Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Are you now (trying to) make the rule(s) ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Why can't you acknowledge that this post is in the Academic/Science group (regardless of whether it shows-up General). Why make political comments where they are likely less-than appropriate ? Is it your intention to 'troll' ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Only one of us used that word (respect). Only one of us is using vitriol/profanity.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog If you want to give explicit, exact instructions about what you call 'rules' (instead of useless accusations) I will consider them. I mentioned "would be appropriate in the Politics group, not Science". That is not a restriction.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog I select the Group for every post I create. There is NO item for "General". I selected Academic (e.g. Science) for this (and lots of others). Just because it shows up with others in General (as do plenty of others) doesn't change the fact that it is an Academic/Science post (as indicated AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY POST in the General list).

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog That is at the top of the "Browse" section. You are still not acknowledging what is at the bottom of every post in the Browse (General), and at the top of every individual post.

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog What does it say at the bottom of every post (AND the top of every individual post) ?

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog The 'post'ed group is listed at the bottom of EVERY post. I'm not responsible for you NOT noticing that (AND, that it is at the top of EVERY individual post).

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Look at the top. Academic (e.g., Science)

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Perhaps you might bone-up on your (purported) "listening" "skills" :P

Lab-Grown Heart Muscles Have Been Transplanted Into a Human For The First Time ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 30, 2020:

So, we can transplant heart muscles into Trump. He would still be missing the brain.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 30, 2020:

That comment would be appropriate in the Politics group, not Science.

2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Wednesday A collision...

bobwjr comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Holy shit

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

You might want to check-out my other post about "stuff in space"

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear "So it seems" ??? Really ? Do you dispute that ? On what basis ? Why would you be so dismissive of that assertion ? Do you have examples of ANY checks and balances on Putin ?

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear This is not the first time I have had back/forth with member(s) of "Out Of The Illusion" group. My concern(s) about privacy are greater that most folks I have met. I contend that in this RT context it is a different can-of-worms. If you think RT/Putin/Russia is better on privacy/transparency/accountability, continue to argue that in the other group or visit/live in Russia yourself.

[youtu.be] Now the real thing....My Generation - The Who. And yes...it was MY generation!

FearlessFly comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train and is said to have been inspired by the Queen Mother, who is alleged to have had Townshend's 1935 Packard hearse towed off a street in Belgravia because she was offended by the sight of it during her daily drive through the neighbourhood.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Marionville https://web.archive.org/web/20071202011326/http://www.townshendbio.com/Chap%202.htm

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear There are no checks and balances in an authoritarian state.

Smokie - Wild Wild Angels [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Thi video comes up Unavailable in your country.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXrFM_rm0PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2bULCS6sU

Smokie - Mexican Girl [youtube.com]

Sticks48 comments on Jan 29, 2020:

The video was not available.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

It worked for me (in MN), perhaps one of these will work . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89MsE5xUfos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJu_uyJNTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMR-krr9ctk

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear Where do you get the idea that my (or any) distrust is "automatic" ? Put these search terms in your fav search engine : [Russia Today,trust]

Sometimes it is hard to make oneself understood.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

I often claim that misunderstaning is typically incredibly easy and **real** understanding is typically incredibly hard.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Jolanta I have not heard folks make the claim that critical thinking is/should be easy.

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear You are making my point. RT is a lousy choice when there are plenty of others (that have reason(s) to assign credibility to) to choose from.

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Why should anyone assign any credibility to Russia Today -- Putin's "mouthpiece" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@rogueflyer **I** do not need to choose any source for which there is a wide variety of other sources that claim RT deserves no credibility. RT has only the agenda of Putin's propaganda. I'm not claiming RT never gets any story correct, I'm claiming there is plenty of reason to doubt whatever they are saying.

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Your answers are correct ! But you didn't show your work -- and the decimal points are **way off** !

