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Collectivism

A great rhetorical win for the collectivists is that many people have been misled to think collectivism is simply collaboration, cooperation, or social interaction, which are in fact individualist phenomena, whereas collectivism is, at the core, the primacy of the … Continue reading

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Acts of war

While seizing ships sailing under false flags are not acts of war, blockading and invading – including capturing and kidnapping the head of state – are acts of war. For a “President of Peace” there sure are many acts of war at … Continue reading

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Will I ever get the Havana Syndrome right?

Just to be clear, this is one of those stories that I have gotten wrong. At least twice. So, no, it wasn’t a sonic weapon, a directed microwave attack, or insecticides. It was exaggeration and mass psychogenic illness. It was … Continue reading

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How we got here

Garry Kasparov in his 2015 book, “Winter is coming”: A popular straw man argument is to suggest that intervention against aggression might lead to World War III or even a nuclear holocaust. To the contrary, the only way the current … Continue reading

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Cuban sounds

Speaking of being wrong, I’ve now looked at the American National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on the illnesses among diplomats in Cuba and, well, it was likely as bad as the initial suggestions made it out: A … Continue reading

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Cuban sounds were a side-effect

The sonic attacks on Canadian and American diplomats were, as expected, not sonic. The perceived sounds were probably a side-effect of the damage inflicted on the brains of those exposed to particularly nasty insecticides. Insecticides that are illegal in most … Continue reading

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Cubanske lyde

Jeg ved godt at det ikke er en ny historie: Diplomater fra USA er blevet såret på Cuba, måske med et sonisk våben. Den sidste del tror jeg ikke passer da fysikken ikke rigtig passer; lyden kan være en bivirkning. … Continue reading

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