As I read the ad again, I noticed that the price was quoted for "six-packs", too, so the regular price for six standard bottles would be $5.49, which sounds about right to me. But, as I sai… (View Post)

Andy_JS said: "I was surprised to learn recently that the drinking age in a lot of US states was indeed 18 in the 1970s and early 1980s." In at least one state (Illinois), for a time it was… (View Post)

More from that New York Times article on the M777 howitzers the US is supplying Ukraine: "They fire three miles farther than the most common artillery system used bu the Russian Army in the Ukra… (View Post)

DavidL (and others) - Some heavier weapons are just begining to arrive in Ukraine, notably M777 howitzers, as I learned from a front-page article in yesterday's New York Times. According to the … (View Post)

There is a program that has had considerable success in taking guns away from criminals in parts of the United States. It is commonly known as "stop and frisk", but has a different legal na… (View Post)