Part of the problem with Iran - and with many of my friends in LA being Persian, it's a much bigger story here - is that no-one has a fucking clue what's going on there. People are desperat… (View Post)

I do wonder how much Putin knows, and how much is Putin "wish casting". There's a tendency for people who've been successful in the past due to perseverance just to assume that th… (View Post)

And, of course, they will cause an equal and larger backlash in the opposite direction. Most people in America think: (a) border crossings should be stopped (b) people who crossed over illegally shou… (View Post)

compelled is a very odd choice of word. "Well, I didn't want to vote Reform, but I was compelled to." (View Post)

VAT is the superior system. Unfortunately, it is much misunderstood, particularly by Americans. Too many intelligent people think it's effictively a tariff: "ah, you see, you get to claim t… (View Post)