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Woody Allen acknowledged if he'd been born into an aboriginal American tribe before Columbus was born, he would not have prospered the way he has. I've wondered what genius born in the 6th Century described things so beyond the comprehension of his associates that they dismissed him as a...

President Trump is a master at partisan name-calling. It doesn't mean Trump isn't guilty. It simply introduces questions about those that want Trump to keep his campaign promise regarding this Epstein material. "... troublemakers and radical left lunatics" U.S. President Trump as reported by...

The resolutely unenlightened dismiss as "woke" those that perceive the preferable course is to compensate, correct for the atmospheric changes 8 billion humans have caused which have disturbed the previous less disastrous status quo. BUT ! It seems a decisive faction has decided we should...

This comment has me puzzling over these occasional mismatches between physical body, and emotional perspective. Some of us are lucky to have both in accord. What insight into evolution is provided by these minority mismatches?

#2,126 "Mom sat on the same board as the CEO of IBM and convinced him to take a risk on her son's new company" Gates "Started Amazon with $300,000 in seed capital from his parents and more from some rich friends" Bezos "The son of a powerful congressman who owned an investment company" Buffett...

I'm not sure what to conclude from this #1,588. It's standard practice for government to protect the identity of minor children? That the fact that they're minor children is corroborated by the fact that they're demonstrably protected this way? Other?

Impressive photoshop. ☑️

Non-New Yorkers may not know: While New York State in political (partisan) aggregate is "blue", majority Democrat, that's mainly due to the high population concentration of Democrats in the Southern tier, including New York, New York, the city so nice they named it twice. BUT ! In terms of...

- piffle Talbert - An orange man already has, apparently with impunity. [BUT ! Your point is excruciatingly well taken.]

a) Thank you S2. b) True. c) One of my standards which has helped me to reach seniority is having a viable "Plan-B". d) Plan-A may be as simple as monitoring reliable local weather forecasts, particularly those that include satellite / computer generated weather maps which display both areas...

US withdraws from WHO pandemic response reforms Washington says amendments to global health regulations risk interfering in US ‘sovereign right to make health policy’. By Al Jazeera Staff / Published On 18 Jul 202518 Jul 2025 Washington, DC – The United States has withdrawn from reforms...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-flesh-eating-bacteria-risk-who-what-area-rcna219586

The Studebaker Brothers built hundreds of wagons for the North during the Civil War and, by the time the United States was 100 years old, the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. was the largest producer of horse-drawn vehicles in the world...

I too don't know if it's authentic. Reason for doubt: Media are more State oriented there, BBC etc. Reason for suspecting authenticity: the quality of the graphic is high in terms of illumination, color balance, camera orientation, the wrinkle in the upper right of the pic. The caption is...

Thank you S2. I glanced around for such reference, came up empty.