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Open Thread – Weekend 11 Feb 2023
The Shipwreck on Northern sea, Ivan Aivazovski, 1875
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Weekend Reading #12
Over at Ius & Iustitium, Anon, an attorney with federal and state executive experience, discusses the Iron Law of Tolerance as a zero-sum game. To wit, whatever is to be tolerated by law, the converse will be prosecuted. At The Federalist, Katy Faust discusses the good and rights of the children in the circumstance of…
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A Summary of Hersh’s ‘How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline’
Overnight, Seymour Hersh published How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline. Here are the key points. The explosives were allegedly planted months earlier, during a mid-summer NATO exercise: Last June, the Navy divers, operating under the cover of a widely publicized mid-summer NATO exercise known as BALTOPS 22, planted the remotely triggered explosives that, three…
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Open Thread – Tues 7 Feb 2023
Daedalus and Icarus, Charles Le Brun, 1645
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Open Thread – Weekend 4 Feb 2023
The Bazincourt Steeple, Camille Pissarro, 1895
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Meme of the Day #64
h/t: The Middle-earth mixer Also, if you’re unware of the reference, the outline and elaboration provided of the scene here is wonderful. It puts Tolkien’s genius on full display. He really understood how far to go and what to leave hidden. An absolute master.
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Open Thread – Tue 31 Jan 2023
The Surrender of Granada, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, 1882
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Open Thread – Weekend 28 Jan 2023
Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, Claude Monet, 1874
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Open Thread – Tue 24 Jan 2023
Andromache mourning Hector, Jacques Louis David, 1783
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Guest post: Speedbox – Taliban Supercar
I will admit I never imagined writing the words Taliban and Supercar in the same sentence. But, a few days ago, the Taliban unveiled the prototype of Afghanistan’s first locally developed supercar, manufactured by Kabul-based Entop. Known as the Mada 9, this car comes to us from a war-torn and dirt-poor country whose ruling militia…