Thank you for helping people see the human, funny side of scientists, and educating people in the process. ,-)

Next step, the hit sitcom

But they won't need writers; actual quotes will do

Why does he assume that if he releases them, they will be loyal to him?
They've all seen that loyalty will be betrayed.
I don't see loyalty to him, but rather (at least in many cases) the permission to do the antisocial acts they were inclined toward anyway; any other corrupt leader will do as well.

My unforgettable Stoppard quote is,
"What's the first thing you remember?"
"... I don't remember ... "

(Okay, two quotes, but as the characters can't distinguish each from the other, it should pass)

Just a guess, but I suspect a US president has no pardon authority for international crimes.

The author passes, but his tortoise remains on the table, immortal

How did the pardoned turkeys come up with the million-dollar bribes?

Many of the "christian" teachers I've known were far worse and more damaging than anything these folks can imagine about atheists.

A parallel aspect of aging is talking confidently about something that I lived through and remembering it wrong myself.

US midwesterner here. I trust the BBC (And the CBC, Canada) for balanced, accurate reporting and watchable programming.

Can we call it "trumpdontcare"?

Yes! Oddly enough, one was exactly the lower image in your pic, of Daffy Duck having the argument with his artist

Remember back a few years when Obama instituted sharia law? Took all your guns? Abolished christianity and free speech? And interfered with voting?

Yeah, just like that.

"Just wake him up long enough to sign these pardons and executive orders. If he asks what they are, just make something up; he'll have forgotten in an hour"

Did she do anything? I seem to have missed it.

Seems nobody there actually read the book. If I remember correctly, it was about a fraud who pretended to be upper-class.

Was he given that test because there was a concern about his mental condition?