Open Thread 138, by Anatoly Karlin

Japan Supercomputer Finds Double-Masking Doesn’t Work ZeroHedge News

Japan Supercomputer Finds Double-Masking Doesn’t Work Many Americans are asking themselves: Is double making offering more protection against COVID-19 than a single mask?  To answer that question, we ask readers: Does anyone wear two condoms? The answer is probably no. But members of the Biden administration and at least one state governor are touting the extra […]

A Catastrophic Implosion . . . Of The Rule Of Law In America – Roger Kimball

Like some other commentators, I have in recent years several times quoted a famous exchange from Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises. Recent developments in the Biden family money laundering scheme, the implosion of a boutique underwater expedition to the Titanic, and a possible coup in Russia prompt me to wheel it out once again. “‘How did you go […]

This Ain’t No ‘Stalemate’: Ukrainian Frontline Breakdown, Revisited – Pepe Escobar

Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines. Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines. Previously, we focused on the southern Zaporozhye front.  Now let’s focus on Kharkov, in the northeast. The attached document, fully verified for authenticity, is a […]