A Shopping Trip in Russia

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Here’s another photo set from bad bad Russia. As a miserly procrastinator, I waited until my shoes were literally falling apart before I even thought about buying new ones. So finally, today, I did. This is what the Russian town of Mytishchi looks like on a typical sleepy Saturday morning.

Missile Strikes Target Ukraine, but USA is the Audience

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Russia’s ongoing missile strikes this week seem to have clear goals, both on the operational and strategic level. The operational goal is most likely to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, and keep it crippled. It’s possible to guess at the bigger strategic goal: to make the continuing the war unacceptably expensive for the USA. As usual, … Read more