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog 1) Which direction did the face 'spin' ? 2) What is the predicted subsequent 'color' ? 3) What is the speed -- in tetrahertz ? . . . answers probably should be posted to Silly Random Fun group :)

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics [phys.org]

PondartIncbendog comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh yeah. I understood all of that article..........sure.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

. . . your homework :) (search terms - Antiferromagnetic spintronics) https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.015005 https://www.nature.com/collections/wplplmmvnt https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375960118300343 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01568760/document https://spintronics.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Research_AntiferromagneticSpintronics.aspx https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.07507 http://www.spintec.fr/research/antiferromagnetic-spintronics/ . . . you will be tested on this later :P

This is what we all can identify with (even being agnostic! I heard every word and was deeply ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Having a song "go viral" is hardly the same as having Trump supporters "calling **him** out" on his policies.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@Freedompath . . . to me, the issue is whether the "81%" can/will 'walk-the-walk' -- color me skeptical.

Brian Owens - Walk The Line [youtube.com]

Captain_Feelgood comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Johnny would love it.. 😊👍

FearlessFly replies on Jan 26, 2020:

. . . but will Brian 'Cash-in' :P

[youtu.be] This one just popped up on my iTunes feed....Foreigner. - Cold As Ice.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 23, 2020:

"Cold as Ice" was used as the soundtrack for a skit on the March 25, 1978 broadcast of Saturday Night Live that showed a man being attacked by a woman in a number of grisly ways. Host Christopher Lee introduced the segment as being "not for the squeamish".

FearlessFly replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood . . . don't know

This is Eric Mongrain playing a song called Air Tap ! [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 25, 2020:

. . . reminiscent of a 6-string version of Leo Kottke.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Musicmanmike I, and others have posted lots of his songs for this group.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Lyrics written by Bill Haley, Rusty Keefer, Milt Gabler, Catherine Cafra

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 https://secondhandsongs.com/work/187692

People can be identified by the way they dance [newatlas.com] Elaine Benes, any one?

Donotbelieve comments on Jan 25, 2020:

I can be identified by my sitting in the corner and not dancing. Bah humbug. 😒🙂

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

@Donotbelieve I don't like 'freestyle' dancing, but I do like 'partner' (lead-follow) ballroom/swing dancing.

People can be identified by the way they dance [newatlas.com] Elaine Benes, any one?

Donotbelieve comments on Jan 25, 2020:

I can be identified by my sitting in the corner and not dancing. Bah humbug. 😒🙂

FearlessFly replies on Jan 25, 2020:

I "dance as though no one is watching" :)

A brief history lesson. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 24, 2020:

https://www.thepiano.sg/piano/read/mozart-and-his-infamous-letters-scatalogical-humour https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/305/6868/1563.full.pdf https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mozart-dirty-letters_n_1651332

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

@TheInterlooper I play the guitar, banjo, ukulele -- but not in front of people :O

Linux: An OS Capable of Effectively Meeting the US Government’s Security Needs Heading into 2020...

Lady-DebianLinux comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Linux runs the world anyway...the workhorse of the ‘internet’.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

. . . some counter examples : https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/why-the-military-cant-quit-windows-xp.html https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/us-military-old-windows-software

Google’s latest search results change further blurs what’s an ad [digiday.com]

bingst comments on Jan 24, 2020:

I have noticed this. Google sucks, but what else is there that isn't just trying to copy google?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 24, 2020:

(for privacy) I use : https://www.startpage.com/ or https://duckduckgo.com/

Scientists discover 'why stress turns hair white' [bbc.com]

JackPedigo comments on Jan 23, 2020:

In my first marriage i started to get the usual friar bald spot and knew it was stress related. After we broke up the spot disappeared and now plenty of hair.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

I'm reminded -- "anecdotes are not data" :)

Scientists discover 'why stress turns hair white' [bbc.com]

Organist1 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Wow! This runs counter to my experience. I have had extreme stress in my life, but the majority of my hair is still brown at the age of 66. I am gradually going gray in the same pattern as all the women in my family.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

I'm reminded -- "anecdotes are not data" :)

Older good book titles to help you think better… [en.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Free is good! ;-)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

. . . that word -- I don't think it means what you think :O . . . I use "gratis" instead :)

Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections [npr.org]

skado comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Gets my vote!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 23, 2020:

(from the article) "There is a firm consensus in the cybersecurity community that mobile voting on a smartphone is a really stupid idea," said Duncan Buell, a computer science professor at the University of South Carolina who specializes in election technology. "I don't know that I have run across cybersecurity experts whose mortgages are not paid by a mobile-voting company who think it's a good idea."

