It does look like Australia would be best served by abandoning the AUKUS submarines and going back to a French one, on grounds of availability, cost and suitability and possibly also shared national … (View Post)

Which would fit in with Trump being a Russian asset in practice. (View Post)

The one interesting takeaway from the Carson interview with Putin widely discussed here. Putin clearly despises Trump. I think he believes him a self-indulgent, but nevertheless useful, fool. He has … (View Post)

Another issue Americans haven't got their head around is just how cost-effective the Ukrainians are. USA has poured trillions into containing Russia since the WW2, only for the Ukrainians to do … (View Post)

You can work backwards because the R rate was consistent across the epidemic, which means the Wet Market cases were amongst the first ones. There is specific evidence linking those first cases to the… (View Post)