(shades of the suffragette who chucked herself under the king's horse, but without quite the same impact - ouch! that wasn't deliberate -). I would like to point out that there have been recent discoveries which lead to the re-examination of this incident. It turns out that Emily Davidson wasn't at...

The true biggest dilemma of the Tory party is that they still believe that having a leader that the majority of the country thinks is toxic and do not support, is better than anyone else that they have the option of making their leader in his stead. It is truly a depressing state of affairs that the...

I have been described in the past as a communist, although I prefer the term Anarco-libertarian, but this is my idealistic position. In reality, I certainly lean more towards the communist side, as humanity as a whole is too immature and to complex in its systems of defunding the poor to dismantle e...

Moskva is actually very interesting: The Ukrainians claim that they sunk it with bayraktar assisted Nepture anti-ship missiles (most likely at this juncture). The Russian officials claim that a fire just happened in the magazine (quite likely, but what caused the fire?). The Russian media claim that...

I'm sure that if you go into religious or ancient history, you'll find multiple examples of hero rapists... that's a dangerous rabbit hole to go down, though.

If it helps, I've been reading your daily posts for the best part of a month now, if not replying to all of them. I think the American hope that this point, along with those of the rest of NATO is that the economic sanctions will provide sufficient to incite another Russian revolution ala 1917. They...

Today's events are going to be interesting, as are the remainder of the week, as Russia has been barred from Swift and partly due to this, the Rouble has dropped 30% against the Dollar. This can't be good news for Russia and there is already talk of one of their major banks being unable to pay its d...

An interesting video about Putin's driving ideals that I saw earlier today, and makes a lot of sense.

It's not all-encompassing, but it's a decent overview of what might be prompting this seemingly irrational Russian invasion.

Yesterday afternoon, as part of the initiative to restrain the activities of Russia in the Ukraine, Johnson was scheduled to have a one-to-one conversation with Vladimir Putin in respect of the ongoing crisis in the region. As a result of the House of Commons activity and Johnson's need to talk to ...

awesomeelves wrote:

Menolly wrote:Glad you enjoyed. Did Forestall include Gilden Fire in your read?

Yes, he did.

It was however at the end of TIW, rather than at the appropriate point in the book; so as not to break the continuity of the perspective, as per SRD's original intention.

peter wrote:a brief transgression to sing him happy birthday

Lest we not forget that at the time, indoor singing was strictly forbidden and was so for a considerable time afterwards.

Can confirm, the above poster does indeed exist and is my better half.

As Wayfriend says, the number of deaths of which Covid is responsible is likely far lower than the 150,000, however, as I estimated in a previous post due to excess death data it is likely closer to 66,000 than to the new figures of 17,000. I find it quite convenient that now the government wants to...

If I'd realised there was a Discord, I'd have joined it last September.

I'm not an expert and I haven't done the mathematics to discover how many deaths were actually caused by Covid19, but the best way to work out what the possible primary deaths may have been (without doing several weeks of statistical analysis) is to look at the excess deaths. The chart below shows t...

Sounds like a keeper! :biggrin: Super-congrats, Forestal! And glad to hear that you've been around more! (Whenever one of the "true oldbies" shows up, I get excited!!) Oh she is, that's why I put a ring on it ^.^ Not sure how I feel about being an "oldbie" though... doesn't feel...

I'm currently in the second year of my archaeology degree. I wish I could use the phrase "They said a lot of things that would take too long to explain". Instead, most books and essays that I've been reading end up saying the same thing in 14 different ways just to bloat their length. It's...

The UK government has lost all ability to enforce any meaningful restrictions that they may wish to impose, due to the christmas party scandals at Downing Street. Regardless of what Nigel or any other crooked (read: all) politicians say, there were no other alternative cabinets in any party or seat ...

Alas this is the state of the world - government is living up to its latin credentials and the media simply a useful puppet for whomever pulls the purse strings in the background. I've been watching this slow encroachment for the last two decades, as before that I was an uninterested teenager. Since...

Savor Dam wrote:Mazel tov!

Just curious: Does your beloved understand the significance?

She does, she's about half way through TIW at present.