This SKS incident sounds potentially like the Rory Stewart failed attempt to countermand that development project in Afghanistan that he thought would (and did) benefit the Taliban, when he was under… (View Post)

Urbane is a good word. But for me it's a bit "Ladies Who Lunch". And I get the feeling that when the USD stops being global reserve currency, or Hegseth is arrested on an ICC warrant g… (View Post)

FPT: That's important. It is the same as the traditional American world-ending-at-the-edge-of-the-USA silo. Even amongst USA intellectuals, to me they seem to be naive as to what is happening to… (View Post)

FPT: That's important. It is the same as the traditional American world-ending-at-the-edge-of-the-USA silo. Even amongst USA intellectuals, to me they seem to be naive as to what is happening to… (View Post)

Is this at all unusual? I thought there were quite a number like that from the "crusty careerist" demographic. We did this before - what about Councillor Alan Amos? When I brought him up be… (View Post)