HOW LONG ARE THEY LIKELY TO NEED AFTER ALL? Sweden: The Defense that Disappeared.

According to a 2013 statement by Sweden’s Supreme Commander Sverker Göransson, Sweden can, at best and in five years, defend itself in one place for one week.

This is what happens when you rely on other people for your defense.

A SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE PARODY CAN LAND YOU IN TROUBLE: Tangent Online Special: Androgyny Destroys SF Review of Lightspeed. Considering how the social justice devotees behave in science fiction and the things they say in all seriousness, it’s almost impossible to be so outrageous that parody is obvious.  Which means this issue got strange reactions.  So, laugh or cry for what it’s worth.

YEAH, I SPOTTED THAT TOO: The Doublethink Strategy of the Cultural Elitists. Remember that politics is downstream from culture.  This is a war we also must fight.

NO: Was Shakespeare High When He Wrote His Plays?  The reason we know he wasn’t is that the plays aren’t about how lizards are our friends and have you ever pondered the whereness of when and stuff.

PORTUGAL DOESN’T GET THE US, SO WHY SHOULD IRAN: Iran just doesn’t get US.  But if they got us, they might want to kill us more.  Understanding is not the same as peace, regardless of how much the left wishes it were.

JUST DATE NIGHT:  Driver stopped with sheep in car tells police ‘I was taking it to McDonald’s’.  The love that dare not baaah its name.  (Okay, I might be slap happy.)

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE AYATOLLAH BEHIND THE CURTAIN:Iran: ‘Bragging’ Obama is ‘Under An Illusion’ About Nuke Deal.

SCHADENFREUDE, OH MY DARLING, SCHADENFREUDE: New York Times hit with age, gender discrimination suit.

SURE, I LIKE DARK COMEDY: The GDP’s hilarious (false) numbers.

STILL TIMED WRONG: Traffic light’s 101st anniversary celebrated.

WAR IS NOT PEACE: Iran’s already at war with us — it helped kill my dad.

IT’S ALMOST LIKE GENDER ISN’T A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OR SOMETHING: Millennial ‘Mr. Moms’ turn out to be all talk.

OF COURSE IT IS: FBI investigation of Hillary’s emails is ‘criminal probe’.

IT’S A BAD DEAL. NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT: Chuck Schumer ‘loses it’ in meeting with Jewish leaders.

NOT ENDORSING HIM BUT: Ted Cruz to Koch Group: No, Global Warming is Not Real.  Mind you, he should have added “anthropogenic” because you know, counting from the little ice age, of course it’s real.  OTOH nothing to do with us.  Still it’s good to hear someone say it in public.  About time.

I LOVE COLORADO, BUT TENNESSEE SOUNDS GOOD: In TN it’s apparently now a slur to call government by its name.

UPDATE (From Glenn): The lawyer in question, Drew Justice, is one of my former students. Nice work.

OR NOT. AFTER ALL, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? The movie Hillary Clinton should be very, very worried about.  Weirdly, a movie might make more difference than the actual event.  Strange times we live in.

I’M GONNA LIVE FOREVER: ’cause I promised my momma I’d never vote for socialists, and not dying is the only way to be sure.

CORRUPTION ALL THE WAY DOWN:After Hillary Clinton helped settle tax case, UBS increased foundation support. If we elect Hillary Clinton we owe Al Capone a posthumous pardon and an apology.

NO BAYING OVER SPILLED MILK:  For those of you who bought Sasquan (Worldcon) memberships, the deadline for voting is coming up fast.  Don’t forget to vote.

TERRORIST OR DEAD?  Mullah Omar Dead?

MODERN ART IS DEAD: And I don’t feel so good myself. This is what happens when art becomes a racket at public expense.  Or as Robert A. Heinlein said “A government supported artist is a whore — an incompetent one.”

HE DOESN’T LOOK A DAY OVER 74: Bugs Bunny at 75: Watch the First-Ever ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ Moment.

HE DRINKS HIS OWN INK: Obama: ‘I’m a Pretty Good President’ And If I Ran For a Third Term, I Could Win.

DO IT: Watch the Trailer for Michael Bay’s Benghazi Thriller ’13 Hours’.