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US sex-traffic laws are rather bizarre blog.rebresearch.com/us-sex-laws-...
US sex-traffic laws are rather bizarre
In the US, prostitution is illegal in most states, even when it is between consenting adults. It was briefly legal during the Civil war, and is generally legal to do it while making a film, for som…
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February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
US sex-traffic laws are rather bizarre blog.rebresearch.com/us-sex-laws-...
Will a cut-off in oil to China spark war? blog.rebresearch.com/china-oil-an...
Will a cut-off in oil to China spark war?
China is likely the largest economy in the world, 11% lager than the US calculated here based on food purchasing parity They also have a larger army and navy, 754 ships vs 440, with military ambiti…
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January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Will a cut-off in oil to China spark war? blog.rebresearch.com/china-oil-an...
I suppose this blog essay of mine was as much about personal hygiene as about Detroit's Underwear Bomber.
Change your underwear, bomber; of mites and men blog.rebresearch.com/change-your-...
Change your underwear, bomber; of mites and men blog.rebresearch.com/change-your-...
Change your underwear, bomber; of mites and men
For those who don’t know it, the underwear bomber, Umar Farook Abdulmutallab, wore his pair of explosive underwear for 3 weeks straight before trying to detonate them while flying over Detroi…
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January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I suppose this blog essay of mine was as much about personal hygiene as about Detroit's Underwear Bomber.
Change your underwear, bomber; of mites and men blog.rebresearch.com/change-your-...
Change your underwear, bomber; of mites and men blog.rebresearch.com/change-your-...
My latest blog essay: Tariffs raise $30 billion per month, but haven't affected inflation blog.rebresearch.com/tariffs-rais...
Tariffs raise $30 billion per month, but haven’t affected inflation
Economic experts claimed the tariffs would raise no signifiant money, would bring in no jobs, and would be so inflationary that the damage would far exceed any benefit. President Trump instituted t…
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January 20, 2026 at 11:04 AM
My latest blog essay: Tariffs raise $30 billion per month, but haven't affected inflation blog.rebresearch.com/tariffs-rais...
How to tell a genius from a nut. blog.rebresearch.com/how-to-tell-...
How to tell a genius from a nut.
In my time in college, as a student, grad student, and professor, I ran into quite a few geniuses and quite a few weirdos. Most of the geniuses were weird, but most of the weirdos were not geniuses…
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January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
How to tell a genius from a nut. blog.rebresearch.com/how-to-tell-...
Eight ways to not fix the tower of Pisa, and one that worked. blog.rebresearch.com/how-not-to-f...
Eight ways to not fix the tower of Pisa, and one that worked.
You may know that engineers recently succeed in decreasing the tilt of the “leaning” tower of Pizza by about 1.5°, changing it from about 5.5° to about to precisely 3.98° today –h…
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January 20, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Eight ways to not fix the tower of Pisa, and one that worked. blog.rebresearch.com/how-not-to-f...
Trump's battleships, right size, perhaps too late blog.rebresearch.com/trumps-battl... Here's why.
Trump’s battleships, right size, perhaps too late
Donald Trump has announced his intent to build at least two battleships, the first built for our navy since the USS Missouri, 1944. The press has been largely negative on this, claiming that these …
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January 6, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Trump's battleships, right size, perhaps too late blog.rebresearch.com/trumps-battl... Here's why.
An essay on drying hydrogen. Often water is the main impurity; it's relatively easy to remove without sorbers. blog.rebresearch.com/drying-hydro...
Drying hydrogen with polymeric membranes
Generally, when you make hydrogen, you make wet hydrogen, hydrogen contaminated with water. Usually you want to dry the hydrogen before you use it or compress it. if you compress the hydrogen for t…
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December 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
An essay on drying hydrogen. Often water is the main impurity; it's relatively easy to remove without sorbers. blog.rebresearch.com/drying-hydro...
Where does industrial CO2 come from? China mostly. blog.rebresearch.com/industrial-c...
This is more true now: ] Now China produces 2.5 x the amount of CO2 as the US, and they are less efficient. Why move production to China?
