Bernie Boomer

though I’ll happily bow to other opinions, too. I am NO expert! I seem to recall reading that this sort of extra-judicial assassination hasn’t occurred since before WWII (but my recall may be off).

when Mishima did that. I still remember the pictures of him speaking from the balcony.

That was a bit different than being shot in the street like a rabid dog, though.

but damn.

you can ask Congress to simply appropriate the funds. That’s how they create the DOD budget every year. Funny how that budget never seems to impact inflation . . .

a boyfriend took his first job as a pilot for Frontier in the mid-1980s (he retired from American two years ago). His dad was also a commercial pilot. One day, the three of us were talking about the process of becoming a commercial pilot and his dad pointed out that his experience as a pilot of ‘heavies’ during the Korean War helped him transition…[Read more]

“Citing a claim” is pretty weak sauce when it comes to skewering someone, unless they are presenting the claim as their opinion. Thomas was presenting, in his dissent, something that was argued by the plaintiff, not saying he agreed with the claim (I think his dissent was whether or not they could use the Establishment Clause to sue their…[Read more]

You get to die from lack of treatment for a potentiality?

about women with Rhumatoid Arthritis and other immune conditions being denied treatment with teterogenic drugs like methotrexate.
And I guess some states that have ‘conscience clause’ laws are starting to see those ‘my conscience ends at the fetus’ folks denying care, as well.

And, just for the record – since it seems to come up way more than it should on this forum – trans kids under 18 VERY RARELY, IF EVER receive hormone treatment.

They might receive hormone blockers, which is also given to children for other conditions and is not a permanent thing at all. Stop the blockers and the hormones kick in, as one might…[Read more]

So women forced to carry a pregnancy in Tennessee (six-week heartbeat ban) will be allowed to deliver without physical restraint.
But the restraint on their choice to carry an unwanted pregnancy remains in full-force.

Thank you for sharing, eridani.

but ‘worship’ and politician don’t go together in my vocabulary. They are human and, therefore, flawed. I’m not inclined to worship anyone or anything until they/it proves they are perfect. Hasn’t happened yet and I’ve been taking up space on the planet for more than six decades.
That said, I will continue to appreciate Sanders consistency -…[Read more]

Especially with Tory ministers trying to bring in strike-breakers (illegally, because this is a legal industrial action).

Two years with no (zero) pay rise, while the bosses got theirs.
Now the bosses telling them – we are offering 0% pay rise AND 2500 redundancies AND we’ll make you work 11 weeks more of nights and weekends with a 15% pay cut…[Read more]

That doesn’t lessen the impact of losing the right to access safe medical care.

There’s an American couple in Malta right now (edit: they apparently have made it to Spain: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jun/23/us-woman-denied-abortion-in-malta-flies-to-spain-for-termination-andrea-prudente) discovering just how draconian…[Read more]

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!

for 7 years. He entered a trial for the use of the drug for GIST (gastro-intestinal stromal tumor) in 2003 and, after a successful surgery to remove the tumor and lesions on his liver, started the trial. He was only allowed in it because he had the tumor removed, which at the time was rare . . . it’s a weird disease . . . and because he was old…[Read more]

Congratulations on 52 years!

I’ve reached the age of “weird and largely useless information randomly pops into my brain” – probably should have gone the Sherlock Holmes route when I was younger and only bothered with useful information . . . but how on earth are you supposed to know what’s going to be useful 40 years later?!!

It shows up on a lot of Greek coinage (I assume they identify it from extant descriptions).
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_EH-p697-3-Cyr

According to legend, the last stalk of the stuff was given to Nero as a curiosity in 1st c. CE, so it must have been dying out for some time. I recall reading that some researchers think it…[Read more]

An all-purpose plant, apparently.