At the time I thought Ta-Nishi handled himself well, perfectly able to respond to Doloupil's remarks. Made the man look a little fluffy about the ears, honestly.

She might have spent it all on text messages for all I can tell

With write-offs, obviously. Take the loss and move on. Too bad for people that [used to] own stuff.

I'm not clear on how universally the kids feel that they "have to shoulder" anything, same as how olds feel that they "have to" leave a legacy for the kids. After the Boomers ate the world, isn't it every thing [that's left] for us & our friends.

as I recall, they tried their best

I still don't understand why people were so anxious for tests, since by and large we mostly weren't willing to do anything about it. If you feel that bad go to the hospital and they will try their best, or just stay home with the chicken soup.

Parables, an exciting new idea?

I have 30-40 "followers" on Twee but they're all bots, I mean what's even the point, they don't talk to me?

Liz Cheney?

What do you think the party will do if Trump WINS, inevitably continuing to lose what grip he has on reality. The Party of Who Talked To Him Last! Not so much a "schism" as the utter destruction of our remaining social/political organizations...