When China makes the news with SARS-CoV-2 quarantines, it is never good. The first time was because the government had arrested Li Wenliang, a whistleblower who sounded the alarm that something pretty awful was spreading through Wuhan, and he died in early February of 2020.They kept him in jail for 30 days while they told the WHO to tell the world that there was nothing to fear. American...
read moreIn the new Netflix film "Red Notice", the hijinks for the core of the film revolve around the eggs that Roman General Marc Antony gave Egyptian Queen Cleopatra at their wedding. The history of those two is complex and their relationship has been dissected/speculated beyond what I can do here, but I was fascinated by the three eggs he gave her.Why had I never read that? It turns out I had never...
read moreSuicides and other mental health issues, as well as general deaths, went up during the pandemic in 2020 and veterans were not excluded. But they fared better than the general population, which is good news for Veteran's Day.read more
read moreIn America, anyone can sue over anything and when it comes to a jury trial, facts and the law matter a lot less than emotion.Though spectacular jury verdicts get the media attention, it's in the appeals process that science and precedent enter the picture. So a gigantic award resting on the allegation that a pharmaceutical company violated the state's public nuisance law because they...
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Valve, of Steam gaming platform fame, has announced that its Steamdeck portable gaming device has been delayed, until at least February of 2022. Which means for nearly everyone who made a preorder reservation, July or later.Why is that unclear? Well, because even this may be optimistic.This isn't as huge surprise, when even big guns like Microsoft and Sony can't make the new Xbox Series X or...
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