I have a feeling that, were it not for The Fall of Boris, the clusterfuck that is American politics atm, and Ukraine, we'd all be obsessing about Sri Lanka. (View Post)
I recently explained the Battle of Hastings to an American colleague as English Danes, having just fought off Danish Danes, losing to Normandy Danes. (View Post)
It's also easy to forget to factor in the social cost of uprooting older people from the houses and communities where they have built up support networks. Kicking granny out of her house (persuading … (View Post)
I never offered it as an excuse, but rather as an explanation. I would agree that, as soon as someone takes on a role of great social importance, such as CEO of Tesla or Spacex, he or she should be s… (View Post)
I read that as Democracy Dies in Donbass. Which works too. Not a fan of Bill Maher, but that was a good one. Intend to steal 'blubbertweeing' (View Post)