Eric Sangster

If I am known for anything, I hope it is the hubris with which I give unsolicited advice to the unbothered. I will show you! Defenders of Ukraine, with regard to President Donald Trump, we enter an unusual time! Most Presidents of the United States write things down that they want to say, and even have other people look them over. Donald is not like that. But, he has demonstrated an ability to back off of a problem if it seems like it would be best. If he says something that is a boon to Ukraine, snap it up like a crocodile going after a zebra. However, if he stumbles into something, no matter how seemingly grim or potentially dangerous, please give him two weeks. There is a 30% chance that he will double back on his own within two weeks. I completely made up that percentage chance, by the way. Anyway, the best response to a Trump ‘tweet’ may simply be to wait and see. After two weeks, have at him! Additionally, the envoy may fall after another hundred days, the future is ne...

In Rene Descartes’ Discourse on the Method , I read out a tenet of the man’s mind. He wrote that each problem should be divided into small pieces, sufficient for their adequate solution. One of his steps, in interpreting reality. I believe that Putin will attempt to manipulate President Trump to end the fighting in Ukraine. (Despite the braggadocious noise from the Kremlin, his agents have been whispering peace so loudly, they risk divulging themselves as fish-brained advocates of Russia.) President Trump could blame President Zelensky for not cooperating with a capitulating solution, and punish him. But, he could also see the situation as it truly is for the first time. Ukraine is our ally, and Putin and his Russia are our enemies. Ukraine is defending herself. And she can win. Our minds must be plastic to reality, otherwise we reason in a wonderland of our own making. My rude characterization of Descartes again, this time, something he saw as a maxim. Ukrainian defense d...

Kim Jong Un doesn’t do it much. His father did it. And his grandfather did it as well, but at that time it was not a behavior enshrined in policy. The leaders of the Hermit Kingdom have long relied on foreign assistance to survive. Without the constraints of polite society, as they are in a state of war with their neighbor, they may misbehave without restraint. They leverage this freedom of misbehavior to maximize the amount of foreign assistance they get. For Kim Jong Il, I imagine that he kept it somewhere in his desk. I imagine the note to be written in a sparkly blue book, on blue lined paper, and to describe a cycle of national welfare for nefarious behaviors. The note says: Dear Autocrat Diary, Just wanted to drop a note to myself, in case I need some more money and I forget how to do this, giggles. Step one! Misbehave, and cause fear or whathaveyou; then wait a bit of time; then come to the negotiating table so that the authorities can have a word about your behavior, ...

I have read that we all have strange beliefs. That sounds strange to me, I think all of my beliefs are fine. I believe that the attention economy influences people like never before, and the small barrier to entry–namely that people used to have to implement it–has evaporated in the face of predictive large language models that even a child can set up. This influence had, well let’s just say, an impact on the American election. It wasn’t like our enemies flipped a switch and we voted for Trump. It was like they played content on our phones, and we voted for Trump. Well, I didn’t vote for him. Indeed, don’t blame me for the dramala, I voted for Kamala. But, as Matthew Carlson of the Canned Fish Files recently noted: “ You have to pack the fish you got .” If the impact was only a swing of 5% to 7% of those who voted, it was sufficient. Additionally, people become more subject to this influence every passing day. Come with me, I will show you. If we were to collect a group of p...

Thanks are in order, as is a prayer for forgiveness, in advance of the offense. We arrive at the end of president Joe Biden’s term in office. What a pleasure it has been to be proud of my country, once again. I am thankful. Specifically to Joe Biden, and generally to everyone in his administration, great job! I wish every advocate I had was as good as you folks! I will now attempt to bend a single will, by saying Joe Biden did not do this or did not do that. I hope the president forgives me for my reliance on him for my persuasive form. But I will never say, Joe Biden failed to do something. That would be a lie. Because I do not believe that. Criticize the gladiator in the arena, my chorus, it costs nothing! Now, your understanding of the world goes upside down, and from within the bronze grill of a Cassis Crista, you gaze about at the crowd that you represent, mocking you. Some of you who read this will never before have experienced the hidden resentment of a leader, rathe...

No matter how accomplished they may be as a visionary, a world leader can never know how much longer they have to wield power. That type of knowledge, the future does not provide to the present. Some have many days, some don’t. Of those leaders who have sufficient time, often fortune’s fickle locks do not afford them the opportunity to have a significant impact on world events. And of those opportunities when the tumblers align, how many of that handful are righteous ? The liberation of Ukrainian land represents an opportunity rare even among those available to world leaders. The person responsible for the liberation of Ukraine would ensure themselves a legitimate place in history as a defender of democracy, and of human life. History won’t long recount the activity of scoundrels, or the rantings of thoughtless paupers, but as long as there are human beings, there will be recounted the stories of heroes. An achievable objective for President Elect Donald Trump and the United States o...

Some things need to be restated. Again, and again. When the idea becomes stale and offensive, it must be sculpted anew, with love and attention. Sewn with logic behind, and fitted with style. Nothing that has occurred or that can occur will diminish my concord with Ukraine’s righteous endeavor. Ukraine is a sovereign country. Every sovereign country has an obligation to both defend its population, and to protect the integrity of its borders. Ukraine’s defense, including the liberation of Ukrainian land, is therefore legitimate. But it is also righteous. To allow Putin to benefit in any way from the land that he has occupied through murderous invasion, is an injustice to those who died or were wounded during its continued defense. It is an injustice to those who live in the occupied lands, and it may represent the necrotic key that opens doors to new injustices across the world, as autocrats begin to calculate how many souls will be required to steal what they covet. To deprive Putin of...