Andrew Pavelyev

But everybody knows there was no way the British, the Soviets or the US could be evicted from Afghanistan.

Yes. The fortress on top of the hill is an instant identifier.

Has not changed much since I visited in 1998.

Sure. I used to write for Frum Forum and then for HuffPo, but eventually they closed the platform to unpaid contributors. But in the meantime I started writing a lot for medical journals. Now I'm even on an editorial board of one (which just a glorified name for a peer reviewer)

Hi! I hardly write here. But out of principle I don't ever post anything on Twitter at all. So it's still more here.

We are not screwing Europe - we are screwing ourselves by rising our own prices. The Europeans reasonably refused to do the same to themselves. MAGAites are the ones hit the worst, while the rich are the winners, since they basically converted some of their own taxes into consumption taxes on others

Ah, I'm about to get off the computer until late evening... I guess I'll read it in 12 hours or so.

The problem is that he's already provided plenty of video. And it's not just the Palestinians. It's "defund the police", state run grocery stores, rent freeze, free buses etc. He'll be made the face of the party.

The problems will start next year. The midterms campaign will effectively start on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with the commemoration presided over by a Muslim mayor refusing to condemn Islamic terrorism. It's not difficult to imagine what the GOP will make out of it. The Dems are screwed, bigly.

What attempt to appeal? I'm a conservative Republican and I voted straight Democratic ticket (yet again). But nobody tried to appeal to me (except for Dem candidate for NC superintendent of education who broke with his party on the only issue important to me and then flipped that office from GOP).

The Left would have surely showed up in force.

NYC primary proves that Biden was right to run again. A real Democratic primary would have become a freak show resulting in the party's wipeout (instead of losing the presidency by 1.46% and both chambers of Congress by just a few seats).

Attack on Tu-95 Strategic bomber by Ukrainian FPV drone

**Operation Spiders Web**

I resisted a hot take. So, on sober reflection…

Op Spiderweb was one of the most impressive, and strategic attacks ever. Short thread 🧵 #russia #Ukraine

You know that we won't.

Alina Habba?

What is Putin doing? Unless he actually has a solid hold over Trump one way or another, he's taking big risks, e.g. talking about "emotional overload". Trump is VERY sensitive to being laughed at. Dissing him is dangerous. And so is making him look weak.

Me too.

I wonder if somebody from Samsung was at the Trump dinner last night and asked him to impose a special tariff on Apple :-)

Why shocking?! They are still proud of Walter Duranty's Pulitzer. They have a history of spreading Kremlin's line about its genocide of Ukrainians.

Saying that is actually a crime in Russia (denying the decisive role of the Soviet Union in defeat of Germany and Japan).

The Ukrainians must categorically refuse and state that all Russian tanks are legitimate military targets, whether in Ukraine or on streets of Russian cities. The parade is a big deal for Putin, and Ukraine should not help. A lot of Russian AD has moved to Moscow, so elsewhere may be easier to hit.

In the Spring of 1987 the Soviets stopped jamming Voice of America and I listened to it every night until March 1992 when I left for the US.

When he said "we", he meant himself and his billionaire pals, not you.

No, I don't. But I don't see it in the text of the Constitution either. Even many liberal scholars said that Roe was poorly argued. Once it was decided, it would be better to leave it alone (stare decisis is a valuable principle), but it would have been even better to pass a law rather than Roe.

We started losing it earlier, when Scalia raised judicial activism to new level and started ignoring actual text of the Constitution, e.g. in Heller (rather than just "discovering" something that was not in the text, like the liberals did - e.g. finding the right to an abortion between the lines).

It gets it but refuses to admit it.

We have known this for over 8 years, ever since the massive Russian intervention in the 2026 election was revealed. Now we are just gaining better understanding of WHY Putin took such a big risk, given that Hillary was expected to win. He's getting huge payoff now. The greatest intel operation ever.

Who could imagine in 2003 that we would elect Baghdad Bob our president?

So did everyone who really paid attention. I already could not stand him in 2010. And back then I could not even imagine ever not voting straight Republican ticket. I first wrote about him on FrumForum in 2011 and later multiple times on HuffPo (e.g. urged him to drop out after NH primary in 2016).

Well, I'm actually shocked. That Trump has not (yet) said that the Ukrainian language and nation were invented by the Austro-Hungarian General Staff and Ukrainian statehood was invented by Lenin, as Russian propaganda claims. Maybe he's just not up-to-date, but will be after a meeting with Putin.