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And not a single mention of Pournelle's Janissaries. It's as if the Ottomans (or the post's author) had never read this series...

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Baen?

It's a Gaelic word for a baby.

It's also a sci-fi book publisher, which is probably what the OP was referring to :)

Yes, it really was a post in jest. I guess the downvotes show just how funny it wasn't.

Or how diverse the community's sense of humor is :^)