The events are interconnected, but I would also say the 2008 GFC, as it turned people against their incumbent governments, setting off a lot of unfortunate events. (View Post)

That's Reforms problem in a nutshell. What their voters want in Stoke and Skegness is not what their leaders want. (View Post)

Yes, we cannot have political debate that works when lies and falsehoods are the foundations. (View Post)

Quite obviously vaccines cannot prevent you from getting infected. They work by creating an immune response to the virus, thereby greatly reducing clinical disease, often to the point of being asympt… (View Post)

The destruction of the Austro-Hungarians at the siege of Przymsyl in the winter of 14-15 is as epic as the battle of Stalingrad. That and the Brusilov offensive shows the Russians were quite capable,… (View Post)