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Don't bet a bent penny against all the wealth in the world on that. You might need a bent penny someday.

Oh dear. If I continue to favor (not support, I'm not eligible to support) Big Truss and Pierre-Pol, they might take away the Communist Party card that some of our dimmer lights seem to think I have.

Big Truss!

They can sure as hell look like they are, though. We used to call it a "Budweiser pregnancy."

Well. . . not below the neck. But I would point out that this thread is about Americans and a situation that happened in the States (though oddly enough, not in any state) and you should therefore try to get yourself in an American frame of mind to think about it. To do that, chug half a...

Undoubtedly the usual suspects, who see nothing wrong with the crazy fat kid's treason, will call for the death penalty for the shocking, horrible minor misdemeanor of blocking traffic. And, of course, engage in false equivalence without end.

Sadly, history allows people to cherry-pick to such an extent that it's virtually useless as a basis or rationale for action.

So now the Qpublicans don't want there to be any consequences for election fraud?

Of course. Sex shouldn't be in the classroom. It should be in the locker room where kids can be taught by the biggest liar and braggart in the class.

CORRECTION: My error. Virginia's constitution contains a provision against same-sex marriage. The prohibition on interracial marriage was only statutory. It appears the law has been repealed (it no longer exists in the Code of Virginia. So the Thomases remain married and won't go to jail if...

Can't, in Virginia. As I said, Virginia forbids "miscegenation" in its constitution. That provision has never been removed, just rendered ineffective by Loving v. Virginia. If Loving is overturned, that constitutional provision is instantly restored. The Lovings, both residents of Virginia...

Depends on the state and how the laws are worded. Some of 'em get criminally prosecuted.

Yep. If you go back in time, Obergefell v. Hodges is the first one you hit. After that, you got Lawrence v. Texas (anti-sodomy laws), Eisenstadt v. Baird (contraception), Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage), Griswold v. Connecticut (contraception for married couples), and eventually work...

I suppose these horror stories make for good (bad) press, but never take your eye off the prize. . . the fundamental right of personal autonomy.

So, basically. . . y'all have Texans.

Yeah, that's what the Big Apple calls a "goodwill ambassador." You gotta problem wid dat?

Love that hard-done-by sense of grievance! If I recollect right, Germany called it Star Wars, not Sternenkriege. But again, the question is "How does this actually hurt you?" And "To what extent is playing the Acadian rebel a harmless outlet, vastly preferable to terrorism, and to what extent...

"Expeditiously" won't be fast enough for this crisis, but I hope Europe has learned from the Ukraine war. When you consider that close to 90% of the world's proven petroleum reserves are in the hands of less-than-democratic countries with a certain tendency to make war, you need to diversify...

Well said, BUT. . . Medium-to-long term planning is also an essential function of government, particularly as frontiers are pretty much closed. Medium is stuff like maintaining a military, even when you're not at war. The problem with long is that changed circumstances intervene, so ya gotta...

If it's any contribution, we've actually done quite well with "no official language." We produce paper in English, and local jurisdictions, or local offices of state/Federal agencies, have broad latitude to pick which other language(s) they'll provide service in. I've heard Mandarin is...