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Three Stereotypes from Two Neighboring Islands

An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman walk into a bar. (Sorry, no Welshmen.) Each orders a beer. Each soon finds that there's a fly in it. The Englishman turns his nose up, pushes the beer back across the bar and wants his money back. The Irishman fishes the fly out of the beer, tosses it away, and drinks happily. The Scot fishes the fly out of his beer, and holds it above the mug with one hand while prodding it with the thumb of the other hand. He shouts, "Spit it back out, ya thieving insect! Spit it back out!" Cymbal clash. ------------------------ So ... Tommy Tuberville may have ended Jeff Sessions' political career. If he does nothing else right in his life, that will still serve as a check in the bank of karma. Also, Tuberville, as the nominee of the Republican Party to be the next US Senator from Alabama, will probably win that seat. After all, Doug Jones, the incumbent and Tuberville's remaining adversary, got the job chiefly becaus...