Ah, the rich "plastic patriots" ;) "Do what we want or we'll skream and skream and run away." Yes, many of them will. But if they do, they've got no effing right to scre… (View Post)

How is this going to work with the Olympics, with foreign athletes and visitors? "The USA won 90% of Olympics golds at the 2028 Olympics because athletes from every other country were banned fro… (View Post)

I really, really, really wish Syria and its new regime the best of luck. Yes, al-Shara was an Islamist terrorist. But *if* he can become relatively moderate and bring together that fractured country … (View Post)

Or, more likely, lots of 'people' she follows online, and lots of people following her, are bots. It leads to the insidious decline of online conversations. You start off by saying somethin… (View Post)

I think it gets complex. Is China's 'communist' regime hard right? Putin's regime appears to be, but he also apparently appeals to leftists both within and outwith Russia. I think… (View Post)