I don’t know if it falls under the heading of wishful thinking or simple conviction but I’m almost certain that’s broadly accurate...for the sake of hyperbole I’d drink to the sentiment that an ounce of genuine self-awareness would be a terminal dose in his case but I think the truth is probably more complicated...

not sure if that should read actually incredulous or with a liberal helping of snide...but sadly my guess is that in terms of selection criteria the two might well have been considered equivalent...

well, they made hay out of it for a little over an hour...& it might be a tad portentous at times but some of the readings did raise a grin...

speaking of Boorish Johnson & his hair...

the treasure reference, I’d be prepared to bet, is a random regurgitation of part of the phrase “blood & treasure”...traditionally seen as being the bottom line in terms of the direct costs of war...

on the one hand I get the aversion to listening to the man speak...but on the other hand just the fact that a transcript is legible already fails to accurately convey the tenor of his speech...

it is/was what you might call a dramatic reading of 10 counts of obstruction of justice that the second volume of the report details...

I know people who consider themselves to have studied Smith who couldn’t make it through “Moral Sentiments”...

to me...no, it’s not worth it...I’m not looking to defend the tortured logic...just to say it’s the only explanation that makes any kind of sense to me...

short of just not giving a shit any more...which I can’t bring myself to believe is the case...the only logic that makes sense to me is pretty tortured...

I like the idea of a “travellers” style deathbed overwrite being the explanation for not-coulson...

Perhaps the increasing animosity towards education is planned. Conspiracy? Perhaps. Am I crazy? You tell me.

pretty sure we’re on the same page there...in the abstract it’s one of your more noble professions & I don’t doubt that for a great many it’s an altruistic cause...but when I was growing up it was a common cliché that “those who can, do - those who can’t, teach” despite the fact that in terms of what some refer to as…

well, on the one hand I believe sarcasm is defined as the use of irony to convey contempt (&/or amusement) & we’re hardly lacking for examples of dark ironies to make use of where the alleged administration of the unPresidented president is concerned...& on the other hand they say sometimes you either laugh or you…

oh, for sure...& as someone who failed to see eye to eye with more than one educational establishment I attended that aspect of the song was very much preaching to the choir when I first came across it...so if I wasn’t clear I heartily condone your use of it...

been a while since I watched that whole video...but it’s funny how things change...

what you say in this thread is an interesting read but that last paragraph of the quote about Obama seems misleading...

or “if I do this, will I have more money as a result?”...same result...

I find it easy enough to believe he asked the question 10mins from T minus 0...but then I also find it easy to believe the casualty estimate was a headline feature of the briefing wherein the option was outlined to him originally & he didn’t pay attention or retain the information because it had nothing to do with his…

I’m a big fan of his Sandman comics (& generally his work in that medium) but I found when he moved to prose that what came off as a deft touch in comics seemed strangely heavy handed in prose...