Has he said anything about the environment for that matter? (View Post)

3,500 is way more than previous uprisings in Iran, I think. If true. 500 killed in the last round of hijab protests. 1,100 killed in the Romanian revolution of 1989, which was the bloodiest in recent… (View Post)

This is a very interesting post. It chimed with my recent experience in LA and San Francisco (and Houston for that matter), apart from the buying MAGA propaganda about Sharia Britain. I didn’t pick u… (View Post)

This is either excellent diplomacy keeping the Western world away from the brink, or pitiful naïveté. Or a bit of both. Whichever, I wish them well. NEW: The UK is quietly taking a leading role on Gr… (View Post)

I postulated 4 outcomes if Iran successfully ditched the mullahs: civil war and chaos; chaos followed by a return to dictatorship; democratic flourishing; partial democracy with an ethno-nationalist … (View Post)