Thanks, crew, for the latest session - thought-provoking, as usual!
And sorry for the loss of your pup, Timótheos and Alana. It is quite a fascinating topic of why we choose a particular dog over the other. My ex-wife brought a two-year old dog back from the pond a few years back. The dog was super-anxious and traumatised. I first thought "What disaster dog is this?". She would get totally panicked by the most banal things (little girls, rollerboards, other dogs etc.), but she started slowly to get more confidence, which was partly due to a lot of work we put in, being the leader of,the pack and thus giving her a secure frame of reverence. Today Zoey is very relaxed and self-confident and lovely to have around.
The point is, I would never have picked this dog, but my ex had intuitively picked the right one. So to try to do this process in a more conscious and informed way makes eminently sense to me.
As regarding Killary, I could envisage another scenario: Her being elected, but then "being disposed of" before the inauguration, thus making her Veep the new president. That would kill two flies with one swat - get Trump out of the game and a more "palatable" person POTUS. But that's of course merely a speculation.