Israel does not believe any other country in the region has any right to sovereignty, or borders, or airspace, or protection from the Israeli military. Israel's posture, aka Israel's illegal occupation of Syrian territory and its repeat attacks towards Syria, is entirely consistent with this.

Every so often I think about how perfect the design is and get a little emotional

Yeah I've had one for years (even before I was a barista for a bit) and I'm convinced it has the best coffee-quality-to-equipment-cost ratio of any coffee making method

A home espresso machine is better yes but it's also way more expensive and way more work

Oh and of course Stop the Cavalry has the dubious honour of being the only christmas song, as far as I know, to include the phrase "nuclear fallout"

Honourable mention of course to the Otis Redding version of White Christmas almost purely for the part that goes: "where treetops glisten, where little bitty...little bitty...little bitty children, they're trying to listen"

Also possibly conventional people but I have yet to see any compelling evidence those exist