Blatant and denigratory ascribing of motive, when such clearly cannot possibly be known. What about blatant and denigratory accusations of mental fitness? No? What about blatant and denigratory ascribing of motive on the basis of being solely motivated by party affilliation? No? Leaving aside such ...

Sarge, your insistence on cherry-picking news stories that show black people in a bad light, while ignoring the more numerous stories that contradict your well-telegraphed bias against black people, is a really nice thing. It tells us exactly where you stand. Okay since some are insisting upon the ...

wayfriend wrote:In in a second fell swoop, Hashi himself shows he's really only out to moderate liberals.)

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From a psychiatric point of view, is there much of an appreciable distinction to be drawn between a persecution complex and paranoid delusion?

Wayfriend, if that level of deliberate and oh so tritely obvious disingenuousness on your part represents your definition of "honest", then I don't know whether you are best pitied or held in utter contempt.

Certainly the latter but just possibly both.

Even someone like you should recognise the ludicrous reach there...

...but then again, quite possibly not

Heartwarming to see you sticking together though. That's almost cute.

"Not every white person in the US is descended from a slave owner." Are you absolutely certain of that, though? Yes. I went to school with a guy whose grandparents--all 4 of them--immigrated from Italy during the 1930s. Yes, the Roman Empire never owned slaves. Seriously??? That's a point...

+JMJ+ I'd left you a wide berth, that you might choose the wiser path and exit with some soupçon of dignity. Oh, for your sake, that you'd only taken it. Have you "proven" aught? Aye, though you've but proven the miserific depth of your penury. Your ostensible "demonstration" me...

+JMJ+ No less an authority than Webster's — that irreproachably punctilious curator of colonial-American King's English — accepts "flunkie" as a variant. Touché ! Give me strength... Could one get less of an authority than Webster? With or without the assistance of Merriam? I doubt it. La...

I'll reply more fully when I have a spare minute or two, but in the meantime... Don't you come the raw prawn with me, whacker. It's all well and good you being sat there grinning like a shot fox, but at the end of the day, you're just a bogan ocker who's deffo not the full quid. (No immunity needed,...

Interestingly, your more instinctive and "gut feel" ranking matches mine nigh on exactly... On that basis, although I'm genuinely admiring of (and grateful for) the jaw-dropping level of detail and knowledge shown by you and Sarge (and have myself delightedly had my Floyd horizons broadene...

Interesting. I'd have the same top 5 as you both but in a different order, which is basically defined by my view of both breath-taking tracks on each album and (equally importantly) how flawed each album is when viewed as a whole. That's what takes The Wall down to #4 for me. I'd go:- #1. Dark Side ...

For Trump, I really do suspect that it's as simple as not caring who votes for him, as long as they vote for him. --A Av, seriously? Are you honestly maintaining that this is a unique Trump position, rather than the default one religiously adopted by literally any politician anywhere and anywhen, u...

[Oh God. Yes I do now remember Rus (thanks for that) - and my eyeballs have only recently stopped bleeding. For your viewing pleasure, I have linked a "discussion" from the past in my previous post. Thank you for your kind consideration, but I'd rather not revisit scenes of previous angui...

Not my favourite, but it is time for another Tank technique to really drive home my disdain: What. The. Fuck. Yes, the old 'set of single words separated by a full stop' technique. Like Best. President. Ever. , and so on. As I say, not my favourite but there you have it - it must be done. Hmmm. You...

The desire for dynasties is hardly unusual in US politics. The Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons... It remains to be seen. But the Pubs would have to be even stupider than the Dems have been, if they go for a Trump mk II in the future. Once Trump manages to lose this election against piss-poor oppo...

This is shit I will remember for years, to be frank, when it comes to whether or not to cast a vote for the GOP. To be fair... If I were you, I'd remember this shit about Trump, not the GOP. I grant you that currently, there's not much discernible difference between the two. And frankly, that's nev...

I'll add my whoops of delight at seeing FnF making a reappearance. Hopefully he'll soon remember that this is the Tank, rather than the Close, so he can check both manners, level-headedness and logic at the door... (Not that there's ever been much logic apparent in the Close... but then again, that'...

Stevie, having noted your latest reply, I am minded to ask a highly pertinent question... is there no start to your talents? Regrettably, your post was unnecessarily long. And before you riposte with sadly typical kneejerkish buffoonery, my posts are often long - but never unnecessarily so. The reas...

Well, we all know about your moment of revelation on the road to your personal Damascus...

You're nothing but a classic example of inverted intellectual snobbery.

NAZI!