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If you ever try "driving" in Ecuador, you'll never complain about American drivers again.

Unfortunately, I never could produce good diary. I'm envious.

That party is heading down into a very dark place. At one time I once supported guys like Bob Dole and John McCain, but I don't recognize the Republican party any more.

I don't think it has gone through peer review yet. You have to flash back to 2020 when the pair made a similar claim. However, the peer reviewed version of their earlier paper did not include the claim. https://fullfact.org/health/richard-dearlove-coronavirus-claims/ Hmm... well, alternative hypotheses do have their uses in science. If nothing else it's a stress test for the natural origin theory.

Well I'm all for an investigation of the events, but frankly I think the FBI will do a much better job. All this demonstrates is that the Republican party is now (for the most part) a sock puppet.

No sure what your point is here. I do remember when Taiwan was presented to us as a model response. I suppose all they did in the end was buy time.

Yes I agree, although it will continue to stoke suspicion. It might be better to define first why we need access; are we just looking for blame, or is there an additional value in discovery? I think the latter, although the Chinese government will claim the former. Any data we do actually receive will be heavily scrubbed.

Last night's NOVA was pretty good: "Great Electric Airplane Race". A number of those vehicles could pass for a flying car.

I guess I'll have to buy 'The White Album' again.

Soft coup in progress. We're making our elections "secure". Nothing to see here folks; move along now.

Greenland is emitting toxic levels of Mercury. Sounds like a fine place. Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers

Fusion is only twenty years away... and it always will be.

I like to think of it this way: if those nations didn't fund new vaccine development in record time, it would take even longer for everybody else to get a vaccine. The fact that they are getting the vaccines first is what motivated the spending in the first place. Sure it's selfish, but it's human nature to take care of your own first.

Later, Taiwan apologizes for calling John Cena an actor.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the Christie tank design, which was offered to the US army but rejected. Some consider that design an ancestor of the T-34, and there are some striking similarities in the wheels and suspension. Definitely a spark of intelligence at work there.

SF General Hospital has 0 COVID-19 hospitalizations for 1st time in more than year Man I'll bet that feels good. Vacations for everybody...

21 runners dead following extreme weather at Chinese ultramarathon Yikes. Now that's hard core mode. My sympathies.