There's a simple trick for solving those "to William and me" puzzles. Just leave out the first person and say the sentence without it. For most of us it will be easy to see that "It re… (View Post)

Off topic, but entertaining -- especially for your visitors from St. Petersburg: This morning I ran across this collection at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes There ar… (View Post)

Here's a comparison that makes Biden look relatively good. Relatively. "Biden's 37% approval rating positively sparkles next to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (30%), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2… (View Post)

Malmesbury said: "Some years ago, the US Army spent a fortune on a series of programs to design a new super duper rifle. To increase hit rate. They discovered, almost by accident, during the tes… (View Post)

The US does not have a single justice system. Let me repeat: The US does not have a single justice system. To begin with, there are the different systems in the 50 states, DC, and the federal governm… (View Post)