Can remember seeing Mansfield on multiple occasions on "Meet the Press" and similar interviews when he was Senate majority leader. He was renowned for giving short, pithy, generally (or app… (View Post)

Magyar irredentism; lands under Crown of St Stephan included Rijeka aka Fiume which was sole "Hungarian" seaport before 1918. Addendum - So, yes, piss taking. Versus Croatia. Even more so I… (View Post)

To obvious benefit of China as well as Russia. Two paymasters? Or rather highly influential donors, one way or another? Foreign policy via influence peddling. (View Post)

Not only did Ukraine manage to election their sole competent President just in time for the invasion, but one with a name easily pronounced by anglophones! Proof to me, that God watches over more tha… (View Post)

"abseiling in Oman" Similar in any way to "Singapore gripping"? (View Post)