Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLlv_aZjHXc (View Post)

I might have tomorrow. A woman sneezed at me in Sainsbury's earlier this afternoon. So soon after the pandemic, even basic courtesies like covering the mouth have been forgotten, let alone stayi… (View Post)

Die Hard can be downstreamed from Channel 4 for forensic examination until early January. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/die-hard (View Post)

I've been using ‘downstreamed’ in an ironic sense for so long that I've forgotten why. Something to do with the Online Safety Act, I think, maybe Nadine Dorries. Anyway, it keeps me amused. (View Post)

A couple more thoughts about Russia and China. Although China nominally supports Russia in the SMO, it is not actually helping. China has shown it values trade with the West above warm fuzzies with P… (View Post)