Marley, Dylan. (View Post)

Ukraine was a corrupt hell-hole for nearly thirty years, practically a failed state. Zelensky (and the war) is forging a new one, avowedly liberal and democratic. Hopefully he succeeds. (View Post)

I’m happy to believe Truss (I found out at 4:30pm UK) and Ardern (I received a message from the Cabinet Secretary at 5:50pm UK). As to what happened earlier, I believe the Palace probably communicate… (View Post)

I’m very uncomfortable with the idea that Ukraine has no natural right to the Donbas or the Crimea because of “ethnic Russians”. Most modern countries are multi-ethnic patchworks to a lesser or great… (View Post)

I wonder if @Dynamo has been liquidated in today’s Moscow purges? Might explain his grumpiness of late, if he suspected what was coming. (View Post)