The United States was designed to be resistant to change. And, hoo boy, that part of the design worked. That would be less problematic if the most famous part of the design, the “checks and balances”, had worked too. But…
We Know That Ukraine Knows: U.S. Security Guarantees Are Worthless These Days
The U.S. media really sucks at its job. So what else is new. Because every time Trump, damn his name or any of his underlings mentions offering security guarantees to Ukraine as part of any proposed “peace deal” at least…
Archive: On Power And Authority
This one I still agree with pretty much completely. I’ve said many of the same things again here. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Thu Jan 3rd, 2002 at 05:34:02 PM EST”. Here I want to discuss two…
War?: Crimes.
The regime’s actions around Venezuela are crimes. It really is that simple. The only real question is whether they’re war crimes or just crime crimes. And that uncertainty is only there because it’s the military doing them; if anyone else…