I've started watching a lot of triathlons recently, particularly long-distance ones, and it surprises me how many of the competitors speak fairly good English. Then it struck me why this might be: th… (View Post)

But that's the issue: they've not been 'obsessions'. The amount of money spent on these 'obsessions' could probably buy one wing of a B2. And the advantages of that money, at the time military recrui… (View Post)

Banning words does not really seem to be in line with "free speech". (View Post)

Comrade! The bulk of these fine soldiers is an indication of the superior Russian system! They are fat because food is plentiful; they are drunk because the vodka flows like water! Whereas those in t… (View Post)

Well, it was the strong point in his first book, and his failure to expand on that shows he only has one trick. The problem with Watney was that he was bland. Yes, I wanted him to survive, as I'd wan… (View Post)