I was watching Silent Running with my son when he was about 7 or 8. He got very upset when the other cute little robot got blown up. I managed to placate him with "It's only a film, they us… (View Post)

We could bankrupt our universities by sending the Chinese students home. (View Post)

I watched a YouTube video once of a trauma surgeon discussing the events of the Home Alone films, and at what point the injuries to the Wet Bandits would have been fatal. Apparently falling from the … (View Post)

The point of bonds is that they are paid back in a relatively short period of time. They are not a permanent increase in spending, but a means of bringing future spending forward. (View Post)

Thatcherism was a one-off. You can only sell off the council houses, on the cheap, once. You can only sell off the public utility companies, on the cheap, once. You can only steal Scotland's oil… (View Post)