As an American, I find the multitudes of taxes, fees, charges, and other blood sucking extortion schemes run by Government to be bizarre.

Being in the midst of trying to control mine, here is a basic explanation provided by my Endocrinologists with some help from Wikipedia.

It all comes down to the Renin–angiotensin system.

When the Kidneys think they don't have enough fluid volume to do their job, they send out signals that ultimately come back to themselves, causing them to retain salt and ditch potassium. Water, naturally, follows the salt and results in increased blood volume and subsequently, pressure. That's why many BP meds contains diuretics.

Too much salts mucks up all the complex feedback mechanisms.

Something that is apparently under diagnosed is a condition called Aldosteronism, where the adrenal glands make too much of a hormone called aldosterone, a primary messenger in this cycle. Aldosterone levels are not part of the standard blood workup done by your average family physician and diagnosing the condition requires a special, hours long process. It's is kind of a Zebra in diagnostic terms but is looking more and more like a horse.

So if you are afflicted with High BP and you're not having much luck controlling it, ask your doctor about aldosterone levels. High BP that is a result of this condition is more dangerous in the long term, but possibly curable by suppressing the aldosterone or removing one of the adrenal glands.

The phrase "...places new limits on..." suggests that they have found that Life is even less likely. But the phrase, "...favorable to life are unlikely to be unusual...", however awkwardly, suggests that Life is more likely.

I expect they don't usually keep their appointments.

Clearly, you have never heard of database normalization.

I think you don't really understand the word, "Exacerbated". Hint: It's not what you do in the shower on Friday nights.

Funny...citing a misleading talking point to call something else a misleading talking point.

Point to the AC.

At least he bothered to look at the links.

However, Hansen says that "deniers" should be tried for "crimes against humanity". This petty much equates to putting people in jail if not executing them should they be found guilty, however unlikely.

I see.

There must be some fallacy that is the opposite of the appeal to authority...something like, "I reject you evidence because I don't like the publication which provides it.

Are you sure?

Absolutely positive?

Seems to be quite a few.

I hope they won't teach in the same asshat way the teach addition .

Anyone know the effective resolution and screen size of the Oculus Rift?

Can we envision one day the elimination of external monitors in favor of lightweight and inexpensive versions of Oculus Rift with a form factor closer to that of Google Glass?

BBT is about Penny's tits, plain and simple. If not for her and her frequent bra-less scenes, the show would be a failure.

Also...Are Penny's tits as big as they look?

Or, is it just T.V that makes them look big?

Then North Korean terrorists would take over the White House and try to get the Cerberus codes.

Or, would it be the other President ?