Family petrodictatorship dumps America and hires Wagner to wage fuckery worldwide. What could possibly go wrong? Good to see the academics figuring this out. Plenty more to come as this unwinds. #RussiaLoveYouShortTime
If you track the unprecedented proliferation of Soviet style infantry grade weapons into Africa and the Middle East some clues emerge. wsj.com/articles/milit…
Thanks to the UAE, Yemen, Egypt and Libya are saturated with weapons from the Balkans. Now it's Ethiopia's turn. gerjon.substack.com/p/the-uae-ethi…
Curious cross over of U.S. private citizen and UAE proxy being tried in Eastern District for war crimes while playing warlord. Don't know if should put this in the Petrodictator fuckery column or my November Defuckerizing list.
The UAE's grand scheme in Ethiopia has rolled backwards on them. Although Tigrayans are now called "rebels" by the media. They are Ethiopians many who were senior in the government but "preemptively" attacked a year ago today..turning them into "rebels".
What if there is no optimal..even with super computers and AI? Polynomial optimization problem in artificial intelligence means we may be back to just winging it. Why is this important? Let's find out. quantamagazine.org/surprising-lim…
Researchers from the University of Bath and York St John University found that, since the 1980s, millennial's obsession with perfection has increased by a third, which they blame on the impact of neoliberal economics. Say What? apa.org/pubs/journals/…
Neoliberialism. A 19th century idea that has destroyed many nations and built others. An idea that "maintains that “the market” delivers benefits that could never be achieved by planning." AKA stupid greedy people in charge. Where else is this being used? theguardian.com/books/2016/apr…
FYI: Igor's wiki page is a labor of love by an anonymous person named "Codyave". Not sure why the Merkined one en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Danc…
Trump's links to Israeli/Russian gangsters are solid. You could do an entire dossier on how concrete, the mob and Trump tower. Or on the Gulf Arabs and Trump or on the Ukraine and Trump. The problem was Steele's focus was on gossip from Russia to prove Trump a sleaze bag.
Saw a depressing but informative 2018 documentary by a Scotsman about the Ku Klux Klan. It would have been hard to believe that 30,000 klansmen marched down Pennsylvania Avenue on August 8, 1925 but it happened. A lot of Klan narratives still exist. gettyimages.com/detail/video/l…
"Who Put the Klan Into Ku Klux Klan" is on Prime. Hosted by archaeologist and historian Neil Oliver. Oliver's goal is to explore the Scottish origins of the group and its morphing into a violent racist group. His outsider view of America is valuable.
You can see the mass hysteria of a fictional foe that we see today. Often with violent consequences. Definitely worth a watch. history.com/news/kkk-birth…
Remember who else had their "devices" taken. Rudy, Erik Prince, Adam Ciralksy, Victoria Toensing, George Nader and others. This indicates a high level of interest in federal criminal activity. Add the laborious flash to bang with three months out for 1/6 and you have your Nov/Dec
Another attack on Kabul's military hospital but this time there is no antiterrorism team to take out the murderers. recoilweb.com/cru-222-afghan…
It's hard to think of why ISIS needs to murder wounded Afghans in their beds but this is our world and we live in it. I am curious which "Taliban Special Forces Unit dropped by helicopter" reuters.com/world/asia-pac…