Puke. How appalling.

Ah thank you

Me neither. It’s a delight

It's like when Armenia stole land from Cambodia in that war he stopped, I guess.

Is a sighthound a breed or a service dog for the blind?

It's a wonderful book but I think Persuasion is equally winning.

I'm not in academia but I'd love to know the secret.

He reminds me of some Catholics I know who think Islam is the kind of foreign, unAmerican religion Catholicism was portrayed as for so long (and for a minority, still).

Up there with calling yourself an "alpha male"

hey, if they can ship innocent people to Somalia ...

I have a Catholic friend who says exactly the same things about the Evil Un-American Religion Of Islam that would have been said about her in the past. I've pointed this out but unsurprisingly it didn't help.

The logical extension of "education is a moral good" is students occasionally having to take a class they hate.
The logical extension of "school is a pipeline to industry" is kids spending four years watching Amazon training videos before being sent into the fulfillment mines.
I know which I prefer.

I don't think the Felon of the United States plays at that level. He lies because he can't admit mistakes, ever. And probably because after a life surrounded by sycophants, he's used to everyone saying "Wow, that's absolutely right, yes sir!"

W's mob mouthpiece, John Yoo, asserted at one point that courts because of all those stupid procedures and rights of the accused might not get it right or do it fast — we should put our faith in the president's judgment.

I had similar thoughts some years back when I kept reading urban fantasy where someone quips "Wow, the bad guy read the evil overlord handbook!" It didn't feel real — and besides, shouldn't most of their enemies be avoiding those evil overlord mistakes?