1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S. [npr.org]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

This is scary! Do NOT go to China...ok?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

Is there any precedent to such a broad travel ban ? It seems to me there are ways (screening of passengers from China is already underway) to mitigate the danger(s).

Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes [cnn.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

GOOD! (Wonder if anyone's ever tried to create a solar/wind-power plane?)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@LucyLoohoo . . . right, and I was just being pedantic :)

Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes [cnn.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 21, 2020:

GOOD! (Wonder if anyone's ever tried to create a solar/wind-power plane?)

FearlessFly replies on Jan 21, 2020:

. . . yes, they are called gliders :P

I notice that people on this site still have some archaic ideas about money and politics and budgets...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 19, 2020:

Governments can't go broke ? I don't thing so : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_debt_crises https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpowell/2011/11/29/rich-nations-that-went-broke-by-spending-too-much/#15b1e1342f88 ...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 19, 2020:

@ToolGuy you mean the mythological FORBES ? LOL

the Corrs - Joy Of Life [youtube.com]

Kymmacg comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I do love the Corrs! This is one of my favourites with the Chieftains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-HU2Xh7PE

FearlessFly replies on Jan 19, 2020:

The singing is great.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, hits trillion-dollar market cap for first time [cnbc.com]

AmmaRE007 comments on Jan 18, 2020:

in an interesting side... yet Google related.......... https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/how-to-stop-google-maps-from-tracking-and-saving-your-location.html?recirc=taboolainternal Google Maps keeps a detailed record of everywhere you go — here’s how to stop it

FearlessFly replies on Jan 18, 2020:

This is one reason why I don't have a smartphone. :)

Sound Check JJ Cale and Eric Clapton [youtube.com]

Captain_Feelgood comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Anyone know when this show was?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 17, 2020:

2007

DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America

whiskywoman comments on Jan 14, 2020:

wolves saved yellowstone

FearlessFly replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@AnonySchmoose I certainly agree that eradication of wolves is a good example of human hubris, and the re-introduction is a good thing.

DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America

whiskywoman comments on Jan 14, 2020:

wolves saved yellowstone

FearlessFly replies on Jan 14, 2020:

I think that opinion is back-asswards : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-wolf-that-changed-america-wolf-wars-americas-campaign-to-eradicate-the-wolf/4312/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41078131-american-wolf

Bing loses out to DuckDuckGo in Google’s new Android search engine ballot [theverge.com]

David1955 comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Does anyone use Bing? Can't imagine why. Go DuckDuckGo! Everyone should use it.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 13, 2020:

. . . actually DDG uses Bing (and 400 others) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

Eric Clapton - Blues in 'A' [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Jan 13, 2020:

What was John Lennon said about the Beatles ....bigger than Jesus! We can see what that dog thinks about Clapton!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Or . . . "Is Dead God ? " :P (Greatful)

I finally switched from Chrome to Mozilla Firefox — and you should too [digitaltrends.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Firefox with a Duck Duck Go for searches is a great combo!

FearlessFly replies on Jan 11, 2020:

. . . add AdBlockPlus, uBlock Origin, Easy Session Manager, NewsGuard, others . . . :P

Popa Chubby - Angel on my shoulder [youtube.com]

Dhiltong comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Papa Chubby is pretty bad ass.....I’ve posted him before.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 9, 2020:

It is actually Popa, as in "Pop a " :P

F.

bingst comments on Jan 8, 2020:

When this came up before, I actually wrote to the FBI (I think via the DOJ) to suggest that with the aid of an electronics engineer, they should be able to copy the data directly out of the unpowered phone, then they could break the encryption on the data without worry of it being erased. I don't...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 8, 2020:

. . . this was 18mo ago : https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/technology/apple-iphone-police.html

Even with the acid battery taste left in my mind about the last season of GOT.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 7, 2020:

The Stones were paid a million for "Start Me Up", why would it be "odd though that they are all playing Fenders" ?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 7, 2020:

@TristanNuvo IMO, it would be odd, if and only if they were not being 'incentivized' to play Fenders.

