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Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1929:

The proportional rate of growth of a firm (or entrenched army) is independent of its absolute size. It gives rise to a firm size distribution that is log-normal or power law. The result is efficient, mature, multi-layered, and resilient network. Against this redundant structure comes the Zhou Regime’s pet – the AFU – ordered toContinue reading “War Lessons of Econophysics”

“Be all that you can be”

It’s coming up on another presidential election year — so time to spin up another pandemic? Tale as old as time, death as old as rhyme: When the rich play God, it’s the poor who die. Indeed, let’s reprise a Dan Sirotkin, a damaged soul, and replay his thoughts regarding CoVid-19 1.0: https://harvard2thebighouse.substack.com/p/understanding-covid-19-and-seasonal ********** GoldenContinue reading “CoVid-19 2.0”

Wall Street on Parade: https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/08/mega-banks-take-down-stock-prices-after-a-fitch-warning-about-a-possible-downgrade-to-jpmorgan-chase-and-its-peers/ Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a tumble of 361 points by the closing bell. Numerous headlines attributed the big decline to a weakening economy in China. But the actual trigger for angst among traders was a headline at 5:30 a.m. EDT yesterday at CNBC. The headline read: “FitchContinue reading “Mega Banks Take Down Stock Prices after a Fitch Warning About a Possible Downgrade to JPMorgan Chase and Its Peers”

Clear enough?

Mark Wauck provides a nice update on the US air assault on Russia. Before turning to that, let’s remember the RMS Lusitania. RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province in Western Europe corresponding to modern Portugal) was a British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 and held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908. It wasContinue reading “US Air War On Russia and the Russian Offensive in the Kharkiv Sector”

SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-8523-projecting-the-intermediate SITREP 8/5/23: Projecting the Intermediate Future SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER AUG 5, 2023 There aren’t a whole lot of significant battlefield updates just yet, so I wanted to take this time to project what the medium-term future will look like based on Ukraine and the West’s signaled plans for the next 6Continue reading “It’s Showtime!”

Wall Street on Parade: wallstreetonparade.com/2023/08/the-fitch-downgrade-of-u-s-debt-what-you-need-to-know/ The Fitch Downgrade of U.S. Debt: What You Need to Know At 5:13 p.m. ET on Tuesday, after the stock market closed, Fitch downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. Fitch is now the second of the three major credit rating agencies to have taken the historic stepContinue reading “US Downgrade”

Trying to Understand the World: https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/the-end-of-power-projection?nthPub=681 One of the benefits of military experience is your distate for military movies and politicians pitching the latest war. I didn’t have to watch a John Mearsheimer video to know how the US Proxy War on Russia would play out. We’re in it for the TV news soundbite andContinue reading “The End of Power Projection?”