Today's San Diego Union-Tribune reports on a stem cell success story at La Jolla's Scripps Research Institute. (The story on the Web site is missing the lede -- I've typed it in from the paper itself.) Growth of abnormal blood vessels deep inside the eye slowly degrades the retina, impairing vision for nearly 6 million […]
HIV+Muppets=good idea?
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A friend of mine sent me a short e-mail with a link to the Fox News story on how the South African version of Sesame Street plans to introduce a muppet who is HIV+ when the fall season starts up. My first response was: ho-hum. If Sesame Street plays it like it says it will, […]
Once upon a time, this guy was a mainstream conservative. Now he's just another right-bashing hack who isn't relevant enough to earn a spot on the @ComfortablySmug Hack Madness tournament.
Do we really think DeSantis, with a small, insular circle of advisers and limited personal skills is going to do well in the intimate contests in Iowa and New Hampshire? Voters focus on the economy, he massively erred in playing culture war issues so hard. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opinion/trump-desantis-lose.html
If you're hoping that someone gets raped, YOU'RE the bad person.
As Judge Duncan was on his way to the classroom for the event, students lined up on both sides of a narrow hallway yelled vicious things at him, including "we hope your daughters get raped."
Stanford Fed Soc president Tim Rosenberger just revealed that on podcast recording.
SENATOR CASSIDY: "Why doesn't the president care?"
YELLEN: "He cares very deeply."
CASSIDY: "Then where is his plan?"
YELLEN: "He stands ready to work with Congress."
CASSIDY: "That's a lie! A bipartisan group of senators have repeatedly requested to meet with him!"
1791: the Second Amendment allowed people to own and operate warships. https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1636079172467433473
1791: Muzzle-loading muskets are the norm for firearms.
2023: Assault weapons can fire 83 rounds into a parade route in seconds.
It’s absurd that the new Second Amendment test from the Supreme Court assumes these two worlds are the same.