There was a lot of excited commentary following a purge of senior military figures before a significant Party meeting earlier in the year (5th Plenum or something) which people interpreted as a sign … (View Post)

Everyone is still labouring under the delusion that they will get to choose what speech is protected and which is persecuted. By the time we all realise that it is other people who will be deciding, … (View Post)

Cheers. That is a weight off my mind. (View Post)

I think this is the weirdest thing Trump has just said: "President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity, and other things at … (View Post)

The problem is that, once you are dead, no-one can check with you that it really was your choice to die. So on whose word are you relying that a murder was not committed? That's why there would … (View Post)