@jbenjamint @cstross for Charles I it didn't work, they cut off his head anyway.

@marjolica @jbenjamint Admittedly it took until Chuckles tried to start up a THIRD insurrection before parliament got around to shortening him. Hopefully Congress will deal with Trump a bit more briskly?

@hans @cstross the older I get the more I appreciate the need for preventative maintenance.

This applies to the operation of government as much as to any other machinery

@hans, yes, it'd… head off a host of other problems.