"le « paquet de conditions » à l’indépendance qu’imposent, selon lui, des membres de QS"

I always thought "we want to be independent for specific reasons, not just for its own sake" was one of the most interesting and inspiring things about QS. Alas, for Zanetti...mais non!

I always liked Québec solidaire, and it's very bleak that their supporters are more invested in the Q than the S.

"Eyyyy, this joker thinks we gotta moon here!"

It is a BOP and I am delighted beyond delight that you liked this

The ostensible origin story is that Suga made the beat and decided "huh, this sounds like a Psy song". And then it was!

In Australia, most (although not necessarily all) barristers have practised as solicitors first. In England, it is a bit more common for someone to become a barrister without having been a solicitor, although of course many barristers were solicitors first.

I RAN here to message you about That Bit Of The Verse

Exxy took me several reads to work out. My first thought was "...like from WJSN?"

okay one more thing, if the filibuster was so critical to the interest of small states, why is it that it didn't exist until the middle of the 19th century and wasn't actually used with any regularity until well into the 20th?

the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*

I've written about William Broome, the last British judge in India - who took Indian citizenship and retired from the Allahabad High Court a quarter-century after Indian independence, and whose kids and grandkids still live in India:
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