I'm not at all saying Germany did the right thing after Fukushima but the meta-problem behind the Japanese accident was cost-cutting and regulatory capture. If you have those problems then there… (View Post)

I'm quite impressed by Truss, she seems to be doing the minimal amount of stupid populism required to win a Tory leadership election and no more. (View Post)

Some Alpha Centurian proximity interstellar scouting units have been known to operate refitted earthing-built Harriers for operation in low terrestrial orbits, could be one of those. They switch out … (View Post)

On topic they kind of have to prosecute him now, don't they? If Trump hadn't demagogued the search they could have just satisfied themselves he no longer had classified documents to show of… (View Post)

This isn't right. Japanese people and officialdom generally assume foreigners can't possibly conform to Japanese culture and values, and there's absolutely no expectation that we will.… (View Post)