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The ancient wisdom is "Ya can't polish a turd." But they will keep trying, won't they?

Wait. . . the Nazis T-4 Program was the humane thing to do?

And like all other right-wing ideas, nothing new.

First we develop a test to find transgeners in the womb, then the mandatory abortion.

I calculate it's all them bare-chested Induns in leather vests on the covers of bodice-rippers.

You realize, I hope, that the PM invoking the Emergencies Act because somebody was rude is pretty much a "Canadian joke," right?

Positively Trumpian of him.

He'll try to run out the clock, and if that doesn't work, he'll take the Fifth 400 times.

Yep. And Lanza walks free (well, figuratively). 'Tain't JUSTICE!

Pussies.

So. . . somebody else defamed them? And poor little Alex is being persecuted? Well, you have a point. Did you know the shooter, Adam Lanza, was never even prosecuted?

I used to quell. Hard work, but kinda fun.

I'd say you are, in a way. By focussing on what he did not do, you are implicitly denying the importance of what he did. Defamation is not exactly a new thing. It's been part of the law for centuries. Until the 20th century, it was a crime as well as a civil cause of action.

In a different trial. Pardon him, Spamodotus, he is a TV watcher, and thinks that all legal issues are wrapped up in one hour, minus ad time. --Apologies to Shaw

The nations are in charge of IDs nowadays.

"Making reference to a true story, and making up how it should have gone."

He came across real well in Longfellow's poem too. "Based on a true story."

Correct. There's also the fact that there are laws saying what the government must and must not make public. If all this was resolved on a civil basis, there is no need (and for that matter it may be forbidden) to release any more info.

Everything from sharp sticks to starships is a "threat and opportunity." Nice to see robots have mastered the patently obvious.

Who thinks Paul Revere was a hero? He didn't even finish his ride. He was stopped and arrested. Dr. Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Decent silversmith, though.