World Views

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Re: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdo ... n-be-done/

"on more than 400 occasions last year, according to a Forest Service spokesperson,
visitors decided to plop with impunity and just walk away. What is going on?"

"It’s unbelievable how much surface pooping is going on out there"

Not only "out there" but in cities as well! What is going on?
Maybe surface plopping is the new "back to nature" trend.

Rod

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Re: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9398518/o ... eir-money/

This research hints that supplements, as isolated components of a food, are beneficial only when other complementing whole foods are consumed (the rest of the fatty fish instead of just the fish oil, for example). And since nutrition science is complex, it's generally easier to consume the necessary daily nutrients as whole foods instead of supplements with smaller portions (and less variety) of healthy foods.

Say what
"Supplement" is the clue - the foods (nutrients) it supplements are also important
and may not be obvious from advertising that promotes supplements.

Rod

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Re: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6054054065001

Who knew?! Cows speak Sax
They were lured by "Isn't She Lovely", enlivened by "Tequila!",
but disappointed not to hear "Mooo_n River".

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/toll ... okie-dough

"Raw cookie dough has always been a popular snack food, but it hasn’t always been safe.
Health officials warn that it can cause sickness and infections, such as salmonella.
... that hasn’t stopped a lot of people from risking it over the years"

A Win! Win! Win! since "safe to eat" makes consumers happy
and gives more profit to these snack food providers, while
(not so) "healthy to eat" gives more business to doctors.

Who can tell?! Dentists may want to include this with their
free candy offerings after a child's dental visit.

Rod

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Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/1on ... l-warming/

"A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000."

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/ver ... australia/

"A surprising late-June chill broke records for lowest temperatures and made life miserable for many across the world. From Denver, Colorado, in the United States, to Melbourne in Australia, the mercury dropped precipitously."

"There has been a remarkable cooling in the global oceans, especially the Atlantic and the Pacific. This was totally unexpected, as scientists had forecast a strong warming in the oceans for this month"

Who can tell
Maybe Gaia reads the news, compensating in mysterious ways.
... or space aliens prefer a cooler vacation planet.
... or the earth is simply changing (as always).

Rod

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Re: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... -rejecting

Interesting complaint, considering that the purpose of concentration camps were to terminate the lives of its prisoners
(some only after productive labor was extracted) ... and that is hardly the purpose of migrant detention facilities.

However, it's encouraging to see so many scholars confirm that historical event
... when others are trying to rewrite that history.

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/health/f ... index.html

A subtlety of these stories about such ubiquitous bacteria is that few people suffer to this extent
and hinting that having a healthy immune system reduces the inital exposure to such bacteria.
A good immune system plus immediate attention to a cut seem critical

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nsive.html

"ex-NFL star Colin Kaepernick complained they were 'offensive'
because the original 13 states were founded during a period of slavery"

I agree with Colin but for a different reason:
sport shoes that cost more than $50 are outrageous
... for families with limited income.

However, product/service marketing will forever be difficult
if so much of the past has to be recolored (or rewritten).

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food ... se-US.html

It would be surprising that the container itself is problematic since we consumers buy so much in cans.

However, most pasta is just flour with a few ingredients added to create noodles. A quality cheese sauce
with no noodles might survive as a product. "Mac Cheesy" comes to mind and might taste good on other foods,
like steamed cauliflower, cooked potatoes or quinoa - even over chicken, burgers, fish ... whatever.

Just create a marketing character to be "Mac" ...
and maintain healthier sodium content.

Rod

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"Mac Cheesy" comes to mind and might taste good on other foods

"MacCheesy" (one word) is taken: https://www.mymaccheesy.com/

"Max Cheesy" (sounds like "Mac's Cheesy") might have potential.

"Max Cheesy" is taken (ask Tina)

What's left? "Yellow Sauce in a Can?"

That's called "mustard" (only powder is sold in cans).

Finally, a name with potential "Sans Mac Cheesy"

Rod ("Who is San?" No one, you know!)

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -lane.html

"Nevada trooper pulls over a HEARSE carrying a dead body in the car pool lane
and tells the driver the passenger 'has to be alive'"

Passengers sleeping upright are assumed dummies until proven otherwise.
But a living "dummy" is OK (even the driver) as long they exhibit good driving.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ntest.html

"Thursday's top five winners of each gender will split $40,000"

If Facebook users competed ...
58 genders* means $40,000 x 58 = $2,320,000
... shared by 58 x 5 = 290 gobblers ...
and a mountain of dogs, hot 'n juicy!

* https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/ ... ook-users/

Rod

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Re: https://www.inverse.com/article/56743-s ... ics-brains

"Our subjects can use their extra fingers independently, similar to an additional thumb, either alone or together with the other five fingers, which makes manipulation extraordinary versatile and skilful," said Mehring. "For instance, in our experiments subjects can carry out a task with one hand, for which we normally need two hands."

