An American tourist in Russia
Last night I had another opportunity to hear Prof. Vladimir Golstein, Chair of Slavic Studies at Brown University, weigh in about the ongoing conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine. Gaza: The USA has the leverage needed to compel Israel to stop or change the course of the war, but the Biden Administration doesn’t know how to … Read more
Well let’s take a look at the new CIA recruiting commercial aimed at Russians in the military and intelligence services, I think it’s actually quite clever and well-designed – though I have no way of knowing if it’ll be successful. Everything in this video was done intentionally. Immediately you’ll notice the blue tint – that’s … Read more
An Adventure in Barbaric Russia So tonight I drank too much and ended up on an adventure. I met a Frenchman I know from my Russian classes at a little pub in Moscow, and afterward we walked toward the Metro. He wanted to go to a station 20 minutes away, but I happened to remember … Read more
Here’s a summary of yesterday’s podcast with Billy Bob and Ben Toth. I think Biden will not be replaced and the plan is to have him run and serve a full second term. His status as a mental vegetable makes him an asset, not a liability. The US system today much resembles the Holy Roman … Read more
The Ukraine war is the single most baffling thing I’ve ever seen in my life, even more baffling than the pandemic. “We have to help Ukraine against Russia” is a reasonable and defensible statement, but virtually every pro-Ukraine person I have encountered is irrational. I could go on at length about how every NATO talking point is absurd, but I’ve already done that many times before. Today I’m going to talk focus specifically on operational risk management.