Yeah, they did get Frodo wrong. Not as bad as the slapstick buffoon they turned Gimli into, though. The rest of the characters were good, though. Apart from Elrond. And they destroyed Denethor. And F… (View Post)

I know it's been suggested by commentators - but this looks like Russia is going to go hard on this particular option now. It wouldn't be sensible, I agree - it'd just be a pause - but it looks more … (View Post)

It is very "sort-of," though. Going back in time, it's been legally Ukrainian since 1954 (66 years - since 1991 as an oblast of Ukraine, and from 1954-1991 as part of the Ukraine SSR). For … (View Post)

Land Value Tax on the value of land plus permissions. So land without permissions is much less than land with permissions. If you've got permission to build, you've got the value in the land, so that… (View Post)

Just looked - there is a NOTAM closing off airspace for the funeral. Plus another one warning that GPS jamming may be in use in the same area, so UAVs will have issues. (View Post)