J.C.MacSwell

A lot of salt in that swamp...with the tide still coming in as fast as going out Must be some kind of global warming effect...

Supporting our arguments is a cross we all must bear.

My understanding of anti-trust laws is that they aren't written to eliminate unfair competition, but to guard the state against the worst effects of it, It's easier to make the case that a corporation is competing unfairly (not necessarily illegally) than breaching anti-trust laws, unless they are clearly and specifically acting illegally,

If this is in context to the coming vaccines I hope you this means so far, currently, and for not too many months in the future.

Admittedly torture to death may seem as a heinous act...but how else do you ensure others will agree to commandments such as "thou shalt not kill"?

I'll have to remember to pick up a chip off the old block. 50+ years ago, I was told I had the potential to grow potatoes in my ears, but nothing so far...

I'm neither denying or confirming that I am on the list at this time. Darn, looks like they are all Americans...I might as well admit I'm not on it. Great article. I had never heard of him.

Here is an article that considers the effects of having some Neanderthal DNA. While it really is about that, it does mention agreement on your point about socioeconomic factors: ""We can't blame Neanderthals for Covid. That's a damaging response, and that's why I want to emphasize so much the social and environmental factors are the real things that people should be worrying about," said Tony Capra, a geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco's Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute." https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/health/neanderthal-genes-human-health-covid19-scn-wellness/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold Not that I would consider actual blame in any case. If some groups had DNA that made them more susceptible to getting Covid, that should weigh in on their risk reduction efforts, and when they might be vaccinated as vaccines become available.

Hot air balloons can be quite small. So presumably since they can be large, you can design something in between with appropriate heat source and materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_lantern You just need to heat the air enough that the air inside is lighter than the air it displaces by as much or more than the mass of the rest of your balloon and anything it might carry.

Has the climate been saved?

+1 for that part I hope you stick around and learn some science.

Here's how Swansont explained it to me some years ago. I seem to have lost the photo where he next picked up two spherical cows....

What if you are woman with a healthy fetus, one week before due date? Amazingly in some places a woman in this state has a right to choose to end the life of the fetus, but not her own. The argument being in the first case that she has the right to control her own body, and no one has the right to intervene against her will, and in the second quite the opposite rationale.

I guess one of them "soiled" it...

So is your proposal that anti-matter repels itself as well as repelling normal matter? How would this account for increased speeds of galaxy rotations? Why would it even hang around in or about galaxies? If it is displaced from the galaxies and acting as a constant pressure from a distance, wouldn't that amount to a neutral effect, similar to attractive forces to anything inside a hollow sphere balancing everything out?

This might just be what Einstein might have referred to as un-spooky action at no distance...

Fortunately in this Universe you are welcome to feel that way, and are under no obligation to like it or use it. My choice also, at least in this one.

You might want to save that for many of the other universes, where Swantsont expressed some fascination.

They'd be looking for delicacies to set themselves apart from the commoners....never underestimate the power of elite alien snobbery.

I could be wrong, but I think with the eyes of America on Georgia, and Senate control hanging in the balance, the turnout could be every bit as high as it was in the Nov 3 election. Different set of problems or opportunities, but I think it could be both good and bad for Biden either way it goes.

There is. Trump himself is on another level, though unfortunately far from alone. That's the excuse. You can always fall back on that when none was made, with no concern whether it is accurate or not, because reasons. I didn't claim Biden was as bad as Trump. As bad as he may be at times he's not even close. Adam Schiff is a better comparison to Trump. Both are supported by their respective parties, though one is in a far less powerful position, for now...

A lot of that helpful "reasonable hyperbole" going around. Another name for it is lies. But that's okay because the GOP does it more, correct?

"Why is Joe Biden so quickly forming a Cabinet when my investigators have found hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes, enough to “flip” at least four States, which in turn is more than enough to win the Election? Hopefully the Courts and/or Legislatures will have the COURAGE to do what has to be done to maintain the integrity of our Elections, and the United States of America itself. THE WORLD IS WATCHING!!!" Donald J. Trump Nov 21, 2020 I don't know Donald...maybe because there's still a remote chance he could become President?

Who exactly...would be left trying to detect it? 😃

Instead of claiming Mitt Romney would put African Americans back in chains?