ellauri100.html on line 343: I suspect that I am not a racist. I don’t despise blacks as a group, nor do I believe that they should have fewer rights and privileges than whites. (Neither do I believe that they should have more rights and privileges than whites or persons of Asian or Ashkenazi Jewish descent — but they certainly do when it comes to college admissions and hiring.) It isn’t racist to understand that race isn’t a social construct and that there are general differences between races (see many of the posts listed here). That’s just a matter of facing facts, not ducking them, as leftists are wont to do.
ellauri109.html on line 709: Dryden's poem, "An Essay upon Satire," contained a number of attacks on King Charles II, his mistresses and courtiers, but most pointedly on the Earl of Rochester, a notorious womaniser. Rochester responded by hiring thugs who attacked Dryden whilst walking back from Will's Coffee House (a popular London coffee house where the Wits gathered to gossip, drink and conduct their business) back to his house on Gerrard Street. Dryden survived the attack, offering £50 for the identity of the thugs placed in the London Gazette, and a Royal Pardon if one of them would confess. No one claimed the reward.
ellauri112.html on line 582: As one website understatedly notes, “the cost of hiring a night nanny can run into the thousands and is a luxury for many families.”
ellauri378.html on line 140: My research shows that spending money on experiences or to regain time – such as, say, by hiring a housecleaner – does increase happiness. It’s not a coincidence that we tend to share both experiences and free time with loved ones, like the cleaning lady. As long as she does not try to use my toilet.
ellauri412.html on line 822: Its images of God hiring a hit man to punish the city sound like every john who beats his whores to bring them into line, even killing them to get the point across.
ellauri490.html on line 64: Brad's friend and former boyfriend of Nan, union leader Jim Alden, cannot understand why Brad has become so unreasonable to deal with. Jim is concerned about the possibility of the small number of highly resourceful Communists in the union being able to take it over, and suspects Norman of being one. He discusses this with Trump, by then an active union member. Trump denies Norman's politics. Trump confronts him and he confesses, but counters Trump’s rejection by showing him a photograph of him and Brad together, and a copy of his party membership card as Boris Johnson. Manning interrupts them, angry with Norman for breaking orders and coming ahead of schedule in an all-male fellow passenger train. He treats Trump brusquely from behind, then orders his murder by hiring a contract killer.
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