And if you look at countries where local government is functional, they have localised control of taxation. (View Post)

Nearly all corrupt police practises target the “wrong ‘uns” A favourite in the U.K. was arresting a criminal for a genuine offence then getting him to admit to all the unsolved cases that were vaguel… (View Post)

One presumes that God will know his own (View Post)

One sad thing is that decorative window structure etc are even easier/cheaper these days than in Victorian/Edwardian times. We still have molds from those days - used to make replacements for the cas… (View Post)

During the anti-slavery patrols on the coast of Africa, the RN realised that seized ships, sold at auction were being bought by slavers. The sales funded the prize money for the RN crews. With Victor… (View Post)