FarceOfWill

Ah yeah he's a bit obscure but he's been pushing this American Monarchism angle for a long time. Absolutely bizarre entry into the culture wars, decades later I can't tell if he's a really an American monarchist or just providing cover and beliefs to help totalitarian fascists.

Normally I'd apologise for making people aware of him but as you're a mod on a big forum you sadly probably do need to know who he is

Curtis yarvin is a slime

if it annexes Ukraine it it has multiple new NATO countries at its land border.

The idea of this strategic depth is, ultimately, an excuse. Poland didn't join NATO because it wanted to be a war torn wreck protecting Germany from suffering if Russia tries to invade.

The NATO countries bordering Russia aren't disposable. Bordering super powers is actually fine, if you're not a psycopath

It's a bit of an exaggeration right now, but I see this as two Chinese client states co-operating.

With how dependent Russia is on China it won't be much of an exaggeration for long

Russia can stop being at war at any second, if it chooses to

If someone sees an Angus steakhouse and actually goes in and buys food they must be blind. It's the most obvious looking tourist trap of a chain you can imagine.

It perches itself on corners in busy parts of London next to major tube stations and preys on the dimmest and laziest tourists. It's genuinely worrying so many people fall for it and go in, reviews or not.

Recommending it is more of a joke than a serious attempt to convince anyone it's good.

The drug works mostly by them no longer wanting to eat it.

This isn't a way to lose weight without changing diet, it's a way to change diet.

Won't compete or can't compete?

I'm not 100% sure Jared didnt

There's an idea in management that when you join a new role as a manager you shouldn't do anything except listen and learn for 100 days as you won't understand what you're doing.

This doesn't apply to a country of course, though it may to some individual ministers in odd departments, but I do think it's an interesting idea to keep in mind. Sometimes immediate action is the exact wrong thing to do.

On The Rest is Politics Campbell has said he thought it was a mistake to have the budget so long after the election and I think he's right. It gives the impression of a vague meandering with nothing happening.

It seems like the original criticism doesn't apply though, this actually is that good for many people and actually causes them to do the thing the politician was asking them to.