Will always beggar belief that a cornerstone of the US Army's deployment to Britain between 1942 and 1944 "How much Jim Crow can we impose on these people before they finally tell us to stop" The answer is "more than the French put up with in 1918"

David Mack writes Nogura as a Hawk and I think that makes EoM better because then Nogura and Rittenhouse hate each other on entirely personal grounds Nogura thinks Rittenhouse is a grandstanding blowhard who treats Starfleet as his own Am-dram society; Rittenhouse thinks Nogura is a two faced uptight intelligence boy who cares more about his little machinations than the wider picture

Those boys in San Francisco
They think they know their stuff;
But when the Klingons come to fight
They'll say we've had enough!

Oh, I don't want no more of Starfleet Life,
Gee Ma, I wanna go home! The Engineers in the Starfleet,
They really are the best!
They work all day on engines
And leave the worst jobs for the rest!

Oh, I don't want no more of Starfleet Life,
Gee Ma, I wanna go home!

Here's a challenge for today: How many european colonial officials were there in the *entirety* of British Africa in 1939 The answer will be provided at 6pm UK time after I have downed a pint

Sometimes I wonder why my dad is so disillusioned with America but tonight I found out he got ran out of a town in Louisiana for "fraternizing with the coloured folk"....in 1989 1989.