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Europeans learned that a healthy lifestyle did not protect from pathogens in the 14th century.
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Europeans learned that a healthy lifestyle did not protect from pathogens in the 14th century.
Yeah, I got born with a bad body. Too expensive to repair. Silly me; I should have traded it in for a low-maintenance model long ago. Right, Markwayne Mullin?
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yeah, I got born with a bad body. Too expensive to repair. Silly me; I should have traded it in for a low-maintenance model long ago. Right, Markwayne Mullin?
Trump's apologists deflect the allegations of bribery by claiming that he isn't accepting gifts for himself, but rather for his future presidential library. But he gets exclusive use of them for his lifetime, and he accepted them in exchange for favors. Who "owns" the items is moot.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Trump's apologists deflect the allegations of bribery by claiming that he isn't accepting gifts for himself, but rather for his future presidential library. But he gets exclusive use of them for his lifetime, and he accepted them in exchange for favors. Who "owns" the items is moot.
Most situations at work and in life don't involving writing down the correct answers in an hour or two without access to books, notes, or other resources. Most work/life situations aren't multiple-choice, either. We need less teaching to the test and more teaching to life.
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Most situations at work and in life don't involving writing down the correct answers in an hour or two without access to books, notes, or other resources. Most work/life situations aren't multiple-choice, either. We need less teaching to the test and more teaching to life.
Perhaps the way to break this regime's system is for *all* faculty to load their syllabi with words and assigned readings that will trigger the AI. And for student activists to file overwhelming numbers of bogus "complaints," for example about "the requirement to use pronouns" in assignments.
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Perhaps the way to break this regime's system is for *all* faculty to load their syllabi with words and assigned readings that will trigger the AI. And for student activists to file overwhelming numbers of bogus "complaints," for example about "the requirement to use pronouns" in assignments.
Does Elon Musk believe that he represents the apex of the "light of consciousness"? If so, it might not be worth preserving. It's certainly not worth spreading to Mars.
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Does Elon Musk believe that he represents the apex of the "light of consciousness"? If so, it might not be worth preserving. It's certainly not worth spreading to Mars.
Has Rep. Massie said this to JD Vance?
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Has Rep. Massie said this to JD Vance?
Rep. Massie ought to be saying this pointedly to JD Vance.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rep. Massie ought to be saying this pointedly to JD Vance.
That infamous raid on the Chicago apartment building was DHS cosplay, designed for the cameras, to produce shock-and-awe violence porn for the MAGA masses.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
That infamous raid on the Chicago apartment building was DHS cosplay, designed for the cameras, to produce shock-and-awe violence porn for the MAGA masses.
The newly released Epstein emails don't demonstrate at all that Trump didn't participate, despite the claims in the Washington Post headline. They may not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he raped young teen girls, but they do prove that he hung out with them at Epstein's house.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The newly released Epstein emails don't demonstrate at all that Trump didn't participate, despite the claims in the Washington Post headline. They may not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he raped young teen girls, but they do prove that he hung out with them at Epstein's house.
If just 3 disgruntled Republican Representatives bolted from the party to become Independents and caucus with the Democrats, Speaker Johnson's stranglehold on the House would be broken.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If just 3 disgruntled Republican Representatives bolted from the party to become Independents and caucus with the Democrats, Speaker Johnson's stranglehold on the House would be broken.
No, Karoline Leavitt, the emails do NOT prove that Trump did nothing wrong. At best, they may not suffice to prove that he committed a crime, but they sure suggest that he did.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
No, Karoline Leavitt, the emails do NOT prove that Trump did nothing wrong. At best, they may not suffice to prove that he committed a crime, but they sure suggest that he did.
Trump minded that Epstein was poaching girls from Mar-a-Lago. Not that Epstein was abusing them. Because those girls belonged to Trump.
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trump minded that Epstein was poaching girls from Mar-a-Lago. Not that Epstein was abusing them. Because those girls belonged to Trump.
Here's a proposal for a bill on the ACA subsidies: Continue them until a replacement for the ACA is enacted by Congress, signed by the president, and implemented. Maybe that provision will get the Republicans to stop whining about the ACA and finally devise the alternative they have promised.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here's a proposal for a bill on the ACA subsidies: Continue them until a replacement for the ACA is enacted by Congress, signed by the president, and implemented. Maybe that provision will get the Republicans to stop whining about the ACA and finally devise the alternative they have promised.
