From Police Brutality, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Rousseau’s Social Contract Part 2, CNN) National security adviser: ‘I don’t think there’s systemic racism’ in US police forces. Quoting Robert O’Brien, “No, I don’t think there’s systemic racism. I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many of them are African American, Hispanic, Asian, … Continue reading Could AI Stop Police Brutality? Are the Memphis Scorpion Five Psychopaths? Part 1 →

Ukraine YouTuber Denys Davydov speculates  a cover-up: Update from Ukraine | NATO doesn’t want to respond on Poland attack by Ruzzia | Here is the evidence. It’s plausible;  watch the video. He does not claim fact or proof. Neither do I. What follows is an attempt to construct a plausible companion story, A Tale of … Continue reading The S300 Russian Missile that hit Poland →

(CNN) Putin faces more grim choices after blast hits his prized Crimea bridge. The argument has been made that a truck bomb of a few hundred kilograms could not have caused the damage, due to the heavy mass of steel in the bridge. This is incorrect. Truck bombs are usually employed to destroy buildings. For … Continue reading Did a Truck Bomb Drop Kerch Bridge Spans? →

We continue from  Nuclear Secrets at Mar-a-Lago. The response of DOJ to the media request for release of the affidavit offers important clues. Quoting (CNN) DOJ opposes making public details in Mar-a-Lago search warrant’s probable cause affidavit, “Disclosure of the government’s affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance … Continue reading Mar-a-Lago Secrets — The Plot Thickens; a Spy Job? →

(CNN) Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket was a racist hate crime, police say. The Mourner’s Kaddish: (Click to enlarge) The Jewish prayer for the dead.

The sanctions against Russia’s central bank and sovereign wealth fund, and disconnection of major banks from SWIFT, make long term economic pressure feasible. If Russia cuts off gas and oil deliveries, Russia’s internal politics become unsustainable. A more complex scenario arises if Russia chooses to accelerate oil/gas deliveries. Specialists hold that Russia’s economy will eventually … Continue reading Exploiting Cracks in the Kremlin; Putin, the New Stalin? →

In Putin,…, Lycurgus, the Ruble, and War, Part 2, I wrote But for someone who consciously went shopping for the constitution of a warrior state, we must look to antiquity, to Lycurgus of Sparta. His virtues are remarkably easy to understand:  equality (among citizens), military fitness, and austerity. The Spartan system was cruel by western … Continue reading Russia, the new Sparta; Putin, Lycurgus & Oswald Spengler →

(CNN) Ukrainian soldier kills 5 in shooting rampage at military factory. Two perspectives compete for our attention, legal and intelligence. Legal is deliberate and fair, where speculation is frowned on. Intelligence is time-urgent, a product of unilateral judgement that usually presents as probabilities. This is the current perspective. It is speculation,  of possible use to … Continue reading (CNN) Ukrainian soldier kills 5 in shooting rampage at military factory; Russian False Flag Op? →

I am an artist. This entitles me to make inane comments about Hunter Biden’s art, but I will resist. My comments will  be permissive and supportive. Biden’s art,  like Art Brut,  is media intensive, strongly shaped by the limitations and imperatives of the media. Biden’s media is ink. I painted Violet Rain, below, with mixed … Continue reading Hunter Biden’s Art →

We begin with the reality of political murder in Russia; then to bilateral relations. With implied reference to the attempted Novichok poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Biden called Putin a killer. Putin responded with “It takes one to know one”, which shows that snappy retorts are multicultural. Putin may occasionally view this blog. I will not … Continue reading Biden versus Putin Part 1 →