Having watched Israel consider lying and misinformation a matter of existential necessity for decades, and the U.S. regime lie about everything all the time, I have to disagree. Not that I think Iran is trustworthy, but I know for a fact that whatever the other two say is definitely a lie.

True, but if I had to rank them by trustworthiness…

Unless I missed something, how is it alleged that the wife had anything to do with causing his pneumomia? And where was it proven that it was not caused by SARS-CoV-2? Or even an opportunistic bacterial infection that piggybacked on COVID-19?

I would choose small, but then I’m weird. A big house just means that you’ve gotta fill it with excess shit, and clean it all the time.

Finally, a sensible proposal!

Democracy is a word describing where soveriegnty rests within the system: With a king (monarchy), with a religious leader (theocracy), or with the people (democracy). The United States traditionally was a republic, a form of democracy in which representatives operate the government on behalf of the people. Of course, now it’s well on the way to autocracy (rule by an individual).

For that matter, so is Fahrenheit, with the relationship (x + 459.67) × ⁠5/9⁠ K, where x is degrees F.

That’s pretty fishy.

Hot take: Zero should be at the point of maximum density, which is 3.98°C. That’s arguably one of its most important properties for the evolution of life as we know it.

Right, Celsius is not even part of the metric system. It is an honorary member of the SI units, but that doesn’t make it metric. It would make little sense to talk about kilo-degrees, or micro-degrees, because degrees Celsius doesn’t relate well to the amount of heat. That’s what Kelvin is for.

It’s well-known that how you ask the question in a survey can drastically skew the response, and so we have to interpret these results based on the specific questions they asked.

We know from sale prices that people actually covet walkable areas, so much so that the accusation of “rich elitist” gets tossed at proponents of walkable cities. Those places are so much more expensive. So maybe people are thinking of “houses that I can afford” when they answer this survey? Or, they’re answering it from the perspective of already needing a car, so a little extra driving is no big thing.

What would the results be if they asked things like, “Do you prefer neighborhoods where kids can safely play outdoors, or neighborhoods where there is too much traffic danger?” Or, if that’s too biased, “where children can walk to school versus taking a bus or being driven?” Maybe break up the question, “Do you prefer to have stores located near where you live, or do you want them farther away?”

There are lots of different ways to ask, and the different results would be informative.

(Also, this survey relies on self-reported urban/rural distinctions, and those answers are wildly inaccurate, to say the least.)

It benefits the average Christian American because they’ll get taken into heaven. See, the Jews all have to gather in Israel to kick off the war that leads to the Second Coming and the Rapture.

I wish this were a joke. That’s really what they believe.

Babies don’t have a notochord, though. It disappears earlier in fetal development in vertebrates.

If the highway is crowded enough that the non-HOV lanes are gridlocked, that’s a peak hour. This would be funny to watch, if it didn’t mean that Ford and Sarkaria will plan for yet another highway expansion when this inevitably leads to worse gridlock.

Joshua Slocum put in to port for several extensive refits on his boat over the course of his circumnavigation. (He famously did it solo for the first time around 1895.) Materials engineering had improved enough by 1968 to run the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.

Nowadays, the sea is still harsh. If one stayed in the less stormy locations, in more-northerly latitudes to avoid the full-bore tropical sun, one could reasonably expect to stay at sea without putting in to port for over a year. The biggest challange would be mental, as loneliness takes a huge toll, as does the bland diet required.

I found online a Navy manual from the '70s which prescribed laundry operations in excruciating detail, running over a hundred pages. It required cleaning the dryer lint traps every 2 hours, and monthly cleaning of the ducts. The Navy even has ratings specifically for laundry workers, Ship’s Serviceman (Laundry).

It just blows mind that this isn’t a solved problem, since it was solved 50 years ago!

improperly maintained systems

On a US Navy warship? The US military which has procedures and protocols for everything just… compromised mission-readiness by overlooking a simple, well-known, but critical maintenance item? I mean, this could possibly be something that the yard staff was tasked with when the ship comes in after a standard six-month deployment, but if they’re overlooking stuff like that, it makes one wonder about the overall preparedness of the Navy.

Have you noticed how almost everybody agrees that the sun rises to the east? Curious.

It’ll have to be soon. He’s sundowning hard lately, and it won’t be much longer before he won’t even be able to get through a speech even with a teleprompter.

Yes, and I’ve locked eyes with people at intersections, who proceed to nearly run me over because they didn’t “see” me while talking to their dash-mounted phone. It’s due to the cognitive effect known as inattention blindness.