I'm not a fan of unnecessary embellishment, but have to admit your mother's trifle (which sounds not dissimilar to my mum's*) sounds pretty good. *homemade sponge (or occasionally lady… (View Post)

Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Do you carry your papers? Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday. They closed… (View Post)

Ukraine's integration into Europe would be if huge benefit, both economically to both parties, and for the security of both. An investment in defeating completely Putin's mad and desperate … (View Post)

That's not what they said when they asked France to provide air defence recently. (View Post)

The rhetoric is all about "the worst of the worst" - rapists; murderers; drug traffickers; the criminally insane etc. The reality is literally anyone for whom they can find a technical reas… (View Post)