If that twitter summary of "Czar" Putin's speech was reasonably complete, then I am disappointed that he left out the 4th Crusade, merely going back a few hundred years. I was half hop… (View Post)

Here's a stray thought: Perhaps a few opposition Western politicians should start to speculate about territorial losses -- for Putin. For example, in the US, Texas Senator Ted Cruz might point t… (View Post)

Happened to catch a story on NHK World a few weeks ago about a Japanese experiment in putting solar panels over parking lots. Done right, you could provide protection from the weather for the cars an… (View Post)

rcs1000 said: "The medical difficulties are principally that our bodies don't deal well without gravity. That isn't a (long term) insurmountable problem." Discussions that I have … (View Post)

Off topic, but important: Fiona, having damaged Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas, is now attacking eastern Canada: "One of the strongest storms ever to hit Canada slammed int… (View Post)