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BF Skinner made the point that so many of the perceived technological "solutions" we've implemented have been the basis for a new round of technological problems (requiring a new round of technological solution). Monsanto & others are already fiddling w/ GMO. Bill Gates seems to be fiddling...

Trump has already seized the Gulf of Mexico semantically, now ostensibly "the Gulf of America". :cautious: Whether we Kharg or not, will we Cuba, or Canada, or Greenland? Allowing this maniac back into the white house was an devastating blunder. The east wing is gone.

Oh. I know of no plant, no photosynthesizer that directly produces gasoline. BUT ! When corn State senators decided mandating 10% ethanol in gasoline from corn was a good idea, the quality of our automotive fuel plummeted, and the cost of Mexican peasant food increased by about a third. So...

It's a new millennium. The United States of America can no longer be protected, our sovereignty preserved, with club-wielding guards disbursed along our borders, or even infantrymen holding fortified positions ... That wouldn't protect from international trade scams, cyber-probes, electronic...

Trump is an insurrectionist ring-leader. Why is he not in prison?

I've never heard of that. Did it complicate applying to higher learning? In our culture we decorate the wall with diplomas. I figured there was more to it than decor. I've forgotten the number, but decades ago I read an anecdote that said early humans lived their entire lives within X miles of...

Trump says U.S. will seize Iran's Kharg Island as war reignites Frank Andrews / Thu, June 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM GMT-5 What to know about the Iran war today president Trump said Thursday that the U.S. would launch "very hard" new strikes on Iran within hours and seize vital Iranian oil...

I severely wish I'd had that option. Any body that wants to pomp & circumstance, be my guest, BUT ! Keep me entirely out of it.

"... so I was all in favor" of the Iraq War, because Obama opposed it? - or - "... so I was all in favor" of Obama ... ? I wasn't aware even Obama's most rabid Republican critics had [falsely] accused Obama of being "a war monger in Libya, Egypt, Syria, the Ukraine, etc." I'm confident Obama...

Republicans cut more than this one category of spending. Cherry-picking negative consequence for partisan bias confirmation is silly. That is NOT an endorsement of the cut, or the cutters, Trump / Musk / Republicans. Instead it's journalistic integrity.

No. Not "conservatives". They're pseudo-cons. Please do not semantically ennoble them with dignity they surely do not deserve.

Is this an insult where they denied her the formality of ceremonial graduation, BUT she got her diploma? Or ... ?

The palm oil angle is news to me but I've encountered reports of the following before: This Tree Produces Pure Diesel Fuel. Yields 40 Liters A Year. Mar 9, 2026 ... fuel you can pour directly into an engine. The Copaifera langsdorffii, nicknamed the "Diesel Tree," can be tapped like a maple...

Not all governance is a dictatorship. A representative democracy is generally not. Many dictators wear trousers. That does not mean all that wear trousers are dictators.

There are too many exceptions for that to be regarded a viable rule. Individual citizens cannot: - tax - police motor-vehicle traffic - mount national defense - many other examples "A government exists when it has a reasonable monopoly on the legitimate use of violence." George Will

Yes BUT ! State executions set a standard of homicide most persons won't mirror. However many among us will raise children. And many well raised children are taught not to hit their schoolmates. Ironically, hypocritically, some parents punish violations of this standard by spanking the...

Jeffery Lee breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after Alabama’s nitrogen execution is deemed unconstitutional Moments after a federal judge permanently blocked his execution by nitrogen gas, Lee told NBC News he was prepared to keep fighting. His fate remains uncertain. June 10, 2026, 3:41 PM GMT-5 /...

Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ after consumer price index hits 3-year high Published Wed, Jun 10 202612:25 PM EDTUpdated 5 Hours Ago Dan Mangan@in/danmangancnbc/@_DanMangan President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, “I love the inflation” after being asked if he was concerned about new...

Humanity has long puzzled over whether "power corrupts", or whether power attracts the corruptible. We as individuals have priorities. Trump seems to have filtered out those that value the exercise of power over benevolence. Thus in Pulte's case (among others, RFKj for example) even competence...

A Holocaust survivor dies and gets to heaven and tells God a Holocaust joke. God says, “That’s not funny.” Jewish guy says, “I’m sorry, I guess you had to be there.”