When Old Friends Turn up in the News

The best thing about this story (for us personally) is not only that we knew the suspect quite closely at university, but actually went on a year-long conflict resolution programme around the world with her, which was about as Kumbaya lefty as you could possibly imagine. A person can really change* in a decade or two.

Also, there but for the grace of God go I though, right? Let he who hasn't come this close to marrying a phoney, apelike conspiracy theorist who lies to tens of millions of people on a daily basis so he can personally benefit from the destruction of the fabric of society cast the first stone. Also, in the words of the late great Rick James: cocaine is a helluva drug..…

*Although by all accounts substance abuse has remained a reliable, steadfast constant.....