When Britain puts Nancy Reagan on their currency, we can put Thatcher on our currency.

He already kind of has, is the thing. I know people who are pretty pro immigration suddenly talking about illegal immigration in far more right wing terms because the scope of the debate has been pushed so far to the right. His relatively pragmatic positions on other issues compared to the rest of the Republican field…

I'm laughing all the way to the killing fields.

Don't do it, man! This is how they get you.

Apparently Jeb Bush suggested Margaret Thatcher be put on our currency, because he's a deeply disturbed individual who hates America.

#DumpTrump

Alack!

1. My grasp of the genre is unsophisticated and tenuous. That said, I'm kind of for them?
2. Uh…Italy, I guess.
3. I most assuredly do not.
4. Hard to say. My eyes often get a little watery but I don't really full on cry. Probably either a Wallace Stevens poem or certain parts of the Mad Men finale were the closest to…

I have to say, I expected something highly humorous, and that was more humorous than I could have expected.

The obvious subtext was not lost on me, but wishful thinking had me imagining that either his willingness to appear in such a role at all was an indication he was doing at least a little bit better, or having a prominent and respected role again would be a significant boon to him in some way or another. Obviously…

I was hoping Coherence would have been something of a redeeming moment for him in more ways than one. Poor guy.

Hi Steph! What's cooking?

Pssh, typical VampBot nonsense.

Why oh why can I think of no other Ohioans?!?!?

Oh my!

That is true. But the UK dropping out of NATO would have a fairly small impact, given the size of its military in relation to that of the main NATO power, the US.

I agree, Putin is quite bad (don't even get me started on the Russian Orthodox Church…). But he's basically Neutral Evil. An even more confrontational approach towards Russia risks unleashing someone who's Chaotic Evil. A similar result would be achieved by stoking Russian xenophobia towards China, if my predictions…

Russia still has a strong military, but its position is much weaker than it was during the Cold War, and the position of the nations it would presumably threaten is much stronger than it was.

But the argument you made in favor of NATO is easily applicable to almost any military alliance! And the political context in which NATO emerged is about 65 years old and is no longer really applicable either.

Was it a form of collective defense that "guaranteed the security of the member countries"?