This is more true now: ] Now China produces 2.5 x the amount of CO2 as the US, and they are less efficient. Why move production to China?
Where does industrial CO2 come from? China mostly.
The US is in the process of imposing strict regulations on carbon dioxide as a way to stop global warming and climate change. We have also closed nearly new power plants, replacing them with cleane…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Where does industrial CO2 come from? China mostly. blog.rebresearch.com/industrial-c...
This is more true now: ] Now China produces 2.5 x the amount of CO2 as the US, and they are less efficient. Why move production to China?
This is more true now: ] Now China produces 2.5 x the amount of CO2 as the US, and they are less efficient. Why move production to China?
I suspect that the most popular movie of 2025 is K-Pop Demon Hunters, a kids, young adult film, Korean-English. Part of a Korean invasion, IMHO. blog.rebresearch.com/korean-film-...
Korean movies and music; my thoughts on why they do so well
A Korean animated movie, K-Pop Demon Hunters, KPDH, just broke all-time record for most watched movie in the History of Netflix. It’s only 92 days old, and not a big-budget film with massive …
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I suspect that the most popular movie of 2025 is K-Pop Demon Hunters, a kids, young adult film, Korean-English. Part of a Korean invasion, IMHO. blog.rebresearch.com/korean-film-...
My latest post- essay. Banned books. I got to use some underused words: Pecksniffs, Bowdlerized, bluenose, and even had a suggestion. blog.rebresearch.com/banned-books...
Banned books, promoted books, basically no oversight
For better or worse, the folks who run for library board and school board are a bizarre lot of political weirdos. It takes a lot of work and time and money to run for these boards, and you have to …
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December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My latest post- essay. Banned books. I got to use some underused words: Pecksniffs, Bowdlerized, bluenose, and even had a suggestion. blog.rebresearch.com/banned-books...
A hippy comic book from 1981, Fabulous furry freak bros. Phineas gets an abortion.
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A hippy comic book from 1981, Fabulous furry freak bros. Phineas gets an abortion.
My latest post. On how the richest Americans manage to avoid most of their taxes. You can do some of this too, but don't over-extend. blog.rebresearch.com/rich-folks-a...
Rich folks aren’t taxed because they have no income; you can do some of this too.
Two tax questions: (1) How do the top rich people manage to pay such low taxes, e.g. Warren Buffett paying at 0.1%. and (2) why do these rich folks campaign for higher taxes. Warren Buffett has cam…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My latest post. On how the richest Americans manage to avoid most of their taxes. You can do some of this too, but don't over-extend. blog.rebresearch.com/rich-folks-a...
Some good news: weight loss drugs are now more affordable, by a lot.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Some good news: weight loss drugs are now more affordable, by a lot.
I doubt federal judges have the power to demand the president pay this, when they can't force congress to allow the payments to go through.
Today, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to use all of the funding at its disposal to fully fund SNAP benefits this month.
Not $0, not $12, not half, but 100%.
I say to President Trump: obey this court order NOW. Do not allow 16 million children to go hungry.
Not $0, not $12, not half, but 100%.
I say to President Trump: obey this court order NOW. Do not allow 16 million children to go hungry.
A federal judge in Rhode Island has said the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. https://cnn.it/47KumOX
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I doubt federal judges have the power to demand the president pay this, when they can't force congress to allow the payments to go through.
Twelve years ago, I wrote this to show that global warming fears were way overblown, that the temperature rise was much slower than claimed, and the danger of warm was far less than of cold. That made me "anti science" back then. blog.rebresearch.com/global-warmi...
Global warming takes a 15 year rest
I have long thought that global climate change was chaotic, rather than steadily warming. Global temperatures show self-similar (fractal) variation with time and long-term cycles; they also show st…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Twelve years ago, I wrote this to show that global warming fears were way overblown, that the temperature rise was much slower than claimed, and the danger of warm was far less than of cold. That made me "anti science" back then. blog.rebresearch.com/global-warmi...
What car did Jesus drive, or God, or Moses.. blog.rebresearch.com/what-car-did...
