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So not American English. Not British English. But rather LOONIE English.

Well it's a bit heartening that here on this poll only a very small percentage of poll voters actually believe Trump's completely absurd characterization of there being a Golden Age in America now. I wonder if even a majority of hard core maga fascist cult members actually believe that. I doubt it.

Yes he play acts a strong man, but this is another sign of his actual WEAKNESS, and his rapidly advancing cognitive decline. Yes, if there ends up being a 1000 year Maga-reich, those absurd etchings will be passed off as history. But otherwise real historians will see them as evidence of the massive mistake Americans made putting up such a ridiculous person to be president.

LIES

Great Mexican food though at least until Trump deports all the kitchen workers.

The maga fascists work overtime to erase and revise history.

Worse than collusion actually. Again, if you're capable, a U.S. president taking the side of Nazis during WW2.

He "fixed" us alright. Like a mafia boss fixes.

Yet another stable genius mature meme from the maga-sphere.

Very doubtful.

If so and it may be, I'm calling it a SUICIDE.

To me a bit too boring but of course I've used them.

Possibly a new low for worst president in American history but dollars to donuts, he will still go lower than that.

I think the Trump 2.0 era is more like the Gilded Age where robber barons ruled than a Golden Age. He has made the Oval Office very golden though.

For obvious current events reasons, I've been reading lists about the best Rob Reiner movies. Misery was mentioned and I hadn't seen it before. Now I have. Excellent as expected.

Recently the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump, proclaimed on his own social media platform Truth Social, that the USA is in its GOLDEN AGE. Do you agree or disagree with Trump about that?

Update to my update. Egg coffee on my face? There was one minor cleaning thing I did with my espresso machine and it's working as well as before, including crema. As I've said before some funky things have already happened with this quite new Rok machine so I don't expect it to last as long as it should otherwise last. But maybe it's still good for another year or two. So obviously no rush now to buy a Moka pot to replace it. I do like crema and no crema with Moka pots. Yeah I could buy a new standard electric espresso machine but I just don't want to. Also I just do shots without milk so don't need milk steaming.

Well some issues with that. Based on limited research, I've learned that the Moka pots are designed so that it's OPTIMAL to fill the water to the top of whatever size pot you've got. So I wouldn't want to mess with that. So I would want to buy the size pot that works best for me. I noticed the 4 cup. That might be OK but I think a good chance it won't be enough and I wouldn't want to need to do a second round.. The 6 cup is almost certainly enough but possibly too much. Between those two choices, risking too much is a no brainer decision. I will ask you though -- for you how many shots of espresso is enough? I only do coffee in the morning and one or two didn't cut it. That means with my current espresso machine, running water through it FOUR times! The first to warm it up. Then the three shots. That's not horrible as it goes fast, but it is a bit of a pain in the butt. Which makes a 6 cup Moka pot tempting as that'll be just one run. Another interesting thing I read about Moka pots is that for optimal brewing and reduced bitterness (which is a common complaint with them) you should heat up the water FIRST before putting it in the pot! Never did that before when I used the pots. Of course that would mean the pot would have it's trademark coffee orgasm quicker.

In my case Lazada but I've bought some mistakes that turned out to be too small.

Hot water and plastic? Really? Where is the water contact with plastic when the water is poured into a paper filter? OK, I get that it then pours out through some plastic, but that seems trivial to me.

Oh boy We've got a live one.

I approve. John Mearsheimer is an interesting case. He's a very sincere and incredibly qualified academic, but he seems to have massive blind spots about what Russia is about. I think it's because he takes a very narrow approach almost religiously and doesn't allow any other factors to enter his thinking.

That's a bit technical for my nature first thing in the morning, but very interesting, thanks.

Sarcasm above I suppose, but Putin's maximalist goals have never changed. Erase Ukraine as a country separate from Russia.