Easier said than done though, isn't it? As I understand it, places where cocoa beans are grown have high levels of lead and cadmium in the soils (not sure if this is just natural to the geography or due to lax environmental standards in banana republics in which they are grown). These get taken up b...

Not knowing what radon is could be acceptable (although it's pretty common knowledge by now). Not knowing what a detector is, if that was what she meant, would be rather head shaking.

OK. But I was thinking more along the 'child labor versus' point. Child labor would be a worse option for a child who could be effectively educated. But yes, if you interpret as a child for whom education is almost certain to fail, I see what you are getting at.

You mean ineffective education right? Within reason, some students are not academically inclined. But I think everybody can learn to read, write and do basic arithmetic (although the latter may not really be needed in the computer/calculator age). After say, junior high, the non academic types would...

I'd still vote for the ship Theseus owns. And keep in mind Theseus replaced those planks for a reason. Weathered, cracked, barnacled, what have you. Some of those planks replaced in the later years were probably on their last legs. The copy ship from recycled planks is probably pretty rickety. I wou...

Once Israel gets organized for a counter attack, there is going to be hell to pay in the Gaza strip. And if that incites Hezbolla and other pro-Palestine groups to stick their nose in, who knows where it will end?

The thing is, with ultra stupid people (i.e. the types that fall for conspiracy craziness), is they never follow up on their own nonsense. So that fact that millions (many millions) of people who have been vaccinated and don't turn their phones off, will suffer zero effects, will not be mentioned. O...

She should sue the shit out of him, regardless of the legal outcome.

Although this guy seem cracked enough that he might try to kill her. It has that severe domestic (or toxic relationship) abuse vibe to it.

Biden appears to be somewhat of a failure at raising either children or dogs. He's no better at running a country for that matter. His only hope is Trump's unpalatability.

Are you enjoying Moby Dick? I read it too (outside of any school curriculum) and it became a test of endurance to get through it. It's like a 40 page short story about obsession embedded in 800 pages of whaling tedium. Have you got to the section "On paintings of whales" or something like that? Melv...