It was very nice to meet you yesterday, albeit very briefly, at the Bedford Iftar. I mention that a lot happened in 1492. That was the year Rodrigo Borgia was elected Pope, see:
@susanlousada Rodrigo Borgia and two of his many children, Lucrezia and Cesare were all larger than life characters, who inspired a lot of writing, both factual and fictional.
Meanwhile, the fabulous novelist, Hilary Mantel has written Wolf Hall, about happenings in England ...
@susanlousada ... Meanwhile, the fabulous novelist, Hilary Mantel has written the novel Wolf Hall, based on the happenings in England, at the same time as Rodrigo Borgia became Pope Alexander VI and the Jews and Muslims were expelled from Spain.
... I liked Bimbo better after that, too. Up until that time my every encounter with Bimbo & his gang had been humiliating, forcing me to hate & despise myself & to hate Bimbo for putting me in that position.
Playing the hero, by taking the fight to Bimbo ...
@jordanbpeterson ... Being brave and playing the hero, rather than playing the coward, helped me to like myself more.
Also, Bimbo respected me more after that and (watching how he handled the situation) I respected him.
I feel we liked each other after that encounter. ...
... seventy this year. I've got to that age where I need to get up in the middle of the night to pee, where I ache all over and where, if I lie on the floor, it's a labour of Hercules to get up again!
Let's be honest: This man had a lot more dignity than we did:
We (the coalition of countries, led by America and Great Britain) murdered him and bombed the crap out of his country, ...
Why? Exactly. The reasons our leaders gave were bullshit!
We knew #Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. So did #DrDavidKelly, who was murdered for saying so!
What was the real reason for the #IraqWar? Money was one reason. What else? Don't say to liberate the Iraqis. I suspect they'd rather not have been liberated with ...
That's a sad reflection on the House, isn't it. I know you've got a decrepit, dementia ridden @POTUS. I realise this might lead you to think, "If he's still relevant, then so am I!"
But you're not. #KlausSchwab has over-reached himself ...
@BrianOSheaSPI Damn! Just as I decide I was going to have a moratorium on Book Buying (following a recent splurge) a book comes out I simply have to own & I have to read!
I wondered what I was going to do with myself, tomorrow. Now I know. I'm going to Waterstones to order it!