In a court of law you are told to speak the truth, and nothing *but* the truth. In practice people not only *do* lie in court, knowingly, but they also withhold certain information which is obviously crucial for anyone who wants to shed a light on what happened. And it gets far worse if the 'case' l…
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They know what they know
Just a short contribution, related to the briefing Tulsi Gabbard gave to the press, and interested politicians, about the presence of bio-labs in Ukraine. As such it was really old news, because the Russians had revealed their existence already in 2022, with proof. And no doubt they knew they existe…
Going Full-Ape
Do these people even have a functioning brain? How does it function? Because, looking at what they are saying and doing, and *refuse* to do, or say, it has no similarities to my brain. None. Isn’t that a thought you are struggling with from time to time? These are truly *crazy* times.
Some …
It never was in our hands to begin with
Democracy *suggests* that the people decide. At least on the most important calls. Save for Switzerland, where they have a referendum, that is never true. At best the people may indicate a direction by voting for this or that political party. Which amounts to nothing when, after the vote, a coalitio…
On Drone Warfare
The concept of using drones in warfare is not new. ‘Homing’ torpedo’s have been around for ages. And it is only fair to include systems which are, or were not fully automated, but were designed to kill the operator as well as the aircraft, car or whatever, because that level of automation was not ye…
Cyborgs to the rescue?
The minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine came out with a statement which said that Putin was a fool to reject Zelensky’s offer for peace talks, since the conditions for a settlement would be worse for Russia in the future. Which says that Andrii Sybiha is confident that Ukraine is winning, and Rus…
Define 'Winning'?
At the SPIEF in St Petersburg, Putin responded in no uncertain language to the ‘Open Letter’ Zelensky published last week, sold in the West as a ‘peace proposal’. Received in Russia as an insult. First of all, the public character of that letter defeated the idea that it had anything to do with dipl…
Amazing stuff
We like to think that our representatives are dedicated people protecting us as they watch what the government is doing 24/7. The reality is that many have no clue what they are voting on. They are hardly aware of everything what is going on within their own specialism, for which they are rewarded w…
Winning while losing all the same
The secular humanistic Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt was controversial throughout her life. Her Jewish roots came to haunt her when, in her native Germany, openly antisemitic vultures got a hold of political life. She narrowly escaped from extremely dangerous situations more than once before she …
Successful plans
Seventeen years ago the EU represented thirty percent of the Global wealth. Today only seventeen percent, and the share is dropping fast. Much faster than what China experienced during the ‘Qing’ dynasty, which brought the ‘century of shame’, as it is called in China, since it took China fifty years…
The limitations of our 'Meat Computer'
Rumor has it that Budanov, currently Zelensky’s chief of staff, will be called upon to replace Syrski as the over-all military commander soon. In addition, Budanov says that he received instructions from Zelensky to seek negotiations with the Russians now, before the arrival of another winter. The a…
Where Capitalism goes to die
To grow the wealth of a sizable group of people, you need some kind of structure. It doesn’t matter if we are debating a successful family of ‘Hunter Gatherers’ in the Stone Age, or massive countries which exist today. Throughout history all kinds of structures emerged as highly profitable, generati…
And then nothing happened
Many Blogs and Vlogs, and ‘Opinion Pieces’ in the legacy media (pretend to) analyse the present, in order to predict future developments. This Blog included. In part because my professional occupation relied heavily on anticipating future events, and training for surprises in a highly dynamic enviro…
No pain, no gain
In February 2022, Russia launched its ‘Special Military Operation’. They gave it that name for a reason. It was meant to signal that their use of military force had to be understood within the so called ‘R2P’-concept, already frequently used by their ‘NATO-friends’, in former Yugoslavia, Libya and S…
But what am I going to do?!?
Decades ago the team behind Ronald Reagan discovered the ‘Silent Majority’. And they prepped this B-actor to be their ‘voice’. It worked like a dream. He handsomely defeated a struggling Jimmy Carter, bypassed Congress to weaponize a couple of extreme right wing drug-lords in Nicaragua, which were f…
An entire life of fighting hate
During my early childhood my parents made a point of teaching me to drop the word ‘hate’ from my vocabulary. Pointing to the Holocaust, the pointless slaughter of millions of people hated by the Nazi’s. Jews, Roma, Sinti and Slavs, all considered inferior as a people. What my parents told me to use …
No honesty left
Analysts subscribing to the ‘Realist’ approach, watching how geopolitical stress unfolds, focus on ‘Power’ as the *only* important motivation for those in charge. John Mearsheimer, Henry Kissinger, undersigned, are/were perceiving the world around us through that lens to arrive at predictions about …
Willing to fight
Around age twelve I lost my eagerness to engage in physical fights. Before that, I considered myself a ‘Noble Knight’, eager to defend the honor of vulnerable individuals, and principles, using my considerable ‘physical presence’, so to say. Many reasons, I guess. Not one unique incident. The impact…
Watch your six!
The *real* danger may be behind you. Or right in front of your nose, but you still miss it because of ‘tunnel vision’, as you focus, ‘laser-like’, on the target. In a way this is why ‘experts’ are often a ‘clear and present danger’ if you engaged in complex operations within an environment with rapi…
But at least we are free!
Free to do what, if I may ask? Ages before Jesus walked the face of the earth, there were ‘thinkers’ who advocated ‘free association’ as the best form of organizing society. It took well over another two thousand years for scientists to develop ‘Game Theory’ as a structured approach. What they uncov…
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