I remember Christopher Hitchens remarking that whenever one of these hyper-ventilating grifting pastor-types came to prominence he would quietly make a note in his dairy, and calmly wait until the in… (View Post)

Something you ate? (View Post)

It's surely not either/or. We need to do both - mitigate and prepare. No? I can't help thinking that Trump's election will be a footnote in the obituary of the blue planet. (View Post)

Mark Milley made a speech widely interpreted as a "swipe" against Trump. "We don't oaths to wannabe dictators.." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9to_1UYH5rE I think Biden made a m… (View Post)

Easily the most impressive politician of his generation. This country would be a different and better place had he succeeded Thatcher. (View Post)