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I was reading elsewhere about a person who was upset at being described as a "henchman". The writer said that he should count himself lucky to have such an exalted status, as henchman outranks both lackey and flunky. What other words for minions are there, and (more importantly) what are their...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned, after a report found that he "could and should" have reported John Smyth, over his sexual abuse of boys at religious camps in England from the 1960s until 1984, and then in Zimbabwe, culminating in the death of 16 year old Guide Nyachuru in 1992...

Literally every one of those measures (and more) is a feature of the legal prostitution industry here.

This thread is SPlit from “What Positions should I hold to get into office” Yeah, The Revolutionary War wasn't forcible at all :rolleyesa:

About the only thing it can usefully do is identify any big rocks that are headed our way, in sufficient time for us to launch a mission to make them go somewhere else instead.

Roosevelt was supportive and admiring of the Japanese surprise attack, and their sinking of the Pacific Fleet before declaring war ... a fact I learned today to my considerable surprise. Roosevelt's initial response to the Japanese surprise attack and their unexpected success against a much...

Germany falsely believed that wind and solar could power a modern industrial nation, and didn't realise that in fact they would just render that nation completely dependent upon large amounts of gas, rather than (or in practice, as well as) coal. Trade with Russia became unavoidable once...

In WWII, fearing Japanese air raids, a number of bomb shelters were constructed in Brisbane. Many of these were built for public use, and were fairly flimsy - they had a concrete roof, and cinder-block walls, and were specifically designed to serve as tram shelters (once the walls were...

Er, yes, you were. I am flabbergasted that anyone who was alive in the C20th doesn't know this...

Loyalty is typically presented as a virtue, but I am increasingly of the opinion that it's the exact opposite. Loyalty implies support for a person regardless of the morality of what they do, or what they ask you to do on their behalf. To be loyal implies the suspension of your own moral...

...at least, not according to the Mail Online, whose lawyers attempted to use this as a defence in the IPSO hearing against them for publishing an article referring to “British towns that are no-go areas for white people” I wonder if the various posters here who have cited this (and similar)...

We've had a bit of rain here, due to the La Niña in the Pacific Ocean, with the expectation of above average rainfall throughout the summer.

On this day in 1943 was the ‘Battle of Bamber Bridge’, a mutiny within the US Army which took place in the small English village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. In the 1940s US troops were still segregated into black and white under the 'Jim Crow' laws, and there were several incidents of racial...

In a discussion elsewhere, someone quoted a ten year old article in support of their contention that nuclear power plants are safe. Their debate opponent declared that this was an outdated idea, to which the response was "The laws of physics haven't changed since 2011". Which prompts the...

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-australia-56099523 Also many Australian government FB pages have had their content blocked. At least one cartoonist seems to have found a loophole - FB hasn't blocked Twitter, so just tweet your news, then post the link to the tweet on FB, and voila...

It's a god awful small affair Sorry, wrong planet. Phosphines have been detected in the Venusian upper atmosphere, and based on our (admittedly limited) understanding of the chemistry of that planet, they really shouldn't be there. Unless there's some kind of life form (perhaps a unicellular...

So, I am reading my usual shit sci-fi, and one of the protagonists is on a rotating space station. You know, the 2001 type that generates gravity in a wheel-shaped facility by spinning. Terrorists are threatening the facility. They plan to destroy the integrity of the hub, and kill everyone -...

Are we confident that he has a first?

Thomas Cook, the world's largest and oldest travel agency imploded at midnight London time today, going into involuntary receivership after a bailout from a major Chinese shareholder fell through. This leaves around 150,000 mostly British tourists unable to get home, as all flights and tickets...