Andy_JS - Thanks for the info. A Marxist-Leninist party calling itself the "Economic Freedom Fighters" is a new one for me -- but it wouldn't have surprised Orwell. (View Post)

The Ukrainians are continuing to adapt their tactics, for example: "A three-man team last month manually directed a drone to hit a cluster of antennas affixed to a tower in Polohy, a town occupi… (View Post)

JosiasJessop - Many years ago, I read that some American rocket scientists thought that: "The dirty bird flys best." By which they meant that the rockets that had the most failures in their… (View Post)

I found that William Howard Taft story in Bob Dole's "Great Political Wit" collection. Turns out the former majority leader and presidential candidate, often described as "dour&qu… (View Post)

I love this William Howard Taft story: Taft was giving a speech, when a man in the crowd threw a head of cabbage at him. He missed, which wasn't easy given Taft's size. Taft looked at the c… (View Post)