Day 590
Today’s cartoon is apropos of yesterday’s post, which was based on a collection of unhappy observations, including my own1.
Survival remains top priority.
More than one year later, again, we are stuck the middle of a catastrophe of such magnitude that there is no long-term development scenario. Not one. Anyone who thinks there is plenty of time to think the mess through should have their head examined.
It’s now stage six of a five-stage invasion response. We don’t have enough weapons and there still is no SOP. For comparison, on March 25, 2022, we were at stage five of our four-stage response2.
X, Elon + bots, MAGA meanies in Congress (+ useful idiots * Russian GRU/SVR active measures) are parts of our evolving concept of a calculation that has all the attributes of genocidal campaign assets (We won’t use the word “genocide” because it’s a legal term and it might upset Francophones).
Our revised causal model, which incorporates lessons learned by living and working in fascistic Russia…
