Beklämmande. Ryssland riskerar att få ett rykte om sig som Eurasiens Israel.

Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.

Wittgenstein is to my knowledge the only philosopher to completely disown the central tener of his entire philosophy after having it been disproven by a single gesture.

Some say "Darth" was in fact a title, not the given name of a specific personage. But this was clearly a later invention.

Clearly "Darth Vader" and "Anakin Skywalker" were originally two different figures who were later conflated into a single figure by the shapers of the Skywalker Cycle. We can see this in the earliest parts of the Skywalker Cycle itself where they are presented as two different men.

Luke’s father did work for the empire, but he was a mid-level reserve officer who retired years before the conflict and died of natural causes.

It is likely that the narrative of him turning against the empire in his final days was fabricated by rebel propagandists and played up by Luke himself.

Using the state as a capri-sun drink to be emptied by straw can't be allowed to have the best ROI!

It was eye opening to learn that Venice long life as a city state partially came from ruthless prosecution of members of the elite and the government who tried to subvert or unduly profit from the government, while maintaining legitimate and beneficial venues for profits to be made.

Hmm, seems I may have hallucinated that Ultra was also from that root.

all come from good old indo european *uper. (I am a bit certain about ultra now when you mention it)

Or my good friends Ultra, Super, Über, Hyper and Över which is just the same word sneaking back as a loan word again and again wearing a new trenchcoat, hat or fake mustasche.

IOGT-NTO-UNF-Junis(r)

"kommer x kunna sitta kvar efter detta" är en fråga som borde ställas offentligt oftare.

Bigger than you think. In the early years of the internet I frequently got David Lee Roths emails since AOL for unknown reasons had my email listed as his. And from time to time I answered them. :)

Yes, this is the reason Gerrymandering when there is a big swing can backfire spectacularly. But it has to be a *big* swing

Jag hade nog inte brytt ihjäl mig om Ulf rev östra delen av Sagerska Palatset för att bygga en paddelbollhall, men man får gå på det man har.