Thursday, May 14, 2026

The lower the cost, the easier the proliferation

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  I was struck today by the title of an article: 10,000 Low-Cost Cruise Missiles In Three Years Procurement Plan Laid Out By Pentagon You ca...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The economic consequences of the Iran war begin to make themselves felt

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  I hasten to note that the United States is likely to experience rather less severe economic consequences from the Iran war than most other...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The early days of drone warfare

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  CDR Salamander noted yesterday that the Iranian Shahed-136 drone was based, at least in part, on a joint US-West German development from...
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Monday, May 11, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 311

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Friday, May 8, 2026

On the road again

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  My wife and I are headed to Amarillo, where Alma Boykin has invited me to scare terrify enlighten her class about what Africa is really...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Adventures with medical bureaucracy

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  Last Friday I mentioned that my blog post that day would be abbreviated due to a medical appointment.  I duly attended it, and it accompl...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Two different perspectives on technology, and both are thought-provoking

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  First, an article in American Intelligence  addresses artificial intelligence in the agricultural sector.  (American Intelligence provides...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Shocking news - except to Africans

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  I note the following news report . A South African hotelier is believed to have been eaten by a 15ft crocodile after human remains were fo...
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Monday, May 4, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 310

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  I've found that a lot of people know the more "common" songs by Jethro Tull, but most are unaware that there are literally d...
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Friday, May 1, 2026

Another fiddly Friday (medically speaking)

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  I have an early appointment with a pain management specialist today, so I haven't been able to put up my usual longer blog post.  If I...
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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Another perspective on the latest Trump assassination attempt

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  A little late, perhaps, but worth repeating nonetheless.  From Peter Girnus , "a senior coordinating producer for the White House Cor...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Are we looking at a world-changing series of events?

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  I haven't posted much by Peter Zeihan in recent months, because much of his work has disappeared behind a paywall.  I know many reade...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The economy: order, counter-order, disorder

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  There's tremendous disagreement right now over whether or not we're careering towards an economic cliff, and about to fall over th...
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Monday, April 27, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 309

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  I'm not generally a fan of jazz and blues music;  it's a uniquely American music genre, and my exposure to it growing up and as a ...
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Friday, April 24, 2026

So much for the work ethic

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  I was both sympathetic and very annoyed to read a woman's account of how she set about demonstrating that her job was meaningless . It...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Kat really needs our help

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  Late last month, I wrote about Kat Ainsworth Stevens . She's a friend and occasional member of the North Texas Troublemakers, and an a...
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