Trying to pigeonhole Kipling is like trying to nail jelly to the wall. Very subtle, with numerous texts to contradict everything else he wrote. You think he's a warmonger ? Read Recessional, or … (View Post)

Sadly, the AK47 has not been out of production, except in Russia. When the Soviet Union collapsed they had, by then, licenced 14 nations to manufacture them - Korea, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, to name … (View Post)

Would there be any mileage in it for the Dems to suddenly vote for McCarthy? it would split the GOP even further, McCarty would be seen as a puppet of the Dems, and in order to keep his role he would… (View Post)

Not much of the analysis I have read recently has made much of the possibilities/dangers/consequences of tactical voting. I think that the obsession amongst commentators about the Red Wall (and its n… (View Post)

Re: The Wellcome. I have the dubious distinction of a Masters Degree in the History of Medicine, and I still have my Library Card for the Wellcome. It's been undergoing a number of changes in re… (View Post)