Monthly Archives: March 2022

Putin’s War and Russia’s Depleted Manpower Problem

Posted on 31 March, 2022 by alfin2101

It is estimated that 200,000 people left the country in the first ten days of the conflict alone; millions more are likely to follow, whatever the outcome — partly to reject the regime, partly to escape the impending, sanctions-driven economic … Continue reading →

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Cheap Access to Space Brings a World that Dictators Will Hate

Posted on 29 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Look at the cost curve of SpaceX vehicles (look right): For 50 years the cost of space launch stayed above $6,000 per kg. Then along came Elon Musk and SpaceX. Within the next few years, thanks to the SpaceX Starship … Continue reading →

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Ways to Resist An Invading Army of Murderous Thugs

Posted on 29 March, 2022 by alfin2101

The ongoing mass murder and displacement of large numbers of civilians in Ukraine by Putin’s Russia is nothing that a civilized leader or nation would ever do. Because of its sheer brutality and self-defeating nature, it was not anticipated by … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan: Hell is Coming to Breakfast

Posted on 27 March, 2022 by alfin2101

When an unstoppable force confronts an immovable object It is a diminished Russia that is facing mounting military losses in Ukraine amid a rising Ukrainian resistance. Biden is calling for regime change in Russia while after only four weeks of … Continue reading →

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In Russia, Antidepressants are the New Gold

Posted on 25 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Ever since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the demand for antidepressants inside Russia has outstripped the supply. Economic conditions inside Russia are deteriorating rapidly, and news from the Ukrainian war front is bringing sadness to many Russian families. On top of … Continue reading →

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von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu Discuss Putin’s Strategy in Ukraine

Posted on 24 March, 2022 by alfin2101

For most readers of military history two theorists stand out, the Prussian Carl von Clausewitz and the Chinese Sun Tzu. In addition to living in very different times (Clausewitz in the 18th and 19th centuries and Sun Tzu in ancient … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Elite 2000 Man Guards Airborne Regiment Destroyed in Battle Near Kyiv; Only One Survivor

Posted on 22 March, 2022 by alfin2101

The regiment’s commander, Colonel Sergey Sukharev, was also confirmed as killed during the fierce battle that raged near Kyiv on March 17, according to local reports. Reports claim that the Russian 331st Guards Airborne Regiment was destroyed after coming under fire from … Continue reading →

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Russian Infighting: This Will End Badly

Posted on 21 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Russia’s elites are divided over Putin’s genocidal war in Ukraine. Inside Russia, Putin is indisputably number one. But the longer the bloody murder of fellow Slavs continues, the more tenuous Putin’s grip becomes. For over 20 years, Putin has been … Continue reading →

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The Insane Future of War: Drones as Force Multipliers

Posted on 20 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Advanced technology built into the pilot helmets of US military aircraft such as the F-35 and F-22 (and now the F-15 and F-16 Block 70/72) will allow a single pilot to control dozens or hundreds of deadly drone aircraft flying … Continue reading →

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A Motivated Army vs. A Slave Army

Posted on 18 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Former US Marine Fighting in Ukraine Gives His Assessment of the War The Ukrainian Army is under-equipped and under-supplied. But it is a motivated army fighting to defend its homeland. The Russian Army is a slave army of poorly trained … Continue reading →

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Quest for Immortality: Progress in Senolytics

Posted on 17 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Senescent cells are often called “zombie cells,” because they don’t want to die. They just hang around in your body and cause cancer, dementia, diabetes, wrinkled skin, arthritis, and a host of other painful and disfiguring signs of aging. Eliminating … Continue reading →

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A Poor Country With a Middling Army

Posted on 16 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Russia is a poor country with a middling army, and not a great power. But it is surrounded by even poorer countries with even worse armies. Spirit can get you so far, but a ruthless, disciplined army might get you … Continue reading →

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Putin Cries to China for Help in Ukraine

Posted on 14 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Russia has reportedly reached out to China to ask for military equipment and economic assistance to aid its Ukraine invasion — a development that comes as the White House national security adviser is meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Rome to discuss … Continue reading →

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Building Your Own Nuclear Fallout Shelter

Posted on 13 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Life in the Age of a Cornered Nuclear Dictator Putin Will Get Desperate In a foretaste of Putin’s evil intentions for Ukraine’s other cities, Russia’s siege of Mariupol has cut off food, water and power supplies, whilst the bodies of … Continue reading →

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Leaving Russia Behind

Posted on 11 March, 2022 by alfin2101

It is not just these western companies that are getting out as quickly as they can. It is Russia’s more capable and intelligent people who can read the writing on the wall, and are getting out of Dodge while the … Continue reading →

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Oil Prices in the Age of Political Peak Oil

Posted on 10 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Global oil prices are set to rise to $200 a barrel, if Russia’s oil stays toxic to buyers and if the US takes its exports off the market. No other country can make up the difference. Not Iran. Not Venezuela. … Continue reading →

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George Friedman Rates Putin’s War Leadership

Posted on 9 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Putin’s mind may not be firing on all cylinders. Russia’s propaganda machine still works — at least inside of Russia with the full support of riot troops on the street. But the world is seeing a side of Putin and … Continue reading →

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Putin’s War of Attrition Continues

Posted on 8 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Top Russian Commanders are Falling The latest senior commander to die is Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, who was killed in fighting outside Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv. Gerasimov was awarded a medal for “capturing” the disputed province of Crimea in 2014, and … Continue reading →

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Russia Has Vast Military Logistical Capacity

Posted on 7 March, 2022 by alfin2101

The video below reveals the vast Russia-spanning logistical capacity of the Russian military: Here is a quick look ot the problems Russia confronted when moving its war machine into Ukraine: Ukrainian forces destroyed all rail links between the two countries. Russian forces … Continue reading →

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Peter Zeihan: Global Famine, Depression, War Coming

Posted on 5 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Peter Zeihan predicted Putin’s invasion of Ukraine when most analysts thought the little dictator was bluffing. Now he is predicting the aftermath. Read his books, and you can see why Zeihan and his readers may be the only ones who … Continue reading →

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Nothing Says Go Fuck Yourself Like the Personal Touch

Posted on 4 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Most veteran warfighters who are volunteering to travel halfway around the world to fight against Putin’s creeping bloody madness, are going about it the official, responsible route. That is the way that these six US special ops veterans are trying … Continue reading →

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Putin is Provoked by Any Sign of Weakness

Posted on 3 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Russia’s beleaguered invasion of Ukraine is resorting to ancient battle tactics of total obliteration, in the attempt to show the world some sign of accomplishment and competence. Unfortunately for Russia, it shows quite the opposite. It is the strikes against … Continue reading →

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Putin Is Convincing as “International Man of Misery”

Posted on 2 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Putin’s dirty secret: Thousands of Russian dead compounded daily Russian troops low morale, hungry and eating “spoiled” food Putin especially afraid of “little Russian girls” Ukraine was once the breadbasket of Europe, and a sign of hope for the corrupt … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Sclerotic Brain is Stuck on Stupid

Posted on 1 March, 2022 by alfin2101

Thoughts on Russia’s weak and backward military Even ethnic Russians in Ukraine despise Putin In recent days, Putin has rambled on television about Ukraine, repeated conspiracy theories about neo-Nazism and Western aggression, berated his own foreign intelligence chief on camera … Continue reading →

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