Category Archives: video

A Bakhmut Reversal?

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Over the last several months, Russia would grind out costly gains in the fighting around Bakhmut, only to see Ukraine reverse most or all of those gains a few days or weeks later. This pattern repeated for month after month, … Continue reading →

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China’s Slacker City

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember how a bunch of young Chinese just decided to give up and let it rot? Recently, a whole bunch of them have decided to make Dali in Yunnan Province their own slacker city. Takeaways: “Recently a city has become … Continue reading →

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Lina Hidalgo’s Continued Contempt for Transparency

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember Democratic County Judge and de-facto Queen of Harris County Lina Hidalgo, she of the numerous staff corruption charges? There have been a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests coming her way over all the alleged crooked dealings, so … Continue reading →

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Fire In The Night

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Busy Saturday, so enjoy a couple of Suchomimus videos about a Crimean oil refinery that Ukrainian drones made blow up real good. Here’s footage of the refinery burning bright in the forests of the night: “This video is showing a … Continue reading →

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Russia Finally Sends T-14 Armata Tanks to Ukraine

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Remember the T-14 Armata, the next-generation Russian main battle tank that’s had numerous, well-documented teething problems? After much delay and speculation, Russia is finally fielding them in Ukraine. Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Crossed the Dnipro? (Take Two)

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Back in November, I put up a post on Ukrainian forces crossing the Dnipro River for a probing raid. Since then I’ve noticed a persistent trickle of hits to the post, presumably off social media posts of further activity. Today … Continue reading →

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Rheinmetall’s “GameChanger”

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Rheinmetall has a new “GameChanger” drone (so they say) with an official “Rheinmetall Combat Drone” moniker that only a German company could love. I don’t see it as an actual gamecharger, but it is pretty interesting: a fixed-wing drone that … Continue reading →

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Has The Ukrainian Counteroffensive Already Begun?

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

That’s the assertion of Reporting from Ukraine, who says that the counterattack is happening in Zaporizhzhia: Reporting from Ukraine is pretty rah-rah for Ukraine, always putting a positive spin on things (“Ukrainian troops successfully withdrew from northern Bakhmut”), but he’s … Continue reading →

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“Roads Create Traffic” Debunked

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Lawrence Person

You know that “creating more public roads just creates more traffic” talking point trotted out by people who want to ban your car? Yeah, not so much. The first two thirds of the video covers other topics, like how economies … Continue reading →

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Russian Armored Recovery Vehicle Gets Stuck Recovering Stuck Armored Vehicle

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Lawrence Person

File this under “lazy blogging of mildly amusing content” put up while I’m finishing up my taxes.

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