You may be right about the Russian settlement of that region but I have heard he only sent a small portion of his army to fight. Something like five or ten percent. That does not sound like he was trying to conquer Ukraine. Regardless of that, he may be successful based on the negotiated outcome. A ...

I think the probabilities of a war are what can be more determined. There is a .01 percent chance I will fall off a cliff if I am in the middle of the desert. 5 percent if I am near a cliff. 80 percent if I am standing next to a cliff besides a crazy person. 70 percent chance of getting run over by ...

https://palexander.substack.com/p/f-trump-and-his-sh-y-supposed-peace …said Ryan O’Leary, an Iraq war veteran who leads Chosen Company, one of the largest foreign volunteer units in Ukraine. “Any peace deal is ultimately up to Ukrainians alone, who should be included directly in talks. Neither Trum...

https://palexander.substack.com/p/f-trump-and-his-sh-y-supposed-peace …said Ryan O’Leary, an Iraq war veteran who leads Chosen Company, one of the largest foreign volunteer units in Ukraine. “Any peace deal is ultimately up to Ukrainians alone, who should be included directly in talks. Neither Trum...

and Ukraine will not be in NATO Why would it want to? Many trusted the US, adopted the dollar as a primary trade settlement currency in place of gold and accepted it exporting inflation to help fund a massive military might for collective defense - but now see the light (trust and support was mispl...

And if you think about the pure absurdity of fauci claiming with a straight face the coronavirus came from a market adjacent to the lab where the ecohealth alliance was funding research into the exact virus. These people should be held accountable. And going so far as to attempt to discredit and rui...

Keep in mind this hearing took place during the Biden administration. USAID is already one casualty. These guys are probably furiously making deals to stay out of DOGE and Trump’s crosshairs. https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-ecohealth-alliance-should-be-criminally-investigated-for...

Capture.JPG I think he funded gain of function research at the Wuhan lab through something called Ecohealth Alliance and USAID. IF so ... was it done for any malicious intent? Any personal monetary gain? What was the motivation? Vaguely I believe it was to circumvent the US prohibition on gain of f...

Sorry I can’t help but be sarcastic here. We (the American public) are going to feel great about saving Ukraine when the war ends. And the US and possibly Russia are going to go in and pillage Ukraine’s natural resources as the price for peace and Ukraine will not be in NATO and they are going to l...

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I think he funded gain of function research at the Wuhan lab through something called Ecohealth Alliance and USAID.

Is anyone watching Trumps daily press conferences. I am finding them extraordinary. I’ve never seen a president just sit there and take question after question while signing order after order and then hosting world leaders and the Elon comes in. I don’t agree with everything he is doing but I am sti...

“The Unix Programming Environment” by Kernighan and Pike literally changed my life. I can string together a few different commands and do what other folks at my office would take at least a hundred lines of Python and several hours. And I just do it on the fly. Need to watch Severance. Another perso...

Good way to break down simple economics
https://crusoeeconomics.com/wp-content/ ... N-2019.pdf

From the blog I just came across (I think I saw it here):
https://crusoeeconomics.com/

I read his book. I think it was called "Sale of a Lifetime" or something like that. He is very entertertaining. He definitely lost me when he said sun spots correlated to market movements! All of these people have something interesting to say. It is fun to listen to, occasionally insightfu...

Hi Everyone, Just a side note — I was surfing wikipedia yesterday, starting at SMS and eventually I ended up at Bell Labs and its once upon a time operating system, Plan 9. Lo and behold, the mascot, Glenda, is Burley’s avatar! 👍 Oh man a Plan 9 reference! As a Unix nerd I just came across that whe...

https://youtu.be/5LZaUoX-h2k?si=T3bFbFIiMnob0BrC

Start listening at minute 12:15. Trump states the obvious about Ukraine and NATO. Don’t over think this. Anyone who does not know this a fool (the entire last administration and Zelensky).

Here is what I believe could happen. Ukraine may or may not pay back Europe who ruthlessly LOANED them 100 billion and will pay us back the 350 billion worth of their country (not dollars) we have given them and I am guessing will pay Russia 450 billion worth of their country that they spent. Russia...

I gained confidence in Hegseth. He stated the obvious. It is not a bargaining chip in any way, Unless we want every Ukranian dead and Superrsonic missiles ready to rain down on us. And Europe exposed as unproductive and weak that we won’t work very hard to protect. Ukraine is basically screwed becau...

My take away was that Zelensky is a brave articulate dumb puppet. Someone tell him Boris Johnson and Biden have left the building. The fact that he confidently says he talks about joining NATO matter of factly really tells me he is a fool not a hero. If Putin wanted to he could kill everyone in Ukra...

Sorry I can’t help but be sarcastic here. We (the American public) are going to feel great about saving Ukraine when the war ends. And the US and possibly Russia are going to go in and pillage Ukraine’s natural resources as the price for peace and Ukraine will not be in NATO and they are going to lo...

It’s funny how we Americans think we are in charge at all times. - I am the law. - I take your money. - I say who gets your money - I will put missiles at your border if I want to. How’s that working out for Ukraine? Or do we even care how it’s working out? What got me about the interview is how nai...

Good podcast. Personally, I think Zelensky is misguided if he thinks he’s going to enter NATO. Putin will not allow it.

Will listen to it in the next few days.

The Russian conscripts are cannon fodder, for sure. so are many Ukraine conscripts. I’ve asked this before: aren’t the Ukrainians in this because they want to be? Not because the Americans or British or Germans asked them to be. I’m not speaking of the hapless low level conscripts but of Ukrainian ...

Caveat In My Strongly Held Humble Opinion. However and whenever it happens, it will be the end to the US and Europe incredible hubris and stupidity. The Ukranians are cannon fodder for NATO. They really dont care if every Ukrainian is murdered. This is an epic tragedy that I believe could have been ...