The phrase "twin gazelles" is a core memory for me.

You'll be pleased to learn trump already means fart.

Don't speak too soon.

These "barely hanging together" checks and balances are the reason I favour the parliamentary system. Obviously I only speak for myself.

When you have a lower house designed around real and regular debate with the leaders and real opposition who are expected to form their own "govt in waiting", there are more opportunities to hold the govt to account and challenge them before it gets to the judiciary.

The spiderman standoff between three institutions supposedly watching each other but vulnerable to being manipulated by the same malevolent forces and vested interests seems weak these days.

You can elect someone who is extremely hard to eject if they're bad for the country. A US president is in for 4 years precisely, and the supreme Court has made them legally immune to acts taken as president. We are seeing the impacts of this guarantee and they won't stop at least until the term is over.

-50 points in 18 hours. That's impressive.

OK thanks.

This is entirely new to me. What do you mean non-binary is trans? I know plenty of enbies who are not trans.

According to the article, the 2.34% figure includes all non-binary people.

I thought it seemed high for trans, but now it seems low for all non-gender-conforming.

I think that's a stretch.

Someone could tip him off ahead of time so he can donate to charitable causes down to 900 million.

I honestly both agree and disagree. The tunes were absolute bangers but 30 seconds is quite long enough for opening titles.

What the law says and what the state does can be two different things. That's true for the West and China.

We know what the CCP does to China's ethnic minority communities. Reciting the word of the law doesn't change the evidence of how the state implements it.