Hucklebuck Boogie, Ruud van Ingen [youtube.com]

Captain_Feelgood comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Was there suppose to be a link here?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 4, 2020:

. . . ooops, added

I was listening to One of Richard Dawkins books and it surprised me when he said that on his scale ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 2, 2020:

As I have commented before, science never **proves** anything (there is always some uncertainty). It can **disprove** things, but IIUC, science is predicated on falsifiability (and reliability, repeatability). The existence/non of god(s) never fits this criteria.

FearlessFly replies on Jan 3, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay I concede that math has proofs. Since the 'discussion' is about proof/disproof of existence/non of god(s), math doesn't enter into it and I think my arguments are still valid.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 2, 2020:

"Live and Let Die" is the theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, performed by the British–American rock band Wings. Written by English musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney, it reunited McCartney with former Beatles producer George Martin, who produced the song and...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 2, 2020:

@Marionville . . . didn't guess, but -- different strokes :)

Tuba Skinny - "Going Back Home" - Royal St. [youtube.com]

Lorajay comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Have you seen them in NOLA?

FearlessFly replies on Jan 1, 2020:

Never been.

[youtu.be] Rolling Stones. - Jumpin’ Jack Flash.. one of their classics!

FearlessFly comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, when they were awoken one morning by the clumping footsteps of his gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. Surprised, Jagger asked what it was and Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's ...

FearlessFly replies on Jan 1, 2020:

@Marionville I **know** it's only Rock 'n Roll, but I **like** it :O

First Drive Test of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover [youtube.]

Robecology comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Do they really need that many inspectors looking for errors in operation?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 30, 2019:

@Robecology NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review finding released Thursday.

First Drive Test of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover [youtube.]

Robecology comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Do they really need that many inspectors looking for errors in operation?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 30, 2019:

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/

How open-source software took over the world [cnbc.com]

Fernapple comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Page would not download due to many very large adverts. Sorry.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 30, 2019:

https://getadblock.com/

Amazon is looking into tech that can identify you using the veins in your hand [eu.usatoday.com]

bigpawbullets comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Fingerprints aren't sufficient?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 29, 2019:

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/defining-difficulty-fingerprint-comparisons https://columbian.gwu.edu/fingerprint-analysis-fact-v-fiction https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093498/ https://www.bu.edu/sjmag/scimag2005/opinion/fingerprints.htm

"A plurality of European countries" Wtf does that mean?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 28, 2019:

A majority would be more than half, but in this case, it means (according to State Dept) more countries oppose Nordstream 2 than countries support it.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 28, 2019:

@powder (from the US perspective) It is less about 'cheaper' natural gas for Europe and mostly about "sphere of influence". A successful pipeline (for Russia) is likely bad for US/Europe (setting aside the money) and likely very, very bad for Ukraine.

[youtu.be] For What It’s Worth

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966—a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 28, 2019:

@Lightupmylife . . . added to my list of non-fiction futures. Currently about a dozen ahead of it -- but I likely will get to it. :)

Hey Trumpers-Republicans: "During the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

. . . kinda "preaching to the choir" :O

FearlessFly replies on Dec 27, 2019:

@RoboGraham IMHO, logical fallicies (and anyone that attempts them) should always be 'outed'.

Hey Trumpers-Republicans: "During the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 27, 2019:

. . . kinda "preaching to the choir" :O

FearlessFly replies on Dec 27, 2019:

@Bobby9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Baidu has a new trick for teaching AI the meaning of language Inspired by a difference between ...

dalefvictor comments on Dec 26, 2019:

Don't we all?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 27, 2019:

Isn't it hard enough to teach the benefits of diversity to humans (too much us-them-ing) ? Try teaching that to your digital device(s) ! :P

If Walls Could Talk - Ry Cooder [youtube.com]

thinktwice comments on Dec 26, 2019:

Damn you have excellent choices in music!!!

