superkane

My cousin and I were named, for political family reasons, after a drunk, who made his wife and children's lives a misery. Since my birth, many in our community never saw the connection between his and my names because I'm female. My cousin, though? There were comparisons when he… Read More

I read a Malcolm X bio where it said he chose his first name Malik, as suggested by his Muslim friends in Mecca during the 1950s, because it translated to 'king'.

I looooooooooooooooooooooove Anna Shay! She represents us well, warts and all, regardless of where we are.

@CK828 "endorse Biden who, for all his electability, had been polling in 5th place" You forget that Biden had the Black vote from the start. The driving force - mostly older Black female voters - was pragmatic enough to believe Biden was their best chance of making Trump an one-term… Read More

@shaelag "bernie was the only one who could’ve beaten trump." Not a chance. Though he's a Senator as an Independent, he's a democratic socialist for 50-odd years. And what does most Conservatives, Republicans, conservative Ds and older apolitical generations "fear" the most? Socialism… Read More

@Gabby3 "He was cheated out of it by the established Democratic party." No, he wasn't. Youth voters simply didn't turn out for him as expected during the primaries. Happened twice, too. Even Bernie acknowledged it both times.

Aw, not again. I remembered the wrong name. David Bower (British actor), not David Bowers (British director). Sorry.

He only learnt the ones he had to "sign" for the scenes with his screen brother David Bowers. Never made an effort to learn and understand what Bowers was signing. Every time he found that awkward, he clowned around, which affected Bowers' focus. Overall, Bowers thought Grant was… Read More

It's spelt eSwatini? Feck. Though the quiz accepted it, I spelt it Eswatini. Took me roughly 40 seconds to get the spelling right, too.

@alanamuir It accepted just 'Congo'.