Zompist Bboard Again

... that put him ahead of Trump among Republicans. I think they're both nasty and dangerous, but DeSantis doesn't seem to be a narcissistic insane idiot, so there's that.

... inviolability of North Korea vs. Iraq. Non-proliferation is better, because the more nukes in the world, the more the possibility that some idiot decides to fire them. But Ukraine (in 1994) was offered a deal: give up your nukes and the signatories, including Russia, would guarantee its ...

... the plot is less good. During Part 1, when things seemed to be going well for Morgan, I had the impression that the Okurinese Regime was run by idiots, and then, when things turned badly for Morgan, I got the impression that Morgan had been the idiot all along. Fair enough; plots always give ...

... presence of "priests" (vs./plus "monks") isn't very useful; FWIW, it feels pretty parochial. Look, please don't treat me as an idiot because I am trying to be careful about terms or don't use them exactly as you do. Some Buddhists presenting the religion try hard not to say ...

... invent things that are worse that what's happened already. What we got after the election was a failed coup, led by incompetents in service of an idiot. It's fortunate that it was so incompetent: they couldn't bring up a single problem that could stand up in court; the people in charge of elections ...

... lonely, or is your superiority over all human beings satisfaction enough? I guess it's a perfect ideology for you. * Everyone else is a subhuman idiot. * You are a genius for having seen through everyone's schemes. * You need never expend a bit of energy understanding why anyone does what they ...

... A que te termina gustando 'I'm telling you, you'll end up liking it', ¿A que sabe increíble? 'Do you see, it tastes amazing!' ¡A que eres idiota! 'I'm telling you, you're such an idiot!' These are quite interesting, and certainly belong in a grammar, but I'm not sure a syntactician would ...

... crime novel I've read in the English language. Haven't read that in years, but it's my favorite Wodehouse novel. The Jeeves novels can be fun, but idiot protagonists are a little too British for me. Is there some relation between Psmith stories and some of Stephen Fry's comedy sketches? Surely, ...