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When Storage Wars Meets Gun Hoarders

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Back when I’d visit my parents a decade or so ago, one of my father’s guilty pleasures was watching Storage Wars. If you’re unfamiliar with this cable staple, it features competing teams of people bidding on abandoned storage units, then … Continue reading →

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Ukraine: Don’t Assume Russia Will Win

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Defense analyst Anders Puck Nielsen says there’s a tendency for many to believe that, although Ukraine has put up a good fight, a Russian victory in the Russo-Ukrainian War is inevitable. (I assume he’s seeing these on the various MSM … Continue reading →

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The Ukraine War Map Problem

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Lawrence Person

When the Russo-Ukrainian war kicked off back in February, I relied on https://liveuamap.com/ to track military action in the war, just as I had used their similar map when tracking the war against the Islamic State. However, after the initial … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan on The Kherson Counteroffensive

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Lawrence Person

For those who think I rely too much on Ukraine updates and Peter Zeihan videos, enjoy this Peter Zeihan video update on Ukraine! Takeaways: “Everything that the Russians were bad at before (propaganda, logistics, precision, training, maintenance, equipment), everything they … Continue reading →

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Mikhail Gorbachev, RIP

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Lawrence Person

There are some people whose staggering failures are so awesome that they put ordinary successes in the shade. Like Christopher Columbus trying to find a quicker route to India and discovering the New World instead. Such is the case with … Continue reading →

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Kherson Counteroffensive: Day Two

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Ukraine’s Kherson counteroffensive appears to be making significant headway. The Institute for the Study of War has some summary goodness. Ukrainian military officials announced the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast on August 29. Ukrainian officials reported that … Continue reading →

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Kherson Counteroffensive Finally Begins

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This morning I’m seeing a lot of reports that that long-rumored Kherson counteroffensive is finally beginning. The Odesa-based newspaper Dumskaya reports that the Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine concentrated in the southern direction have launched a counteroffensive at … Continue reading →

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The Crazy Smart Felon Who Lived In A Toys “R” Us

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This is one of those crime stories that make your jaw drop at the audacity. Jeffrey Allen Manchester, AKA “Roofman,” AKA “Rooftop Robber,” made his name by cutting down through the roofs of McDonalds restaurants, hitting “over 40 stores in … Continue reading →

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Ukraine’s Attrition Strategy

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Lawrence Person

A lot of questions have popped up about the much-talked about Ukrainian counteroffensive for Kherson, among the biggest of which is “Where is it?” Anders Puck Nielsen, a military analyst at the Royal Danish Defence College, has some answers. What … Continue reading →

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Crimea Booming Continues

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Previous stories on Ukraine hitting Russian military bases in Crimea have focused on the possibility of long-range missile strikes. As those strikes have continued, it’s now proven that some have been carried out by drone, and others appear to be … Continue reading →

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