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No limit. They are a non-native invasive species.

I'm not sure how you wound up here, but have to assume it involved alcohol.

A final note - the actual quote is "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That's essential liberties vs a little temporary safety. The right to free speech is an essential liberty. The right to not wear a mask in a NICU (or in a OR, or in public during a pandemic) is not. The right to life is an essential liberty. The right to go to your favorite bar at any age (or during a pandemic) is not. The right to worship as you please is an essential liberty. Even the right to refuse a vaccination is an essential liberty. However, the right to refuse a vaccination - and then experience absolutely no consequences - is not.

Apparently the family of Democratic politicians are not permitted to engage in any form of gainful employment, investing, or even purchasing any goods or services, lest such activity be construed as some sort of a "quid pro quo". I suppose they also are barred from collecting unemployment, welfare, or accepting any support in excess of $50 from their family members. Absent any possibility of obtaining an income, I suppose that means they just have to live in a van down by the river until they starve. Family of Republican politicians, on the other hand, are entitled to grift as much as they can from the government, especially if their last name is Trump. Seems fair.

Maybe countries should start having to accept climate refugees in the proportion to which they contribute to global CO2 emissions. Wendy P.

Rogozin, the head of the Russian space program, has been somewhat anti-US for most of his tenure. He would frequently mock SpaceX's progress (or lack thereof) in terms of reusable rockets and later manned launches of Space Station astronauts, He once tweeted that perhaps the US could "bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline!" suggesting that he would refuse to fly Americans to the ISS in the wake of sanctions (and also suggesting that SpaceX would ultimately fail.) He has gotten worse. He has threatened to let the ISS's orbit deteriorate so that it would re-enter the atmosphere. "If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an unguided deorbit to impact on the territory of the U.S. or Europe?" This is relevant because the ISS's "main engines" are on the Zvezda module, which is under Russian control. (Recently a Cygnus cargo module docked that has this capability as well, so the ISS is no longer dependent on Russian cooperation for reboost.) It's clear Rogozin is angry at the US for participating in sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Afghanistan. And yet on board the ISS astronauts are still working together. You have to wonder what they are talking about up there, and whether the cosmonauts are annoyed at Rogozin for making so much of their work political. This week an ISS crew took off from Russia and docked at the ISS. When they took off they had the standard blue and red jumpsuits on. When they arrived at the ISS they had yellow and blue jumpsuits on (which, of course, are the colors of the Ukranian flag.) When one of the cosmonauts was asked about it they said "We actually had a lot of yellow material, so we had to use it." Now THAT is a good troll.

Exactly! Republicans, however, can sell Chinese shoes from the White House press office, and funnel millions in taxpayer dollars into their properties. That's just good business! "But . . . but . . . his laptop . . ."

Now that is a door!

Raise a glass to Bob Holler every St Patrick’s Day .. You are missed vic and Sally

They do. But they are okay with it.

And I assume they brought their big clanking balls with them: The Guardian: Russian cosmonauts board ISS wearing colours of Ukraine flag