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usonian

(25,281 posts)
18. I like a good turn of phrase.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:06 AM
15 hrs ago

And indeed, it's no fun discussing harmful acts. Some posters get slammed pretty hard for doing so.

I try to be respectful of the victims, though it's sometimes a close call.

Mark Twain is one of my heroes. Speaking of which, I see Trump's end as similar to "The Gretest Man in the World" by James Thurber. Available here as a PDF file.

https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Thurber_Greatest_Man.pdf

I forgot what happened to "Old Shoe" in "Wag the Dog"

Oh. Now I remember (with a little help from Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog

4th paragraph of the plot section. Rather grisly but appropriate for an adjudicated rapist.

Fiction imitates life. Life imitates fiction.

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