That day has come.

The ‘compulsion for stealing’ has survived the era of hired agricultural hands. Socialism has not only sustained it, but extended it to the entire society. It became a built-in part of the whole system. Stealing (and I use this term in its broadest sense) in all its ritual, symbolic and other implications, has become an engrained element of peasant culture today, as much a part of it as, say, Maypoles or Easter eggs. Stealing these days is not done by just some people but by almost everyone. The chief accountant steals just the same as the animal-feeder who hides groats in his trousers or in her bra, or the watchman who knows full well what goods workers smuggle home, or the swine-tender who deliberately breaks the animal’s leg on the trough so that members of the cooperative may buy it cheaply. ('You want a suckling? You shall have it tonight … ') Everyone is familiar with the system. What a cooperative member finds demoralizing is not the fact that the whole system is based on stealing, but that he cannot steal enough (Sozan, 1985: 95-6, this author’s translation).

No plans. I die like a real man.

Not my bad decisions this time.

I eat plenty of things from the wild. The key part is knowing what they are before you eat them though.

Tom Lehrer, actually.

It’s possible that Trump was taller 30 years ago but lost height due to age.

I got it from Agnes

She got it from Jim

We all agree it must have been

Louise who gave it to him

Having a pick me conservative female candidate reinforces all their values while co-opting more women through representation. In this respect having a female President could be way worse, think Erica Trump.

Yes, that is the fundamental flaw of identity politics.

I agree with your point and I think the reason it hasn’t happen has a lot to do with the extreme sexism the US has.

Yes, but in other countries they still get elected despite the sexism. I find it hard to believe that Americans hate women more than the people in struggling third world democracies do.

It’s wild how plenty of more conservative countries have had female presidents in the past.

Hegseth was the guy in the Thalmor embassy you get drunk to create a diversion.

“Well, daughter, haven’t I taught you to forgive and to forget? So, your father sowed his oats, oh still you should not fret. Your father may be the cause of all the boys in town, but still…… He’s not the one who sired you so marry who you will.”

Silicosis is a horrible way to go.

Am European; can confirm.

One bad fall from a scooter and you’re one of them.

Every 60 seconds in New York, a minute passes.

You could try finding out the international phonetic spelling and offering it to people. Teachers in particular should be fluent in it.

My name is [ˈjustəs] in it, for example.

The ”C” in “AI” stands for “competence”.

Yeah, that part is exceptionally nasty and serves very little point in the story.

Same, but I bought the Culture novels. They were fine, except the ugly parts.

Yes, women can’t do the thing they do everywhere else in the world.