Khruschev’s advice to Nixon: “If the people believe there’s an imaginary river out there, you don’t tell them there’s no river. You build an imaginary bridge over the imaginary river.” (View Post)

That's just crass people saying crass things. But... there's a legit point to be made here. Where MH problems can be ameliorated, it's a win for everyone involved. And it probably is t… (View Post)

Here's a nice bit of history; “If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company o… (View Post)

Besides. Ceausescu, horrible as he was and worse as he became, was President of Romania. Salute the role, not the man, and all that. Whereas McGregor is a just a horrible private citizen. Still, I su… (View Post)

It's the Italy under the Borgias vs. Switzerland for 500 years thing. Every society has a proportion of sharp, nasty thugs. Correctly used, some of them can achieve remarkable things. Lots of hu… (View Post)