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That's not a refutation of fact. It's contempt, dismissal of process. I understand an mRNA flu vaccine CAN differ on molecular level from the legacy variety. Must it absolutely do so? That the conventionally manufactured molecule can't be manufactured with mRNA, indistinguishable by its process...

- OR - The two obvious criteria for such observations are: a) Authority, as S2 #538 suggests. OR b) Validity. I haven not studied this. But from what little I have gleaned from headlines over the decades I'm left with the impression the product, the actual vaccine is not intrinsically defined...

"I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had read of the effects of smoking that he gave up reading." Lord Conesford I'm pro-choice, I prefer only the choicest cuts of cattle.

Indeed, thanks for the clarification. I hadn't intended to conflate the two exactly, except: a) There's more to my #1,944 than scare quote parsimony. It reflects my contempt for contempt. Is one that hates hate a hater? b) "First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because...

Can we rule out the possibility this is a current issue because the bureaucrats involved secretly enjoy tormenting queers? Or is this government so incompetent it can't find a way out from under? Is there a rational reason the DMV doesn't implement a 3 gender standard, M, F, & O ? Is there a...

Appeals Court Upholds Right To Film Police—but Grants Immunity to Cops Who Arrested a Connecticut Videographer The 2nd Circuit is the latest federal circuit court to find a First Amendment right to record the police. C.J. Ciaramella / Tue, August 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM GMT-5 U.S. Court of Appeals...

source: PBS News Hour 26/08/18 Hmmm I wonder why.

News | Russia-Ukraine war Russian attacks kill 10 in Kharkiv as Ukrainian drones hit Moscow Russian attacks reportedly killed 10 people and injured eight in Ukraine’s Kharkiv. By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP / Published On 18 Aug 202618 Aug 2026 Ukraine launched more than 620 drones at Moscow...

Media Disney-owned ABC files First Amendment lawsuit against FCC Published Tue, Aug 18 20269:11 AM EDT Updated Tue, Aug 18 202612:57 PM EDT Lillian Rizzo@Lilliannnn Key Points Disney-owned ABC has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC. The lawsuit comes after the FCC began an early...

Check the link. The statistical trend is unmistakable. Occasionally in statistics there can be a deviation, one data point that is not consistent with the general trend. I don't see that in the chart displayed at: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ratios.html Then you disagree with facts, public...

Champions of ignorance. Seems hypocritical to me. If these banned texts should not be read, how do the book-banners know? Did they read them? If they did, where's the harm? They seem to have survived. If they didn't, on what basis is the ban?

yeah ! Up yours horatio ! right ?

Trump didn't invent Machiavellianism. He has burnished it extensively. "America First" might seem appealing in casual xenophobic consideration. #573 demonstrates, however paradoxical Trump's attempt to make the U.S. first has failed. It is a net detriment. The flaw in Trump's simpleminded...

a) Indeed. b) The issue is clearly defined here, a detrimental trend in public opinion. For the health of the nation, for the benefit of humanity, should basic diversity tolerance be taught at successive levels starting in elementary school? If not that, what?

R5, please pardon my simple-minded intrusion. I reduce this issue to mathematical simplicity. Ratio of Social Security Covered Workers to Beneficiaries Calendar Years 1940 - 2013 According to ht tps://www.ssa.gov/history/ratios.html in 1940 the ratio was over 150. It reached 4 by 1965. By 2013...

Who are "they"? HOW do you know? Is there a security leak that needs security improvement? (y) "Jewish space lasers" ?! 🌴 🌴 = palm plant

Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2019 killing of his landlord A Virginia man found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing fled the United States on a one-way flight to Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from a state mental health...

But Castro's victory was not U.S. trade policy. I apologize if any part of my post seems like a "mine is bigger than yours" contest. I'll sidestep your "no valid reason" formulation and state simply I believe the U.S. has overdone it, PARTICULARLY in this 2nd Trump administration. Perhaps...

I suspect McConnell's formerly keen mental faculties have failed him, because McConnell's absence from the senate obviously isn't being handled well. Keeping this secret obviously isn't a very good idea. Why would McConnell's coterie resort to secrecy, unless they just can't come up with a...

If it were a simple binary: either: - trade policy, or - no trade policy we could pick one. BUT ! It isn't. So isn't it basically a question of whose ox is gored?