The administration's statements were pretty blatant lies, and even more blatantly so once you've seen the videos of the incident. It's a bit more understandable that they got the repor… (View Post)

I went skiing in Aviemore in the 70s as a kid. None of us had skied before, and my cousin badly broke his leg within 30sec of first getting on his skis at the top of the slope. Pretty good holiday fo… (View Post)

It is also important to note where actions the administration has *already taken* vis-a-vis Denmark stand legally. In U.S. law, under the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, ratified treaties … (View Post)

it’s probably worth noting that for all of the right-wing narrative around Minneapolis being unsafe, there has only been *one* homicide in the city so far this year. it happened today and was committ… (View Post)

I listened to Stokes being interviewed on R4 this morning. Talked about learning lessons, while making it pretty clear that what he intends is to carry on doing everything much the same, but just do … (View Post)