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President Trump announces a future battleship class in the navy. “Battleship!!” is in ways a marketing strategy. It appears to fill a role formerly met by retiring USN cruisers, the “arsenal ship” and the DD-21 “Zumwalt” land attack destroyer.

New at the Belmont Club. In New South Wales the main police database was built when Windows 95 was new and Netscape Navigator was king. It failed to link up different suspicious facts about the Bondi Beach shooters. If the Nationals and Liberal parties want a good solid public policy alternative to the reflexive gun and hate speech control strategy of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese they should implement an upgrade of the police and intelligence data systems instead of blowing their budget on buying back guns and focusing on hate speech.

Belmont Club: What Is the Opposition’s Alternative to More Australian Gun Control?

Exploring alternative policies to Australian gun control and the need for better data systems.

New at the Belmont Club: The Bondi Beach massacre. It’s not just what happened, but what might happen next.

Belmont Club: Bondi Beach Is Not Past but Prologue

The Bondi Beach attack highlights the need for better threat anticipation and response.

Four rushed the Bondi shooters, only one made it. A married couple about to celebrate their 35th anniversary and a 62 year old man didn’t quite.

Four heroes tried to stop the Bondi terrorists. Three paid with their lives

These are the moments bystanders tried to disarm gunman Sajid Akram. Two of them died in each other’s arms.

The way in which people react to the defeat, death or misfortune of their foes is largely determined by who they are rather than what their enemies deserve. Should you gloat when a foe falls? You don’t have to be magnanimous, but you could be if you are. Shakespeare said it best:

New at PJMedia VIP. “The personal is political” principle means that all our failures, even our unhappiness, is somebody else’s fault. Everyone would be fulfilled but for the malignance of cruel devils we call Nazis who undermine all we do.

Unhappiness Explained

Exploring the roots of unhappiness in modern society and the impact of ideological movements.

New at the Belmont Club. If people won’t take responsibility for their lives then ensure they get unlimited quantities of everything they should want whether they like it or not.

Belmont Club: The Hollow Man

Exploring the ethical dilemmas of AI in crime and community management.

New at PJMedia VIP. Have you ever wondered why so many Gen-Z revolutions are breaking out in the 2020s? It’s no coincidence. Financial technology and computers have made corruption and crime in the 3rd World monstrously big.

Understanding the Gen-Z Revolutions

Explore the youth-driven Gen-Z revolutions reshaping Third World countries in 2024-2025.

New at the Belmont Club: the day of retrofitting the facts to the story, of “accurate but true” are over.

Belmont Club: When You Can’t Take the High Hand

BBC’s failure over Trump’s documentary highlights the dangers of biased reporting.

New at PJMedia VIP. All through human history from the first Neolithic raider to Willy Sutton the marauders have always gone where the loot is.

The Logistics of Genocide

Exploring the logistics and impact of genocide in Sudan amidst global interests.

New at the Belmont Club. Is the last prophet Marx or Mohammed? This question will be postponed pending the defeat of MAGA.

Belmont Club: The Red/Green Multiple Personality Disorder

Explores the political turmoil in the UK and the US involving Labour and Democratic parties.

New at PJMedia VIP. Massacre in Sudan: the tragedy of people living in a treasurehouse where the least valuable thing is lives.

The Genocide Nobody Notices

Exploring the overlooked genocide in Darfur and its complex geopolitical implications.

New at the Belmont Club: Why militant protesters dress the way they do. It’s not just style.

Belmont Club: Clothes Make the Militant

Explore the tactical clothing choices of protesters and their strategies against surveillance.

New at PJMedia VIP: Modern colonialism looks different from its popular stereotype. Consider the Indian Ocean and Africa.

Madagascar Becomes the Newest Host of the Modern-Day Colonial Powers

Madagascar faces political upheaval as global powers vie for influence in Africa.

There’s nothing better because politicians and educators represent a class of occupations where competence is not a qualification.

Belmont Club: The Irreplaceability of Politicians

Exploring the potential of AI to replace various professions while politicians remain secure.

New at PJMedia VIP. Hybrid war is conflict in disguise. Would you recognize it if it hit you?

Hybrid War

Explore the complexities and examples of hybrid warfare impacting global security.

New at the Belmont Club: The contest for the soul of the West has broken out in the open after simmering under the surface for some time. Maybe it’s for the best.

Belmont Club: Out in the Open

Explore the evolving political landscape of the West amid a cold civil war.

New at PJMedia VIP. Arthur Clarke once observed that a sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic. Now the spellbook lies mysterious and promising on the table.

Sword and Sorcery

Exploring the intertwining of technology and magic in the 21st century.

New at the Belmont Club. How do you guard against an assassin that can be anybody? Simply an ordinary man driven by a deadly compulsion?

Belmont Club: Assassins

Politicians face acute security concerns after recent political assassinations and threats.

New at PJMedia VIP. How the Kremlin tried to conquer in the West — and surrendered in the East.

The Big Parade

Explores the decline of Russia’s military prestige through the lens of parades and pageantry.