I'm going to get down modded for replying, but I'm going to do it because it needs to be said. As your Parent Poster stated "As for not anti-anything, they are very much anti-gun. I never heard any pro-gun pieces from them.". Please note the specific observation: You never hear any Pro-Gun pieces from them. And this observation is correct.

Firearms are like any other thing in life. They have both negative and positive things/uses associated with them. NPR only talks about the negatives and never the positives. And yes, there are positives. One of the main ones is being able to be used by the People to overthrow any President who wants to destroy the Democracy and create a Fascist Regime. Sound familiar?

The Parents posters other comments points to the other problem that NPR has. Because they are NOT balanced in their coverage, when the DO get it right (Yes, Russia did help out Trump, Yes the Israel conflict is a mess) NPR is dismissed. If you can't trust NPR in something that you vitally care about (2nd Amendment Rights) then your going to dismiss them on the lessor items. And yes, for many people, 2nd Amendment rights is a one issue thing. If you don't get that right or at least be viewed as being impartial/covering both sides, then you've lost them. And NPR does not realize that.

And the posters comment that NPR does not have anywheres near a balanced staff is also correct. That's not just NPR, that's Media in general. And that is just an observation, not a criticism. The media in general will lean left, that's part of the business. And even the Media will tell you that. The problem is when your a nationwide network that goes out to all corners of the country, both Red and Blue, you have to fight that. And NPR never did. They could not even handle one of their own journalists (Juan Williams) being honest about how he felt (nervous) when he got on a plane with Muslims. Note that Williams was not blaming Muslims, he just gave his honest response about how he felt. That was enough to get him fired. Rather than deal with the honesty and use it as a basis to move on to a discussion of WHY he felt that way and how we, as a country, could move beyond that, NPR choose to fire him. They showed, in one act, their stupidity and liberal bias.

Just to add to your very valid statement, most of the deaths listed here ( https://darwinawards.com/ ) involve men and risky behavior :)

Not disagreeing with you, but I seem to remember a paper once that talked about the fact that the human immune system appears to "over react" to many benign things and that this immune behavior may have been due to some evolutionary event in our history. One of the disadvantages of this strong response appears to be things like allergies that suddenly crop up for no apparent reason.

I read the article. Basically, this article has two narratives (people have range anxiety and people also have stuffed garages) that they try to link in one sentence. Very poorly written. The "fears and concerns about charging" are NOT about charging in the family home, it's about when the person owning the electric car takes a trip and is concerned about "can I get a charge for my car along the trip". Now admittedly, that concern is less now but it's still a fear. If your taking a trip along a main highway, you'll most likely find a charging station. If, on the other hand, you take a trip along the back roads of many states, you might find your charging options severely limited. Last year, I took a trip from California to Arkansas to see the Solar Eclipse. On the way back, I had to take a HUGE amount of back roads to a hole in the wall Oklahoma area to see a relative. I never saw one Electric recharging station on that section but saw 10's of gasoline stations.

The Article then goes into multi-family homes that can't easily run a line to a 240 VAC charger. That's not an "Anxiety" about charging, that's a hard limitation. So please stop trying to connect the two.

..of the Pot calling the Kettle Black.

It could very well be true. Climate change does not affect every area equally. Some geographical areas will actually get better temperatures/climate than beforehand. San Diego (where I live) is a case in point. Our average temperature has actually stayed mostly the same. We've had lower than normal temperatures the last two months. However, our incidents of higher humidity has increased. From what I have read, our normal weather environment shifted northward.

We are going to have a freaking AWESOME light show!! The Greatest since Comet Hale-Bopp hit Jupiter. We will have "Hit on Something" bar drinking parties, massive migrations to Star Parties, massive telescope sales, self proclaimed "End of Days" Prophets claiming that the moon will split apart and destroy the Earth, and lots of people just meeting in the back yards with fellow enthusiasts to watch the event. THAT'S what will happen.

You were 1/2 there! It's actually shame and GUILT!! And I'm NOT a Catholic, I got this tidbit of info from a Catholic Girl ;)

The title is the entire comment. Enjoy :)

When I first moved into my San Diego house in 2003, the front porch light would be covered with flying insects at night. We had a huge thriving Bird population. Now I hardly see insects and birds are much less in number (except for the pigeons, who feed off of the humans). Along with one of the prior Slashdot stories talking about how people are cloning animals and lessening genetic diversity thereby making them much more susceptible to diseases/pathogens, It's a bit scary how much humanity is messing up the ecosystems.

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!"

Yep, agreed totally. When I was doing my Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Degree, we had two exchange students from Greece. They would always ask for help with assignments/problems and copy stuff from other students but would never contribute back. I found out that that basically cheating was a standard practice for Greek students and actually doing the work was bizarrely frowned upon. They got caught cheating on a math exam but the administration did not have the back fully of the prof teaching it. I wish I could know what projects those two worked on so that I could stay away from anything they worked on. I know that it would probably fail.

"You cannot negotiate peace with someone who has come to kill you." - Golda Meir . Until Hamas/Palestinians drop their stated goal for the destruction of Israel, there can never be any peace. Because Hamas has stated that. And until people like you realize that and FORCE Hamas to state, unequivocally, the Israel has a right to exist, there will always be a state of war state the two. And this is not a "well, that's a nice thing to do". It's fundamental. Do I agree with everything that Israel has done? No, I don't. But when the other side wants your destruction and won't budge from that stated goal, then they deserve to be killed. And keep being killed until they either 1) Don't exist anymore or 2) Realize that maybe getting along is in their best interest. I don't like that philosophy or saying that. I wish people could just get along together. But some people don't want to do that. And the sad fact of life is that society is better off without them. Now you can continue to live in your fantasy world of "if we just hug everyone will get along" or you can realize that Israel got attacked and lost 1,195 people. And they are sick and tired of it. And they are going to keep Killing Hamas people until they are no longer a danger. And that killing can be stopped at ANY time if Hamas would release all of their hostages and negotiate a long term peace where Israel has a right to exist. The fact that they have not, even with all of the deaths of their "people", show that they are not worthy of respect and should be killed to eliminate them. The Palestinian people are far better off in the long term without Hamas.

Actually I'm allergic to Ragweed/Grass Pollens. It's protein structure is very close to that of Bananas, so I have a "Cross Reactivity" response. Which really sucks, because I liked the taste of bananas. Luckily, it's a mild allergy.

Agreed totally. It had one of the best "James Bond" kills when Bond takes care of Locque. Rodger Moore hated it, but it was absolutely the best scene he ever did as Bond. Link to scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...