TheVat

If you're familiar with today's GOP, then you will see they're already back. (sorry, couldn't resist)

The ethical question would seem to depend on getting more data to address the scientific question of how plastic degrades, what chemicals leach out, and what microparticles or nanoparticles might do in both soil and water. Since plastic nanoparticles are being found in animal tissues, including humans, it would seem relevant to matters of public health and ecosystems that sustain us. Why someone would do a drive-by post blandly dismissing all these questions is more a question of ideological gaslighting, I would suspect. This being a science thread, I'd prefer to keep the focus on how to gain more scientific knowledge on the topic.

While working as a geologist, and taking Ritalin to help her focus on her study of Mount Pinatubo, she wrote: Pinatubo, top drawer, nil a tiramisu, O engine volcano on a cloven, igneous - I'm a Ritalin reward pot - O, but a nip! After her meds were adjusted, she wrote: Draw pure volcano on a clover upward.

Yes, it follows the law. Unlike walnuts. (walnuts stun law) Emily worked hard as a single mom, so whenever her children did well she'd declare: "Diapers repaid!"

Never odd or even? So, large t(n) integral?

And keep him away from the grandkids! www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-swimming-grandchildren-contaminated-rock-creek-dc-bacteria-rcna206416

Yes. Reportedly her E-car aged all at Talladega race. And the motto seems likely. Though she sometimes gets angry at her dog and cries, "He goddamn mad dog, eh!" Sometimes in the morning she has to remind herself to "Face decaf."

IFLScienceFoot Orgasm Syndrome: Genitals And Feet Can Have A Curiou...It's been proposed that the parts of the brain that process feet and genitals are very close....In essence, they argued that nerve damage had resulted in sensory information being misinterpreted by the brain. The brain was getting confused between sensory inputs to her left foot and her genitals, resulting in this unusual case of foot orgasm syndrome. The idea is perhaps not as out-there as you might assume. Vilayanur Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, once proposed some people have foot fetishes because the part of the brain that processes the sensation people get from feet is close to the part that registers genital stimulation.

Emily Lime likes a regal lager on a hot day. When she's hungry, she calls out "Yo, banana boy!" When she gets a headache, she takes one lonely Tylenol. Tell us more about her. Or just sit quietly, drab as a bard.

She vanishes from view for weeks at a time. This means they will have time to find a body double who can pass for her, in the event that she is eaten. This would make a darker version of the popular film comedy "Dave," perhaps.

Shhh! Zzzzzzzzzz.

I found the Disney "men's restroom the cleaning crew missed" extremely realistic!

Smellivision, then. Your receiver would need a quite sophisticated chemosynthesis unit to make small amounts of organic chemicals and volatilize them. The expense would probably be so much that it would be used first in moviehouses, with an advanced ventilation system to distribute the odors through the audience. (and it might be too expensive for the multiple scent wickless candles you mentioned)

Yeah, looks like it's the Gitmo thing all over again, where detainees in theory can petition a court for a writ of HC, but the judge might conjure some specious reasoning as to why the petition can be denied. Or various officials drag their feet and....oops, Juan is in some Latin American Shawshank, too late, nothing to be done. Several scotus cases in the oughts defended the WoHC, but that bench lineup is long gone, I guess. I really don't know what would happen if the ignore the court order thing becomes SOP.

People are easier to distract when you wear them out with dumpster fires on every corner. BTW, habeas corpus is not suspended and I suspect it won't be - more in the category of "tough talk." And a way to maintain the framing of migrants and refugees as an "invasion." Habeas talk is meant to put some more fear in the immigrant community. The hope is that more will take the plane ticket option, which is way cheaper than actually rounding up people.

Then you are just a normal shy person. Once you share an activity or experience with someone this relaxes social inhibitions and you warm up. Returning brief eye contact sounds like a good first step for you, and your anxiety will diminish over time. I find many people are like emotional camels, crossing a desert of indifference. One pleasant contact, one shared smile, is an oasis and you can travel along for many miles on that. Perhaps you will encounter a @Peterkin on a bench - they sound nice. (unless they're a 300 pound Russian hacker on a bed in St Petersburg who has us all fooled)

In my experience of urban settings, it's okay to ignore passersby entirely. In rural settings, it's usual to just nod and say hello, but there's no obligation to go further than that (unless you have an actual question or observation) and if a couple or group is engaged in conversation then it's normal to just pass by and obey the social taboo against interrupting. In the northern plains of the US, there's a thing called "the Nebraska nod," (which is actually prevalent all through the northern plains states) which is just a quick nod plus brief eye contact, without vocalizing. It says I acknowledge you but in the least intrusive way possible . I have skipped the entire minefield of solitary pretty women. This requires careful steps if one is a gentleman who does not wish to stare or say things that could be construed as either flirtation or not respectful of boundaries. Women tend to exercise caution around random males (especially between ages 15 and 65) and boundaries should be respected. For example, if she's walking a dog, it's usually okay to comment on the dog ("What a handsome Weimaraner!") but not the woman ("you look just like [name of actress who is drop dead gorgeous]"). As for people who don't respond to a friendly hello, remember that says something about them and not about you. You aren't going to figure out a random stranger's boundaries and motivations, and it's really not worth your time.

If we weren't contemplating civilizational death over here, this would be pretty funny. My grandpa, who emigrated from Karlshamm, might have said, "din skitstövel."

I note that Popeye's, the US fried chicken chain, with a certain typographical cleverness, posted “pope yes”.

Carbon footprint slightly larger this afternoon in Vatican City. Habemus papam! Wonder what the fuel is, for the white smoke coming out of Sistine Chapel.

(from the Welker dementia ward visit interview last Sunday) WELKER: Would you rule out military force to take Canada? TRUMP: Well, I think we’re not going to ever get to that point. It could happen. Something could happen with Greenland. I’ll be honest, we need that for national and international security. WELKER: But not with Canada? TRUMP: It’s highly unlikely. I don’t see it with Canada. I just don’t see it, I have to be honest with you. WELKER: Okay, but you don’t rule it out for Greenland? TRUMP: I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security.

Archimedes wept.

Just a small sample from the Welker interview... I’ll always talk about that. You know why? We subsidize Canada to the tune of $200 billion a year. We don’t need their cars. In fact, we don’t want their cars. We don’t need their energy. We don’t even want their energy. We have more than they do. We don’t want their lumber. We have great lumber. All I have to do is free it up from the environmental lunatics. We don’t need anything that they have. We’re giving them — I asked, I asked Mr. Trudeau — who I call Governor Trudeau, not Prime Minister, Governor — I said, “Governor Trudeau, could I ask you one question? Why are we giving you $200 billion? Why are we subsidizing Canada?” If Canada was a state it wouldn’t cost us. It would be great. It would be such a great — it would be a cherished state. And, if you look at our map, if you look at the geography — I’m a real estate guy at heart. When I look down at that without that artificial line that was drawn with a ruler many years ago — was just an artificial line, goes straight across. You don’t even realize. What a beautiful country it would be. It would be great. But, I don’t think the American public wants me to pay $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada. Again, remember this, we don’t need their cars, we don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything. We do very little business with Canada. They do all of their business practically with us. They need us. We don’t need them. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514 "a genius"

He's certainly not in favor of trans substantiation.

Let's hope we don't leave or die off too suddenly. Given the maintenance and decommission requirements of nuclear reactors, warheads and spent fuel depositories, a sudden departure would be catastrophic. (and I'm not really factoring in the large tanks of toxic chemicals, piles of coal ash, and other goodies that will eventually spread death across the landscape)