When it was said “They’ve never had it so good”, this wasn’t jeered at. It was literally true on a staggering scale. We talk of boomers and greed. My uncle and aunt reacted to the phenomenon of worki… (View Post)

The Culture Of Ancient Britain, OUP, Published 20,788 CE The custom of hanging bags of dog excrement from tree branches, in small plastic pouches is considered a religious rite of the Ancient Britons… (View Post)

Hamas ruled Gaza the same way dictatorships rule anywhere. Threat of death to anyone who gets in the way - which rapidly escalates to actual death. See the way they took over in the first place. It w… (View Post)

IIRC she on the conciliation side of Church politics - rather than "Cast out those who oppose The Way" (View Post)

Actually, by the end of the war, Bomber Command Main Force and the Americans were achieving about the same level of accuracy - a sort of giant shotgun blast a mile or so across that could be aimed to… (View Post)