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The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water stunned scientists back in 2024.


Wednesday, March 11, 2026

"The incendiary effects of white phosphorus can cause death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering," Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement. read more


Mexico's leader suggested Washington should focus on other steps: Containing the voracious American appetite for illicit drugs, and combating illegal arms trafficking. read more


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sparking controversy -- inside and outside the military -- with public comments on the war with Iran that are heavy on taunts and talk of retribution, a stark departure from the way his predecessors have communicated during wartime.


A watched pot never boils. It's true of birthing calves, too. Leave a cow you've watched for hours for five minutes, and you'll miss the whole performance.


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@#299 I have some stuff to do. ( drudge.com ) ...over and out.

So, your alias seems to be drawn back?

Interesting.


... Amnesty International reports: "Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip have been "denied the conditions needed to live and to give life safely" ...

The cited link, disturbingly, goes further than that ...

... Over the past 29 months the devastating, multilayered impact of Israel's ongoing genocide has pushed Palestinian women and girls in the occupied Gaza Strip to the brink, said Amnesty International today.

Amid Israel's deliberate imposition of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza, Palestinian women face compounded and life-threatening consequences that have materialized through ongoing mass displacement, the collapse of reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare; interruption of treatment for chronic illness, including cancer; heightened exposure to disease and unsafe and undignified living conditions; as well as profound physical and mental harm.

These harms are exacerbated by Israel's ongoing restrictions on the entry into Gaza of items indispensable to the survival of the civilian population including adequate food, medicines, medical equipment and assistive devices, shelter material and equipment necessary for the purification of water and removal of rubble, unexploded ordnance and waste. Israel continues to impose these restrictions amid life-threatening delays on medical evacuations and the suspension of registration of international humanitarian organizations that provide essential services for women and girls.

Women have been forced to give birth without adequate medical care, to endure pregnancy and post-partum recovery while displaced in overcrowded and unsanitary sites, and to navigate hunger, disease, and trauma with little privacy, protection, or access to essential services often while caring for others....


@#19 ..." that weirdo Talarico."

Dead giveaway. They are terrified of this guy. ...

It currently looks that way.

From what i have seen of him, he seems to espouse rationality.

James Talarico
en.wikipedia.org

... Talarico's maternal grandfather was a Baptist preacher in South Texas who Talarico says taught him that Christianity "is a simple"though not easy"religion, rooted in two commandments: 'love God and love your neighbor.'"[3]

Talarico earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin,[10] where he organized students for tuition relief.[11]

He later earned a Master of Education degree in education policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[12]

While a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Talarico earned his Master of Divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.[13][4][14] ...



It could get interesting in Texas ...


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