Fun fact: the US is not signatory to a 19th century int'l treaty that outlawed state-sponsored piracy. All the other European powers of the time, and Central & South American countries, were signatories to it.

You read that right. The US has always wanted to keep American pirates as a Plan B.

I can't believe there are people who believe in tearing down liberal arts depts in universities, including history depts. Where else are you going to learn that the US never signed the Paris Declaration of 1856, an int'l treaty that ended 400+ yrs of privateering that spanned The Seven Seas?

I have done this sort of thing too many times with my own kids. Especially with Langmuir circulation. "HEY KIDS! See those long white lines on the lake we're driving by? They're from -" "We know! We know! You've told us about them a thousand times already!!"

A too keen young limno prof walking the riverside path w/ their young tots in tow: "so you see, kids, where the ice has formed the water was much slower, & where the water is visible it is running much faster, as ice formation in rivers is a function of both temperature & velocity/turbulence, and.."

One of my parents' life-long friends, long-since retired, was an infectious disease expert, involved in confidential briefings, summits etc. She visited once (many yrs pre-covid) & I asked "what's your biggest worry?", her response was "H5N1 crossing over to humans. Probably 30%mortality at least."

I assume that they're disrupting the equivalent of an Irish Goodbye is the reason for naming the Op as such? Just another example of the depravity of it all?

We must remember that Netanyahu is a man whose decisions are so utterly warped by his need to prolong parliamentary immunity to evade his legal troubles, & with a pathological hate born from living in his slain war hero brother's shadow since 1976. There is no road map to peace with him in charge.

How politically illiterate are these Congressional Democrats? Do they even know what Democratic Socialsim in the 21st century consists of? "The horrors of socialism"?! What, do they think Mamdani will form a Bolshevik army and storm the Winter Palace?

Fans in *Saskatoon* rioted after the Blue Jays last won the World Series.

More insane is the laundry list of terrifying side effects and they still expect you to be like "you know what? I think I'll give it a try. What's the big deal with possible GI ulcers, liver failure, kidney failure, permanent incontinence, heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac arrest?