StringJunky

Do you feel this drug is getting too much of a pass regarding the cancer risk?

Isn't the acid-test for efficacy and safety about how many people it helps vs doesn't?

This is a Chinese vessel though, so we don't know if they are kitted out to the same principles as NATO's.

Could H2S have evolved from leaking human-waste tanks?

The new House speaker is supported by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). They have a plum lobbying position with him on their debit card, then. They've popped $25000 in his political account, so far.

My reference is the Israeli far right and what they've said. They have their fingers in these pies, so that's worst it can theoretically be... which has to be accounted for. The sensible Israelis are the not currently the squeaky wheels that are needed to placate this situation.

M.A.D.

I'm sure he will. Israel's actions are predictable from their policies. They're only interested in ethnically-cleansing the area. Pretty obvious, really.

One of the ideas being floated by an Israeli Ministry is dumping the Gazans in Egypt. This policy idea was drafted Oct 13th. Nakba 2023 coming to a screen near you soon, it looks like.

80 is old, however you spin it. Why do SC judges and politicians get a pass to retire when then like... are they immortal? This applies anywhere. I am quite cogent of the effects of aging. With old age can emerge belligerence and self-denialism, especially in public-facing positions. This is not intended as a slight on what Biden has done, but an acknowledgement of that we wear out. We reach a point where we can't see the wood for the trees. I've just observed a friend's mother over the last years decline and die of Alzheimer's, so human mental fragility has been quite to the fore in my recent experience.

Looking over the internet, the weight of support for Gazans is pretty high, so I think most thoughtful people are on high alert to geopolitical chicanery from LIkud et al.

Yes, I agree, but what I meant was the current active suppression of communication utilities by Israel on Gaza from Palestinians to rest of the world.

Who has the upperhand on the news atm? The less we hear from Gaza, via power/media cuts and physical obstruction, the optics look better for the Israelis because they gain control of the media narrative. The relative quality of either sides media output is like comparing 4k to 675 lines of old TV.

I did read somewhere that Biden needed to 'look the part' and seemed to admit as much when the subject came to light some time ago.

Like my avatar, I shall be forever 50.

Everything is designed for the particular mission, dealing with the various Delta V's (velocity changes) in that mission. Lot's of Delta V's means lots of fuel, as Janus points out.

Right. We need to be realistic about our frailties as we get older. I think there needs to be a mandatory maximum line drawn in the sand. The SC is even more concerning in this regard imo. Concerning Bide, considerable efforts are apparently made to accommodate Biden's deceasing mobility. He can't just jump on a plane anymore. Make no mistake, I'd still sooner see him Pres than Trump, but on a wider, long-term, systemic level, it wants addressing. Vanity and the desire to maintain relevance in the public arena can blind one to ones personal shortcomings that have crept up over the years. I think Biden is in that position.

It possibly is when one is in denial and carries on regardless.

Looking at the age thing: there needs to be a maximum age for prospective politicians. I find it quite sad that people, including Biden, are surgically altering their apparent age and being allowed to whither ( e.g. D. Feinsten) until they are mentally and physically incompetent.

If one group is physically caged and constantly monitored and the other isn't, what do you expect?

The Nakba of 1947 should be spoken of with the same contempt as the Holocaust. The Palestinians are ultimately innocent, and are historical casualties of the machinations between the west and the Zionists to impose a new Torahnic culture on their land. Is this an unreasonable interpretation?

Let's not forget why Hamas and Hezbollah, and anti-Zionists existed in the first place.... All the West is doing is doubling down on its erroneous commitment, after half a century of political machinations from the original Zionists in the pursuit of the creation, and subsequent preservation of a myth called 'Israel'. '.

Bed bugs have been around millennia. Hysteria. It seems people are just beginning to realize that our life force is not the only one inhabiting our bodies. Where there is a space/niche, nature will fill it.