[Ciaphas Cain]

Not gonna believe it until we see it happen.

There are some who cling to power until the uttermost bitter end. Nothing short of the hand of God will wrest from their grasp even the most minute shred of earthly glory.

I would not want to be at McCain's side when the inevitable comes, now almost certainly very soon. More likely than not, it would be a pathetic spectacle that would haunt one forever.

And I don't want to begin to imagine what it will be like for Hillary when her own time comes.

[Albion Wilde]

There are some who cling to power until the uttermost bitter end. Nothing short of the hand of God will wrest from their grasp even the most minute shred of earthly glory.

Mene, mene, teckel, uparsim.

That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean (Babylonian) king was killed, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom. — Daniel 5:30–31

[hal ogen]

“haunt” should read “amuse”?