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Thank you CNN for making sure we all know that this is the “alleged” hijacker!

They continue to “dumb down” education.

Before long they won’t require anything at all of the students. Just write a huge check and they will hand you a diploma!

Nonsense (fear mongering) article.

The typical “warm” light is 2700 to 3000 K and “cold” (or blue light) is about 5000 K. color temperature.

The sun, at midday is 5500 to 6000 K color temperature.

Therefore, if we spend any time in the sun, I suppose we are all doomed. /S

Although I don’t like Bruce Springsteen’s politics, I do like one of his songs that speaks directly to this subject. It is called “Glory Days.”

It might be worth a listen.

These things are machines. They CAN be turned off.

Prove me wrong.

In my opinion, these kinds of articles are worthless.

Who gets to decide which city is happier than some other city? What criteria did they use to measure happiness? Does someone suddenly become an "expert" simply because they have a website?

Where do they get their data? In many decades on this planet, I don't remember any pollster ever querying me about my happiness.

My rant for today.

I always cringe when I read the words, "The Supreme Court ALLOWS."

Who is actually governing this country, elected officials or the Supreme Court?

***Not in 1998***

YES, in 1998 (and also in 1991 when I began work in a UNIX shop!)

***I don’t buy into this story. It has threads of plausibility, but I’m highly skeptical that all of this is true.***

Agreed! It would be almost impossible to believe that *any* major film studio would develop a multi-million dollar project, having only one copy without continuous, multiple off-site backups.

MLB lost me in 1994. I never looked back.

Young? I guess you might say that—83 years young!

The America where I live is not in a “death spiral,” even though this may be true of some parts of the country (New York, Illinois, Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington). And even in those states there are many, many normal, law-abiding, reasonable citizens.

Please, let’s be honest—each stupid, corrupt and illegal thing that some person, somewhere does, doesn’t mean the WHOLE country is swirling the drain! It is time to put this in perspective.

I don’t wish to appear unsympathetic, but these kinds of “emergencies” cause me to wonder if people aren’t looking for more free money from Uncle Sam.

I imagine that if aborted babies are figured into the equation, the mystery of the falling birth rates would make perfect sense.

if they ever hope to win back public trust . . .

Too late for me. I lost confidence in the medical establishment and can't see it returning any time soon!

***Sad part is the American people let it happen.***

This should be corrected to say, "Sad part is the corrupt politicians let it happen."

Just something else for you to live in fear about.

Make your own choice, but I decided long ago not to live in fear.

I really wouldn’t mind reading the remainder of this, but have NO interest in subscribing to any mainstream media, even the WSJ!

Plus, wider acceptance of homosexuality further reduces birthrate as well. Surprisingly no mention of this issue in a piece on declining birthrate.

Yes, and I noticed that so far in this discussion, there is no mention of aborting millions of babies!

But I guess I’m getting old. I really don’t like these modern minimalist “beardlets” that are just 5-o’clock shadow on steroids. I don’t understand the appeal.

I am with you. I simply don't understand the appeal of facial hair! There have been many times when I looked around a restaurant and realize that I am the ONLY clean-shaven man in the whole place!