Justin Petroneinthe east hampton picayune starthe birds are different on long islandSome notes from three weeks back on Paumanok after years away in Europe.Jul 7Jul 7
Justin Petroneinthe east hampton picayune star‘today’s your lucky day, kid. you just met billy joel’ — a day in sag harborBEFORE YOU GO OUT EAST, as they say, people warn you about the traffic.Jun 29Jun 29
Justin Petroneindecline and fall15 June — The Chinese Yuan, the Golden Horde, the Swiss Summit, Putin’s Demands, and Fight ClubA LOT HAS HAPPENED. Life moves pretty fast, as someone played by Matthew Broderick once said. If you don’t stop, well … Enough of that. I…Jun 15Jun 15
Justin Petroneindecline and fall30 May — Memories of Prigozhin, MoD Purge, the Narva River Buoy Incident, Israel, Mad Max, and DuneIt’s looking like this is going to be a bimonthly, only because life, other interests and, most importantly (or not) work make it…May 30May 30
Justin Petroneindecline and fall15 May — Blinken Jams in Kyiv, the Rapidly Dissolving Ukrainian-Russian Border, Georgian Dreams…I was proven wrong. Or is Tony Blinken the only person who is reading this site? Because last night, he got up in a club in Kyiv to play…May 15May 15
Justin Petroneindecline and fall13 May — The Case for Subversive Humor, Shoigu and Patrushev Get New Jobs, and MoreMy friend recently made a mock-up of an Estonian instructional pamphlet that’s been circulating that informs people of what to do if…May 13May 13
Justin Petroneindecline and fall9 May — The Kennedy Brain Worm, Gaza Transgenders at The Met, Ryan Holiday Was Right Again, the…BOBBY KENNEDY CLAIMS A WORM ATE HIS BRAIN. Or part of it. It’s that darn fish heavy diet. Has awful repercussions. Or manifestations…May 91May 91
Justin Petroneindecline and fall11 April — The Medvedev Map, the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, Mike Johnson, Moscow Marjorie, and the…No, it’s not a Monty Python sketch, in case you were wondering. That’s Dmitri Medvedev, former president of the Russian Federation…Apr 11Apr 11
Justin Petroneindecline and fall8 April — Russia, the New Not Normal, and Putin’s Reality GapWe have entered a very interesting period, which I would call the new not normal. Russian Federation troops are advancing, sort of…Apr 8Apr 8
Justin Petroneindecline and fall3 April — Netanyahu, REM, Mad Max, Trump-Biden, and John SinSometimes I think, it couldn’t get any worse for the Netanyahu government. Then an airstrike kills a bunch of aid workers in Gaza. Shiny…Apr 3Apr 3