Every nation has its idiots. (View Post)

Pokrvosk is looking like Stalingrad. The place where it becomes clear that the aggressor’s campaign has culminated. (View Post)

They're eating the swans. They're eating the geese. They're eating the pets, of the people that live there. (View Post)

Burnham's being a bit of a shit. Longing to harm, but fearing to strike. Which is not how you organise a coup at all. A well-executed coup should be largely bloodless, at the point of flagrante delic… (View Post)

Broadly speaking, until pretty recently in human history, a steadily growing population was desirable, and a falling population undesirable. Birth rates and death rates were both huge, and the trick … (View Post)