re: #9 Tyrion

The fact that there is now a segment of America that would suck up to Russia(!) and take the things they say as more truthful than other Americans is just something that seems beyond the pale. Unfortunately, I think the “pale” is going to be much beyond for the next four years.

It is, actually, LITERALLY “beyond the pale.”

The meaning and origin of the expression: Beyond the pale
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