Blame Thatcher for the Norwegians selling us oil and gas now (Blair too but Thatcher's more resonant). Was she mentally ill and did she hate this country? (View Post)

The answer is Adenauer. It's not close. He was an annoying person, about 105 when he finally left office and senile, but the post-War settlement in Europe and between Europe and the United State… (View Post)

In the film La Grazia the character playing the President of Italy has to decide whether to put a euthanasia bill into law: "If I sign I'm a murderer. If I don't sign I'm a tortur… (View Post)

55% of Americans say Trump mentally unfit for office according to Fox poll. How can he stay in office? https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mkagqnanfs2q (View Post)

The only sensible, and therefore correct, plural is octopuses. Like circuses, choruses, viruses, campuses and styluses. (View Post)