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The Judge Who Threw a Tantrum [Texas politics, doncha know] Ousted GOP judge randomly released a group of defendants because that’s “what the voters wanted”* Vote me out?!... I'll show you! MIFFED! (Ex-)Judge Republican Glenn Devlin arbitrarily released a bunch of juvenile defendants (some dangerous) because "That's what the Democrats wanted!" after he lost his race.   Very mature of you, Judge. (Kind of Trumpian, though.) Judge cartoon credit * Story source ;   Story source 2

Whoo boy... The NRA Steps in It Big Time One day before the Thousand Oaks shooting NRA: " “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control,” the NRA  tweeted . “Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.” (Like call the NRA!) Surgeons: "... Replying to @NRA You’re never the ones elbows-deep in someone’s body trying to keep them from dying of their gunshot wounds. You’re never the ones telling someone their loved one is dead. Come into my trauma bay and deal with the results of your insanity with me, or stay out of MY lane. 292 5:53 AM - Nov 9, 2018 Plus a BUNCH more.  angry docs.

Born in Russia, Dual British and American Citizenship Gives $200 Million to Harvard for Translational Medicine  ("Translating" scientific discoveries to actual drugs and treatments) Another immigrant success story p.s. He's Jewish Amidst all the anti-immigrant shouting, there is the hard truth that new immigrants are America's most successful class of entrepreneurs.  Some 25% of all successful new startups in the country were founded by immigrants. Something about picking up and moving from one's country of origin to a new life in America identifies smart people with powerful risk-taking instincts. Check it out . America's super  power is it's diversity.  * Those darn immigrants

Quantum Radar Can See the Stealthiest Those Darn Chinese Did It Again... China Shows Off First Quantum Radar Prototype Nov 5, 2018 Steve Trimble    |  Aerospace Daily & Defense Report * I see you, stealthy American plane/ship/missile. You surely know I'm worried about China taking the lead in  critical  fields**. This latest could be the most expensive (for us) yet, making our super-expensive stealth weapons quite visible. How Many Billions Has and Is the U.S. Spending on Stealth?  B-21 (new) F-35 B-2 F-22 F-117 QUITE A LOT, ACTUALLY.  $Billions and Billions and Billions (read "Trillions") Here's the way it works  (for "how does it work?" fans) The principle of quantum radar is well understood. The device creates a stream of entangled photons, which is then split into two streams. One of them is converted into a microwave frequency that is transmitted and reflected like a tradition

(Just one of..) America's Forgotten Super Powers .... And because many of us have forgotten it, we risk falling into narrow tribalism, ethnic revulsion, religious hatred and vile racism, all "not good" for national unity.  E pluribus unum , not so much. No, YOU forgot about the joys of diversity. Ok, PR/Ad/Pundit pros , here’s the plan. Use your talent and skills to “sell” the truth that one of America’s great strengths is its diversity. Or, in your mode, “ONE OF   AMERICA’S GREAT STRENGTHS IS ITS DIVERSITY!! ”   Lookout, World, here we come! Use a thousand truthful anecdotes, all supporting the message. The super hard working first generation immigrant; the super successful technical team with a technicolor staff; the history of super inventors from all races; the super hero minorities of American battles… etc, etc. Note “super,” all part of the unique super powers of America. American Institute of Mathematics Gang You can do it. Sell,

Without the Little Guys,  The Big Guys Will Crash More Super Scary News You Probably Don’t Know About Let it be noted we humans are “the BIG guys.” The little guys we need to survive are: Insects   (tap here )(and here )- for pollination and a lot of other eco-services; tiny plants - for  ground cover and the land food chain; plankton for the ocean food chain… And tiniest and maybe most basic: good MICROBES* for digesting our food, fighting off bad microbes plus helping us develop properly.   In the “develop properly” category, how about the avoidance of obesity, diabetes, IBS, asthma and general allergies? (plus probably even more.) Check this .  The BIG news is about the stunning decline in the tinniest guys,  MICROBES ** You need us, and we need you! “Preserving microbial diversity” in Science Magazine reads like the first chapter in an apocalypse novel. Microbes that have co-evolved with humans since long before we even became people are vital