I'm very bearish on CCS, and have been for many, many years. In certain small circumstances it makes sense; in most cases, it's fairly insane. So let's look at it another way. This is … (View Post)

"completely provoked" I'd argue those words from an 'eye witness' somewhat devalues his comments. (View Post)

I hadn't seen it before your post. Looks horrendous: reports of hostage-taking too. Even though football is involved, I'd take arguments that the Israeli fans behaved badly with some hesita… (View Post)

I have a slight suspicion that Trump and Putin (or Trump's 'advisers' and Putin) will do a deal. Give Putin a good chunk of Ukraine and a weakened Ukraine; and Putin will not invade an… (View Post)

"The media are in awe of Trump. So are the commentariat." What the media and the commentariat want are stories. Good government is usually bland and boring, generating few 'real' … (View Post)