The Ukrainians are continuing to adapt their tactics, for example: "A three-man team last month manually directed a drone to hit a cluster of antennas affixed to a tower in Polohy, a town occupi… (View Post)

JosiasJessop - Many years ago, I read that some American rocket scientists thought that: "The dirty bird flys best." By which they meant that the rockets that had the most failures in their… (View Post)

I found that William Howard Taft story in Bob Dole's "Great Political Wit" collection. Turns out the former majority leader and presidential candidate, often described as "dour", … (View Post)

I love this William Howard Taft story: Taft was giving a speech, when a man in the crowd threw a head of cabbage at him. He missed, which wasn't easy given Taft's size. Taft looked at the cabbage, tu… (View Post)

There is another possible advantage to modular homes, assuming they are designed correctly. It should be possible to make homes that are almost as easy to move as the trailers so common in the US. (T… (View Post)