DEMOCRATS SUING EVERYONE – The tantrum continues: The Democratic Party on Friday sued President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Russian government and the Wikileaks group, claiming a broad […]
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Syria: There is no happy endings
The world stands poised on the edge of an abyss, just a few wrong moves away from another world war, all over a large and […]
Continue reading »“STRIP SEARCH” PART 2 – Still no answers, but more and more questions about the raid on Donald Trump’s lawyer, via Allahpundit at Hot Air: Trump […]
Continue reading »“KREMLIN AIDE: RUSSIA’S CENTURIES-LONG ROMANCE WITH WEST OVER” – As they say, in Russia the past is never certain: Russia has abandoned its centuries-long aspirations […]
Continue reading »“STRIP SEARCH” – (The title stolen from “New York Post”) This short piece by Ken White at Popehat might not answer some of the key […]
Continue reading »WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO EXPEL RUSSIAN SPIES BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY? – The dilemma our cousins across the pond face as they try to […]
Continue reading »BABY, IT’S COLD WAR OUTSIDE – It’s one of the encouraging signs over the last year or two that the media and the opinion-making classes […]
Continue reading »HOW’S THAT COLLUSION WORKING OUT – for Mr Putin? In its toughest challenge to Russia to date, the Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of […]
Continue reading »T’S REX GOES EXTINCT – AND IT’S ALL RUSSIA’S FAULT – “The Apprentice: The White House” season 1 continues, with another senior Administration official fired […]
Continue reading »IN PUTIN WE TRUST – People nowadays are cautioned against stereotyping, particularly of entire nations, and particularly in a negative way (it’s OK though to […]
Continue reading »MEDDLE AWAY – Russia said today it has proof Washington has tried to interfere in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov […]
Continue reading »REGRETS, I’VE HAD A FEW – Putin regrets: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he would reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he had […]
Continue reading »WHAT TO DO ABOUT RUSSIA – In “The Washington Post”, Never-Trump Republican Max Boot hyperventilates somewhat, all to the cheers of the left, which after […]
Continue reading »TO INDICT OR NOT TO INDICT – My old blogging friend John Hinderaker at Powerline blog explains a little – big? – mystery about the […]
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The Big Collusion Nothingburger, or 10 takeaways from the Russian indictment
1.Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian organisations have been indicted as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the […]
Continue reading »SORRY, NO WEHRMACHT; WE’RE GERMAN – Postcards from pacifism: For the largest economy in Europe, Germany’s military — the Bundeswehr — sure is small. In […]
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What would ABBA do?
Historical karma is a bitch. Once, the Vikings used to rape and pillage their peaceful neighbours; a thousand years later, people come to rape and pillage […]
Continue reading »DISPLEASING TSAR VALDIMIR – In the post-Soviet Russia, it’s not the leaders whose sanity is questioned, but those who question the leaders: A Russian historian […]
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20 best books I’ve read in 2017
I read. Too much. In fact, my New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to read less, and instead fill that time with some more profitable […]
Continue reading »WHAT A DOWNER – I still can’t quite comprehend how the whole “Russia hacked the election” thing started as a drunken chat between a Trump […]
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