Panicky much, orcs? You should be — the beatdown on the way is gonna hurt :) Villages are being liberated south of Velkya Novosilka, where ruscist forces have long occupied a bulge in the front lines that posed a threat to the rear of the Ukrainian forces holding Donbas. In…

The myth of the United States of America is dead. Most Americans know it, deep down — the evidence shows up in one scientific study after another. Teachers and professors in America tell their students that the nation is unified by common values, but this is a convenient narrative, not…

The breakup of the United States is well underway, driven by the profit-driven poison of partisanship. Since 2016, I have watched America’s slow march over a cliff with a mix of fascination and horror. But the results of recent polls by Bright Line Watch have provided the first hard and…

Look, I wasn’t expecting much from Amazon’s white elephant, but this… this is an outright assault on Tolkien. One of the things I’d get into the ring — excellent Amon Amarth track, by the way — and fight for is the right to claim the title of biggest Tolkien fan…

A ruscist submarine burning in drydock is another hit for the history books. It’s also another indicator of Putin’s astonishing weakness. The S-400 system protecting Crimea is supposed to be the crown jewel in the orc air defense network. It’s a Patriot-class killer of missiles and jets that gives NATO…

Thanks to missed opportunities on the part of its allies during 2023, Ukraine’s Liberation Campaign will almost certainly last well into next year, if not longer. This means an ongoing threat of escalation into something approaching a Third World War. It also ensures that tens of thousands more people will…

Why are the Democrats so blind to the cliff they’re stumbling over? The answer, of course, is that they’ve become a kind of church. A faith system where honest self-criticism is sacrificed on the altar of positivity to keep anyone from asking pointed questions. It’s another American pyramid scheme run…

Despite an astonishing level of negging from the US media, Ukraine’s Summer Campaign has been achieving what it set out to all along. This September, Putin’s life is about to get even worse. Over on Substack a few other analysts of the Ukraine war, like retired Australian general Mick Ryan…

From Blue and Gray to Red and Blue, old hatreds rise anew: welcome to Fimbulwinter! The neat thing about reading the Eddas of old Northern Europe as a scientist is that the underlying warning from the ancients comes through loud and clear — if you bother to listen. Fimbulwinter and…