I accept, FWIW, that tax increases are necessary. What angers me is that they need to be matched with at least equivalent cuts in public spending so that a real and meaningful dent can be made in our… (View Post)

Masterful understatement. (View Post)

Ukraine has also massively enhanced and continually improved its missile and drone capabilities. We have seen many times in history that warfare can accelerate technological change. We may be better … (View Post)

One of our more self indulgent judges uses the example of a sticky dodger to explain an inference. Mum leaves the room and the sticky dodger vanishes. Kid vehemently denies taking it but has jam on h… (View Post)

I remember in the excellent Chicken Hawk the author lamented that the army taught them to fly helicopters exactly the same way- with lots of running and marching. It's a mindset as old as time for th… (View Post)