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"A broken clock is right twice a day." This aphorism originates in the previous millennium, before the proliferation of the electronic digital clock. In some cases then as now this somewhat anachronistic perspective may still be true. "Penny wise, Pound foolish." An allusion to the British...

Two separate issues: a) Does extraterrestrial life equal to or more advanced than on Earth, exist elsewhere in the cosmos? b) If so, where are they? Why isn't one of their flying saucers illegally parked in your back yard right now? Have you ever seen a U.F.O.? Ever encountered an E.T.? If...

Cap', I've got no dog in the "Gold standard" fight. Seems to me [my own ignorant opinion] backing $fiat money with bullion would be the best bulwark against runaway $inflation. In the 1950's U.S. paper currency was explicitly backed by Silver (like British £Pounds Sterling), U.S. greenbacks...

FOX News tends to present Trump favorably. But does this presidential coverage rise to the level of authentic journalism? Or is FOX merely shilling for the president? Rashomon ... pioneered the Rashomon effect, a plot device that involves various characters providing subjective, alternative...

mi·cro·plas·tic (mīkrō-plăs′tĭk) n. A tiny plastic piece, fragment, or fiber, especially one that measures less than 5 millimeters in length or diameter. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved...

Netanyahu is playing Trump with his ridiculous Nobel peace prize nomination Mohamad Bazzi Thu 10 Jul 2025 12.00 EDT There’s a cynical logic behind Netanyahu’s publicity stunt: he is exploiting Trump’s need for flattery to prolong Israel’s brutal war on Gaza “Benjamin Netanyahu nominates Donald...

Human society has advanced to the stage where a substantially illiterate population would handicap, restrain the national economy, the GDP. The U.S. remedy for this is "public" education, a euphemism for "government" schooling. Education is compulsory, truancy not permitted. BUT !! We allow...

May 22, 2025, 10:46 AM GMT-5 The U.S. will soon mint its last penny The Treasury Department said it made its last order of blank pennies. It currently costs 3.7 cents to make the 1-cent coin. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/treasury-dept-winding-penny-production-rcna208522 Inflation...

VP JD Vance is runaway Republican candidate, polling reveals Rob Crilly / Fri, May 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM EDT Donald Trump may appear to be running an Apprentice-style contest to select his successor but a new poll reveals that there is only one name in the frame for voters. JD Vance, the...

Army ditches helicopters for new radical air assault planes Tiltrotor planes are replacing Black Hawk helicopters and the Army wants them now By Rebecca Grant Fox News / Published May 11, 2025 8:00am EDT "We can't actually do the large-scale, long-range air assault...

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from Shiftless2 This one is important enough to have its own thread This thread is locked. BUT ! There's a duplicate thread at CitizenVoice / Main Forum. Contributions / comments welcome at: https://citizenvoice.us/threads/suicide-hotline.465/ Please don't judge the world by the...

We have a few additional "Like" options to respond to a post. I don't want my emoji apathy to be a contagion. When awarding a post a dislike "like", shouldn't we avoid the "kill the messenger" response? Inauguration Day has rendered us awash with bad news. BUT !! Is awarding the post a...

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Democrats worry on ‘how disadvantaged they are right now as a brand’ and their descent into the minority against Trump and MAGA Rhian Lubin / Fri, March 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM EDT Democrats are “f***** right now,” one strategist warned, as others said the party risks becoming a “permanent minority”...

Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states By CHARLOTTE KRAMON / Updated 11:05 PM GMT-5, March 14, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) — Earlier this year, Michael Woolfolk attended a legislative committee in Georgia where lawmakers considered for a third year...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. inspired by Matthew 7:12 (the Golden Rule) None the less, life is messy, some deviate with this sensible behavioral convention. Some of those deviants are murderers. Some of those murderers are condemned to capital execution. "The Devil's in...

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