Russian trolls are a good excuse. "This policy is popular. I don't want it to be popular. Therefore this policy was made popular by Russian Trolls." It' a variation on False Consciousness -… (View Post)

More importantly, under state ownership, the state wrote exemptions to rules. Spend money on separating water runoff from sewage? Treasury says - "Doing something costs money. Doing nothing is a… (View Post)

Look up bikeshedding. This is a variant. You find a small version of the problem, put in an overkill solution. Then everyone in the circle pats the back of the person to their right. Fixing the actua… (View Post)

Not talking about what I want them to talk about. (View Post)

I attended a cheese tasting event, a few years ago. Some lovely stuff there. The lady presenting the event said that an important accompaniment was a good champagne - which had the right acidity and … (View Post)