Ahead of Truman [re-elected] and Reagan [re-elected], ever so slightly behind Trump [not re-elected], Clinton [re-elected] and Carter [not re-elected]. A little further behind Obama [re-elected] and … (View Post)

Especially now we know that the environmental damage for flying is a multiple worse than we believed (due to the formation of contrails which actually dominate the calculated carbon cost of the fuel … (View Post)

It is, however, a *great* example of something that the observer *can* take to be offensive, or not. Which is independent of whether the artist intends offence. And this is the pickle that people get… (View Post)

Let's say they are travelling at 0.125 light speed, they have light speed communications, and that was a vessel out looking for civilisations to conquer. They found us 32 years ago. It took 4 ye… (View Post)

Also - if they keep claiming to have destroyed more and more HIMARS systems, and yet they keep coming, the troops are going to think there's an inexhaustible supply. (View Post)