Not An April Fool's Joke - Link Salad

A) No, Virginia, the Russians can't just roll through NATO. According to data gathered by GlobalSecurity.org, Russian troop levels have declined since 1990 from 1.5 million to 321,000. Over the same period, tank divisions have been slashed from 46 to five, artillery divisions from 19 to five, motorized rifle divisions from 142 to 19, and so it goes across the ranks. Whats worse is that most Russian soldiers are conscripts on one-year terms and they all enlisted last April! So their enlistments expire this month and a new class of recruits will show up.

B) Seasteading is a libertarian idea which involves creating your own nation in international waters somewhere. As this guy points out, that's much easier said than done. Logistics - it's not just for breakfast any more.

C) An interesting if long article on how Americans went from blaming cars to pedestrians for accidents.