This statement has been sent back to the Politburo for further consideration. I suspect that people with a high level of personal confidence, self-eff...
As difficult as it is to exceed 100% nut content, American politics is nuttier now. I don't know of any politicians in office who are working for open...
Half of my crowns are made out of lithium disilicate, and they are very even tempered. None of them have had a bipolar episode. Lithium disilicate cry...
And every dentist will tell you that the dose of radiation from dental x-rays is really low, even after they've done 100 x-rays to get 5 really great ...
My opponents on the border issue are actually not conservatives, Republicans, or Trumpettes. Rather, they are my left liberal kin who are focused on t...
Please bring your experiences into alignment with my inerrant suspicions. Of course! Every generalization about personality, politics, predispositions...
I think we are born with quite a few predispositions. It isn't that we are born "Republican" or "Socialist" of course. It's more about how we respond ...
This is something of an aside Yesterday I watched a short Deutsche Welle documentary Are Humans Getting Dumber and Dumber? During much of the 20th cen...
As well you should! The advantage of aging (provided one still has all of one's marbles) is that we gain perspective on what we learned and experience...
It's surprising how early everything happened. Lincoln, for instance, sent instructions to his generals and received reports by telegraph and received...
And now for something completely different - not about food! I wasn't aware of the use of siege guns during the civil war. Here's a picture: https://u...
Professionals in a field use less vernacular terms. "Alcoholic" is a one-size-fits-all term, and a "shopping addict" is quite different from the "meth...
If he does not want help, then he most likely will neither accept, receive, or benefit from it. He'll remain an alcoholic, and will probably die from ...
Reasoning with an alcoholic... hmmm. How well does that usually work? What we collectively need to do is recognize alcoholism as a disease and not a m...
During prohibition the supply chain was cut. The Feds were able to shut down brewing and distilling. There were then 4 sources of alcohol: a) Supplies...
Examining information carefully with an eye toward "the truth" is a time-consuming habit, and it can be difficult. There are good reasons why people b...
This ad appeared on the page displaying stats on alcohol consumption. Right. What better time to advertise alcohol than when someone is wondering what...
As of January, the state tax (where I live) was 3.46 cents per cigarette, or 69.2 cents per package of 20. The city / county (where I live) has an 8% ...
It's important to remember that people smoke and drink (and use other drugs) because the effects are pleasant -- at least in the short run. True enoug...
When presented with statements, I make a number of critical judgements: Has the source of the statement previously been reliable? Is the content of th...
I'm glad I don't live in your town, I grew up in a very small town; the town owns the hard liquor store (but not the beer joints). Small towns are not...
Should you sell -- junk food to an obese person? -------------------- cigarettes to someone with COPD? -------------------- candy to a diabetic? In re...
I would say, "No one is required to have religious beliefs here". Not taking religion seriously, however, seems ill-advised, at best. Religion is part...
If the guy next door invites you to join him and his kin for an exhaust pipe weenie roast, must you accept the invitation? If you accept, what are you...
hmmm yes, the brussels sprouts are an uncharacteristically classy addition. White gravy is probably not accustomed to decorative green flecks, either....
Meaning might be use, but we have to agree on how use means what. That where grammar comes in. Otherwise use is useless in this monstrous meaningless ...
Meaningless to whom" because 'whom' is the object of the preposition. 'Who' is subjective. In the vast meaningless mess of the cosmos, grammar rules a...
Quite possibly true, but we don't live in the grand scheme of things. We biological beings come and go pretty quickly. In the petite scheme of things,...
In the real world, some people are trashy. Just personally, I don't think anybody is under any obligation to think, believe, or feel positively about ...
How do you parse out "belief" from "bias"? If I think that blacks are less intelligent than whites, is that a belief or a bias? (fact: I don't think t...
Related to that... the presence of tape worms in the gut can bring allergy relief because the worms suppress the immune response (which would be aimed...
Watching Adams respond to the Rasmusson Poll did seem like a deliberate career-ending act. 13:28] He's been doing Dilbert for about 34 years. The Rasm...
I've tried several kombuchas and thought they were all pretty tasty. However... the gut contains thousands of different bacteria and yeast species. ko...
This is all very interesting. Curious and curiouser. I had not heard of Scott Adams, and wasn't much interested in the Dilbert comic strip. I don't re...
I was shocked at seeing run of the mill canned baked beans on the "full English breakfast' plate. I ate them anyway. The F.E.B. goes back to the 14th/...
I watched several of Scott Adams' YouTube blogs after I heard about Dilbert being cancelled and that he had called black people a hate group. He began...
Fried green tomatoes have not been discussed. I'm surprised Hanover hasn't mentioned them. We had fried green tomatoes in the fall after everyone was ...
Nothing to do with food. https://64.media.tumblr.com/5f3eff8cefeb8c79768103adbdf2d698/8ad80b52ec6da85f-60/s640x960/e1f0e15ca50e7fb53708849b3b1ee2d3686...
When it comes to grammar and lexicon, I am not as liberal as @"Hanover". (I am as aware as he is that language changes over time.). Yes, I am aware th...
Did you mean the B in doubt? Or has Georgia developed an indubitably devious pronunciation of "doub"? Or maybe you just leave the ending consonant off...
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