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"... a very unstable moment" catalyzed by if not caused by the "extremely stable genius" *? That's a calculation complicated by the context of our rapidly evolving globalization. Even if international trade ratios were restored to pre-Trump levels, the complexities / advancements of the global...

They've been called "old sayings". Some may have been truisms, but no longer are. Example: "What goes up must come down." NASA's unmanned probe Voyager won't be back until the "big crunch" *. Many of them are authored by, or attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Many more are from the Holy Bible...

Even if so, it may not necessarily be malice. It instead may be over-compensation, in an effort to be, or seem to be fair.

Why? Does RFKj have a sincere disbelief in pathogen science? If so, based upon what? He knows that's contrary to scientific consensus. To what does RFKj attribute this widespread international conspiracy? What "information" (opinion / delusion) does RFKj base his position on? If not, what is...

Iran shuts door on direct talks as U.S. seeks Pakistan's help Trump to send envoys to Islamabad as Iran rules out direct talks Islamabad hosts backchannel efforts to keep negotiations alive despite deep mistrust between Washington and Tehran. MUNIR AHMED, SAMY MAGDY, and JON GAMBRELL Fri, April...

Venn There are both natural, and supernatural motives. I've witnessed each. In context of a bar brawler that deliberately splashes his beer broadly at the bar, and then assaults & batters his chosen splatter victim, yes. In context of an income tax cheat, serving time for indebtedness to the...

"Ethics is the scientific study of right & wrong." Tom Clancy While it may be true that ethics precedes law, ethics does NOT preclude law. Therefore law should support ethics, not circumvent it. what is good vs. what is true ( ethics vs. epistemology ) The concept of...

Bartholomew "Epi, if you were cast away on a desert island, but could have one Hollywood star as companion, who would you choose? Epiglottis "The one shaped most like an ocean liner."

I was riding the cross-town bus when an elephant boarded, and sat beside me. "Wow! I never saw an elephant ride a bus before!" The elephant replied, "You may never again. I'm going to the repair shop to pick up my unicycle."

Late night entertainer Kimmel has some nicknames for our president, including: - Vladimir Gluten - founding farter - hunchback of bloatradame :rolleyes:

I've had a few good friends that spoke Spanish as their native tongue. They were neither Spaniards nor Inquisitors, none named Torquemada. Separately, among the Christians I've known, my 6th grade teacher, about the most saintly man I've ever met. It was rural New York State in the mid-1960's...

Please don't misjudge religion by those that parasitize it. I've known a few Christians in my life. They were extraordinary persons.

I'm an inveterate if not an invertebrate fence straddler. There's no denying the obvious appeal of ideological simplicity. But in practice, pure systems don't seem to do very well. Laissez-faire stock markets are but one example. Seems simple. But without protection from insider...

You may have missed the point, and in so doing made an even more important point. There's more than one way from an ostensible churchman to diverge from religious discipline. - One is by error. - The other by fraud. It is the latter that attracts much attention. In many cases they're not...

Too late. I agree, the humanless automobiles already navigating public roadways have been released to the task prematurely. BUT !! I believe a combination of automated airliner controls, and substantially upgraded ground-based radio infrastructure could reduce risk under adverse landing...

It's not only the familiar U.S. political duopoly, Democrats & Republicans. We have 3rd party clatter too. Discouraging. Frantically searching for the adult in the room only to find the only ones in the room are infants in diapers, dismal. Here's what one adult has to say about it...

Jim Jordan blames Democrats for 10 percent approval rating of Congress Max Rego / Thu, April 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM GMT-5 Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blamed Democrats for the approval rating of Congress falling to a mere 10 percent in a new Gallup poll. Speaking to host Stuart Varney on Fox Business...

and A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how...

Perhaps related: Paraphrase of Paul Harvey: The good news is, by the year 2000 80% of our drinking water will come from sewage treatment plants. The bad news is, there won't be enough of it to go around. I'm OK w/ running spent cooking oil as diesel engine fuel. But we'll have to eat a lot...

Canada isn't the only sensible trade partner in this solar system. Bottom line, President Trump's America First policies are incrementally making America last. Deservedly so.