FearlessFly replies on Dec 26, 2019:

. . . that's music to my ears :)

Mysterious drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave local law enforcement stumped ...

bingst comments on Dec 25, 2019:

Perhaps law enforcement need to consider looking into drone-capturing craft?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 25, 2019:

They could be military, or federal LE.

Mysterious drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave local law enforcement stumped ...

RavenCT comments on Dec 25, 2019:

I don't know that there are any laws concerning the legality of drone craft? If this sort of thing goes on there could well be some in future - because "Creepy?". Other than government agencies or Amazon delivering packages I can't think of legit activities.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 25, 2019:

https://www.faa.gov/uas/ https://uavcoach.com/drone-laws/

'Advertising breaks your spirit': the French cities trying to ban public adverts Activists in ...

bingst comments on Dec 25, 2019:

Cities without ads would seem weird to me, but not unwelcome.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 25, 2019:

I go to considerable lengths to avoid all advertising. ymmv :)

A little something from the Libertarian party

FearlessFly comments on Dec 22, 2019:

The question libertarians just can't answer If your approach is so great, why hasn’t any country anywhere in the world ever tried it? https://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/the_question_libertarians_just_cant_answer/

FearlessFly replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@1of5 It is hard not to notice that you (or others) have not provided credible evidence of an actual libertarian government. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/colorado-springs-libertarian-experiment-america-215313

A little something from the Libertarian party

FearlessFly comments on Dec 22, 2019:

The question libertarians just can't answer If your approach is so great, why hasn’t any country anywhere in the world ever tried it? https://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/the_question_libertarians_just_cant_answer/

FearlessFly replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@1of5 . . . anarchy is not libertarianism https://www.libertynation.com/should-libertarians-move-to-somalia/

I wonder how much antagonism will be present in the congregations that gather this morning all over ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 22, 2019:

I'll accept that religious folks are tolerant when they successfully remove "In God We Trust" from our government issued currency ! :O

FearlessFly replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@hankster . . . my rant about their claims of forgiveness/tolerance

Any one familiar with Suspicious Observers ?

FearlessFly comments on Dec 12, 2019:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Suspicious0bservers https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Suspicious0bservers#Pillars_of_bollocks

FearlessFly replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@Musicmanmike @yvilletom https://suspicious0bservers.org/about-faq/ quote from About Ben Davidson: "I OFTEN INTERJECT MY OPINIONS ABOUT THE TOPICS PRESENTED ON THE CHANNEL AND ON THIS SITE, AND I ATTEMPT TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE WHEN THAT IS THE CASE. OTHERWISE ALL THAT IS SAID AND SHOWN IS CITED WITH A HYPERLINK OR PROPER CITATION IN THE ABOUT TAB OF THE VIDEOS OR ON THIS WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AT FACE VALUE OR AS TRUTH SIMPLY ON MY WORD; I AM CLASSIFIED AS HUMAN AND THEREFORE AM NOT TO BE TRUSTED, AND THAT’S WHY I GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS." I don't see how that provides any reason to assign credibility/veracity to Suspicious Observers et. al. ymmv

It only gets better from here 😀🌞🌷🌼🌻

FearlessFly comments on Dec 21, 2019:

Enough of the Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-_1AXTVlY

FearlessFly replies on Dec 21, 2019:

@Heidi68 What do you get when you play a country record backwards ? you get your job back you get your dog back you get your truck back you get your spouse back :P

B. B. King & Ruth Brown - Aint Nobody's Business [youtube.com]

MrJoyBoy comments on Dec 21, 2019:

Thanks for the post. I was relieved that this performance didn't contain the reference to domestic abuse that makes me wince a little every time I listen to my Billie Holiday rendition.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 21, 2019:

. . . what about this version I posted earlier ? "Candy is Dandy but Licquor is Quicker :) Taj Mahal - Aint Nobody's Business But My Own ..."

