Category Archives: Foreign Policy

LinkSwarm for March 24, 2023

More on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Syria gets spicy again, woke companies like Disney are having massive layoffs, and Sig Saur gets into the Killbot business. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Things that make you go Hmmmm: Courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Rolling Tank Museum

Back when I reviewed The Beast, I said “While the Russians have been demothballing old Soviet tanks to send to Ukraine, they haven’t become desperate enough to send T-55s to the front lines, assuming they still have any that are … Continue reading →

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France’s Existential Crisis

“How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?” – Charles de Gaulle (attributed) Ah, France! [Insert lazy paragraph describing France in in terms of classic cliches including food, wine, cheese, sex, cigarettes … Continue reading →

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Oopsie! Russian Su-27 Crashes into U.S. Drone over Black Sea

Somebody miscalculated. A Russian military plane collided with a U.S. drone in international airspace over the Black Sea on Tuesday, prompting U.S. forces to land the unmanned aircraft in international waters. U.S. European Command confirmed that a Russian Su-27 aircraft … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 3, 2023

In addition to getting over a cold, I spent most of the non-work day trying to assemble a pressure washer so I could attach a water-jetting attachment so I can clean out a blocked exterior line so I can run … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Steps Up Drone Strikes

Ukraine has stepped up its drone attacks against a wide spectrum of Russian military infrastructure targets. “Ukrainians are reportedly attacking objects from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar, which is a 2,000-kilometer front line in the air.” “Ukrainians have also reportedly accompanied … Continue reading →

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Dear Chinese Workers in 2023: Sucks To Be You

It turns out that having your ruling party alienate the entire world with a genetically engineered plague, rampant human rights abuse and widespread intellectual property theft is not conducive to continued economic success. Who knew? Hence comes the hashtag #SaveTheBoss, … Continue reading →

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The Tank Isn’t Obsolete, Russia Is Just Using Them Stupidly

Here’s a video from Samir Puri and the Imperial War Museum that echoes something Nicholas Moran said ten months ago, namely that the tank is not obsolete on the modern battlefield, it’s just that the Russians are using them wrong. … Continue reading →

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