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Liberal Japonicus by liberal japonicus I was looking at some pages about the war in Ukraine and it noted in passing that Donetsk airport, which was the site of Ukrainian resistance in 2014 before the Minsk agreement, was officially named Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev airport because Prokofiev was born in the region. This had me think that Prokofiev … Read more
by liberal japonicus Chaplin once said “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” So watching UK politics is a bit like that for me. Which is an introduction to this New Statesman podcast about the Your Party conference. Here it is I do want to be careful, we’ve seen … Read more
by liberal japonicus Tossing this interview with Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens, on the rest of politics, there’s lots of things to talk about, but for me, I was spent most of the time wondering about the word ‘uncomfortability’. (at 11:11) It is apparently a neologism that is being used more and more.
by liberal japonicus Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, just delivered her budget to parliament and the leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch gave her reply and I’ve cued it up (I think) below. If you don’t want to wade thru the whole thing, at least check out from 1:57. Some other background, … Read more
by liberal japonicus Not sure this will interest everyone, but this is an interesting piece on Palantir, which goes into (from 16:05) a discussion of Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, who has a background in philosophy which is detailed in the video. This piece is a good one for explaining what Palantir is and … Read more
by liberal japonicus An open thread was requested to talk about the Witkoff deal. Some prescient comment from March on Witkoff, the man called ‘the dumbest of Trump’s advisors’ by one of Woodward’s background sources. Witkoff is also good at giving away negotiating positions, when he chooses to do so. This includes a certainty that … Read more
by liberal japonicus Alfred the Great was surprised by ‘the Great Heathen Army’ (a great name for a punk band) led by Viking King Guthrum and escaped disguised as a peasant. While in disguise, he was able to hide in a cowherd’s hut and the cowherd’s wife asked him to watch some oatcakes on a … Read more
by liberal japonicus I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been spending a lot of time watching comedians on YouTube, and beyond the laughs, I’m always interested in how jokes and routines are constructed. So it was a bit of luck to find the work of Stewart Lee, a British standup comedian. If you don’t like it, … Read more
by liberal japonicus A searchable database of the Epstein emails is here. Comment on any interesting ones you find.
by liberal japonicus Well, folks might want to talk about this cave in. Have at it.