There are just too many things to talk about to stay shut down longer. pl
Donate
Browse by category
Recent Comments
- Leith on ISW take on the Xi – Putin meeting – TTG
- TTG on “ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes” – TTG
- Fred on ISW take on the Xi – Putin meeting – TTG
- Yeah, Right on “ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes” – TTG
- Leith on “Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun” – TTG
Browse archives
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
RSS
- “Terran 1 | Good Luck, Have Fun” – TTG
- ISW take on the Xi – Putin meeting – TTG
- Russian defensive lines: screwing the pooch once again – TTG
- “ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes” – TTG
- How the JDAM-ER will be employed – TTG
- HARPER: DRINKING THE KOOL-AID
- Pope Francis: ten years on – TTG
- “Turkey Supplied Ukraine with DPICM Cluster Shells” – TTG
- Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement Orchestrated by China – TTG
- Polish MiG-29s to Ukraine… finally – TTG
Meta
Glad to hear that.
Great news. Thank you Sir.
:)There are indeed sir.
The world seems hell bent for absurdity.
Wonderful news. Thank you.
Great! We missed you.
Sherry and Rob
Hooray! I was afraid I was going to lose the second hero in my life. The first, pitcher Bob Feller, retired decades ago. Welcome back! cheers, knut
Yeah! Huzzah! HooooRAY!
Very glad to hear it.
Your previous post about retreat for a month made me wonder if you were thinking about closing the blog altogether after that month.
I am glad to read that you are not planning to shut the blog down, if I understand correctly.
If and when you do decide to retire from active blogging, I hope a way may be found to keep this material up and readable. Perhaps all of it, the posts and the comments; printed into a book if enough people were willing to pay-in-advance to make such a thing possible.
Blogs do close. Someone else referrenced Billmon in that regard. But I think what upset people in Billmon’s case was the way he closed his blog. One fine day he just took everything down. There are Billmon honor-sites to be sure; but they don’t have the pictures, charts, graphs, diagrams. That stuff has stayed gone.
Thank you Sir, for your invaluable knowledge, wisdom and contribution.
but where to start, where to start
It’s OK Pat! The Surgeons are perfecting the Cell Phone removal surgery now. After that possibly moving on to Blog Removal Surgery?
Excellent decision; my mornings’ cogitations were on the lame side without SST’s news and observations.
Col. Lang:
I know you’re not scheduled to return until Monday, but I’d like to ask that you consider commenting on Colonel Reese’s Memo as published in the Times and elsewhere (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/middleeast/31advtext.html) once you’ve settled back in.
I lack the experience to evaluate his argument, and I’m inclined to discount the polemics I’ve seen elsewhere on his views, but I would welcome your reflections on the matter.
Thanks. Enjoy your weekend; I’m looking forward to Monday
Great, you’re back!
I thought there was a lot to talk about too, but as you were off, I’m just going out the door today, my 51st b/d for three weeks at the web-less cottage.
And here you are already, you restless noble bugger! Creation is better for it, so thank you very much.
Now, the one credit card I, being allergic to plastic and computer consumption tracking due to an old head injury, just broke down and ordered, solely to hit the tip jar before the site went down, did not make Friday’s mail! So the tip is in the mail.
So will you all please keep the really big and interesting explosions and seminars thereon to a a minimum until I return? I’ll be jonsing for this daily fix no matter how many fatties I blow at the mosquitoes!
Jay:
Col. Reese’s memo is consistent with my observations with economic development in poorly governed countries — if they don’t want to do it themselves, no amount of training and capacity-building will overcome that fundamental resistance to reform and performance. Countries find a way to muddle through or disintegrate, but the outsider can’t control the situation.