This month, we begin by answering the question of why the Norwegian Navy has put barcode on ships. From thence we discuss the Pelosi Taiwan trip and what is the story.

Gus brings up the parallels between Russian post 1905 to WWI. We banter back and forth on various subjects such as the Congress due to election cycles can never play the long game and if war is politics by other means, the reverse is true. Can we talk of a big “we” in our national society?