'Dangerously reasonable' analysis on politics, science, and particularly the bit where they bump into each other. I aim to give an independent, fact-focused, non-ideological take on the issues that matter.
Trump In Full-On Panic Over Mid-Terms - Hints At A Coming 'Surprise'
The polls continue to give worse and worse news for Trump and the GOP over the coming mid-term elections, and now the signs are all over the place that panic is setting in. This involves President Trump posting constantly on social media, firing off in all directions, picking absurd fights, focusing on everything except the issues that seem to matter most for Americans. But in the course of all the thrashing about, there are signs that desperation is also taking a potential darker turn. Let's discuss.
6 Oct 2026
Russia Plague Report Shows The World Learned Nothing From Covid
One woman died from an unspecified illness in Russia - which wouldn't be a point of concern except that she worked in a laboratory that deals with the plague, and post-Covid there are concerns about just what sort of work might be being done, by a Russian state known to be involved with bioweapons research, to modify such bacteria - maybe into a form that could shape a new global pandemic. The odds are against that - but the incident is revealing just how little we learned from Covid, and how badly wrong it could actually go in the age of President Trump, Vladimir Putin and the movements across the world that are inspired by one or both of them. Let's discuss.
2 Oct 2026
Trump's Attacks On Allies Blow Up In His Face | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday October 2nd 2026. The G20 trade ministers revolt against the Trump administration's demands that they line up behind America's trade agenda. It turns out that abusing allies turns them into ex-allies. Britain's new prime minister has electrified the political climate in the United Kingdom with just a speech - but what's really changed, and why might wider lessons be applicable? And Robert F Kennedy Junior's MAHA movement continues to fall out of love with the Trump administration - and it's now got to the point where you could see them finally parting ways soon after the mid-terms are over.
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