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"The United States never targets civilians in combat. We never will and we never have."
That was J D Vance conducting a press conference at the White House yesterday, pending the appointme ...

All I can do therefore is to say why I think Wiley is slipping past me. Not vice versa. That reason will have certain characteristics

* It cannot be obvious, otherwise Wiley would recognise it and ...

Wiley can only see safe passage, without charge.
OK
Safe passage in wartime...
It is not 'wartime'. The MoU has just been signed.

...is not an automatic right
Yes, it is.

it is a special di ...

Wanna hear something that will make you furious?
Not particularly.
The fad for 'gothism' among teenagers has completely disappeared.
Why would that make me furious?
It's the fact that you never r ...

All that remains now is -- since we are AE-ists -- to go back and identify the specific reason why me and Wiley continue to slip past one another re Ukraine and Iran. The problem is that neither A nor ...

A and B's personal relationship, their overall opinion of the other, is irrelevant. The dominant factor appears to be A's assumption that he knows more than B specifically about the subject in hand an ...

Something I didn't mention was the whole business was conducted in Russian! This is a familiar problem in countries where the native language is not universally spoken by the natives but, as it happen ...

Some interesting military information from a talking head (for a change). He pointed out the US can never guarantee the Strait of Hormuz is free of Iranian mines. Mines, he pointed out, are still bein ...

The big news coming out of Ukraine yesterday was a firefight. Not out there on the battlefield but in the city streets of Kyiv between two of the three police forces that Ukraine, like many countries, ...

I would like to make it clear that, other than state television channels, political correctness plays no part in scheduling. Women's sport is shown because there is a market for it.

However schedu ...

It always amuses Wiley that the generation that has benefited from council/social housing, free health care, free university education, universal rather than targetted benefits etc is appalled when th ...

Secretary Hegseth has dismissed or passed over seventy-five generals, half whom are either women or people of colour. CNN
There's a few surprises hidden away in those numbers. First off, politicians ...

Starmer it seems to Wiley, actaually made the mistake of going back to the years of Blair/Mandelsohn.
He did it badly, yes.

He appointed McSweeney, (as his Mandelsohn) to become his all powerful D ...

Everyone's always whingeing on about how we're a de-industrialised open economy, subject to world shocks like no other etc etc. Of course we bleedin' are, we started the whole thing. These are good th ...

"He's blaming someone from a time before I was born!" Kemi Badenoch replying to the Prime Minister's maiden speech in the Commons.
She's not wrong. The Labour Party is still fixated on Tha ...

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Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:03 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	"The United States never targets civilians in combat. We never will and we never have." That was J D Vance conducting a press conference at the White House yesterday, pending the appointme ...
Topic: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 5:37 am Subject: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	All I can do therefore is to say why I think Wiley is slipping past me. Not vice versa. That reason will have certain characteristics * It cannot be obvious, otherwise Wiley would recognise it and ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:09 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	Wiley can only see safe passage, without charge. OK Safe passage in wartime... It is not 'wartime'. The MoU has just been signed. ...is not an automatic right Yes, it is. it is a special di ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3911 Views: 3385883	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:41 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3911 Views: 3385883	Wanna hear something that will make you furious? Not particularly. The fad for 'gothism' among teenagers has completely disappeared. Why would that make me furious? It's the fact that you never r ...
Topic: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 12:31 pm Subject: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	All that remains now is -- since we are AE-ists -- to go back and identify the specific reason why me and Wiley continue to slip past one another re Ukraine and Iran. The problem is that neither A nor ...
Topic: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 12:19 pm Subject: Conversational AE
Mick Harper Replies: 167 Views: 193956	A and B's personal relationship, their overall opinion of the other, is irrelevant. The dominant factor appears to be A's assumption that he knows more than B specifically about the subject in hand an ...
Topic: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 576 Views: 246488	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:21 am Subject: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 576 Views: 246488	Something I didn't mention was the whole business was conducted in Russian! This is a familiar problem in countries where the native language is not universally spoken by the natives but, as it happen ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:14 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2713 Views: 1578627	Some interesting military information from a talking head (for a change). He pointed out the US can never guarantee the Strait of Hormuz is free of Iranian mines. Mines, he pointed out, are still bein ...
Topic: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 576 Views: 246488	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:32 am Subject: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 576 Views: 246488	The big news coming out of Ukraine yesterday was a firefight. Not out there on the battlefield but in the city streets of Kyiv between two of the three police forces that Ukraine, like many countries, ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5456 Views: 13251321	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:07 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5456 Views: 13251321	I would like to make it clear that, other than state television channels, political correctness plays no part in scheduling. Women's sport is shown because there is a market for it. However schedu ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:12 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	It always amuses Wiley that the generation that has benefited from council/social housing, free health care, free university education, universal rather than targetted benefits etc is appalled when th ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:18 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Secretary Hegseth has dismissed or passed over seventy-five generals, half whom are either women or people of colour. CNN There's a few surprises hidden away in those numbers. First off, politicians ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:19 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Starmer it seems to Wiley, actaually made the mistake of going back to the years of Blair/Mandelsohn. He did it badly, yes. He appointed McSweeney, (as his Mandelsohn) to become his all powerful D ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:07 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Everyone's always whingeing on about how we're a de-industrialised open economy, subject to world shocks like no other etc etc. Of course we bleedin' are, we started the whole thing. These are good th ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:07 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6289 Views: 7219197	"He's blaming someone from a time before I was born!" Kemi Badenoch replying to the Prime Minister's maiden speech in the Commons. She's not wrong. The Labour Party is still fixated on Tha ...