…all over the place.
Especially in California, it seems.
Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with advising "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." Later a guy named Robert J. Hanlon replaced "incompetence" with "stupidity" and christened the admonition Hanlon's Razor.
All of which leads, circuitously, to this investigative report from today's Wall Street Journal…
The idea that the pandemic’s origins lie with a research facility in China was once labeled a conspiracy theory
…which tells a tale of government flim-flam (and the maybe-not-malicious credulity of the press) and (you don't have to read very far to find this) also the pivotal role played by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) — the position our Mr. Trump has nominated Tulsi Gabbard to fill.
So yea or nay?
Last night, Christmas Eve in the U.S., Biden signed into law a bill establishing the bald eagle as the National Bird. Finally.
When she grows up, she said, she wants to be either a climatologist, a pediatrician or scientist, or a professional volleyball player.
Earlier this year, the British military announced that it was testing new weapons technology that is expected to be a "game-changer" on the battlefield, using nothing but invisible radio waves to take out enemy drones and vehicles from a range of up to a mile.The more:
The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) beams radio waves at a target, or group of targets, in order to destroy their on-board electronics.
Sales of Faraday bags will skyrocket.
If Mr. Kennedy wins Senate confirmation to become health secretary and pushes to ban drug ads, he could find allies among doctors.…He could also find common cause with Americans who love to complain about pharma ads on their screens.
That would be me. I love to complain about pharma ads on my screens. I love to complain a lot.
And as you, New York Times, should know, there are already plenty of laws that apply to advertising practices. How easy was that?
I disagree with Bobby Jr. on a whole lot of things, but not on this.
“Some people never come back to face the music,” [the Detroit library director] said of patrons with overdue books. “But there was really no music to face because he and the book were erased from our system.”
Google has a Santa tracker page that allows one to follow the old guy's Christmas Eve journey in real time. Imaginarily real (just kidding, kids) at least.
And while waiting for the Big Event to begin one can play with jolly Christmas toys like a Santa coloring book or a translator that converts various seasonal phrases to other languages. [SPOILER ALERT: The English phrase, Ho Ho Ho, is pronounced, in German, Ho Ho Ho.]
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) maintains a similar tracking page, but without the games. It does, however, offer mobile Santa tracking apps. (So they can track you too?)
[The 49-sheet manuscript is] printed on maguey paper, a type made from pounded agave plants that is so rare that only 10 sheets were known to exist: four at the Library of Congress and six at the National Library of Anthropology and History in Mexico City.
The Newberry Library in question is not in Newberry, it's in Chicago.
The F-18 is known to cost somewhere between $50 million and $120 million when bought new. Used F-18 models will cost significantly less, although it will be hard to find one below the price of $20 million.]
No word about the missile,
The F-18 aircraft carries a two-person crew. Both bailed out safely, one incurring "minor injuries."
The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason had to cancel a concert in Toronto last week after an airline refused to let him board with his instrument, even though he had bought a ticket for it.And no, it wasn't TSA.