Did you read the judgement? What part do you think is idiotic, as opposed to just disagreeing with it? I read some of it at the time, and, while I didn't agree with all of it, I thought it was pretty… (View Post)

Of course they've made it worse. Repeatedly kicking the private sector in the balls is the way to devastate economy activity, not stimulate it. That goes for construction, just as for any other secto… (View Post)

I think the sensible thing to say is that one has no sympathy whatsoever with either the ghastly Israeli or the atrocious Palestinian governments, but has every sympathy with the innocent civilians w… (View Post)

The trouble is that they have a sinking feeling, common amongst the even-slightly-reallistic left since the collapse of the Cold War, that the policies they believe in with their hearts, don't actual… (View Post)

The whole industry is based on more hype than just about anything I've ever seen. You can even see that in the name. It's not Intelligence in any meaningful sense because it's not self-aware. But I s… (View Post)