Our news folks almost never mention, during the US celebration of St. Patrick's Day, that St. Patrick was English, and that his first visit to Ireland was not entirely voluntary. Which is too ba… (View Post)

Here's the Washington Post article that our "friend" keeps quoting: source$: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/ I think t… (View Post)

Kle4 - You are right about the change in common usage for "decimated" -- but I think the original meaning is so interesting, and so precise, that I wouldn't use the word, as it commonl… (View Post)

Reed's appearance here reminds me of so many old jokes. For example: In 1987, Boris and Ivan are discussing the state of the USSR. Ivan says, "You know, I htink this must be the richest nat… (View Post)

Off topic, but I think many of you will find this arrest of interest: "Guo Wengui, a Chinese businessman with ties to former Trump White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon, was arrested Wednesday a… (View Post)