Trumpcare will look like a reality TV show. A cross between The Hunger Games and The Apprentice.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Trumpcare will look like a reality TV show. A cross between The Hunger Games and The Apprentice.
Trump wants to give money to people to buy healthcare. And when that allowance runs out and their pockets are empty, what? No treatment for you! Too bad, so sad. Maybe you should have chosen a healthier body.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump wants to give money to people to buy healthcare. And when that allowance runs out and their pockets are empty, what? No treatment for you! Too bad, so sad. Maybe you should have chosen a healthier body.
Project 2025 calls for the opposite: Reducing mortgages to 20 years or less by making longer mortgages ineligible federal benefits, supposedly so purchasers can build equity more quickly. But most first-time home purchasers need a 30-year mortgage to qualify to buy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Project 2025 calls for the opposite: Reducing mortgages to 20 years or less by making longer mortgages ineligible federal benefits, supposedly so purchasers can build equity more quickly. But most first-time home purchasers need a 30-year mortgage to qualify to buy.
It would be a lot cheaper to keep the immigrants here in the US, rather than bribe third countries to take them. But the MAGA movement was never concerned about how much immigrants cost the government, but only about they changed the color of the American population.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It would be a lot cheaper to keep the immigrants here in the US, rather than bribe third countries to take them. But the MAGA movement was never concerned about how much immigrants cost the government, but only about they changed the color of the American population.
That was Trump's goal in the shutdown: To force the Democrats to capitulate unconditionally, so that they would henceforth be unable to stymie the MAGA/Project 2025 agenda. To put the Democrats into disrepute and disarray.
To Republicans, the issue was never ACA subsidies.
To Republicans, the issue was never ACA subsidies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
That was Trump's goal in the shutdown: To force the Democrats to capitulate unconditionally, so that they would henceforth be unable to stymie the MAGA/Project 2025 agenda. To put the Democrats into disrepute and disarray.
To Republicans, the issue was never ACA subsidies.
To Republicans, the issue was never ACA subsidies.
Uh, Donald, most preschoolers know what magnets are.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Uh, Donald, most preschoolers know what magnets are.
Like his fellow reality TV star Trump, Dr. Oz creates cliffhangers to keep the audience coming back. Rarely does the next episode live up to the hype. Dr. Oz has pushed complete privatization into our existing for-profit healthcare system: Make sure you stay healthy, or else you'll go bankrupt.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Like his fellow reality TV star Trump, Dr. Oz creates cliffhangers to keep the audience coming back. Rarely does the next episode live up to the hype. Dr. Oz has pushed complete privatization into our existing for-profit healthcare system: Make sure you stay healthy, or else you'll go bankrupt.
For Republicans, the shutdown was never about the ACA or any other program or policy. Their goal was to crush the Democrats, to force them to capitulate unconditionally, and to discredit them. When 8 Democratic Senators caved on the CR, the Republicans achieved their goal.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For Republicans, the shutdown was never about the ACA or any other program or policy. Their goal was to crush the Democrats, to force them to capitulate unconditionally, and to discredit them. When 8 Democratic Senators caved on the CR, the Republicans achieved their goal.
Sen. Marshall knows how health insurance works; he's an MD. But he always mouths the MAGA party line. Which is "Don't buy insurance; if you don't use it, it just enriches those bad companies." And what if you fall ill and need treatment? Pay out-of-pocket until you're broke. Then too bad, so sad.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sen. Marshall knows how health insurance works; he's an MD. But he always mouths the MAGA party line. Which is "Don't buy insurance; if you don't use it, it just enriches those bad companies." And what if you fall ill and need treatment? Pay out-of-pocket until you're broke. Then too bad, so sad.
The right wing Supreme Court justices doubtless despise same-sex marriage. But they can't permit individual clerks to refuse to register them on grounds of religious freedom, because then clerks might invoke religious tenets to refuse to marry previously-divorced, interracial, or interfaith couples.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The right wing Supreme Court justices doubtless despise same-sex marriage. But they can't permit individual clerks to refuse to register them on grounds of religious freedom, because then clerks might invoke religious tenets to refuse to marry previously-divorced, interracial, or interfaith couples.
Democrats capitulated unconditionally, in exchange for nothing but the duplicitous Republicans' empty promises. And that was what the MAGA regime wanted: to crush the Democrats as an oppositional force.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Democrats capitulated unconditionally, in exchange for nothing but the duplicitous Republicans' empty promises. And that was what the MAGA regime wanted: to crush the Democrats as an oppositional force.