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• Elderly Cynic commented on Omicron
  I don't think so. Most of the USA differences date from the founding of the USA, and were an attempt to constrain any development of autocracy. The UK system is largely because the office of Prime Minister has inherited the powers of the Crown (think 18th century), compounded with the theoretical supremacy of Parliament (now meaning the Commons)....
• Bill Arnold commented on Omicron
  "Moderators & Charlie - 1756(a) 1756(b) - especially the latter!" Greg, you clearly do not know what those mean. That's tech talk, saying that the blog's content is mirrored elsewhere for various reasons. Probably the mirrors, if public facing, are blocking search engine indexers (through normal consensus means[1]). Heck, I keep a archive/mirror (trying to keep a light footprint), partly to keep track of things I've said here; this is easy to set up. (And the comment about Norns was in no way hostile to you.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots\_exclusion\_standard#About\_the\_standard...
• Robert Prior commented on Omicron
  I was referring to the differences between Nixon and Trump, which seemed to be the comment you were referring to. (The one about half the Senate and Supreme Court.)...
• Greg Tingey commented on Omicron
  Bill Arnold Assuming your explanations are correct ( & I have no idea ) - then ... pass....
• Adrian Smith commented on Omicron
  do you think spooks (or more likely algorithms) are attempting to glean profit from our ruminations (or maybe just the seagull's veiled stock tips)? i wish them luck...