Recent content by sear

R5 for president ! I'm not wild about having explosives mandated inside my car. I understand, requiring school children to be vaccinated promotes herd immunity, at least in theory. But if an individual voting taxpayer prefers the risks of no airbag to the risks of airbag, U.S. government/s...

TMfL ! hoist by one's own petard meaning: victimized by one's own scheme Where does the phrase hoist with one's own petard come from? Aside from historical references to siege warfare, and occasional contemporary references to...

and Not the only "Donald Trump" with a fan for similar reason.

Soluble and insoluble are antonyms. Flammable and inflammable are synonyms. :oops: flam·ma·ble (flămə-bəl) adj. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly. [From Latin flammāre, to set fire to, from flamma, flame; see bhel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: Inflammable...

Seems to me there was a time when such report would be cause for alarm. In the Trump era it barely raises a ho-hum. era error

(n)❗ Nader split the Dem. Florida vote, resulting in SCOTUS ruling for Bush in Bush v. Gore, resulting in Governor Bush [R-TX] being inaugurated president. 😲 - piffle - Seatbelts were the thin edge of the wedge. Mandatory airbags the predictable result. Takata the consequence...

The inscription on this MLK memorial: "I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE, PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS" Well ?! Shall we not have a memorial for Trump? After all, they've unfairly removed Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, right? AND ! If / when we have a Trump memorial, shouldn't it have an...

NHL: The Stanley Cup Finals is the NHL's counterpart to MLB's World Series, except baseball is mind-numbingly boring, and ice hockey is a quick-paced close-quarter competition. This evening's game #2 in this season's best of 7 series was won in OT, leaving the series tied. These teams are...

Media Alert: on PBS, perhaps Friday (check local listings) PBS: American Experience Casa Susanna An underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men find freedom and acceptance at a house...

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from #3,320 For scientific reasons, they might wish to try going Brazilian.

"If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em w/ bull poo - poo ." & incidentally, #3,316 lists "the $368 million network of instruments" which means recovering all $368 million, unlikely, would save less than a quarter, less than 25% of Trump's $1.776 $Billion insurrectionist slush...

Early in U.S. history the U.S. presidency was perceived to be a somewhat custodial position. In the 20th Century the U.S. presidency has evolved to be an instrument of power that not only extends throughout the nation, but around the globe. The utilitarian view, the greatest benefit for the...

Monday, May 18, 2026 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Part of settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that as a part of the settlement agreement in President...

note: Some in the U.S. may have some degree of contempt for aljazeera.com Whatever the case, as this news source is popular in the Middle East it may be deemed less likely to present U.S. partisan bias. Corroborating that, this post #14 is the second addressing the U.S. Constitution's First...