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What you're calling real sugar is 50% fructose!

Finally, something we can agree on. YES, Trump's "leadership" has been (and is) AMAZING! But only in comparison to non-sociopath non-narcissists. When compared to other demagogic leaders with similar -- but definitely not as severe -- personality disorders (Bucaram*, Berlusconi, Bolsonaro...

They are much better at protecting the none wearer. And that's another reason why you should return the favor by also putting on a mask when in public. And they also work better when there is universal compliance at the first warning that an airborne infectious agent is headed your way. The...

Jem, None of us should get over it in the sense that we must always remember how important honesty in our Presidents is. We had a warning when he insisted Obama was born in Kenya and refused to drop it, even long after we all knew it was a lie and a fabrication. We were warned again when he...

The best weapon, bio or otherwise, is one that can be aimed at specific targets and have, ideally, zero untended consequences. This applies to both conventional and economic warfare.

Jem. no one disputes this findings. They amount to a further indictment of the Administration for lack of leadership and guidance as to the proper wearing of masks and seeing to it that there was by mid Jan, 2020, a ready supply of what are 25 cent masks for everyone. But I dispute any...

If you are indirectly impugning the Trump Administration for first doing nothing followed by incompetent, counterproductive and disastrous leadership in protecting the nation from the Covid-19 virus, then I would have to agree. This certainly has been the worst federal administration of my...

The chance of anyone, yourself included, of becoming infected depend on the infection rate in the population and other factors. The innate effectiveness of regular surgical masks at preventing an airborne viral infection is estimated, on the basis of laboratory tests using aerosols, is between...

Something you may not understand is that in a constitutional republic, your personal freedom is not unlimited. It may end where it impinges on others' freedom.

I agree. I don't think Trump's supporters are rare. I think he, Trump, is rare. And thank god! There has been one Mussolini, one Trump, in a century. It seems unlikely Trump will end up hanging by his heels. But figuratively, yes; it is quite possible. Trump is waiting for trouble to...

I would have to agree that he is the rara avis. And most would desire as few of his kind as possible.

Ultimately the TRUTH may matter. And if it does, the GOP, as it has been both reconstituted as the anarcho-capitalist party --- by those that incorrectly call themselves "libertarians"--- and also deserted by traditional Republicans, is in big trouble. The article, at least the Breitbart...

Trump is revolting. He's seemingly the personification of every disgusting human trait, while remaining devoid of any redeeming qualities including basic competence and the ability to show up on the job. Despite this, his preacher cadence, charismatic whining and ability to shamelessly...

This is true, but it only scratches the surface of what pardons are about according to our current President, whatever his name is.

It would seem that's going to take some serious, direct intervention from the mainland. The "Control Board" was probably not the best way to do it . Wall Street influence hasn't helped. The U.S. has used and abused Puerto Rico by placing self-serving restrictions on the Island. However the...

Trump is going to be the first landslide winner to go to Prison while still a landslide winner of an election "rigged" against him by Hugo Chávez and Servers loaded with secret, election rigging software somewhere in Venezuela. In the meantime, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and...

Very interesting article. Thanks for mentioning it. Though I have trouble picturing Trump himself as an Aesthete I have much less Trouble with the idea of Trumpism as an aesthetic. The thought is somewhat disturbing. The author has used "aesthetic" in a way I would never have thought to, but...

It's clear that you can read media headlines just fine. The media headlines report in superlatives, but they don't respect relative measures. South Korea is not an "Island". A recent spike in cases is ~200 more than its March peak. It has 16 times the population density of the United States...

No. But I want to go back and find it. I want to read that.

Apparently not, unless the numbers of new infections being reported are fabricated. The idea of herd immunity is crazy because at best you wipe out most of a species before it's achieved because the offspring of the immune won't be immune. At worst you wipe out the entire species and never...