Suspect part of the problem has been boredom. You see hints of it in the "we need bad times to produce great men" thing. Which isn't even original; “In Italy for thirty years under the… (View Post)

Or Littlejohnthomas. I think I nicked that one from Chris Morris. (View Post)

Except, echoing the header, what does peace look like? Especially if it needs to not be a Ukrainian capitulation and also let Vlad survive in power. It's a very small overlap on the old Venn dia… (View Post)

Here's a quick primer; https://arthursnell.substack.com/p/there-is-no-minerals-deal Even if there are lots of useful minerals under Ukranian soil, there are plenty of sources that are a) better … (View Post)

It's buying two important, but related things. One of them is time. Every day that the orange one doesn't explode angrily over us, like Mr Creosote, is a day where a bit more preparation ca… (View Post)