Today the blog hit 54,000 views per post. It’s no longer possible for me to keep pumping money into this thing. This a truly metastatic phenomenon. However, being forced to stop is a blessing in disguise. I need to move on to other things. Metastatic growth For those of you who want a wildly popular…
Shoddy theater won’t change the outcome in Syria
August 24, 2016
The Turks did not drive the Islamic State from the Syrian city of Jarablus. “Operation Euphrates Shield” was a shoddy performance. It had enormous continuity errors. Continuity error? In the film Jurassic Park, for example. The Tyrannosaurus rex first appears on the other side of the low wall. Therefore the dinosaur must be standing on…
Jibber-jabber had its day. Action is the new normal
August 23, 2016
It’s axiomatic that those who talk the most are also those who care the least about their fellow humans. We reached peak jibber-jabber during the presidency of Barack Obama, who does nothing but talk. And golf. Now, fearless men and women are taking action. The courage of these people stuns me daily. They operate under…
Turks heed the warning they received, as I knew they would
July 29, 2016
There’s no doubt that the July 15, 2016, “attempted coup” in Turkey was in fact a military operation. Somebody wanted the Turks to stop doing destructive things. Turkey is a former empire. All former empires—except Great Britain—want to relive their glory days. The easiest way to become “important” on the world stage is to cause…
Intuition is a skill that almost anybody can easily learn
July 21, 2016
An ability to know something without requiring proof or evidence. That’s intuition. I do use evidence for my micro-theories. For example, when I wrote that Israel and the Arab League jointly developed new weapons. First I saw a video. The soldier walked away uninjured. Because the video purports to show an American BGM-71 TOW antitank…
Echolalia is a disorder. Get some help so that you can stop
July 20, 2016
In the last few years of his life, my father developed echolalia. “Where are you going?” I’d ask. “Where are you going?” he’d answer. Echolalia is the mindless repetition of what others say. My father had diabetes that he refused to manage. It wreaked havoc with his thought processes. The rest of you have no…
Turkish tank miraculously reattaches man’s severed head
July 19, 2016
The Great Turkish Purge continues. This is what I read during the middle of the “attempted coup.” Yet here’s what’s happening today. It appears that about 900 men in tanks and light armored vehicles actively participated. We know that somebody fooled an unknown percentage of them into thinking it was military exercises. Turkish officials are…
Antithesis: the exact opposite of something or someone
July 18, 2016
I love the word antithesis. Here’s a perfect example. This video is the antithesis of what you think. No, the fat man did not knock out the other guy. In fact the fat man is lucky that he landed his first punch. Only that blow connected. That’s a “sucker punch”: You catch the target completely…
Monsters are due on Maple Street. And in Tehran
July 16, 2016
Once again I find myself stunned. Yesterday we saw the most brilliant military operation of all time. The inspiration for this ingenious attack was Episode 22, Season One, of the TV series The Twilight Zone. “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is the title of the episode. If you haven’t seen it, I won’t…
Understanding munitions allows you to know the truth
July 15, 2016
Journalists are utterly useless. Social media is full of lunatics with primitive tribal loyalties. “Experts” make fools of themselves in their rush to have an opinion. Everything all of them say is garbage. I’ll tell you the only thing that matters about the attempted Turkish coup. Understanding munitions will let you see it. Understanding Turkey…