The UK has long had a law that makes it a criminal offence to not supply investigators with passwords. Guess what? It was originally supposed to be about terrorism, but is now used all the time. Best… (View Post)

South America is a telenovela. This is, essentially, the Big Bust Up scene, where two (or more) actors have a Shouty. Some stuff gets broken. Then one or more flounce out of the room. And slam the do… (View Post)

Yup One personal idea I like, it to merge the "vocational post 18" education system with the "academic" - so your plumber gets a degree. And your poetry grads have to do some prac… (View Post)

It’s a matter of degree (ha!) You have the mills that take the fees, provide a piece of paper and provide the visa. They are much reduced, but not quite extinct. But lots of “proper” universities are… (View Post)

The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other pla… (View Post)