There's a tendency for many people to think the big thing in this week's newspapers (or this month's poll results) is the REALLY big thing, and at the same time to miss developments happening beneath… (View Post)

No. Few would disagree. But why not JRM? Test question for all possibles: what do you have to say about this sketch from the Monty Python crew? https://youtu.be/eBqe5xvYnNc a) Treasonous, probably pa… (View Post)

I just noticed your profile picture. Ned says hello to Buenaventura. (View Post)

You could obviously have given Bertrand Russell, who supported unilateral nuclear disarmament (once both the USA and the USSR had nukes), a lesson in really simple maths stuff. (View Post)

Hi MD. They could formally renege on the NPT. This is all a bit academic, because Ukraine is not going to acquire or make nukes in the near future. I was just responding to HYUFD's comment that non-n… (View Post)