Shorter SdB

• Turkey has been given genuine defensive assistance rather than the massive Kurd-destroying force de frappe it asked for, and this is a defeat for the French in some way.
• Reality television is horrible, particularly in its treatment of homophobic murderers

And a quick thought for the day ...

I am absolutely sure that the main reason why the antiwar movement is so popular is that a very great number of people are thinking of their own selfish interest; they do not want the disruption, possible economic damage and general unease associated with a war. "It is not to the benevolence of the butcher or baker that we look ..."