T_Clark

I don't think I'm providing any positive contribution to this thread, so I'll bow out.

My understanding is that they plan to plant kudzu on the ocean bottom as a way of controlling the whales.

The claim in the OP isn't that behavior can cause damaging genetic changes that cause disease. It is that human behavior can cause positive genetic ch...

I would not be at all surprised.

Yes, I agree. There is evidence to show that smoking causes cancer.

More alarming news: The article does not indicate whether the whales took cupcakes, orange soda, or other similar food items.

Do you have any references that provide data to justify this claim? I can believe that changes in behavior will improve health and help let us live lo...

WARNING!!! Coincidence? Is there danger of an ursine diabetes outbreak?

Rehoboth Beach started out as a Methodist beach camp back in the 1870s.

I know what you mean when you say monster hunt. It really was a change in style and tempo. It did feel a bit anticlimactic. As for plot - it made me t...

Miellville is one of those writers I wouldn't read except electronically. His use of language is skilled and idiosyncratic. On the other hand, it neve...

I finished it. I don't know anyone who writes better. His language is wonderful, visual. So do you have a kindle? I noticed it is on sale for $2.99 in...

Thanks for sharing my obsession with Rehoboth Beach. This would normally a big weekend there, but it's been very cool—60s. It's only supposed to get i...

When I was young, it was The Champagne of Bottled Beers, not to be confused with Schlitz which was The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous. Which brings t...

According to the CDC, in 2021, the life expectancy in the U.S. for women was 79.1 years, and for men, 73.2 years, a difference of almost 6 years, the ...

I guess I assumed this is what your internal monologue is always saying.

Apparently I've lead people astray. I was making one of my typical smart-ass remarks and people have taken it seriously. That being said, I agree with...

I hope you won't be offended if I am skeptical.

I'm a bit embarrassed to say I drink Bud Lite. Lighter beers are the only ones my stomach can handle these days. I try to keep my consumption of alcoh...

Agreed.

Perhaps I'll start a thread - What is the correct ethical position on Bud Lite?

Point out the comments you find offensive and I'll respond.

A couple of thoughts: I've gone back through my posts in this thread and I didn't find any where I suggested compassion towards "an organized online g...

An old joke - Shut up he explained.

The fact I don't agree with a lot of what is being written here is not a sign I don't understand what is being discussed. And I haven't been aiming fo...

Perhaps, but it doesn't imply "...that there is a male need/right to heterosexual sex that society, (women specifically,) ought to provide and does no...

A few years ago there was a nasty, bitter discussion which proposed the same measures you are describing, but with the roles reversed - only women wou...

A well-thought-out and humane post.

I don't think this is true at all. Feeling disempowered doesn't imply anything. It is a common and understandable reaction to an unsatisfying life.

I don't think it's just men, I think it's all kinds of people - perhaps everyone to some extent. It just so happens we are talking about a particular ...

Good post.

I don't agree with this, but this is not the place to take it up.

I don't know enough about @"ChatteringMonkey"'s claims to have an opinion. They seem plausible. I intend to follow up with the source he referenced. U...

@"ChatteringMonkey" isn't the one who brought religion into the discussion. That was @"Christoffer". Then you stuck your head in, spouted out some uns...

I don't doubt your sincerity.

It says so much without saying anything.

@"Hanover" I need your expertise in southern vernacular - "Just sayin" is characteristically southern, is that correct? It's a wonderful phrase.

This is the semantic equivalent to one of my favorite passive-aggressive southernisms - "Just sayin."

To be consistent with that standard, you'll have to agree it's ok for me to claim to be a member of the black power movement.

Alas, I hate to dash your hopes.

I didn't say BLM, I said black power. Saying you support equal rights for women is not the same as saying you are a feminist.

I'm white. What would you think if I characterized myself as member of the black power movement?

You know what CM is saying and you know they mean it. This is just passive-aggressive baloney.

I've never thought of it that way before. You're right.

As I noted in my last post, it is standard operating procedure to tag people who disagree with you as misogynist and racist. You didn't answer my ques...

No, no. I understand the ideology. Any man who doesn't toe the party line is misogynistic just like anyone who doesn't support Israel is anti-semitic,...

Looking back over your posts in this thread, I don't see that all. Everything you've written is couched in the language of ideological feminism. That ...

One of the things I love about German is the "ich" sound, which we don't have in English, at least not here in the US. It feels good in the back of th...

The two times I've been in Europe, one of the things I enjoyed most was trying to communicate with people in my high school French and college German....

This sensitive-new-age-guy thing you've got going on is creepy. The strong, stubborn, competent women I know think it's creepy too. Your clear ignoran...