@wtg Interesting, and thanks for doing the research for me!

I am now eating a toasted bagel for dinner (it was refrigerated, not frozen, alas). Commercial, but fresh, so hopefully without the grocery store preservatives that might interfere with resistant starch.

@Bernard - I've been catching up a bit, reading other sources including what I think is the NYT article you mentioned. I see that people are talking about studies that seem to demonstrate that low to moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with positive health outcomes in some respects (cardiovascular in particular). In the other camp are the studies that seem to show an association with cancer. And of course the liquor industry is weighing in on everything because of its financial interest.

All of this made me think about the history of smoking and how things rolled out. Two Surgeons General, Leroy Burney in 1957, and Luther Terry in 1964, made headlines with their annoucements about the links between smoking and health.

Some background, if you're so inclined...

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2014/01/10/smoking-in-america-50-years-on/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/surgeon-generals-1964-report-making-smoking-history-201401106970

Getting back to the alcohol debate...

My choice is easy. I'm someone who simply can no longer tolerate alcohol, so I don't consume it anymore because it makes me feel like carp within minutes. But you can bet your bottom dollar that if it didn't have that effect on me, I'd be having an occasional tipple myself.

For the rest of the country, I suspect the debate will go on for decades like smoking did.

Cheers! 🍷

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Interesting comments on the Arab Empire.

The link works.

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This is what you get when an intelligent, knowledgeable, talented, fearless person goes up against a stupid, disingenuous clown.

The first salvo in the long-running series of battles we can expect to overturn regulations based on the Loper Bright decision. Striking down the FCC regulations on net neutrality is only a glimpse of what we are in for. Expect challenges in almost every area of life where federal agencies promulgate detailed regulations.

Big Al

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@pique said in Christmas tree?:

I usually leave the christmas decor up until we get longer daylight hours. It is very dark here, and the lights alleviate that.

I can imagine! I love the soft white Christmas lights, they make everything feel twinkly and warm. 🙂

@Bernard and @AdagioM

Jan. 6th is always my take-down day, but this year the 6th is a Monday and I have a ton of meetings on that day -_- so I planned to undecorate early this year. If we had outdoor lights, I’d want them out longer.

@RealPlayer want do you mean by “real parlor grand”? Is that a length thing, or something else?

Maybe I should just call mine a “dining room grand” since it’s in the room that’s supposed to be the dining room. 😅

His story is pretty tragic.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-cybertruck-bombing-matthew-livelsberger-letter-mental-health-crisis/

While the photo with the Musk/Trump caption is funny in one respect, I'm regretting a bit that I posted it because after reading his story I can't stop thinking of him dying in the vehicle. :😞

Made this the other night. Delicious and easy.

https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/parmesan-chicken

I stand corrected.

The spelling is quatrefoil.

I would feel claustrophobic.

Let's see... Trump owned by Russia and Musk owned by China... what could go wrong??

@RealPlayer said in Non Sequitur Thread:

Some dinosaurs were no bigger than chickens.

I feel compelled to note that I saw this factoid in an early MAD magazine satirizing newspaper layouts, where short sentences were used to fill out blank space in newspaper columns.

There's nothing wrong with usury laws. A strong network of state usury laws was one reason out of many for the high watermark of American middle and working class wealth in the mid-century.

Does anybody just play dominoes any more?

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Honda is one of them though.

I wish the powers that be would let Americans decide with their money which vehicles they'd like to buy or not buy from Japan and Germany.

This video link is an extreme example but there have been too many to count.

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If they're good enough for the EU than why aren't they good enough for the US?