We need some confiscation of profits from those who have made themselves useful to Putin's kleptocracy. First people to be investigated being Mandelson and Osborne. (View Post)

IIRC the population of Transnistria is approximately equal numbers of Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans so I wonder how much support the regime has currently. (View Post)

Lauren Boebart does look rather like a younger Palin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Boebert (View Post)

Who needs stockpiles (or domestic production) when you can 'trade for it'. With lots of nice profits for the middle men. (View Post)

What hasn't been commented much is what might be thought of as the failure of what might be called the Osborne-Mandelson mentality. That countries didn't need to produce anything but could … (View Post)