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Government shutdown update - Politics·Fox News 'Opening Pandora's Box': Mike Johnson backs Trump after warning White House about deal with Democrats Speaker Mike Johnson rallied Republicans around President Donald Trump's deal with Democrats to keep the government funded, Fox News Digital was...

In the discourse of public debate one of the easy ways to identify the legitimate* side is the integrity of the rhetoric. No. Not the "right to be on the track team". Instead, whether to compete on the male team, or the female team. * or in some cases the less illegitimate

And if the Internet is used only as a conduit of transmission, and not a permanent storage repository, coordination if any is internal. Grant money for research is the opposite of the profit motive for the bureaucrats employed to administer such things. BUT the recipient universities are the...

"I think it's time for him [Donald Trump ("R"-NY) Republican 2016 presidential candidate] to look like a serious candidate for president." Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) "I'm an extremely stable genius." President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump 19/05/23 "When the 'extremely...

A "sanity check" would help here. This iteration of hostilities began during the Biden administration. Trump wants a Nobel prize. So Trump cramps Netanyahu's style (Netanyahu wanted to continue the carnage until there were no Palestinians left alive), the compromise: declare implementation of a...

This didactic question posted "under the wire", 12 hours before the end of January, 2026 / ET deadline, has earned the prestigious DIDACTIC QUESTION / STEAMER OF THE MONTH award @CV.us "Blame"? They're humans, many with parental and or other responsibilities. Sitting this one out doesn't cram...

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NPR Peter Sagal reports over half the crew associated with the presidential infomercial Melania asked to not be listed in the credits.

- omg - Gotny left over ?

Thank you R5 & S2, If you'll pardon the narrow "bean-counter's" conclusion, without changing the %GDP spent on healthcare, significant reduction in administrative costs mean significantly $more available to actual healthcare, band-aids and pelves and stuff.

“Happiness is not a reward, it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment, it is a result.” attributed to Robert G. Ingersoll

Trump's $value as a global leader is somewhere in between these two $values inclusive.

Indeed. Right, the street corner VD clinic isn't likely to find a new cure for cancer. But they too benefit from lowering operating costs by improving operations. Simple example, perhaps not developed at university research centers, having patients complete forms online, to reduce hard-copy...

I thought doctors left that to their administrative staff. I'm all for standardization. 50 years ago I might have found that a little less implausible. But the rate of change is increasing exponentially. Diseases previously regarded as incurable are not merely being treated, but cured. In...

in·fi·del (ĭnfĭ-dəl, -dĕl′) n. 1. Often Offensive An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam. 2. One who has no religious beliefs. 3. One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle. [Middle English infidele, from Old French, from...

"Very odd and disturbing" but quite what we should expect electing to the presidency a candidate with dozens of felony convictions. Trump pardoning his Jan. 6 co-conspirators indicates Trump is less about serving either the People, or the Constitution, and more about serving himself.

On the vanilla FOX page, the headline is: Trump brokers last-minute funding deal as Senate Republicans swallow bitter pill https://www.foxnews.com/ note to S2 & R5, the above headline would not C-&-P (either?). Click the teaser headline, and the full article has a different headline...

There are few plausible explanations for such disparity, none of them flattering to the U.S. policy makers responsible.

Isn't such international kidnapping an act of war? A violation of the target nation's sovereignty? If the United States is guilty it should be forced to pay a painful and enduring penalty for this inexcusable breach of civilization. And if it is possible to punish those US government officials...

Which refers to religion. Problem is, true to the author's intent or not, "...slay the infidels wherever ye find them..." Holy Qur'an: Sura (chapter) 9 Verse 5 is deemed by those brandishing, flailing their scimitars not merely to distinguish supernaturalists from others, but as posted...