CrossFit 2015-08-11
Hulk Hogan
Every two minutes
* 2 ring muscleup progressions
* 3 power cleans [135#]
* 5 burpees
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The Long View 2003-03-08: Terminal Notes
In his 1997 review of William Strauss and Neil Howe's The Fourth Turning, John predicted that a crisis would erupt in the early twenty-first century. In the cyclical historical model of The Fourth Turning, a crisis successfully averted produces a generation of heroes, for example the Greatest Generation
The Long View: Permanent Interests
This is a short essay by John, now nearly 20 years old. It bears recollection now. Would that John had remembered this wisdom in the run up to the Iraq War:
The fundamental reality is that Earth is Eurasia. The important parts of Eurasia are its extremities. The rest of
Rule by Coup
I saw a comment on Reddit relating the story of an attempted coup by a Japanese officer to prevent Emperor Hirohito from surrendering after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was interesting enough to reproduce here, in full.
Interesting little story, an 8mm Nambu almost destroyed the earth.
The Long View 2003-03-15: The Great White Whale
The most interesting part of this post is John's characterization of statehood in the early twenty-first century:
Harris argues that the current (classical) Liberal order of sovereign states is essentially a subsidy system. The privileges of sovereignty were designed for polities that were economically viable, that could police
The Long View 2003-03-12: Regime Changes
This post of John's reminds me of one of my favorite stories about Jerry Pournelle, as related by Steve Sailer:
Jerry should know because back in 1967, Jerry, Stefan Possony, and then-Crown Prince in Exile Leka (or Laika) organized an invasion of Albania by exiles to overthrow Communist
CrossFit 2015-08-10
Bench press with bands and kettlebells
6x2
* 2 sets wide grip
* 2 sets neutral grip
* 2 sets narrow grip
Bench for max reps with max strict pullups to follow
* 145# 5,7
* 125# 10,8
* 105# 15,6
* 85# 18,6
* 65# 22,3