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Straight Line of the Day: In Her Book, KJP Reveals…

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Ex-WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre left the Democratic Party, publisher of her new book says
Associated Press | June 4, 2025 | Hillel Italie

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden’s decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system.

Jean-Pierre herself has switched her affiliation to independent after working in two Democratic administrations, according to Legacy Lit, a Hachette Book Group imprint that will publish “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines” on Oct. 21.

In it, she reveals…

Science Thoughts

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If you want a definitive answer, you may be on the wrong website.

We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?
US Headtopics | 06 03 2025

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

The development of this technology also raises a profound ethical question: When, if ever, is it okay to intentionally drive a species out of existence? 

My answers:

  1. Yup. Do it now. Ticks, too, while you’re at it. And ringworms.
  2. Nope. God knew what He was doing.
  3. But we kill cancers, and microbes, and viruses and burglars and rabid opossums that are trying to kill us.
  4. You’re right.

Friday Night Open Thread: Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins

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… Memorable ones, to you.

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Mine:

  1. The local diner that was open past 1:00 a.m., serving full breakfasts. Came in handy for us when we were high-school types.
  2. The Dew Drop Inn — had to stop there with my brother, just as a tribute to Charlie Daniels’ “Uneasy Rider.” It was just as you’d expect. Honorable Mention: One called The Oasis, in tribute to a particular episode of the Bob Newhart Show (the Pleshette version).
  3. My parents took six kids in a station wagon to drive-ins, regularly. Poor, poor parents.