Randall Plant MD
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Some of Robert Plant’s (no relation, at least none that I know of) more recent work with Allison Krauss is very good. Not too much screeching youtu.be/ogMBgUVPMXU?...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Some of Robert Plant’s (no relation, at least none that I know of) more recent work with Allison Krauss is very good. Not too much screeching youtu.be/ogMBgUVPMXU?...
This vaccine, like Gardasil, is an actual anti-cancer vaccine, something you might dream would only exist in sci-fi novels. And the Trump administration and its Republican allies want to take them away.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This vaccine, like Gardasil, is an actual anti-cancer vaccine, something you might dream would only exist in sci-fi novels. And the Trump administration and its Republican allies want to take them away.
Anybody who was an adult during the Viet Nam war may remember that discussions weren’t so civil at that time. That was, to be sure, an extreme case.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Anybody who was an adult during the Viet Nam war may remember that discussions weren’t so civil at that time. That was, to be sure, an extreme case.
Can you imagine what it is like for a long-time FBI agent who at one time worked under Robert Mueller and now works under this buffoon?
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Can you imagine what it is like for a long-time FBI agent who at one time worked under Robert Mueller and now works under this buffoon?
We could also pronounce and spell the team names in the correct fashion: the Keltics and the Nicks.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We could also pronounce and spell the team names in the correct fashion: the Keltics and the Nicks.
That is a concern with any screening exam, whether it be mammography, PSAs, or any other form of examination. False positives can lead to unnecessary treatment. From a public health standpoint there also are cost factors.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That is a concern with any screening exam, whether it be mammography, PSAs, or any other form of examination. False positives can lead to unnecessary treatment. From a public health standpoint there also are cost factors.
There are imaging centers that offer full-body MRIs as sort of an overall screening exam for people willing to pay the price. This type of exam might in some cases catch something at an early stage, but it is incredibly expensive.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There are imaging centers that offer full-body MRIs as sort of an overall screening exam for people willing to pay the price. This type of exam might in some cases catch something at an early stage, but it is incredibly expensive.
This is what the Rome Statute of the ICC says. “Shall” carries a lot of weight here.
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is what the Rome Statute of the ICC says. “Shall” carries a lot of weight here.
From the ICC website
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
From the ICC website
Isn’t that, in theory, true? Though if an US citizen were indicted it would require that a country defy the USA.
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Isn’t that, in theory, true? Though if an US citizen were indicted it would require that a country defy the USA.
We now live in a world where parents will let their child die of measles if it means she doesn’t have to get vaccinated and then, at her funeral, warmly receive the conspiracy theorist who gave them that advice. More deaths would just harden these people even more against reality.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We now live in a world where parents will let their child die of measles if it means she doesn’t have to get vaccinated and then, at her funeral, warmly receive the conspiracy theorist who gave them that advice. More deaths would just harden these people even more against reality.
The winner-take-all nature of the electoral college is ridiculous. The sensible answer is a proportional distribution of electoral votes based on a candidate’s votes in that state, but that is essentially the same as direct vote so why have an electoral college?
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The winner-take-all nature of the electoral college is ridiculous. The sensible answer is a proportional distribution of electoral votes based on a candidate’s votes in that state, but that is essentially the same as direct vote so why have an electoral college?
Over 1000 kids died of COVID. If adult deaths had not overwhelmed the statistics and only children had died from COVID, it would have been a national scandal that so many children died and so little was done to protect them.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Over 1000 kids died of COVID. If adult deaths had not overwhelmed the statistics and only children had died from COVID, it would have been a national scandal that so many children died and so little was done to protect them.
Sadly, this would make Trump even more popular among MAGA, and may not have much of an effect on swing voters.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Sadly, this would make Trump even more popular among MAGA, and may not have much of an effect on swing voters.
JK Simmons was amazing in “Counterpart”, simultaneously playing two completely different characters.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
JK Simmons was amazing in “Counterpart”, simultaneously playing two completely different characters.
The Vietnam War created huge divisions within families, most between generations, but you didn’t see the cult-like activity we see with today’s MAGA.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Vietnam War created huge divisions within families, most between generations, but you didn’t see the cult-like activity we see with today’s MAGA.
Edward, the Black Prince, was sixteen when he led forces at the Battle of Crécy. Young people got old more quickly back then.
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Edward, the Black Prince, was sixteen when he led forces at the Battle of Crécy. Young people got old more quickly back then.
“The idea that Hegseth would have to advise Trump in a moment of crisis is genuinely terrifying”.
You just have to hope we never come to that situation.
You just have to hope we never come to that situation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The idea that Hegseth would have to advise Trump in a moment of crisis is genuinely terrifying”.
You just have to hope we never come to that situation.
You just have to hope we never come to that situation.
As long as people use cheapest cost as the most important determinant in their search for flights, airlines will do what the customers demand by cramming passengers into planes and charging them for luggage.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As long as people use cheapest cost as the most important determinant in their search for flights, airlines will do what the customers demand by cramming passengers into planes and charging them for luggage.
Compared to the U.S., the EU has much more passenger-friendly laws regarding compensation from the airlines if your flight is canceled or delayed. Why doesn’t our transportation secretary care more about that rather than griping about the way people are dressed?
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Compared to the U.S., the EU has much more passenger-friendly laws regarding compensation from the airlines if your flight is canceled or delayed. Why doesn’t our transportation secretary care more about that rather than griping about the way people are dressed?
Looks like Lindsey Halligen will be free soon, maybe she can be the lawyer Hegseth uses.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Looks like Lindsey Halligen will be free soon, maybe she can be the lawyer Hegseth uses.
We could start an album
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We could start an album
If Biden’s ego had been less inflated and if he had accepted from the start that he shouldn’t seek a second term, he could have given Harris a better role as VP.
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If Biden’s ego had been less inflated and if he had accepted from the start that he shouldn’t seek a second term, he could have given Harris a better role as VP.
The three-fifths rule gave the slave-holding states an added advantage in the Electoral College. That certainly aided in its approval.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The three-fifths rule gave the slave-holding states an added advantage in the Electoral College. That certainly aided in its approval.
I’m no historian but one question is if the Founders did not want or trust the voters to directly elect the executive at the federal level, why was it done at the state level? They certainly didn’t want Senators directly elected.
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’m no historian but one question is if the Founders did not want or trust the voters to directly elect the executive at the federal level, why was it done at the state level? They certainly didn’t want Senators directly elected.