Monthly Archives: July 2024

Define the War

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

The other day, Dima (The Military Summary Channel), took a stab at defining the war in Ukraine. He proposed that if we were to label 2023 as the year of the Greatest Ukrainian (failed) Counteroffensive, that maybe 2024 will become … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk about “The Press”

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

On the Long Prompts page, I’ll put a conversation I recently had with ChatGPT about the press. I’m pretty sure, after donning a small hat over my little Constitutional Scholar brain thing, that “of the press” refers to a category … Continue reading →

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Deep State Passive Voice

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Annoying as hell, the passive voice as an impunity finesse might seem like one of those tiny constant bothers, like the Do Not Disturb tag constantly falling off the room lever. It is not a good thing, but it can … Continue reading →

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Maybe Ignorant

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

OK, today, Geoff Demarest made an idle comment on the Willy OAM site Russian Troops Tunnel Under UA Lines – CRITICAL Area Under THREAT – Ukraine War Map Update News (youtube.com) Here is what he posted: “Great job, again, Willy. … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Multiform War

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

Something came out today in the Ukraine war news that I feel is worth noting for future reference.  It looks like there is some effective guerrilla warfare being conducted by The Russians or proxies inside Romania.  This is expected in … Continue reading →

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PoliSci Sucks

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Political Science is a detrimental academic discipline. Many reasons why, so let’s start cataloging the ways. Maybe we can together destroy PoliSci and make every good person who has a PoliSci degree feel ashamed and want desperately to go replace … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Hope you all had a happy, celebratory, hopeful 4th of July. We sang America the Beautiful in church last weekend and it was poignant more than I can remember it ever being. At Ace of Spades HQ, WeirdDave had “asked … Continue reading →

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Post-Debate

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

A lot has been going on, so this is a catch-up sprint post. It’s ‘Post Debate’ because so many people seem to think the political landscape has changed since the Thursday-night massacre. A lot else happened this week, including the … Continue reading →

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