So Reform is so much Astroturf that they can only find neo-fascist retreads to be their candidates, never mind ministers. A 30% chance of being the next government, you say? Has no one here actually … (View Post)

The tweets from Trump overnight leave little doubt that the US under Trump is at best the Chamberlain of our time and he may even be a traitor in the camp. It is something that is only relatively slo… (View Post)

The economy of the Nordic Baltic 8 is larger than Russia. (View Post)

And its all coming as such a surprise to Jonty and Jocasta (View Post)

Even if that were true, it could not be an order of magnitude 10x different. Away from Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia is astonishingly poor. Like mediaeval peasantry poor: no running water, interm… (View Post)