Recent content by sear

#3,428 Here R5 is right on the law, wrong on the president. And to be illegal, it doesn't. I know. He's POTUS. We may lapse, and think perhaps he's inclined to operate within the law. Wrong. Anyone finding themselves swerving that far off course should remind themselves of Jan. 6. Armed...

I've puzzled over why some trees go about 70 years & then poop out, while the giant sequoia can go more than ten times that. Telomeres? I suspect a £budget issue.

1,200-year-old Robin Hood oak tree in Sherwood Forest has died, group says CBS/AP Updated Thu, June 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM GMT-5 A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is believed to have died...

McDonald’s AI drive-thru may take your next order McDonald’s is testing ArchIQ, an AI system that can take drive-thru orders, speak multiple languages and help managers run restaurants By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report Fox News / Published June 18, 2026 1:04pm EDT...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_safe_for_work

Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth Planning a special celebration?

Here's how Trump's memo of understanding with Iran compares to the Obama nuclear deal June 17, 2026 / 6:45 PM EDT / CBS News The Trump administration says its memorandum of understanding is far superior to the Obama administration's 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...

Oh. I suspect many didn't know that. Human population median age: 31 years. That means most born after 1994, right?

The inmates have overtaken the asylum. therefore :( X 2

painfully clever

I had a look @ https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Applied_Mathematics/Book%3A_College_Mathematics_for_Everyday_Life_(Inigo_et_al)/07%3A_Voting_Systems/7.01%3A_Voting_Methods I couldn't find a sample ballot. Processing a complex ballot is one issue. Compiling and submitting them, another...

I do not know. https://armistice-museum.com/the-treaty-of-versailles/ What do you have in mind here S2? "A picture is worth a thousand words." That one, perhaps 800. It makes a perfectly valid point about Iran's superiority, but undermines the public impression of checkers.

The Iranians have Trump dancing to their tune. Trump has persuasively demonstrated, convinced the Iranians of his incompetent negotiating skill with such neophyte blunders as repeatedly announcing a peace deal with Iran. Iran understands, once Trump has made that commitment public, to protect...

One of America's most dangerous fault lines reaches highest stress levels in 1,000 years, study finds As stress increases along these Southern California fault lines, so too does the likelihood of a dangerous earthquake, with a new study putting the concerning spotlight on...

Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said: "I would only be shocked if the alien were in fact humanoid because of just the statistics of biological variation on Earth, where we have DNA in common with all other life, and most life is not humanoid on Earth,"...