Whilst I understand your point I should mention that this is exactly the argument OGH used for many years about the EU ("Don't give a Monkeys") and which I disagreed with him over so s… (View Post)

Apparently yes. Proposition #1 2014 Water Storage Investment Program. $7.5 billion bond issued to be used to build water storage. According to the LA Times it has still not been done. This is from 20… (View Post)

I like this. I don't necessarily think we should be singling out lawyers - although as you say I would hope they would have a better handle on unintended consequences of bad legislation. But bas… (View Post)

The modern day equivalent. VPNs and servers outside the national borders. I am sure our Government will try and take some lessons from China but I am equally sure they will not be up to the task. (View Post)

I think the answer to that is we don't know. We don't have any samples from the 1918 pandemic so we are not certain exactly what form it was. Back in 1998 there was an expedition by Norwegi… (View Post)