"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.” (View Post)

Bud from Diamond Age has reached the end of the pier.... (View Post)

It is true that remuneration in the public sector has increased - at the high levels. Once, a few senior Civil Servants were paid well. Now we have a whole raft of people, often "consultants&quo… (View Post)

Probably Meloni. Some actual analysis here - https://www.epc.eu/publication/after-orban-why-peter-magyar-would-not-be-an-easy-partner-for-the-eu/ (View Post)

For those that don’t know, Peru just had a presidential election. Looks like Keiko Fujimori (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Fujimori) has won (View Post)