They got very grumpy, as I recall, that having changed their name from Aberdeen to Abrdn, people insisted on calling them Abrdn, insisting it should still be pronounced Aberdeen. To which I would rep… (View Post)

Post of the week. On Abrdn: maybe this is an indication that our society has passed peak insanity. We can no longer afford luxury beliefs like that of the superfluity of interior vowels. (View Post)

Yes, that's the way I see it. Trump and Putin are carving up the world between them. Molotov-Ribbentrop. I have a vague hope that there are enough non-fascists left in the US administration to h… (View Post)

Yes, that was me. He has to compromise with the world as it is - and I agree, he has to play it as if it's Option 1 even if he doesn't believe it. (View Post)

Good analysis. My view is option 3. I think Trump is personally pro-Putin but that the USA still has a lot if institutional inertia that Russia are the bad guys. I think Trump would like Russia to be… (View Post)