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Loser! The Art of the Insult
During the 2018 Centennial of World War I, Donald Trump was scheduled to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France. The relentless rain made helicopter travel to the Cemetery impossible, but aides informed the President he could be driven instead. Trump’s response, according to accounts from a senior Defence Department official, was that he didn’t want to visit the Cemetery, as it was ‘filled with losers’. On the same trip, Trump reportedly said the 1,800 US marines k
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On Not Being Religious
Are you religious? It’s a question the pollsters Gallup have been asking Americans since 1999 – and charting a slow decline in the percentage of the population saying yes. It appears in polls and surveys this side of the Atlantic too, including one I filled in the other day. The pollsters clearly feel the question is uncontroversial and unbiased, a helpful tool to winkle out the desired information. The same question crops up in online dating encounters. From experience, it t
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