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@Catch22- How fantastic! That same Radio Shack monitor amp was my main go-to tool when trouble-shooting telco and other audio line circuitry. I had modified mine, and added a switch that could either place a 600Ω resistor across the line for testing…
There's a fortune to be made developing a medical treatment that eliminates the need for sleep so that people can have even four jobs.
For many people it already is back the the early Industrial Revolution- women working 12-hour days, six days a we…
@DrVenture- Thanks for that. Worked for many years as radio communications tech, and I also wondered about that. Was thinking that somehow the tag slipped towards the end of the wire and interfered with the connection. Weird, though. But I have a lo…
Well, that was the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee. I believe that such large government committees typically have a number of smaller subcommittees, each assigned to specific areas of interest. After a subcommittee agrees on a pr…
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It looks like a good one, too.
Following is a current report in The Guardian:
Justice department will release Epstein files within 30 days, Bondi says
The US justice department will release files from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, attorney general Pam Bo…
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I was especially interested to see how the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, voted. He is known for his very conservative views, and is surely no favorite of mine. But he voted with the majority, surprisingly.
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in The New York Times. This should be a free link:
Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Republican-Friendly Congressional Map- Texas quickly filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
A federal court i…
And this from a current NPR report::
Pope Leo calls out 'extremely disrespectful' treatment of migrants in the U.S.
Pope Leo XIV said he is troubled by the violent and at times "extremely disrespectful" ways migrants have been treated in the Unite…
Yes, I've seen similar, from a number of different states. I wonder if the CA process will still go through. If it does, that would be a real interesting situation.
@Catch22- Hey, no big deal. We all miss things, and only need one thread on this. Of course if you want to send me a check for $100 that would really be cool.
Yes, but here's the killer, I think: WHERE would they be able to do that "crushing"?
Trump has the benefit of the WH "bully pulpit". He's the president, he makes the "news", he gets the coverage.
Where exactly would the Dems find an equivalent pla…
Well, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge engineer might have said something like that...
and the 2018 Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa wasn't so hot either.
(We had just been over that Genoa bridge half a dozen times a few months earlier. When it's …
And following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
Federal judge instructed state to use older maps, with Republicans likely to appeal decision
New maps that added five Republican districts in Texas hit a legal roadblock on Tuesday, …
