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Whiskey Trickles Into Russia’s Drinking Culture

Russia has a long and proud drinking culture; according to the chronicle of its founding, the main reason it chose Christianity over Islam was the latter’s prohibition of booze. Vodka has been distilled there since at least the 12th century. … Continue reading

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SSR #10: Europe, The Black Continent

This is the first of fifteen Sublime Strategic Reports (SSRs) covering global trends, regions, and geopolitics. I am going to start off by looking at Europe, defined as the region under the influence of Western Christianity and/or the European Union … Continue reading

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One Nation under CCTV

Now we’ve all known for some time that Britain is degenerating into a neoliberal version of East Germany, with its endemic surveillance and database wet dreams, and few things really surprise me any more, but every so often it manages … Continue reading

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