A foreign actor supporting, financially and/or otherwise, some Afghani warlords' insurrection against the occupying troops of another foreign actor, possibly because of some geopolitical rivalry with… (View Post)

We literally shot ourselves in feet, kneecaps and several other places with our pettiness and bigotry. But some of us have tried to take some lessons away from that. (View Post)

Yes, it's the "dark matter" that we Germans sprinkle over our breakfast müsli every morning to cheat the Grim Reaper. The narrative of death lagging the disease is merely fake news. (View Post)

It was predictable and predicted. Countries that have some kind of grip on the disease will see limited outbreaks rather than one big second wave. It's of high importance to recognise these quickly a… (View Post)

The recent uptick can be ascribed to the testing programme having placed an emphasis on abattoirs, and other sites with similar characteristics. The first recognised hotspot of that sort was an abatt… (View Post)