Posters who refer to “Mandelbrot” make themselves seem silly. Ditto “Usonian”. Worst of all is “Musky Baby”. (View Post)

Deniability is a crucial element in the toolkit of diplomacy. (View Post)

No, I should have been clearer: against former Warsaw Pact countries. Russia has gone seriously backwards. It’s simply a fascist, mafioso state at this point. (View Post)

The Oscars are shite, and have been shite as long as I remember. The Golden Globes have better critical apparatus than the qualuded boomers who make up the voting Academy. Which makes it notable that… (View Post)

Farage is right that Ukraine is notably corrupt. As in, more corrupt than even its neighbours. One reason why the economy pretty much flatlined after the 1990s. Important to be clear-eyed about these… (View Post)