Monthly Archives: November 2018
Suicide by Noble Sauvage
Often my mind doesn’t work fast enough to say interesting things in real time. I need to think about things a short time and then let them shift down into my sub-conscious where they stew and then I finally can … Continue reading
In Which Our Hero Comes to a Chilling Conclusion….
I was thinking of writing about Macron’s nationalism vs patriotism rant but couldn’t figure out what I wanted to say. Then I saw this and realized “That’s right! I have no idea what riots in France are about and no … Continue reading
New Header Picture: Dancing Spanish Schoolgirl Edition
Nothing too creepy, honest. But I was in the Parque de Malaga, next to the port and these girls were practicing some kind of dance number in anime-ish costumes. The were in a building across the road so the music … Continue reading
Strategic Saudi Killing Games…
No one’s especially asked about what my opinion on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, almost certainly on the orders of the current Saudi monarch, but here it is: Sorry, I don’t much care. I’ve thought about it…. and just cannot … Continue reading
My Mexican Border Policy
Thinking about the caravans of today (and the many more caravans of the future) I decided to sketch the outline of a comprehensive policy for the US-Mexican border. You are welcome. These are the broad outlines, of course the details … Continue reading
Pictures of my Food: Central European Salsa Edition
Leczo was one of the foods that helped me adapt to food in Central Europe. Originally Hungarian (lecsó) it spread to neighboring countries (German: letscho, Czech: lečo). It tends to be different in different places but the version I first … Continue reading
Past versus Future
“How are Muslims better than Chinese for Putin?” In the social science it’s called ‘longterm orientation’ (or future time orientation and there are other names too) Muslim societies tend to not have much in the way of future orientation and … Continue reading
March Madness
I was going to do a post on the upcoming march in Warsaw on November 11, the 100th anniversary of Poland returning to the maps of the world after over a century of a no borders policy. But it’s way … Continue reading
Inconvenience Store
Writing checks almost completely passed Poland by. The country went from literally buying everything (including cars and houses) with cash to very widespread use of bank debit cards about 15 and 10 years ago (some credit cards, but mostly bank … Continue reading
My Midterm Elections Post Will Seem Insightful… Someday
I have no freaking idea what will happen and I’m not sure what I want to happen either. Of course I’m sick of Republican Reagonomic Neoliberalism but the Democrats are (at least in the media that I get) doubling down … Continue reading
