I for one am glad to know that a guy who last took a science class in high school in the 1950s is now in charge of all scientific research grants in this country.
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Less likely than whom? General population? Folks who had none? Folks who had more?
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There have been a few good adaptations!
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Nobody insults her more than me, so I will allow it.
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When my folks were first married and living on limited means, my mom used most their budget to buy a set of Corelle bowls. When dad got home she proudly announced that they were shatterproof, and demonstrated this by dropping the whole set on the floor in one stack, shattering all of them.
Speaking of environmental storytelling
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the decades-long project to make sure nothing like Watergate can ever hurt a Republican president again is one of the most successful political projects ever enacted, to our everlasting detriment
The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.
Imagine that: shame.
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Hope his next plan is to go on a national tour to insult as many major cities as possible.
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I’m reading Nero Wolfe books lately, and among all the obsolete tech and societal changes, the thing that stands out as the biggest difference to today is the tax rates. The narrator Archie always points out that Wolfe’s fees will be whittled down 80% by the govt. Must have been nice.
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mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
