Competitive Debate
Submitted by fire with fire on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 11:57amIn my junior and senior years of high school and all through my college years, I participated in competitive debate. It was a very strange exercise. As a contest, there is one winning side and one losing side -- the classic zero-sum game. There are two debaters per team, each participant speaks twice in the individual debate. The topic debated is the same in every contest for the academic year.
OT WE 14 MAY 25 ~ Post Enlightenment
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 6:46am
Most of us here may remember the optimism shared around 55 years ago.
And most would agree things have not progressed in favorable terms for us.
MAHA is a joke
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:43amThe Trump Administration began restricting health care access for Americans on Day 1.
The Evening Blues - 5-13-25
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 2:40pmEven Ben Shapiro and Rand Paul says Trump is taking bribes
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 10:27amDown home again
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 9:41am
Hangin' at home in suburbia this week babysitting our grandkitty Aurora. She is loving the bigger house and the extra large back yard than her own home. And she already found the catnip patch.
Doing the deep spring cleaning routine and fixing stuff around the house and garage.
The Evening Blues - 5-12-25
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 3:12pm05/12 Open Thread - Various and Sundry
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 5:00amThe Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 05/11/2025 - 6:29am

We all share the same mitochondrial DNA...we are a human family. We get our mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) from our mother. It is like a symbiotic bacteria in our cells.
In 1987, studies of mitochondrial DNA (which tracks maternal ancestry), suggested that all human beings were descendants of one woman who may have lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago.
We also have other mothers in common. We all live on Mother Earth and in Mother Nature. This week we'll take a break from the news and honor Mothers...
