Unlike Northern Ireland, Russia does have the option of exterminating the Ukrainian population in the occupied territory. But, I agree with the rest. Russia would not be conscripting the scum of its … (View Post)

There's no constitutional injustice, here. All federal systems reserve certain powers to the national government, and in this case, equality law was one of them. (View Post)

I agree. This, and Rwanda, are weird and stupid hills to die on, and demonstrate how parties can become obsessed with pandering to cranks. (View Post)

The Nazis did a lot to ensure that Soviet citizens were willing to fight to the bitter end, by murdering them, raping them, starving their POW's, and using them as slave labour. The Ukrainians p… (View Post)

Russia is no longer a great power, so why should the rest of us pretend that it is? (View Post)