Posts on 09/21/17
More RAF Slang: Gone for a Burton
(John Heelan, UK, 09/21/17 2:50 pm) Here is another RAF WWII saying (still current in popular jargon): "Gone for a Burton" (i.e. something/someone no longer extant). A "Burton" was/is a beer product fro ...
Read morePort, Bordeaux and the RAF
(David Duggan, USA, 09/21/17 7:48 am) The glasses (and color) don't look right for port. More probably a Bordeaux. JE comments: I suspected the same after posting my comment. But for an RAF pilot to drink ...
Read moreMilitary Strength: Russia vs NATO
(Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 09/21/17 6:28 am) I have difficulty following Istvan Simon's logic in all of this. I agree that NATO would be insane to attack and invade Russia, but why would it be any less insane for Russia t ...
Read moreAung Sang Suu Kyi and Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
(Massoud Malek, USA, 09/21/17 5:00 am) In 2003, I spent 28 days in the predominantly Buddhist country of Myanmar, where monks are venerated members of society. After less than 10 days, I fell in love with a Burmese girl who asked me ...
Read moreTrump on Sovereignty; from Gary Moore
(John Eipper, USA, 09/21/17 4:11 am) Gary Moore writes: President Trump at the United Nations refracts in the New York Times with a question of our age, squeezed into the word "sovereignty.& ...
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