I'm pretty sure I never said most people weren't wearing them, I probably pooh-poohed the degree to which you're upset that they are. This is another example. It won't KILL the tourism industry. What… (View Post)

The practical problem is the English language doesn't have an adjective version of "United States of America". The Stanford person suggests using "US Citizen" which will work in s… (View Post)

As somebody on Mastodon put it, "Calvinball but Calvin still keeps losing" (View Post)

I think the sniff test sounds circular, ie if the government gets totally hammered under the existing voting system people say The Voters wanted that. Cameron didn't get a majority in 2010, so people… (View Post)

We get it on Japanese news as well. (View Post)