Off topic, spotted by my son today in Urumqi: (@RochdalePioneers fans please explain) (View Post)

Yep. But not just public image, hubris too. The Iranian regime has missed several opportunities to come out of this ahead because they keep overplaying their hand. (View Post)

Have we seen this? If you think the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the most powerful ship in the world, you are wrong. It's actually the German cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 (pic… (View Post)

Unfortunately Russia is also learning and adapting quickly, much as I’d love it not to be so. (View Post)

All popes are just CEOs of a religious sect. Ayatollahs. Being Christian doesn’t make them any less Ayatollish. But it’s quite funny how those GOP bastions of orthodoxy are suddenly finding themselve… (View Post)