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Rampage, supreme court justices tend to skip such formalities as self-recusal. It's as if they're saying, if we're on the supreme court, we don't have to prove our ethical standard. We're here. We're ethical. Shiftless2, that could be it. I hope that's it. It'll be a stunner if after the...

Throw a dog on the barbie? Thanks for that one Shiftless1. It reminds me "A woman, without her man, is nothing." "A woman: without her, man is nothing." sear might like this, an ode to English Plurals We'll begin with a box, the plural is boxes. But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes. One of...

A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection. In July, an HIV-positive man became the first volunteer in a clinical trial aimed at using Crispr gene editing to...

LondonCNN — Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for pioneering the use of ancient DNA to unlock secrets about human evolution. The Nobel Committee said Monday that Pääbo “accomplished something seemingly impossible” when he sequenced the first Neanderthal genome...

Not much of a choice Oran. Trump is a talker, Biden at least tries. It'd be a good time for someone better, younger, smarter.

Rampage nuking civilians saves lives? Might seem implausible. But considering the attrition rates of the Pacific island battles, it may just be. Still a war crime though. Wolf When the only problem solving tool available is a hammer, problems may tend to look more like nails. Your perspective...

"Out of sight, out of mind" for some regarding Trump's January 6 insurrection. But this very serious crime, reportedly resulting in the most extensive criminal investigation in U.S. history, is not yet resolved. Wisconsin’s top Republican sues to block Jan. 6 subpoena By HARM VENHUIZENSeptember...

It may depend on how you score it. I read an account of Napoleon battling his way to Moscow. When he arrived he demanded Russian surrender. They laughed at him, and turned him out. And just as it had been for Napoleon's forces on their march to Moscow, being picked off by snipers etc., same deal...

I'd like to add Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A few days ago MbS was named the kingdom’s prime minister. He's the one who ordered journalist Jamal Khashoggi hacked to pieces. Your humanitarianism is praiseworthy Oran. But of all the bad guys, Putin included, Putin is the only...

It's diffusing with the generations sear. The drawl you mentioned for example. Children learning the language attune their own pronunciation to the dialect they're exposed to. That can include network radio or television news, which is often national, and based in New York, or Washington DC. DC...

Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper, dead at 59 CNN Coolio Dead at 59 TMZ "When you have no fear of god, that makes you godless. If you are godless, you can become heartless. And if you can become heartless, you can become ruthless. If you can become ruthless, you can become a killer."...

sear, Colbert is a satirist. What does it mean when to ridicule our enemy, he states the truth?

Trump hasn't become saintly lately. But Trump may be getting as much attention after his presidency ended as McKinley or Kennedy. Atlantic storms, Russia, and even a little about North Korean missiles tend to crowd Trump out. But he's still there, crooked as a pretzel.

The culture in Tennessee is different from that North of the Mason-Dixon line. "Them's fightin' words" the rhetorical prelude to a brawl. Perhaps Southerners just don't think themselves articulate enough to make their point persuasively with their hands in their pockets. This license plate...

Scheduled for today, the last January 6 insurrection hearings before the November elections. The hearings have been canceled due to Hurricane Ian. So much for the rigors of government work. The hearings were scheduled for Washington DC. Ian hasn't yet reached Florida's Gulf coast.

"Patriotism: the last refuge of a scoundrel." It appears racists and others rally around such symbols as the U.S. flag not to endorse what it officially stands for, but to attempt to falsely acquire, steal the legitimacy such symbols betoken, to elevate their disreputable cause. Mark mentions...

#FOXBusiness #HurricaneIan Hurricane Ian tracker: Storm barrels towards Florida | 9/27/22 Look out Florida. Follow this global warming trend and Florida has some serious long term problems. It's not practical to build a dike sheath to protect the peninsula. However there are some things that...

Oran, your clash may be in conflating the two unions. You're right of course about the economic diversity among the 50 States of the US union. Each State has an economy. But it's not chiefly an economic union, more geographic than economic. The national economy works it out. The cost of living...

Bloomberg covered this story. Dallas News, NPR, CBS, BBC, and others. It's not getting the level of attention it seems to deserve. I'm not sure how much of a factor it is, political hot potato in Texas? Too hot to handle? The path to correction is clear but uncertain. Wouldn't surprise me if...

The public shaming Hawthorne / The Scarlet Letter style is obvious. And this may invite petty vandalism across Tennessee. There's also a risk of mob violence when the Saturday night crowd in the biker bar parking lot clashes with the despised minority. Crime stats may register the...