Well, what do you expect from a company whose founder decided to call it "Palantir". For those that didn't read Lord of the Rings, the Palantirs were a communications device network wh… (View Post)

You think this government is even trying for an outcome? They are just trying to scrape the appearance of one long enough to save a few MPs. The threshold rise is just another attempt at their favour… (View Post)

The problem with Israel's system is that it's 100% party list based. The whole country is one big constituency. Which means that to get into the knesset, you need to either have your own po… (View Post)

Excellent piece. I was taught about the importance of that evidence clause in university (in a computer science degree) and was surprised to discover that it had been deleted, when looking for it ear… (View Post)

Or indeed any king named Charles. From Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Charles. An ill-omened name for kings: England: Charles I. was beheaded by his subjects. Charles II. lived long in exile… (View Post)