This is some of the goofiest shit I have ever heard. If these biblical Nephilim giants ever existed, and someone had evidence of that existence, what would be the motivation for hiding it?

Scientists do not avoid biblical references because of some vast conspiracy. They leave that stuff out because those stories do not agree with their findings and/or do not add any useful information.

A great many scientists are Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. If the Nephilim ever existed and evidence was found that proved it, scientists would not shut up about it. It would be impossible to keep it quiet.

Can you imagine the museum traffic if such evidence existed? People would travel from all over the world to see even a tiny fragment. No curator in his or her right mind would pass up that opportunity!

Progressive lenses are complete garbage! The fact that you need to wear them for several days for your eyes (and your brain) to adjust to them speaks volumes. Keep in mind you will also see very poorly for the first few days.

I got some progressive lenses for my second ever pair of glasses. My first pair did not have bifocal lenses. I wore the progressive lens glasses for a few minutes in the store. Took them off, drove home, and tried to wear them at home. I hated them so much that I went back the same day and returned them. I have had lined bifocals ever since and have not regretted it one little bit.

I would spend billions of dollars ensuring that Trump dies poor and homeless.

Not clanker but simply: Clank!

The answer, at least in my experience, is that schools offer classes throughout the day and it is up to the student to select classes that fit onto their schedule. Unless a class is only offered in the morning, it is entirely possible to attend classes that do not start before noon and still get a degree.

I don’t think that is the flex he thinks it is.

Was it a critical flaw or was it simply ignored despite being well known?

I remember watching footage of the LRV’s they used on the Apollo missions and thinking that the “sand” looked really lightweight. I also remember reading that one of the complaints from those missions was that the moon dust was really fine and seemed to get into everything.

I have a feeling someone who worked at NASA proposed this as an issue and leadership ignored their concerns.

Duh

Groundhog Day

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Megamind

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

The Princess Bride

Try to think of how a bad actor might use what you are suggesting to steal someone’s identity. The trouble with any identity verification system is not just how inconvenient it is, but also how criminals will try to abuse the system.

Some kind of entity would have to be in charge of storing and verifying the DNA data. Once that database is created, there will always be the potential for exploitation. Also consider what happens if, or more likely when, that entity changes hands and is run by new people with new agendas? That might not work out so well for the people in that database.

The government has my fingerprints and my drivers license photo. I am not interested in sharing that with any for-profit company. I would be even more resistant to anyone wanting to collect my DNA regardless of the reason.

While I mostly agree with this, I have one significant hurdle I am unable to overcome. What other choice do I have?

I can’t stand most Democrats. They suck! But they are a far cry better than voting Republican. And voting for a third party feels like wasting my vote.

If there was a third party candidate that focused on climate change and social issues and had even the slightest chance of winning, I would vote for them in a second. Until then, I am stuck voting for the lesser of two evils.

It’s because their religion has taught them to trust religious leaders without question. They have faith that the church knows what is best for them and their community. They tend to not use critical thinking when it comes to religious matters.

People often have a similar faith in their parents judgement. If Mom or Dad asks them to do something that seems foolish, many people will still do it simply because of the unquestioning trust they have for their parents.

Did I just get Cold-rolled?

With Trump, every accusation is a confession.

Not a scientist, but I am wondering if maybe beryllium could be found naturally in the soil?

Another thought: Wikipedia says that the gemstones emerald and aquamarine contain beryllium. Thousands of houses were burned in the fire. Maybe the source is burned gemstones in the houses?

From my perspective, he’s still salty about her making fun of him back in the 90s on her daily TV talk show. He made it worse by not letting it go and taking out full page ads in the New York Times in response. She would then show the ads to the audience and read it on the air. Then she would make new jokes about what a giant man-baby he was.

That was enough to convince me, then, that Donald Trump was not a good person. That was about 25 years ago. I have not changed my mind about him. In fact, I dislike him much more now than I did then. It astounds me that anyone voted for that moron.

Genocide is not exclusive to Jewish victims. It is not anti-Semitic to say that.

Genocide can be committed by anyone. It is not anti-Semitic to say that.

Genocide is being committed by Israel’s military against the people in Gaza. It is not anti-Semitic to say that… but it is sad.

It is even sadder that my government, instead of stopping them, continues to help Israel commit genocide.

Switching sides? Donald Trump has never had any real interest in helping Ukraine. That was true the first time he was president. This is not new.

Perhaps. But if Iran was the source, and that source was incorrect, the response would probably not be to claim that someone on the US side was leaking classified information.

In bitching about leaks in his administration, Trump confirmed that the sites were, indeed, not completely destroyed.

This is the kind of thing where it is only believable until someone goes outside and looks at what happened, then the story falls apart.

It’s Iran, and a nuclear site, and the location of a recent military attack, so I am under no illusions that this information would be trivial to obtain, but I really doubt Iran would have any interest in promoting Trump’s lie. I would also expect Iran to be more than happy to announce “You Missed.”

Leaked information or straight from ground zero doesn’t really matter. How did Trump expect this sort of thing to stay quiet? No-one outside of the US would feel even slightly compelled to comply with his narrative.

Even for Trump this is stupid.