The evidence appears to be that if you improve habitats to encourage the return of arboreal predators, like polecats, then the greys get pushed out of an area. (View Post)

Ah, no, I see where I went wrong. I was using a percentage system. How ghastly continental of me. It should have been based on twelfths. I guess that's the sort of thing that takes a few generat… (View Post)

Britain's Parliament used to vote every year to renew exceptional anti-terrorism powers, because there was the declared intent that they should be temporary, and only used as long as necessary. … (View Post)

His grasp on power would seem to be quite tenuous, but it's not easy for the Labour party to replace a leader who doesn't want to budge. Think of it as the resistable force meets the movabl… (View Post)

The law makes all sorts of discriminations on the basis of marital status. That's a large part of the point of getting married and registering your relationship with the State. Seems a bit weird… (View Post)