.8 x 51mm? Brandon Herrera has managed to get Sig Saur to send him the prototype of the new weapon (the Sig Spear) to test, … Continue reading →

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Followup: Austin Homeless Industrial Complex Graft Scheme Thwarted (For Once)

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember Austin’s scheme to hand millions to the homeless industrial complex to clean up the mess they created, and the shady, recently-created “P Squared Services, LLC” they picked to give $1.7 million to? That attracted so much attention that that … Continue reading →

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China’s Targeted Espionage Continues Apace

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

With all that’s going on, it’s easy to forget that China’s “Thousand Talents” program of systematic industrial espionage continues apace. While China has attempted to steal trade secrets in semiconductors, aerospace and biotech, their espionage also has far more prosaic … Continue reading →

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How California Destroyed Its Middle Class

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The decline of California under one-party Democrat rule has been one of the long-running themes of this blog. Today Victor Davis Hanson discusses how California’s wealthy destroyed the middle class with policies whose baleful effects they knew wouldn’t fall on … Continue reading →

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