How Russia Will Die | Peter Zeihan [Click] I don’t agree with everything this guy says (for instance: Russia is certain to conquer Ukraine), but he adds some items to his previous similar disquisition, e.g. Russian public health problems and there are severe practical limits on trade with China.
I didn't read that article, but as someone in the Chicago area I knew that Gary had been a steel mill town -- the place where Duluth iron ore and Pennsylvania coal met -- and that the steel mills had gone away.
How Russia Will Die | Peter Zeihan [Click] I don’t agree with everything this guy says (for instance: Russia is certain to conquer Ukraine), but he adds some items to his previous similar disquisition, e.g. Russian public health problems and there are severe practical limits on trade with China.
ReplyDeleteIn case you wondered why hippopotamus ranching never took off in the USA [Click]
ReplyDeleteRussian brigadier general alleged to have killed himself upon discovering that 90% of reserve tanks were inoperable. [Click] The article doesn't specifically state his rank, but the photo shows a man in a brigadier's uniform.
ReplyDeleteAnd as commander of a regiment, brigadier rank would be appropriate.
DeleteChina's Sinopec pauses Russia projects, Beijing wary of sanctions [Click]
ReplyDeleteIn case you wondered: Study: States [and cities] With High Murder Rates More Likely To Be Republican [Click] Also high levels of gun ownership.
ReplyDeleteLocal news seems to project the Chicago murder rate as very high. Is this misleading?
DeleteIt’s History: The Rise and Fall of Gary Indiana [Click] Gee; I had little idea.
ReplyDeleteI didn't read that article, but as someone in the Chicago area I knew that Gary had been a steel mill town -- the place where Duluth iron ore and Pennsylvania coal met -- and that the steel mills had gone away.
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