What car did Jesus drive, or God, or Moses..
So, as is little known, Jesus drove a car, a large Honda, but didn’t publicize the fact: “I did not speak of my own accord.” (John 12:49) You can tell it was a large Honda, likely…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What car did Jesus drive, or God, or Moses.. blog.rebresearch.com/what-car-did...
I think this is a great idea. Korean ship-building in the US.
🇰🇷🇺🇸 "Make America Shipbuilding Great Again", ou Masga, c'est le nom de ce projet de partenariat entre la Corée du Sud et les États-Unis présenté par les Sud-Coréens, deuxième constructeurs de navires au monde.
🏗️🚢 Reportage de Chloé Borgnon, notre correspondante
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October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I think this is a great idea. Korean ship-building in the US.
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29 October 1971 stamp marks 5th anniversary of National Historic #Preservation Act (NHPA), landmark in public commitment to the stewardship of our historic resources, under threat from unwise development and neglect of history
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October 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
29 October 1971 stamp marks 5th anniversary of National Historic #Preservation Act (NHPA), landmark in public commitment to the stewardship of our historic resources, under threat from unwise development and neglect of history
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Health is strange. As it happens, smoking is a preventative for Parkinson's disease, though not a treatment. My latest essay, with some thoughts on why, and the significance
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Smoking as a preventative for Parkinson’s disease
I’d previously written on the ability of coffee to reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Coffee is not a cure, but a strong preventative for PD, reducing the risk by about 50%, a…
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October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Health is strange. As it happens, smoking is a preventative for Parkinson's disease, though not a treatment. My latest essay, with some thoughts on why, and the significance
blog.rebresearch.com/smoking-as-a...
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My sense is that the government shutdown is a good thing, mostly. blog.rebresearch.com/the-shutdown...
The shutdown will drag; we will win
In theory, both US parties are committed to a balanced budget. Both claim they’ll tax as much as they spend, and we’ll pay our debts. In practice, both parties overspend wildly, year af…
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October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My sense is that the government shutdown is a good thing, mostly. blog.rebresearch.com/the-shutdown...
The logic to think that prenatal Tylenol causes #autism and ADHD blog.rebresearch.com/the-logic-to...
The logic to think that prenatal Tylenol causes autism and ADHD
Robert Kennedy Jr. recently started the process to add a warning to the labels of acetaminophen products, including Tylenol, noting a correlation between its use during pregnancy and autism and ADH…
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October 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The logic to think that prenatal Tylenol causes #autism and ADHD blog.rebresearch.com/the-logic-to...
We just delivered a peculiar hydrogen purifier for a customer doing muon-catalyzed nuclear fusion. blog.rebresearch.com/purifier-del...
Purifier delivered to customer for muon-catalyzed fusion
I got my PhD in the engineering of nuclear fusion reactors (Princeton 1982). The most common version of these reactors use magnetic confinement. Rare isotopes of hydrogen are held in a magnetic bot…
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September 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We just delivered a peculiar hydrogen purifier for a customer doing muon-catalyzed nuclear fusion. blog.rebresearch.com/purifier-del...
A Korean animated musical, "Kpop demon hunters" has had over 315 million Netflix views in its first 91 days, making it the world's most watched movie. Here's the video of its most listened to song. youtu.be/yebNIHKAC4A
“Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation
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September 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A Korean animated musical, "Kpop demon hunters" has had over 315 million Netflix views in its first 91 days, making it the world's most watched movie. Here's the video of its most listened to song. youtu.be/yebNIHKAC4A
My thoughts on D candidates for 2028. I like Kamala's positivity, am less impressed by Gavin claiming to drink MAGA tears blog.rebresearch.com/kamalas-quie...
Kamala’s positivity; Gavin’s MAGA tears
Harris presents is something of a unifier. Kamala Harris always seems happy while most Democrats come off as sad, and report being sad. Harris’s campaign also stood out from Clinton’s a…
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September 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My thoughts on D candidates for 2028. I like Kamala's positivity, am less impressed by Gavin claiming to drink MAGA tears blog.rebresearch.com/kamalas-quie...