@#75 ... for something very similar. ...

How similar was it, really?

What was the underlying reason for their sentences?

@#44 ... But I still think Putin was an Idiot for Invading. ...

Yeah, go with that.

And now, imo, do try to now ~fit in~ and lay low for future assignments....

@#48 ... That's just going to put trans youth in potential jeopardy. This administration really are despicable subhuman beings. ...

Agreed.

The GOP in general, and this administration specifically, seem to want the birth of children. The more the better. Gotta feed the labor for those factories the billionaires own. OK, I digress ....

But then the GOP seem to have no concerns about the subsequent ongoing health of those children.

Then I see things like this ...

How might this thread differ if the word "trans" were not in the thread title?

@#46 ... a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) ...

... fwiw ...

@#3 ... We are heading into an era of massive non-creativity. ...

Phrased differently ...

How long before AI catches up to human evolution?

More from the OpEd ...

... When he shouts about sharks, when he drones on about his brilliant uncle, when he casually ponders violating the Constitution, his supporters try to dress his statements up as some kind of strategy: He's not lost touch with reality, you see.

He's doing the weave, or he's owning the libs. He's fighting the fake news and flooding the zone. He knows what he's doing."

"These excuses have never really held much water. But his rant yesterday about the Reflecting Pool (speaking of things that don't hold water) was a warning that the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality"and that detachment is extremely dangerous." ...

@#42

... I always thought invading was a huge mistake. ...

Yet your alias also says...

@#38 ... I still think if NATO had not ruined the political ecosystem in Ukraine that the horror and death over there would be less than it is.

Perhaps War could have been Averted.

Or it would have at least been over sooner. ...

So, apparently saying that there was a reason for Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign Ukraine.

Do try harder ...

And do try to fit in here ...

Here in Connecticut, we have been having more rain than the norm during the summer.

For example, instead of my lawn turning brown and going dormant in the summer because of a lack of rain, the lawn it growing to the point I have to mow it once a week.

Once a week used to be spring-time timing for mowing here, not August timing.

August timing used to be once every couple weeks, maybe even every three weeks. because the lack of rain made the grass go dormant.

Something's changing ...

@#5 ... Spare me the selective indignation. ...

What, specifically, is the indignation involved?

That deflection attempt aside...

Maybe your current alias might want to explain why this might be a A Good Thing?

... Pres Trump's war of choice against Iran has given the more radical factions of Iran an increase of power. Quite the opposite of the "regime change" that Pres trump had said was one of his main goals in his war of choice (the other being a non-nuclear Iran). ...

It's up ...

If you want to waste 10 minutes of your time ...

Maybe robots might be able to interact with Petri dishes ...

Aside from the most lame trolling headline ...

So, if Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei were to die soon, who might be in charge?

Pres Trump's war of choice against Iran has given the more radical factions of Iran an increase of power. Quite the opposite of the "regime change" that Pres trump had said was one of his main goals in his war of choice (the other being a non-nuclear Iran).

But now, Pres Trump seems to be majorly focused upon trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that Iran has all but shutdown.

So, who might be calling the game here?

@#40 ... Feeding wars is always a mistake in my opinion. ...

Yet your alias was full-in with Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign Ukraine.

I can understand why it might want to put those days behind it, and now try to ~fit in~ here on this most august message board.

Have fun.

:)

@#66 ... His diary is full of one story in private, then in public tells a different story. ...

One of the things that I learned (OK, drilled into me) in college for Engineering was that I should always look at an analyze both sides of the problems that face me. For, if I do not look at the alternative solutions, how might I know my proposed solution would be better or even correct?

I still hold on to that foundation when I form opinions.

In that light, are Dr Fauci's diary entries merely his arguing with himself, trying to determine the best way forward?

And the GOP, Sen Rand in particular, are quite unaware of how scientists and technical people evaluate situations and how to respond to them?

Asked differently, why is Sen Paul attacking Dr Fauci's apparent trying to come to a good solution?

@#38 ... I still think ...

I remain to be convinced of that assertion.

:)

@#47

Oh, the Bee Gees.

Wow.

I went with them from their pop days (I still have those 45's) on through their disco days.

Like the Everly Brothers, their harmonies were something special.

@#4

Kinda surprised about the lack of comments about kids wallowing in an algae-infested Reflecting Pool ...

;)

@#3,4

#3 is the result of #4.

imo, of course.

@#8 ... Because it was all --------. ...

Can your current alias rephrase that?

thx.

@#44 ... Well, if you want to go by range ...

In the realm of rock, don't overlook Morten Harket.

The leader singer of the group A-ha.

@#27 ... Trump's Blatant Corruption and Incompetence,his Crimianal Wars and Aggression ...

Coming from an alias that seemed to be a mouthpiece for Pres Putin when he did his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine --- well, that comment is ironically precious.

:)

More from the article ...

... Glynn Dixon, 62, the former police chief of Forest Hill, pleaded guilty June 30 to conspiracy involving bribery, visa fraud and mail fraud, said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.

His plea follows guilty pleas from co-defendants Chandrakant Patel, former Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle, former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea and Oakdale Ward 5 Marshal Mike Slaney.

Alexander Van Hook, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, said that from December 2015 to July 2025, Patel allegedly recruited immigrants seeking to remain in the U.S. and then paid police chiefs to create fake incident reports. ...

@#14