Boosting people who you know to be dangerous, in the belief that they will damage your opponents, is one of the stupidest things you can do in politics. That, and land-grabbing for its own sake. Neta… (View Post)

We rarely have detailed information. But, it’s a fair rule of thumb that about 50% of the wounded would succumb to sepsis, prior to antibiotics. You could have a man, who survives the battle, and jus… (View Post)

We’re descendants of all of Europe’s most accomplished killers. (View Post)

Musk will sink without trace. (View Post)

FPT, Speer’s strategy for evading the gallows was very clever. To accept moral responsibility for the Nazis’ crimes, whilst denying legal responsibility. Had the judges known that he was present, at … (View Post)