Violent crime increased greatly after WW2 to peak in the 1990s and has been declining since. The cause is unknown but leaded petrol is a distinct possibility. I've wondered how much lead persists in the environment in US cities.

The 'working' applied to your father's work, not your mother's work.
Different times, different social contexts, different choices available.

You mean your mum didn't have paid work, or did she have servants to do the housework, cooking and changing nappies?

More gamma male, not even beta.

They never need a toilet either.

OTOH it is well known that corruption in Russia is zero, a beacon of excellence in government for the rest of us.

We see something similar in the UK

That was the longest, most coherent, sentence I've heard from trump.

NB I go out of my way to avoid hearing trump.

As I recall the problems for Middle Earth originated in one man who had accumulated far too much power and was intent on accumulating more. That POS was ultimately destroyed by the gentle folk of the Shire.

If the top 0.1% are paying 10% of the tax bill, then they are making far too much money.

Nice to know I'm still only middle-aged

Cue complaints about woke censorship.

Flying south only to smack into trump's border wall. Sad.

Highlight of the day #1:

"I just want to know if these immigrants are untrustworthy or violent criminals using fake identities!"

asks woman at rally organised by Brit man using made-up name with criminal record that includes fraud, ABH, assault + who used someone else's passport to enter a country

In general MPs vote how they are told, so "Parliament accepted it" is a poor argument.