I'm sure that there were people who didn't think that Al Capone did anything wrong - it was all just business - but that is hardly relevant. What matters are the institutions in society tha… (View Post)

With respect to the graph, it seems to confirm what we all feel to be true, that there's been an increase in the volatility of the electorate in recent decades. If you replayed the 1992-7 Parlia… (View Post)

Just reading about this Musk bribery of the electorate in Pennsylvania and trying to work out why he hasn't had his collar felt. Bearing in mind that the GOP have outlawed providing bottled wate… (View Post)

A nuclear deterrent isn't effective to defend a war of conquest, but you can use it to prevent a war of conquest. The purpose of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was that Ukraine should cease t… (View Post)

They are the people PB can't fathom. The people for whom Trump is a reason to vote Republican. The reason why any other Republican would quite possibly lose this Presidential election quite hand… (View Post)