See it like 12 months out from the 2010 GE. Here and there, were polls for Labour that were slightly encouraging, amidst the mass of bad polling. Slowly, the lead narrowed. (View Post)

You'll always need boots on the ground. Drones are great for inflicting complete destruction. But, sometimes, complete destruction is not what you're looking for. (View Post)

Well, it did exclude women, metics, men under 30, and slaves, about 85% of the adult population in total. Greek democracy was essentially the assembly of the army (and navy, in the case of Athens), m… (View Post)

@Casino_Royale for its time and place, it made sense. The political issue that mostly exercised adult Greek males was whether to go to war, and with whom. War was considered a fair way of resolving d… (View Post)

The notion of don't like, don't read/watch/listen to really is alien to some people. (View Post)