OK, kind of changed my perspective on the GOP race watching the debate. Previously I thought Pence was obviously doomed because the base want to hang him and he didn't excite anyone anti-Trump. But w… (View Post)

Apparently one of Russia's pilots just took advantage of the generous deal Ukraine is offering on used helicopters. Either that or he got very badly lost, which seems to be the story the Russians are… (View Post)

There was some PJ O'Rourke quote about how the world is full of ironies for the stupid. Low consumer price inflation and low interest rates tend to go together, and low interest rates and high asset … (View Post)

I can confirm, I landed at Heathrow and had to get the train across London and it was totally baffling. I couldn't tell what ticket I needed, there was nobody to help, and you couldn't hear WTF the a… (View Post)

Incumbency seems to be helpful, he's beaten Trump before, he seems to be able to reach ex-Trump-voting boomers in a way that no other Dem can, Trump is nearly as old as Biden, it's not at all clear t… (View Post)