American policies to reduce smoking tobacco have been a great success; American policies to reduce smoking marijuana have been a great failure in recent decades. You may be able to learn from both ou… (View Post)

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)