The Japanese language had no indigenous writing system, and they borrowed from Chinese characters. Over time, the Japanese adapted the characters...
I don't mind if people want to see how much gold is there, and a virtual tour/reveal might be cool if it's going to be transparent. Perhaps it...
My understanding is that most states do not make distinctions between fake minors and real minors and for the states that do, any distinctions are...
I don't doubt that there is efficiency, waste, and even fraud in major programs but skeptical that it is so obvious and at this scale. Seems like...
I believe Iran is considered a theocratic republic. And while the government does own or control certain aspects of the economy, can’t that be...
I don't think it's quite that simple....
Why stop with Canada when we can add Puerto Rico, Guam, and Mexico as states, too? Maybe Democrats should embrace and lean into this. Make...
Yeah, I was half kidding, but I doubt the GOP is serious about adding Canada even as one state, especially considering that in the House, they...
Canada is too big to be one U.S. State. Maybe it should be four U.S. States. I don't know how many Electoral College votes that would afford but...
I haven't seen any criminal charges, but she did file a lawsuit. Hopefully the second link works; it's a direct link to the Complaint (from the...
My understanding is that the Federal government cannot force states to assist with enforcing Federal law. I don't know where the line might be in...
Yeah, and I saw the hypothesis that people who think god is going to heal them may put in less effort to recover. I think it's also possible that,...
I believe prayer or meditation can be beneficial for the person actually doing those things. That seems much different to me than whether one can...
Good. I did not remember he had lived there for years, and not sure why any medical marijuana user would want to live there knowing how draconian...
Good result for him to avoid any further incarceration. Trial was set to begin next month. Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud...
Blago actually calls himself a Trumpocrat by the way. Blagojevich: Says he's a 'Trumpocrat' after Trump commutes sentence Disgraced ex- Illinois...
This was an interesting decision that I didn't expect but seems reasonable. They're going back to calling it Fort Bragg - however, not to honor...
The ABC article refers to Cameron Hamilton as the acting administrator. I assume that's the top spot. Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of...
I know that Musk has Grok, Google has Gemini, Meta has Llama, Microsoft has Co-Pilot, etc. I don't know the relative market shares or the...
Thought I would bring this thread back up. One book I read recently is about Columbus, and I was searching for an objective and nuanced look at...