How classroom technology is holding students back [technologyreview.com]

icolan comments on Dec 20, 2019:

It seems to me it is not technology that is holding those students back, it is a lack of actual education from their teachers. If a child does not understand the words in the problem being placed before them, then it does not matter whether it is being presented on a digital device, a piece of ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 20, 2019:

IMHO, as a former teacher, the best teachers, lead students in the best ways of how not to need a teacher. :)

IMPEACHMENT.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 19, 2019:

You are confusing impeachment, a (constitutional), **political** process with our civil/criminal justice system. They are distinctly different.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 20, 2019:

@lerlo Don't misunderstand, I found the evidence presented supports the the two articles passed. The House investigations were totally run by the Dems. No subpoenas/witnesses from Reps were allowed. I don't see how that can be claimed to be impartial. I have been given to understand that the "Rules" that were adopted for previous impeachment(s) are not required to be followed currently. The only sole powers in the Constitution give the House (total) power to adopt articles, and the Senate (total) power to be "jurors in the trial" (it is not the same as a justice system trial).

IMPEACHMENT.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 19, 2019:

You are confusing impeachment, a (constitutional), **political** process with our civil/criminal justice system. They are distinctly different.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

@lerlo I don't see much evidence that either side is impartial, it is a political process.

When discussing life on other planets, why is it that most people assume that life in other planets ...

1of5 comments on Dec 17, 2019:

Because carbon is the best atom for life - not because we're carbon based, but because it's so versatile chemically. Even simple life is pretty complex with crap tons (to lazy to look up, but it's a lot) of reactions happening per second. Carbon, because it's bonds can be created and broken ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

I have heard/read that silicon is a possibility, but there are serious limitations -- no known likely liquid "compatibilities" .

Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can't Profit From His Book Because It Wasn't Cleared by NSA and CIA ...

Donne comments on Dec 19, 2019:

Isn’t he still in exile in Russia?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

Yes, but the issue is his income from publishing.

Talking Fishing Blues - Woody Guthrie [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Dec 19, 2019:

Oh, that is nioce. I call this folk music. Is there another name?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

Not that I know of . . . other than "This Machine Kills Fascists" :)

Some of the universe’s heavier elements are created by neutron star collisions [sciencemag.org]

yvilletom comments on Dec 19, 2019:

When neutrons decay in under fifteen minutes, there are neutron stars?

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

The article refers to "rapid neutron capture"

T. Rex - Jeepster [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 19, 2019:

American rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry to honor the music of the rock stars who died from excess in the 1970s, included the song on their 2015 debut album Hollywood Vampires, to commemorate Marc Bolan's death on 16 September 1977

FearlessFly replies on Dec 19, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 Bolan never learned to drive, fearing a premature death.

Why Some Men Still Dress Like They’re 16

FearlessFly comments on Dec 17, 2019:

When I teach children that they should not judge a book by its' cover, I **mean** it. !

FearlessFly replies on Dec 18, 2019:

There are lots of folks who wear "good clothes", but whose judgement and character are suspect. Hitler, Stalin, Jimmy Swaggart, Trump etc. Anyone can "put on a show" with clothes.

Why Some Men Still Dress Like They’re 16

FearlessFly comments on Dec 17, 2019:

When I teach children that they should not judge a book by its' cover, I **mean** it. !

FearlessFly replies on Dec 17, 2019:

@LiterateHiker IMHO, the content of a persons' character can't be judged from the clothes they are wearing. :) . . . also, to me, appearances are one of the **least** interesting things about a person.

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - Ganges Delta Blues (A Meeting By The River) [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Dec 17, 2019:

Oh yes. The lady from India House Groceries in Rochester NY, showed me the cd because she knew I loved Indian music, especially ragas. I took it home to play on my cd player ( the car only had a cassette player) What joy! I followed Ry Cooder and V.NM. Bhatt since then. I have posted sounds...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 17, 2019:

Any/all Ry Cooder fan(s) should check-out : "Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son (Live in studio) [youtube.com]" "Taj Mahal Ry Cooder Statesboro Blues [youtube.com]"

Why Some Men Still Dress Like They’re 16

FearlessFly comments on Dec 17, 2019:

When I teach children that they should not judge a book by its' cover, I **mean** it. !

