(a) The glass is half-full (b) the glass is half-empty (c) the glass is racist

Smash-and-Grab Thieves Steal Millions in Jewelry from Beverly Hills Jewelry Store in Broad Daylight Heist
March 22, 2022

Group of New Orleans Teens Carjack 73-Year-Old Grandmother, Drag Her to Death in Front of Neighbors
March 22, 2022

I wonder if this is basically a world-wide version of the Cultural Revolution, where Mao Tse Tung  spent the last decade or so of his life getting kids to purge adults in some attempt of purifying the decades of communism he'd failed at.  The death toll will never be known but it's in the millions.

Mao was in his 70s when it started.  Most of the leftists in charge are in their 70s now.  They were in their teens at the time.  I do think that at some level, leftism is about seducing the young as much as possible.

Have heard no news about the convoy in a couple days.  There's a bit of footage of a few trucks driving around DC, I can't find any other info about it whatsoever.

□ [“‘You’re a Guy – Go to the War’ – Transgender Women Turned Away at Ukraine’s Borders, Told They Must Fight"]

You think they'd be eager to fight for the nation that gave them such freedom and liberty.  In fact, they should start an entire regiment of these self-determined women.  Just think how equal they'd be to all the men with penises.  They might even show their superiority because what Russian would have a chance against them?

But the left uniformly sees nothing wrong with this.  Only men can be put in danger, women can't!  Nobody will criticize Ukraine for not acknowledging the transgenders.

St. Louis Armed Robbery Victims Wait Three Hours to Get Through to 911 Dispatcher
March 23, 2022

31 Year Old Italian Champion Cyclist Collapses After First Stage of Volta in Spain – Medics Perform CPR at the Scene
March 23, 2022

Israel’s Covid-19 Cases Surge – 83.1% are Vaccinated – Infection Rate Rise to Highest Level in a Month
March 23, 2022

□ [“The EU Approves Implementation of Rapid Response Military Force to Be Used During Times of Crisis"]

They had all these decades to prepare for rapid response and they're only *now* saying that might be a good idea?  The US had troops on the ground in Afghanistan a week after 9/11, units that were prepared for any such eventuality, they were organized, they were trained, they were ready to go.  They wouldn't have been there if it it had been decided on September 12 to form such a military unit.  That's not how the military works.

As much as anything, this makes the Russia/Ukraine event look like a hoax.  Every European country should have already had these units in place for decades.  The European Union started forming at the very beginning of the Cold War, they would have been too stupid to not start preparation.  As it is, they've been trying to shut down all the individual member nations so they'd need a military in the first place, but now they've waited until this comes along to think 'Russia may be a problem in the future'?

Who else was supposed to disagree with the US if Europe hadn't already taken these actions, China?  Iran?  But Europe's expected us to do all their defending for all these decades.  That's how they were able to drop the military from their budgets and spend it all on what they have now, an obedient populace with now power, no guns and no children so they need immigrants just to keep the economy going.

‘Your Warsaw Will Disappear in a Split Second” – Russian Talking Heads Threaten EU with Nuclear Strike – Threaten Invasion of Poland and Lithuania
March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, age 84
March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright arrives in a special place in Hell, is surrounded by Hillary voters.
March 24, 2022

□ [“Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says Russia Will Use Nuclear Weapons If Faced with Existential Threat"]

That much I've always assumed is true.  In 130 years, Russia had gone through two of the most horrific invasions in history, they really don't intend to ever deal with that again.  For impact on an entire nation, that's one of the most obvious examples.  In contrast, the Blitz was very impactful on London at the time but they'd already been dealing with war for centuries and it's well noted that the attacks meant Germans couldn't go after the RAF airfields in north England, giving Britain the chance to hold out.

Even the US Civil War wasn't than impactful on us as a nation, at least not the war in-and-of itself.  The buildup and the aftermath meant a lot more to the citizens and their great-grand-kids.  The war itself was probably most influential on future wars, particularly Ulysses S. Grant who was capable of fighting a 20th Century war half-a-century early.

So Russia is going to be ready for nukes, that's a given.  They weren't stupid enough to get rid of theirs like Ukraine was, foolishly thinking the US would defend them.

Now this is where it gets hard to understand the Russian character.  People much more experienced and knowledgeable than I have spent many more years trying to figure it out and the best I can say is they probably got at least a bit closer to understanding it than I have.  I am confident that nukes are an absolutely-final option but how they'll reach that point is a total mystery.

For one thing, Russia is obviously much more willing to use military force to make "suggestions" for other nations and it has a pretty good track record of success.  As Americans, we simply don't have a clue how that works.  Who would need it, why would they use it, how do you operate a nation with that as an ongoing practice?  We don't know, they take it as a normal part of life.  So there's that.

For another thing, there's always the danger of the individual going nuts.  I really don't think Putin is going to be the first one to launch nukes but that doesn't keep anyone else in the chain-of-command from doing that and letting him be blamed.  Whatever else there is to say about Russia, it's very corrupt and a lot of people will turn on others at the drop of a hat.

Then there's all the individuals on our side [for the sake of argument, I'm counting Biden and co. although obviously they aren't really on our side.]  Then there's all the people in-between Washington DC and Moscow who are, well, in the middle.  What are any of them going to do?  How and why are they going to do it?  That's not even getting into any conspiracy theories.

My guess is that this is a bluff.  Russia's got most of the winning cards, or at least a higher-average of them than its opponents do.  They know a lot more of our leaders' secrets than we do, they have control over much of the world's energy and food, they've obviously been planning this for years.  They can just send agents in through the Mexican border carrying low-level nukes, what's Biden going to do to stop them?

Russia Now Demands Europe to Pay for Their Gas in Rubles
March 23, 2022

Congressional Democrats Mull $100 Monthly 'Biden Bucks' Gas Stimulus Checks to Buy Your Vote
March 23, 2022

Ted Cruz Grills Ketanji Brown Jackson, Who Can’t Define the Word ‘Woman’ — ‘Could I Decide I Was an Asian Man?’
March 23, 2022

Nancy Pelosi Says She “Eats at 5:30, Like a Peasant”
March 23, 2022

Still writing.  Last night I finished editing the first booklet, the one I made before I started making pamphlets and collecting them into booklets.  This booklet was just 'I haven't finished a book yet but I want to publish what I have.'  That was when I decided to start doing pamphlets so I could publish things even sooner.

Today I received copies of the second booklet, collecting the first five pamphlets but using my normal format for books.  I'll start editing that and hopefully tonight I'll put out my next pamphlet.  By the time I finish editing the second booklet, hopefully I'll have finished a third and then I'll have to work out how to put it all together as an actual book.  At this rate, I'm already pretty close to finishing that and it's still only been two and a half months so far since the previous book.  Editing will probably take a little more time but a book in basically three months?  That's pretty good.

Well, maybe it's not good but it's better than the last few years have been for any of us.  Hopefully I'll see you next time.