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Clearly it's endgame time. Dems. want to more or less kick the can by making "funny money" cuts, like pretending Iraq and Afghanistan will continue for the next 10 years and back loading other cuts so there will be basically few real cuts in the next year. The GOP is in a tough spot. If...

IMO, the current debate is not about debt but rather what is the proper role of government in society. Dems and Obama want to move more towards a Euro nanny state, and the "Tea Party" wants to move towards a "less is better" approach. The debt and deficits are the chosen tool for this...

I don't see "outrage" when polls show a lot of support for it: " Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans support a measure that would give legal status to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children if they join the military or go to college, according to a new national survey...

Correlation of Temperature Anomaly and CO2 from the Vostok Core: Seneca

If you read up on this stuff, it appears that a +2o C triggers an ice age. At the current rate of temp. climb in the current climate, that will be reached in about 40 years. While waiting for that to possibly happen, the tides will rise , deserts will expand, and parts of Siberia will...

Some data: Seneca

What's science got to do with it? This is a political argument. Seneca

In Texas, despite its reputation for guns, most public businesses post a sign saying you are not allowed to bring firearms inside. Violation of this carries stiff penalties. PROHIBITING HANDGUNS IN A BUSINESS OR OTHER ENTITY In order to provide notice that entry on property by a license...

Better question, what took place between 86 and 92? Looks to me the in the '76-'86 period, the DC trend mirrored the national trend. Seneca

Data: "Uniform Crime Reporting Program, District of Columbia, 1960-2008." Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Data supplied to Just Facts on June 15, 2010. Data available upon request. http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#[36] Seneca

Great point, it demonstrates clearly that cultural factors, etc. are the primary factors in the rate of gun violence rather than is the strictness of gun control laws. Just look at DC, our nation's capital where until recently (Supremes Heller case 2008) guns were essentially banned, yet it had...

Thanks ,but I thought in this forum we were supposed to disagree even when we agree :) :) :) Interesting chart: Seneca

About 15000 die per day from smoking (globally), 650 per day from booze (US); 550/day from being fat; etc. It's tragic that people get shot, but banning firearms won't cut the numbers-it will only make the people who were activists behind getting laws passed feel better. Remember there are...

I didn't think you "knew about it" as the Venter creation of life was huge news in the field and I expected you, as a self PROCLAIMED EXPERT, WOULD HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE at your fingertips. Why do you resort to name calling when you are off topic and get called out for doing it. If you can...

"Airline tickets are going to get cheaper Saturday unless Congress can reach an agreement before midnight on extending authority for the Federal Aviation Administration, which gives airlines the ability to collect taxes on behalf of the government. If the FAA's authority is not extended...

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But, floods recede, rising oceans don't. And, the cost of paying for large flooded regions will be too much even for Democrats to figure out how to pay for it. Seneca

Hope you are right. To me, we need to move to how do we adapt as the climate warms and the oceans rise. For example, should governments compensate people that see their homes submerge? Seneca

Venter created a bacterium not DNA. DNA synthesis is relatively simple chemistry but it does not produce a life form. Keep up with program. S