FearlessFly replies on Dec 17, 2019:

@nonbeliever1 . . . **completely** different situation. I worked so that I could live -- not the other way around.

It don't get no better... best live album ever recorded. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 16, 2019:

"One Way Out" is a blues song first recorded and released in the early-mid-1960s by Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James, an R&B hit under a different name for G.L. Crockett (who also recorded as "G. Davy Crockett") in the mid-1960s, and then popularized to rock audiences in the early 1970s and ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 16, 2019:

@FrostyJim I posted it a few days ago . . . "The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out - At Fillmore East 1971 [youtube.com]"

Elton John took his first name from Elton Dean .

Marionville comments on Dec 16, 2019:

I’ve posted this one in the past myself.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 16, 2019:

I searched both Music and Classic -- did not find it.

FBI breaks up 2 illegal streaming sites — including iStreamItAll, with more subscribers than ...

St-Sinner comments on Dec 16, 2019:

I do not think the government agencies in the world are catching up with what bad actors are up to on the Internet. This is in today's news https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50749764

FearlessFly replies on Dec 16, 2019:

AFAIK, the 'fake' websites are not illegal . . .

sugarloaf - don't call us, we'll call you [youtube.com]

Sticks48 comments on Dec 16, 2019:

I used to sit in with a funk/soul band in Denver in the 80's whose keyboard player played in Sugarloaf. He joined the band after Green Eyed Lady, a favorite song of mine. Nice guy, great player, and boy did we get fucked up after a gig one night while swapping road stories. Thanks, you sparked an ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 16, 2019:

I liked it too -- posted in Classic Rock : "Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady (Original Song HQ) 1970 [youtube.com]"

California’s high-voltage battle between utilities and rooftop solar could impact electric bills...

MarkiusMahamius comments on Dec 16, 2019:

Actually glad i clickes on that. Imagine utilities claiming they're on the side of the little guy, in the face of "Big Solar".

FearlessFly replies on Dec 16, 2019:

"Electricity providers across the state, from San Diego Gas & Electric to Redding Electric Utility, have said that they are not against rooftop solar in principle." If there is something else in that article that said 'claiming they're on the side of the little guy', I don't see it. Utility Companies are regulated (PUC). Rooftop solar is subsidized. Long term, doesn't government (somehow) **have** to balance both ?

Debunking the Christian Democracy Myth Quotes from the Founding Fathers. [monotheism.us]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 15, 2019:

Some of the founding fathers were deists. To not be a Christian was "frowned-upon" and could be hazardous.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@Reignmond . . . not all : All together it is believed that about nine of the fifty-six men that signed the Declaration of Independence were masons, and about thirteen of the thirty-nine that signed the US Constitutions were also masons. http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/uniontodisunion/exhibits/show/freemasons-and-the-murder-of-w/freemason-and-the-founding-fat

Trends in Atheism. [pewresearch.org]

David1955 comments on Dec 15, 2019:

Atheist is used here as a catch all phrase for the non-religious. That's questionable. For example it says, "Some people who describe themselves as atheists also say they believe in some kind of higher power or spiritual force." I suspect it is agnostics and new age types and alike who claim ...

FearlessFly replies on Dec 15, 2019:

The "author" is Pew Research. The first sentence is "Measuring atheism is complicated" IMO, the results of their research is presented fairly straightforward.

Althea Grateful Dead [youtu.be] Sorry, that's two in a row.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 15, 2019:

"Althea" became a concert staple and was ranked as the fifth best Grateful Dead song of all time by Stereogum, which said that the studio version "captures the band at its swampiest."

FearlessFly replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@Spinliesel It's got a good beat, you can dance to it. I'd give in an 8.5 :O

Vicksburg Blues [youtube.com]

Spinliesel comments on Dec 14, 2019:

Little Brother Montgomery

FearlessFly replies on Dec 14, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brother_Montgomery

Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s Scale and speed of loss much ...

JacarC comments on Dec 14, 2019:

We are past the point of no-return. NOTHING humans can do to stop it. Only thing we can do is get ready: move away from the coasts, learn how to farm the tundra.

FearlessFly replies on Dec 14, 2019:

? your [**citation needed**]