There is also a small amount of American country music in Africa, as I learned from a NYT article some years ago. A young Kenyan woman was aspiring to be the Dolly Parton of her hill country. (She lo… (View Post)

Off topic, but important: "Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression has revealed something astonishing to him — the myriad defects of his conventional armed forces. It has, however, awakene… (View Post)

Alanbrooke - Since you asked: I would not describe either sitting governor running for president as "mendacious grifters". Florida's Ron DeSantis has his faults, but I would not descri… (View Post)

Off topic (but it is about politics): Here are the ratings for all 50 US governors. Republican Phil Scott of Vermont leads the list: https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/governor-approval-ratings-… (View Post)

At 18, more than sixty years ago, I was just a trifle under 5'11", and weighed about 125 pounds. So, about 9 stone. (I was in a sport in my little high school where there were weight classe… (View Post)