Kadyrov’s Decline: Chechnya’s Strongman, His Teenage Heir, and the Future of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Every country has its Big Balls.

If the US dumps NATO, that’s all the more reason to increase defence funding. Either that or start learning Russian.

You love to see it.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

He gave his name to the sin of swaggarcy, of diverting church funds to pay for sex.

Isn’t Spain’s left-wing government on the ropes with a corruption scandal, and likely to be replaced by a hard-right government soon?



Hungary should follow Slovakia’s proposal and leave NATO.
Kim Jong-un hails new North Korean beach resort as one of country’s ‘greatest feats’ this year

He’s probably a highly decorated special forces veteran, chosen specifically for the honour.
Cannibalism Among Undersupplied Russian Troops Raises Alarm in Ukraine

Do they want Orcs or just Orc cosplayers?

Krasnov’s job is to deliver a Russian victory, while making it look to be in spite of US efforts

Given that Ireland is in the EU customs zone, how’s this going to work?

Maybe they should send the Antideutsche there

Good news for Eurofighter, Saab, Rheinmetall and so on.

The Germans will need to be reminded of their Holocaust guilt, it seems

Wasn’t that 1100kg of TNT, or a smaller quantity of more powerful explosives with an equivalent power?

I was just wondering about the bridge. We hadn’t heard much about it in the news, and it seemed like about time for its turn in the spotlight.

If Mossad had been given orders to kill her, she wouldn’t have made it to the boat. (It’d have been a “hit-and-run accident”, or a previously undiagnosed allergy or something. The people speculating that Mossad assassinated her would be dismissed as cranks, and would be right entirely by coincidence.)

How much will having only 2/3 of their bomber fleet constrain Russia’s ability to wage war?

Ukraine is essentially Grimdark Wales.

This has a strong Pope-suspected-of-Catholicism energy about it.