Because while he shows a sense of historical awareness, Islamists who can’t handle the truth of their militant past are up in arms over what he’s saying. And his quotation of Manuel II Pelaiaologos was not merely central to what he was saying, it was central in the theme of what he was saying.
See, maybe Muslims don’t real ...Continue
And just how nerdy are you, eh? Eh?!
Heh :)
(I’m pretending this is a good thing. Please don̵ ...Continue
My tummy lurched as I read this post and then investigated that arcane-sounding medical condition mentioned. I didn’t expect to see a pile of worms and an ass placed strategically about two inches from it. I tasted bile, my warning that the vomitus was on its wa ...Continue
I suppose somebody will get shot for saying this, so I might as well bite the bullet. Quite a number of people have been lamenting Mahathir’s ‘political demise’ as if it was a bad thing, while making quite a number of veiled suggestions about the proprieties involved in, I gather, the proper way to wash one’s dirty linen. ...Continue
Heh. Does anyone remember Sir Humphrey Appleby and the Rt. Honourable Jim Hacker, MP? A choice bit of dialogue from Season 3 of “Yes, Minister”:
Sir Humphrey: What’s the matter, Bernard?
Bernard: Oh, nothing really, Sir Humphrey.
Sir Humphrey: You look unhap ...Continue