Strangely this is the second time today that Jimmy Carter has come to my attention. The first sadly was a case of disappointment. I have been watching the brilliant Ken Burns Vietnam series on PBS ye… (View Post)

Not at all. It still relies on the ability to transport the food from one place to another. And it still relies on the supplier being willing to maintain supplies over the long term. The more you rel… (View Post)

The devil is in the detail. The report makes accusations of buying of votes, voter intimidation, threats of sanction against public sector workers and a lack of secrecyninnthe voting process that all… (View Post)

The difference being that all the international observers have said that both the Parliamentary and Presidential elections were fraudulent. Not something that could be claimed about Trump's 2020… (View Post)

The same problem as with imported energy. It's fine until it isn't there. As we might find shortly with imports from Norway. One would think it is a nice stable country which can give us a … (View Post)