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1. about 9 hours ago on Robert Ariail

   Dr. Frank Martin’s work would have been a little easier to find, had GoComics not elided the site where his bibliography is listed: echocommunity DOT org. He did a lot of work, in a lot of different agricultural areas, toward alleviating hunger in poor tropical nations. None of his advancements involved “throwing money at the problem”, as is so often the case.

2. about 12 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   Unlike the monotheistic thought-police GQP, Democrats have always embraced a diversity of opinion. There is room for those who, in good faith and with thoughtful analysis, oppose abortion, immigration, the defense of Ukraine, and the whole panoply of issues that the Party supports. As a general rule, the liberal philosophy is one of, “whatever floats your boat, as long as it doesn’t hurt someone else”. No Democrat will force you to have an abortion, or force you NOT to get one. There is plenty of room for discussion when it comes to deciding how much to spend on each issue; that why we call it a “participatory democracy”. Get involved in policy decisions as much you can stand the sausage-making, but don’t just comment on discussion lists that “I don’t like it”, and do nothing productive.

3. about 12 hours ago on Mike Luckovich

   Judging by your responses old1953, you live a pretty bleak life. So it’s no surprise that you object to paying for those aspects of society that make life a little more tolerable for those less fortunate. Just because you don’t feel that you need it, does not mean that someone else doesn’t. Be careful that you don’t get your fleas in your manger.

4. about 13 hours ago on Robert Ariail

   My late father-n-law was one of the world’s experts on tubers, and he spend much of his life in tropical Africa doing research and writing books. They were not highly regarded there, so one of his goals was to breed less-starchy crossses that would help alleviate the pervasive malnutrition there. Go to: and search for “Frank Martin” for a partial list of his publications.

   My wife is quite adept at growing them, so yes, I’m more than familiar with the taxonomy of tubers. The quotes should have been a signifier that I was using the local vernacular.

5. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   I think that would be “beef byproducts”, as in, the patty that is left behind the beef.

6. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   Why is it that the mischief-makers all have so much energy?

7. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   As a Southern Pastas-farian, we say, “Ray-men”.

8. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   Too bad for him that “election day votes” aren’t ALL the votes, huh? But you knew that, didn’t you, which makes you a dissembler, or stunningly ignorant.

9. 1 day ago on Jeff Danziger

   NOW you decide to embrace facts! Careful, you really don’t want me going through your post-spittle with my red pen.

10. 1 day ago on Matt Wuerker

    I have no privileged information, but Occam’s Razor suggests that the fact that we can’t SEE any movement on sensitive negotiations with our foreign “allies” (“with friends like these…”) doesn’t mean that they aren’t being held. Given Biden’s history, I have no doubt that his State Department is working behind the scenes (the only way such things are accomplished) to bring about the best resolution to the Israel-Palestine war. I’m betting the hold up is NuttyYahoo’s intransigence.

    What would YOU do if you found out your business partner was beating his wife?