Author Archives: Holmes Oliver

Ukrainya

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

I decided to make another comment at Willie OAM’s site. Here below is that comment in full: “Willie, at around the 19- or 20-minute mark you talk about how the US won’t pull out of NATO. You had also talked … Continue reading →

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Solve Your Homeless ‘Crisis’

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Here’s how to do it in your community, county, state. (You’re welcome.)

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Guerrilla War

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

OK, this post also refers to someone else who knows more. Frustrating how many of those there are.  Willie OAM, on this very April 24, 2024 (15) UA Withdraws As RU Exploits An Opportunity – Can This Be Overcome? – … Continue reading →

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How We Got Into the War with Russia

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

This is another post that refers you elsewhere, this time to the estimable James Howard Kunstler The Bad Faith Olympics – by James Howard Kunstler (substack.com)  I think his is as reasonable and succinct an explanation of how we fell … Continue reading →

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Cromulent

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Yup, that word was used today in the lead article at Ace of Spades HQ (Ace of Spades HQ (mu.nu) in ‘The Morning Rant’ of 23 April by J.J. Sefton.  We are obliged to normalize-mainstream the term. It means good … Continue reading →

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Niger and Strategic Competence

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Sometimes we need to just wait and see. One unfortunate aspect of extant strategy grammar is the presumed, even glorified, carte blanche it gives to governments to hide details from their publics. Secrecy in international dealings kinda makes sense, doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Israel Is in Danger and Not Just Israel

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Holmes Oliver
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Friday in Ukraine

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

It’s Friday, which means it must be time to make a few more idle Ukraine war comments. Here are several, briefly.

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Site Admin Note

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

I offer this info in response to a couple of interrogatories from the legion of Liberty Bristles stalwarts regarding progress on this site’s development and fighting the war therefrom. The site is advancing full speed ahead, a tout vapor, volle … Continue reading →

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Risk Distance and the Vantasner Danger Meridian

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

We decided to binge-watch the television series “Patriot.” The show introduced, as one of its unifying themes, a thing called the ‘Vantasner Danger Meridian.’  After not finding enough about it on plain old Google, I figured I’d talk it up with ChatPGT-4.  … Continue reading →

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