That's definitely the podium, but I think Mao gets gold, and Hitler and Stalin share silver (View Post)

I confess I have only once before felt such dire, inescapable foreboding. And that was in February 2020 If we are really lucky, and the war ends tonight and the Straits reopen tomorrow, we face sever… (View Post)

It was fucking horrific, for me (and worse for others, of course) (View Post)

Actually, it's quite easy not to say "well done them" to the Iranian regime (View Post)

Yes, it is an enormous epochal tragedy, unfolding in real-time, right in front of us All a bit too bleak for such a gorgeous spring day, TBH. I shall hie myself to Marks and Sparks for some sourdough (View Post)