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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Responses to common Russophobe “Arguments”
At certain venues, “Russophiles” take a lot of flak for holding the beliefs and worldviews that they do. Many of their “arguments” can be predicted in advance based on prior experience. I’ve compiled a list of quick rebuttals to some … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged blogging, liberasty, life, me, rant, russians, russophobes, western hypocrisy, western media
40 Comments
Notes on “The Olduvai Theory” (R. Duncan)
Duncan, Richard – The Olduvai Theory Energy, Population, and Industrial Civilization (2006) Category: collapse, dieoff, resource depletion; Rating: 2/5 This is a summary of a classic “doomer” theory amongst students of world energy and ecological trends, which predicts that the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged collapse, energy, geopolitics, politics, resource depletion, Reviews, vision
1 Comment
The Dilemmas of Global Dimming
Not only is global warming a real and present threat that may yet in conjunction with impending energy shortages doom industrial civilization, it may have even been dangerously underestimated. What have you been smoking!?, you might say to me. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged agriculture, climate change, collapse, energy, environment, geopolitics, global dimming, resource depletion, Reviews, science, vision
2 Comments
Notes on “The Last Generation” (F. Pearce)
Pearce, Fred – The Last Generation: How Nature will take her Revenge for Climate Change (2008) PDF Category: global warming; Rating: 5/5 Summary: Amazon reviews Another excellent book on climate change that goes beyond the conservative conclusions of the IPCC … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged africa, agriculture, china, climate change, environment, india, latin america, Reviews, vision
4 Comments
Manipulating Russia’s Manipulation of History
This is a summary of my views on the controversy surrounding the “Stalinist” Russian history textbooks, with the translation of the most offending chapter in question given here. This was originally published at Johnson’s Russia List. Manipulating Russia’s Manipulation of … Continue reading
Posted in Da Russophile
Tagged history, human rights, russians, russophobes, soviet union, stalin, visegrad, western hypocrisy, western media
19 Comments
The Approach of the New Persian Empire
With the recent election of the controversial (to put it mildly) Ahmadinejad to the Iranian Presidency, it is time to look at what this portends for the future of Iran and the Middle East region in general. The first question … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee House, Sublime Oblivion
Tagged culture, geopolitics, human rights, international relations, iran, islam, israel, middle east, opinion poll, western media
12 Comments
Blogging in WP
(This is re-posted from a page of the same name on Sublime Oblivion.) Since I’ve used WordPress (WP) for quite a while now, perhaps I’m now competent enough to give some advice for would be (and current!) bloggers interested in … Continue reading
Through the Looking Glass at Russia’s Demography
This is a succinct summary of my views on Russian demography, written about 2 months ago. Through the Looking Glass at Russia’s Demography By Anatoly Karlin In 1992, for the first time since the Great Patriotic War, deaths exceeded births, … Continue reading