Most animals are easy to domesticate, because their priorities are regular food, and shelter. They also enjoy human companionship. Even for apex predators, life in the wild is shitty by comparison. T… (View Post)

I loved Sir Steven Runciman’s comment on Genghis Khan. “He had a genuine love of learning, and was always ready to spare a scholar’s life. Unfortunately, few people ever got close enough to him to de… (View Post)

There would be no difficulty in recruiting a British SS and a British Stasi. For all of Boris’ corruption and incompetence, I would still prefer someone at the top who was instinctively hostile to re… (View Post)

Wasn’t it 20% who wanted nightclubs shut down forever? I hated lockdown with a passion, but much of the population loved it. (View Post)

The Tories are Noldorin elves. People who fucked up time and again. (View Post)