Oh, true, but warfare has many rules, often overlooked, sometimes held to assiduously. One of the reasons why Putin called it a "SMO" not a "war" was to try to get his ships thru … (View Post)

Do they have a button saying "Aboot us"? (View Post)

Unless things have really gone pearshaped, I assume you meant "... Israelis are providing targeting information for the US weapons. :) (View Post)

People of PB, please attend carefully... Draft 15 of the trans article has been up backstage since 4am 10Mar2026. Of the people currently cleared to see it (rcs1000, DavidL, fitalass, Cyclefree, TSE,… (View Post)

It cropped up often in the era of formal academic debate, when somebody published a paper and two people (the discussants) were formally picked to react to it. They didn't have to agree with it,… (View Post)