"We basically think that giving money makes you feel good," Ansolabehere told me.
"We basically think that the reason that Isil was able to get the safe haven that they have established in parts of Syria is because of Assad's policies.
HIRSCHBERG: Would it be safe to say that you guys basically think that New York doesn't need rebuilding through television?
Peta doesn't want stressed animals to be cruelly crowded into sheds, ankle deep in their own crap, because they don't want any animals to die – ever – and basically think that chickens should, in time, gain the right to vote.
"I basically think that resigning would have been, perhaps, the easy option given the last fortnight with the various criticisms that have been made and the effect that that's had on both myself and my family," he said.
He pointed out that his highest priorities have always been national security, armed forces, preparedness — "all of those issues that in earlier times may not have been so important, particularly all through the nineties, when we basically thought that, since the Cold War was over, we were just at peace".
"Kanan will always come down for taking a risk for freedom, for liberation, for emancipation," he said, "because I think he basically thinks that people are decent and good".
"I just basically thought that what was going to happen with my life is I would grow older, find a career, peace out and go live in the middle of nowhere and maybe start trying to meet a guy," he said.
