@TheMogul:disqus Also speaking as a Scot, unless you personally lived through the Rough Wooing or the Wars of Independence, I do not see how you could take umbrage over these events - not least when Scotland has invaded England in the past as much as vice-versa.  History is important, but as a subject of study, and…

@TheMogul:disqus Also speaking as a Scot, unless you personally lived through the Rough Wooing or the Wars of Independence, I do not see how you could take umbrage over these events - not least when Scotland has invaded England in the past as much as vice-versa.  History is important, but as a subject of study, and…

Immediately picked up the first series of Borgen after I finished piling through The Killing (the one without the rain) and The Killing II, but haven't managed to watch it yet.  DR has always been strong on politics, so I've got high hopes.

Immediately picked up the first series of Borgen after I finished piling through The Killing (the one without the rain) and The Killing II, but haven't managed to watch it yet.  DR has always been strong on politics, so I've got high hopes.

I once got accused of being a neo-colonialist for referring to that country as "the Sudan", even though its official name is "the Republic of the Sudan".

I once got accused of being a neo-colonialist for referring to that country as "the Sudan", even though its official name is "the Republic of the Sudan".

And it is literally -just- Ukraine.  It's one of the only countries in the world (the other being Canada) to not have a long-form name.  Because national prefixes are for those deviant, fag-enabling countries, like the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

And it is literally -just- Ukraine.  It's one of the only countries in the world (the other being Canada) to not have a long-form name.  Because national prefixes are for those deviant, fag-enabling countries, like the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The fourth season was so God awful it had to establish Cook as its moral centre.  The fifth season had promise, then nose-dived.  Not since Heroes has a series plunged in quality so swiftly after its second season.

The fourth season was so God awful it had to establish Cook as its moral centre.  The fifth season had promise, then nose-dived.  Not since Heroes has a series plunged in quality so swiftly after its second season.

2, 4, 6, 8 - Rabin's review is very late.

2, 4, 6, 8 - Rabin's review is very late.

That's Hit & Miss, not Hit & Run.

That's Hit & Miss, not Hit & Run.

Is it controversial now to claim that The Dark Knight Rises isn't art?  It is, as with every Christopher Nolan film post-Memento, just an entertaining blockbuster.  Why is there this obsession now with treating Nolan's filmography with sub-high school levels of English thematic analysis?  Can't I just enjoy Inception…

Is it controversial now to claim that The Dark Knight Rises isn't art?  It is, as with every Christopher Nolan film post-Memento, just an entertaining blockbuster.  Why is there this obsession now with treating Nolan's filmography with sub-high school levels of English thematic analysis?  Can't I just enjoy Inception…

Ineffectual anti-capitalism protesters predate the Occupy movement by some centuries.

Ineffectual anti-capitalism protesters predate the Occupy movement by some centuries.

People always mention Jesse Owens' victory at the Berlin Olympics, yet no one seems to remember that Germany won the most medals.

People always mention Jesse Owens' victory at the Berlin Olympics, yet no one seems to remember that Germany won the most medals.