Foreign Aid has just been slashed in half(and much of the remaining half is spent in the UK), the Chagos Deal is still being negotiated, and is over a century so has no instant payoff, and slashing w… (View Post)

There are few Dems that are standing up to be counted. Sanders and AOC most notably, but a few others too. Walz and Pritzker too. It's hard for them to get air time or Social Media coverage with… (View Post)

When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People's Stick. Mikhail Bakunin (View Post)

I didn't say that. We have excellent training in de-escalation of situations in my Trust, from a former Squaddie turned Copper, and it has worked for me in a number of situations. Threatened and… (View Post)

I am off to a US research conference in a couple of months. They have discounted the conference fees because numbers are way down. The US delegates have all had their NIH funding cut, and the oversea… (View Post)