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In a nutshell, the Russians have never been big on subtlety. They'd have fought a mini-conventional war in the city and Maduro would probably have been killed. Think more along the lines of "Blackhawk Down" rather than "Zero Dark 30".
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
In a nutshell, the Russians have never been big on subtlety. They'd have fought a mini-conventional war in the city and Maduro would probably have been killed. Think more along the lines of "Blackhawk Down" rather than "Zero Dark 30".
And ultimately prove unworkable.
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And ultimately prove unworkable.
I'm currently in the USA on a work trip, and had to do this. I deleted my twitter account about a year ago, provided Facebook & Insta details (you're not asked about Bluesky), and got an ESTA granted within 36 hours. This is overblown, unless you're an actual terrorist.
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm currently in the USA on a work trip, and had to do this. I deleted my twitter account about a year ago, provided Facebook & Insta details (you're not asked about Bluesky), and got an ESTA granted within 36 hours. This is overblown, unless you're an actual terrorist.
Yes, precisely. Professionals.
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, precisely. Professionals.
Ones where ypu pay money for it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ones where ypu pay money for it.
Actually the problem is they know they're massive hypocrites and the thought terrifies them.
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Actually the problem is they know they're massive hypocrites and the thought terrifies them.
Electoral fraud is relatively trivial compared to the real antics he knows wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. There seems to be weirdly no political will to pursue the real juice here.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Electoral fraud is relatively trivial compared to the real antics he knows wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. There seems to be weirdly no political will to pursue the real juice here.
So clearly this warrants a full investigation by the UK security services, with appropriate criminal penalties. No ?
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So clearly this warrants a full investigation by the UK security services, with appropriate criminal penalties. No ?
No you didn't though, because your project would've included a specification/requirements section which would also have specified things like the coding language for future maintenance.
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
No you didn't though, because your project would've included a specification/requirements section which would also have specified things like the coding language for future maintenance.
I always recommend such people volunteer to help out at their nearest contagious diseases unit with no PPE. After all, since germs don't exist, there's no risk and nothing to fear, right ?
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I always recommend such people volunteer to help out at their nearest contagious diseases unit with no PPE. After all, since germs don't exist, there's no risk and nothing to fear, right ?
Provision of clean drinking water and sanitation should not be a profit-driven activity. It should be handled by the government and paid for by the usual societal taxes.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Provision of clean drinking water and sanitation should not be a profit-driven activity. It should be handled by the government and paid for by the usual societal taxes.
Most people dunno how to interpret basic descriptive stats without an explanation though - despite basically everything in the world being the result of an interaction of multiple systems.
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Most people dunno how to interpret basic descriptive stats without an explanation though - despite basically everything in the world being the result of an interaction of multiple systems.
Indeed. Because I have a very strong suspicion that Nige should be in jail, and no-one seems interested in why that is.
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Indeed. Because I have a very strong suspicion that Nige should be in jail, and no-one seems interested in why that is.
I'm actually slightly surprised a US president's annual physical doesn't include that kind of thing. It's not like cost is an issue.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I'm actually slightly surprised a US president's annual physical doesn't include that kind of thing. It's not like cost is an issue.
If you're wealthy enough you can get it done electively. I'm not especially surprised that the US president could get it done, especially at his age. However, more than one in 8 weeks is.....probably tracking something.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you're wealthy enough you can get it done electively. I'm not especially surprised that the US president could get it done, especially at his age. However, more than one in 8 weeks is.....probably tracking something.
Plus, he's a simpleton. This doesn't help.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Plus, he's a simpleton. This doesn't help.
To be strictly accurate, MRI doesn't necessarily imply a brain-scan. But you think he'd remember being inside the machine with the business end focused on his head.
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
To be strictly accurate, MRI doesn't necessarily imply a brain-scan. But you think he'd remember being inside the machine with the business end focused on his head.
Seems to be an awful lot of stories recently about pro-brexit advocates taking money from adversarial governments to the UK. Almost as if there were benefits to brexit, but not for the UK.
Which would kinda mean helping those governments was actual treachery.
Which would kinda mean helping those governments was actual treachery.
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Seems to be an awful lot of stories recently about pro-brexit advocates taking money from adversarial governments to the UK. Almost as if there were benefits to brexit, but not for the UK.
Which would kinda mean helping those governments was actual treachery.
Which would kinda mean helping those governments was actual treachery.
I'd guess not, otherwise he'd still be doing that, or wealthy enough to have retired early.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'd guess not, otherwise he'd still be doing that, or wealthy enough to have retired early.
In Windows, not even that. The Google assistant on my phone is actually miles better than e.g. Copilot, which can't even launch apps for me.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In Windows, not even that. The Google assistant on my phone is actually miles better than e.g. Copilot, which can't even launch apps for me.
Similarly I don't think Nige has ever even threatened to sue anyone who's accused him of taking Russian (or other nations') money.
This makes me assume it's because he's been bribed on many occasions, he knows it, and was OK with it.
This makes me assume it's because he's been bribed on many occasions, he knows it, and was OK with it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Similarly I don't think Nige has ever even threatened to sue anyone who's accused him of taking Russian (or other nations') money.
This makes me assume it's because he's been bribed on many occasions, he knows it, and was OK with it.
This makes me assume it's because he's been bribed on many occasions, he knows it, and was OK with it.
Slippery. Individual, direct attacks on people are beneath Nige. He wants to do it at an institutionalised, national level, all at once.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Slippery. Individual, direct attacks on people are beneath Nige. He wants to do it at an institutionalised, national level, all at once.
I would still be OK with that, TBH. Worth it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I would still be OK with that, TBH. Worth it.
It always did mean nothing more or less.
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It always did mean nothing more or less.