Assad was gone in a week. It is an unmitigated disaster for Putin. The rapid evacuation of Tartus is the fall of Saigon for Russia's tinpot imperialism. Meanwhile the Putin satrap in Georgia is … (View Post)

The Amritsar massacre says hello. My religious martyr is your devilish murderer... Across history Islam is not noticeably more violent than -say- the Christian conquistadores- but don't let the … (View Post)

Absolute horse shit. Turkey has been in the Customs Union since 1995. If you can't get basic facts right then please do not expect anything else you say to be taken seriously. (View Post)

And the idea that government decisions are binary choices is self evident nonsense. (View Post)

Every time I think of Melon Musk I get this song in my head... seems pretty appropriate since Breyten Breytenbach died last week... https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64b8uq (View Post)