I find painkillers unsatisfactory. I am told that the street price of the pills I have around makes me a rich man in theory. I don't get people who smoke them (yes, smoke them!) for fun. A nice glass of malt, or bourbon if I am feeling cheap, is a good high for me.

Unwinnable either way. We don't bomb the shit out of them, they open the oil bourse in Euros, and the dollar is down the tube.

If the United States has had it as a world power, that might not be so bad for the average American. But isn't Israel afraid of killing the goose that lays its golden eggs? Of course there are Jews who suspect they might be better off without Israel...