You might argue that the infighting is a consequence of policy exhaustion. When there's nothing big you care to line up behind, the fights become inward looking, and more vicious. (View Post)

Ah, yes - reconstituting it that way I entirely agree (as per my previous comment on why people forget who the Boomers are!) The Boomers were absolutely Blair's generation. (View Post)

China's "peace plan" does look like a plausible (i.e. platitude-heavy) framework once Ukraine feels that they have eliminated the short-term threat from Russia. That doesn't neces… (View Post)

Don't forget... it is ordained by GOD that the next KING is whomsoever has the ROYAL BLOOD. You can prove you have the ROYAL BLOOD by any number of mechanisms, including tactical murder, or the … (View Post)

I once was one. The horrors were many, varied, and, I suspect, identical, regardless of the rosette. You will be be able to tell us if the experience is just more intense the more exalted the air you… (View Post)