Simple. And Meal Team 6 would understand why it was necessary, and so would cooperate completely. /s

Please, define “moment”, if you would? Are there any other editorial changes you would like to suggest?

:-(

Indeed, do whatever is in your own best interests, Canada, Mexico, and China, the US government is experiencing an unfortunate moment of insanity.

Where are those Epstein Files?

BINGO! LoL, time for cheeto tacos.

This brings to mind a song, No Images by Nina Simone, which came from a poem by William Warin Cuney.

[Verse 1] She does not know her beauty She thinks her brown glory She thinks her brown body has no glory If she could dance naked under palm trees And see her image in the river, she would know Yes, she would know But there are no palm trees in the street No palm trees in the street And dishwater gives back no images

[Verse 2] She does not know her beauty She thinks her brown body has no glory If she could dance naked under palm trees And see her image in the river, she would know Yes, she would know, yes, she would know But there are no palm trees in the street No palm trees in the street And dishwater gives back no image

On the album Let It All Out, Nina Simone sang William Waring Cuney’s poem “No Images” in a capella. The poem won Cuney his first prize in the 1926 Opportunity Literary Contest.

As part of the Harlem Renaissance, “No Images” was a poem hailed as a lodestar for the New Nego Movement of the 1920s that pushed for “a renewed sense of racial pride, cultural self-expression, economic independence, and progressive politics.” The poem speaks to the psychological angst of African American women who perceive themselves as ugly due to their skin color as a result of the discriminatory, anti-black world they now inhabit. Waring Cuney juxtaposes her urban life with that of her ancestors, and if she had the chance to return to these surroundings she would realize her true beauty.

Writing in the Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940, Lucy Kelly Hayden writes about “No Images,” stating:

The poet knows that the brown girl has beauty and glory, but acculturation into a white society and economic poverty have caused her not only to lose awareness of her merit but to denigrate herself. If she were in Africa or the Caribbean, where women like her set the standards for beauty, she would have a different clearer “image” of herself reflected back by society.

Epstein Island

You have a harsh view of the world. Maybe lighten up on yourself. It might help you to have more compassion.

https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/nitrogen-dioxides-impact-indoor-air-quality#Health_Effects

Health Effects Associated with Nitrogen Dioxide

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris/iris_documents/documents/subst/0080_summary.pdf

NO2 acts mainly as an irritant affecting the mucosa of the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory tract.
Extremely high-dose exposure (as in a building fire) to NO2 may result in pulmonary edema and diffuse lung injury.
Continued exposure to high NO2 levels can contribute to the development of acute or chronic bronchitis.
Low level NO2 exposure may cause:
    increased bronchial reactivity in some asthmatics
    decreased lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    increased risk of respiratory infections, especially in young children

Home interventions are effective at decreasing indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4909253/

Abstract

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a by-product of combustion produced by indoor gas appliances such as cooking stoves, is associated with respiratory symptoms in those with obstructive airways disease. We conducted a three-armed randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing indoor NO2 concentrations in homes with unvented gas stoves: (i) replacement of existing gas stove with electric stove; (ii) installation of ventilation hood over existing gas stove; and (iii) placement of air purifiers with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) and carbon filters. Home inspection and NO2 monitoring were conducted at 1 week pre-intervention and at 1 week and 3 months post-intervention. Stove replacement resulted in a 51% and 42% decrease in median NO2 concentration at 3 months of follow-up in the kitchen and bedroom, respectively (P = 0.01, P = 0.01); air purifier placement resulted in an immediate decrease in median NO2 concentration in the kitchen (27%, P < 0.01) and bedroom (22%, P = 0.02), but at 3 months, a significant reduction was seen only in the kitchen (20%, P = 0.05). NO2 concentrations in the kitchen and bedroom did not significantly change following ventilation hood installation. Replacing unvented gas stoves with electric stoves or placement of air purifiers with HEPA and carbon filters can decrease indoor NO2 concentrations in urban homes.

I find it interesting when Judges, such as Justice S. Kato Crews, appear unable to do literature searches, and/or appear unable to read said literature.

From OP’s article, this pertinent review: Review from American Lung Association: https://www.lung.org/getmedia/ce1e7bfa-db92-42a3-9ff4-3044324ec2c9/ICF_Impacts-of-Residential-Combustion_Addendum.pdf

That is my understanding as well. Which is what makes McLaughlin, and Noem’s mendacious responses so odious. They know they are wrong. They saw the same videos that by now a very large fraction of the US and the world has seen. These can be ‘crystalizing’ moments in which history pivots.

The descriptions I’ve read made me think the ICE officer, what was his name, I haven’t seen that mentioned anywhere, yet,… Anyway made me think he had fired thru the front windshield. He was in no danger, and decided based on his 15 minutes of training, that now was the moment to shoot someone thru their open driver’s window. ICE OUT!!

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, saying, “While for the safety of our officers we do not get into law enforcement footprint, DHS has surged law enforcement and has already made more than 1,000 arrests of murderers, rapists, pedophiles and gang members.” Hmm, I await the specific charges, outcome of the trials against these criminals. And note that this group is probably far less likely to be “murderers, rapists, and pedophiles” than the current Executive Branch of the US. Perhaps Secy McLaughlin will clarify this matter for us.

Sounds like it.

Electricity distribution and generation are not set up as redundant networks. This practically guarantees there will be outages. There was a car accident in my town last year, and it took out power to about 1/3 of the town, because they hit a power pole. Which got me thinking, how many ‘single point’ failures away from total collapse? And how would an adversary use that information?

“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. JFC!

Sure donnie, gotta give us those unredacted epstein files, first.

Indeed, they’re BEANS!

My experience is different. Dries in a day, or less. Shrug. I’ll keep using walnut, works just fine for my kitchen ware. I’ve used tung and linseed oil for furniture.

Have you any actual data, you know, like a study of depth of penetration of your petroleum based product compared with other wood finishes?