Considering the advantage of having such distance between our hands (for tasks requiring two hands), an extra finger seems to give one hand insignificant advantage. On the other hand , an extra eye in the back of our head would be quite advantageous and might now be installed bionically! After all, fashionistas already like to wear sunglasses on top of their head.

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/us/ice-c ... index.html

Who knew? That "influencing" was a business!
This hints that negative influencing is a different business:
you get paid to not post negative comments.

Besides, what good are opinions if you keep them to yourself?
Isn't that why Tweeting was invented (especially for Presidents)?

I Tweeted a few times, but didn't know if I was an influencer.
And after reading those experimental Tweets days later
decided that I had better keep my day job ...
which soon expired with a mass layoff.

Chiirp! Chirpp! (I'll need better bird seed ...
but that could be my negative comment)

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... -good.html

"Ditching saturated fats may 'do more harm than good' as people miss out
on nutrients in eggs, chocolate, meat and cheese"

"Researchers have criticised World Health Organization policy on saturated fat ...
cutting it out may mean people miss vital vitamins, minerals and fibre"

Oh boy! Just like eggs ("they're good!, they're bad!, they're good!"), it's time to recycle
the similar chocolate mantra ... and get some dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/co ... #section12 ).

Tip: Serving size is important (too much degrades health)

"Been there - Done that!" 85% cacao seems to be the upper limit,
whereafter there's insufficient candy appeal (IMO: "chocolate starch").
Who knew?! Raw walnuts complement this chocolate.

Rod

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Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2 ... 638113001/

That's the salient clue! Hot Dog Eating is "athletic competition!" ...
since grinding them in a blender and using a feeding tube is not "eating",
albeit hands can be used as a funnel/spoon.

Did you know that Hot Dog Eating as preparation for Cannibals' Festivals
was discontinued because that stuffing often has poor quality lean meat,
high sodium, and too much starchy bread.

But faux meat is OK since meat stuffed with veggies is healthy!

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/8 ... conviction

[a comment] "So, Melissa D. ...
cannot get past an 80 year old artist who more than made amends for an indiscretion
and has gone on to perform all over the world for free to benefit children."

More Nike marketing rethink from social media pressure ...
You own your past, despite attempts to make amends.
... and answering the door without sufficient clothing is a mistake
... despite any haste or urgency in opening the door.

Rod

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Curious about the U.S. Constitution's census requirement
and controversy about a proposed question on citizenship ...

U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 2

"The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting
of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years"

Re: https://phys.org/news/2009-08-probing-c ... rtant.html

"Personal information like names and addresses can never be released.
Statistical summaries of the data for geographic areas and political units are available on the Web,
but there is no way that individual households could be identified based on their responses"

Best guess: This controversy is media-inflamed to sell news.

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/asia/chi ... index.html

A middle-aged man in a bikini - in the city! - does seem risqué ...
but it's a rolled-up tank top, exposing belly for comfort from the heat.

That social credit system could provide belly police to monitor what's decent or not,
allowing trim men and women to expose more belly, arm, and leg skin. Regulated societies
should encourage healthy, well-exercised citizens ... as evidenced by trim bodies.

T-shirt for front yard summer mowing but topless in secluded back yard.

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/british- ... aked-hotel

"There were some frisky crew on this plane. There was kissing and stripping
and fumbling between the crew, who were all naked."

Kissing and stripping might be expected ...
but fumbling is unprofessional - even immature!

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... shelf.html

"Walmart shopper gargles mouthwash, spits it back into the bottle then RETURNS it to the shelf"

These filmed tastings try to promote the wannabe actors into a social media "Hall of Fame".
Always check for opened food/medicine packages (in any store) and if discovered at home,
immediately return the item to the store (Walmart has a great return policy).

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/europ ... and-photos

"It’s just people having sex in the open air."

Not exactly (people have sex in the open air all the time).
It's a lot of people having sex in a community environment,
with a festival atmosphere, and privacy is not expected.

Animals - wild and domestic - inspired this concept!

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... space.html

"For $35 to $50 a night, each tenant gets his or her own desk, locker, shelf and personal TV
"tenants used to be young adults moving to a new city, but now they are older adults and business travelers
"Rules of each space include light off by 10pm, no guests and no sex
"Tenants are known as 'pod-estrians'."

Like communal homes but less roomy, more roomies
... and higher price!

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/us/frenc ... index.html

"it wasn't called a 'French kiss' in France. It was just a kiss.
"The French didn't even have a word for the style of kissing until 2014,
when the Petit Robert dictionary added a new verb: 'Galocher.'
(literally means 'to kiss with tongues')"

Not the same as "speaking with tongues" ...
but might be, depending on what's communicated.
And is unsettling when there's a big age difference.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... melessDM_0

This video shows that a mob quickly entering a store is an immediate clue that a tsunami is starting!

The staff (and customers) need only do what everybody does in a tsunami: RUN! (get out of the way)
Documenting the event with cameras and trackable miniature devices seems best ...
perhaps with more of this security (including outside) activated with an alarm.

Rod






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