On topic, the fact Putin's calling this person a traitor and a threat to the nation while his reception on the streets seems to be fairly warm and he can drive largely unmolested to Moscow with his c… (View Post)

It normally seems to take a day or two to get information about military movements. There are people saying that the Ukrainians have crossed the river at Kherson and are now attacking from that end. (View Post)

Right, because a perfect description of the war so far has been "Mr Nice Guy". (View Post)

Right, there are constraints but they're objective, for instance how high you can build in the zone, and what ratio of floor space to land area you're allowed. There are then lots of safety-related t… (View Post)

The other thing we have in Japan is a tax to pay every year of a couple of percent of the value of the land. You really don't want to have valuable land sitting idle in Japan. Even if a space is empt… (View Post)