Boy, am I not in the mood for a powerpoint presentation on the good points of benevolent dictatorships. I'm actually out of town right now in the mountains. I was planning on driving back tomorrow, but there's a storm a'coming that I would greatly prefer not to be caught in the middle of or […]
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