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  1. Karl R

    A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine

    Methodist Hospital specializes in cardiac and cardiovascular care, so many of their patients arrive in serious/critical condition … without having the luxury of scheduling a vaccine to prepare. This isn't speculation. I showed up in the Methodist ER in June 2020 (during the beginning of the...
  2. Karl R

    Dietary advice?

    I decided to do a little research into Lectins, and found this gem on the Harvard website: "It is important to remember that eating foods with a high amount of active lectins is rare. One reason is that lectins are most potent in their raw state, and foods containing them are not typically eaten...
  3. Karl R

    Political advertisement failures

    Since we're all being bombarded by political ads, I thought we might want to share some of the political advertisements that ... well ... don't appear to be part of a well thought out strategy. Here are my top two picks: Wesley Hunt, Texas 7th Congressional District, launched a new ad...
  4. Karl R

    Evacuation Centers for Cities in Hurricane Areas

    That's the start of a good idea, but there are several complications that would need to be worked through. Parking garages lack restrooms. Parking garages aren't particularly comfortable. Once shuttered, parking garages would lack ventilation ... and they would be filled with vehicles which can...
  5. Karl R

    Jail, fines. For using improper pronouns.

    Ding, ding, ding! HonestJoe nailed it. My great aunt Louise and her partner, Karen moved into a nursing home when they were about 80. Louise was childless. She was suffering from Alzheimer's. Her nearest living relatives (her nephews) all lived over 1,000 miles away. If they had been evicted...
  6. Karl R

    Jail, fines. For using improper pronouns.

    Have you considered using critical thinking when reading these articles? Let's say you have a group that runs a number of nursing homes in California (like the Catholic church). Let's that group has a history of openly, publicly, and strongly opposing GLBT rights (like the Catholic church's...
  7. Karl R

    Would such a movie appeal to a mainstream audience?

    If the earth and humanity have united (presumably freely and democratically), why would they have a U.S. Military? While Star Wars has been more successful at the box office than Star Trek, I would say both have appeal to mainstream audiences. Or? You're setting up a false dichotomy. It could...
  8. Karl R

    Fox Pulled in UK

    The Brits might not have gotten enough of the jokes. I remember one time I saw a few minutes of Fox, where two talking heads (one conservative, one liberal) were discussing a Supreme Court ruling that overturned an El Paso law. The law prohibited day laborers from gathering and holding signs...
  9. Karl R

    Jail, fines. For using improper pronouns.

    Thanks for sharing the misleading clickbait. From the text of the bill: 1439.51. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it shall be unlawful for a long-term care facility or facility staff to take any of the following actions wholly or partially on the basis of a person’s actual or...
  10. Karl R

    $99 for a case of water: Texas officials report price gouging post-Harvey

    That's pretty accurate. The neighborhood a mile north of my house flooded during the 2015 Memorial Day flood, flooded again during the 2016 Tax Day flood, and flooded even worse during Harvey. Only difference: homes in Houston don't have basements. It's the ground floor that floods. Sometimes...
  11. Karl R

    Quote of the day

    In Houston, while doing post-Harvey cleanup: "You know it's going to be a tough week when the local weather makes national news."
  12. Karl R

    Is life easier for Psychopaths?

    Laika, It's your perspective that's off. Risk-taking and success: Risk taking either leads to success ... or it leads to failure. So the psychopaths' risky behavior is going to end up leading them to the top -or- the bottom. But you tend not to notice all the psychopaths who bankrupted...
  13. Karl R

    Should "500 year flood" be renamed? Redefined? Redrawn?

    That's a little hard to say (and the article is somewhat misleading). It is correct that homeowners' insurance won't cover flood damage. (Mine doesn't.) I separately purchase flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program, as do many others. About 373,000 homes in the affected...
  14. Karl R

    Should "500 year flood" be renamed? Redefined? Redrawn?

    Definition of a 100 year or 500 year flood: There are maps of Houston showing the "100 year flood" zones and "500 year flood" zones. The maps are created by the Army Corp of Engineers and used by insurers. If an area has a 1% chance of flooding in any given year, it is called a "100 year flood...
  15. Karl R

    Should "500 year flood" be renamed? Redefined? Redrawn?

    On Sunday, Trump tweeted, "Wow - Now experts are calling #Harvey a once in 500 year flood!" Not the best wording, but it would pass a fact check. I live in Houston. I'm a mile south of Brays Bayou, where it passes through Meyerland (two miles east of the Med Center). The Brays Bayou (among...
  16. Karl R

    Why Do We Teach Kids To Be Good?

    According to the article, "the public is subsidising Next to the tune of £67m a year." As far as I can tell, Patrick Collinson (the author) used "the public" as a synonym for "taxpayers." Next pays £127m to £169m in taxes per year. So approximately half of Next's taxes subsidize Next's...
  17. Karl R

    Why Do We Teach Kids To Be Good?

    Stevicus, Are you trying to draw some equivalency between working for low pay and slavery? Back in 1990, I spent a few months working for a company that paid less than minimum wage. (They classified me as an independent contractor working purely for commission, which is how they could get away...
  18. Karl R

    The Catch all of Them, They... Which White Nationalist Groups Encourage Murder? Proof Please

    The Daily Stormer Andrew Anglin, publisher of The Daily Stormer, is quoted as saying, "The goal is to ethnically cleanse White nations of non-Whites and establish an authoritarian government. Many people also believe that the Jews should be exterminated." I am using this Wikipedia article as...
  19. Karl R

    A "Fact Check" Sub-forum?

    If "facts" have an "-ist", then they are not facts. They are opinions. I prefer to rely on peer-reviewed science, national census reports, NIH (National Institute of Health), CDC (Center for Disease Control) ... a wide range of institutions that are primarily interested in numbers, not "-ist"...
  20. Karl R

    Why Do We Teach Kids To Be Good?

    Are you resorting to ad hominem attacks just because you're unable to defend your views with facts? Apple's Chinese employees are allowed to quit their jobs. They can go search for a better opportunity. Slaves do not receive the same benefit. There are 30 million people worldwide who are...
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