IIUC the previous calls involved long lectures involving a lot of revisionist history, Putin's got really into it This happens to old men in Japan as well, once they get too old for sport. (View Post)

I don't understand this "no scenario where Russia wins" thing. They take all the territory they want and kick out however much of the resident population they need to hold it. They kill or … (View Post)

Do we have any polling on it? The thing about authoritarian nationalists is that their messages are tuned to the people in their own country whose support they need, and they don't care what they sou… (View Post)

"Bad people" can already just apply for tourist visas and show up and do their bad things, it's not like the Home Office is capable of telling the difference. (View Post)

From what I hear the problem with self custody tends to be not so much physical attack as losing the keys. (View Post)