Off topic: It is curious that so many lists of monsters omit Mao and Pol Pot. Mao holds the death toll championship. One easy way to remember this is to recognize that Stalin was reponsible for about… (View Post)

AnneJGP asked: "Aren't ballots secret anyway?" Not necessarily, in some parts of the US. Voting by mail allows voters to share their choices -- and in some cases to be intimidated into… (View Post)

Off topic, but I see in a previous thread, that rcs1000 has, like Dr. Foxy, attacked the quality of American food. Two thoughts: The success of, for example, McDonald's in other nations and, for… (View Post)

Some kind person should share some good jokes with that unfortunate speaker. For example:A Russian gets drunk and begins marching around the Kremlin, shouting: "Putin is a madman! Putin is a mad… (View Post)

Off topic, but timely. On Saturday it was sunny here, and so I took the opportunity to walk along Lake Washington and take a few photographs. To my surprise, I encountered a small pro-Shah demonstrat… (View Post)