Wow, such an incisive, elegantly constructed argument, got to hand it to you. You really cornered me. You are clearly your own biggest fan.

Donald Trump loves war.

Vote Donald Trump if you love war.

Oh my. You claim that semicolon as terminator is dramatically easier to parse than semicolon as separator, or dramatically more precise. Please never write a parser that I might have to use.

I beg to differ. I think Trump has Mein Kampf beside his bead for quick reference and has every bit the same capacity for evil as Hitler. In fact, I perceive Trump as the greatest threat to American democracy ever. I believe that, if elected, Trump will immediately set about the business of repealing amendment 22 that enforces a limit of two terms. I believe that the election that elects Trump will be the last that ever appears even remotely free and fair. I believe that Trump fully intends to mute or eliminate all his critics using much the same tactics as his bum buddy Putin does, as soon as he is able. Look to Hugo Chavez's career for the strategy that Trump likely has in mind. Once president for life, Trump will be in a great position to give free rein to his darker side.

Not voting for Clinton is the same as voting for Trump. If the spectre of President Trump terrifies you and you don't vote for Clinton, then you are an idiot. If still can't figure it out, see here.

Did you say Trump is a whiner?

I suspect that Hillary Clinton will whack Putin pretty hard when she gets in and be a whole lot firmer about America's global interests than Obama ever was, including putting to rest any doubts about America's resolve and ability to stand by its allies. That's why Russia is meddling in the election. Putin desperately wants his lapdog Trump in, or failing that, nearly anybody but Clinton.

No, that was just one more chapter in a long sorry saga. Surely you have not forgotten the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, the Iran-Iraq war or the rise of the Iranian theocracy?

It really doesn't. Those proxy wars pitted marxist/maoist groups against right wing dictators. The Syria situation is really about confronting Iranian theocratic expansionism across the iraq-syria-lebanon belt, with Russia jumping in on Iran's side to prop up a former Soviet client and America trying to blunt the Islamic State threat while Russia pretends to help and Turkey maneuvers to block the formation of a Kurdish state. Really, way different from the cold war. It's far more complex, involves more players with their own agendas, and Russia is much weaker this time round. Consider: Russia's GNP is roughly the same size as Canada's and only 50% bigger than Iran's. Not to say that Russia's meddling is irrelevant, far from it, but it is just that: meddling. Other than an ample supply of nukes that it can't realistically use, Russia is a superpower wannabe, not a superpower.

Stockholm syndrome.

Now that Game of Thrones has jumped the shark it's hard to use that to justify anything. No cable TV here, bought the series up to season 5 on Blu-ray, enjoyed it, although less as it wore on. Won't bother with season 6 or later.

I remember when you had to know what happened last night on the latest soap or not be part of the office conversation. Sad, really.

No, just a survivable wart. If Python did not have significant whitespace, nobody would miss it, but Python having significant whitespace has caused endless complaints, so it is clearly a negative for the language. Other things being equal, fewer warts is better.

I see that exactly no major new language projects have chosen to follow Python lead with whitespace. Or to put it another way, if Python had been defined with curlies, nobody would have complained "we want significant whitespace! Please please!".

It's those wrongly refactored lines you aren't aware of that will seriously bite you in the ass.