One_Command1249
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Just wondering what the people here think of Kipling's "Gods of the Copybook Headings"?
The last quatrain seems quite relevant...
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
NIH admits US funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan
nypost.com/2021/10/21/nih-admits-us-funded-ga...EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax
argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draft-exemp...It just breaks your heart to see a couple giving up on love, right?
(The correct answer is "Yes. She is terrible at reading humans."
…(both in our sixties) had a new little baby named Omi (short for Omnicron) who was strangely Asian (as both of us are of Northern European descent). Every time we would try to go on vacation or travel somewhere, little Omi would do something to screw things up.
Any idea what that dream was about?
It seems like increasing the money supply by that much would contribute to inflation…. Am I wrong?
Dozens of California students, parents stranded in Afghanistan after summer trip abroad
thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-...I will be attending a midweek conference in SLC this October and have decided to bring my wife and make it a week-long trip (arriving on a Friday and leaving the evening on the second Saturday (8 days later).
We can see the city stuff during the midweek, but I have two and half days on either end and would like to enjoy some Utah scenery and nature. In particular, I'd love to see some western wildlife (antelopes, bison, Bigfoot, etc.).
My wife does not want to spend too much time on the road, so I am looking for destinations we could visit within two or three hours from the city. Antelope Island looks like a possibility, but I am not sure what else to look into. (There are many options