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May 8, 2025

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

Jonathan Lyn (1943- ) and Antony Jay (1930–2016) British writers, Yes, Prime Minister, vol. 1 (1986), Jay p.235

What your batting average on this score?

Yes, Friday afternoon, when you can get out of town after quietly issuing some bad news press release.

February 4, 2025

1 year ago

The Falklands thing [the ten-week undeclared war in 1981 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over a few

April 17, 2025

10 months ago

The important thing about the so-called ‘communications industry’ is that it is basically concerned with merchandising.

November 2, 2025

4 months ago

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity

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