This doesn't bode well for the Trump administration.
Moving offshore frees the Ignobel Prize Committee from
retaliation, revenge, and retribution if they were stateside.
We can look forward to Trump and his followers WINNING!!!
They have worked hugely to WIN!!!
They strongly deserve a slew of Ignobel prizes.
Even in categories never imagined by man before.
And the judges, with tears in their eyes, will beg
"Please SIR!!! Can we give you more prizes?"

Damn!
And just as I was getting ready to post:

"Yeee-Hawww!
We is winnin' the race to the bottom,
just like Donny Trump promised."

But too many level headed Arkansans thought otherwise.

Y'all tell Spectrum thanks for finding my missing bullet. .
Lost it while practicing with my AK on that day's rack of
empty Lone Star beer cans in my condo's small back yard.
I knew I missed but never could find any messed up turf
where it hit or Rick-O'Shayed off the ground.
Lordy! I was 100% addled about where it might have
ended up as I staggered 'round huntin' for it.
Sorry for all the damage and the internet outage.
But thoughts and prayers! Thoughts and prayers!

Ages ago, with journals, we got credible research information.
That day has passed.
Open sourcing can provide an improved alternative, if curated.
Curation can be accomplished by establishing review boards.
Each review board would consist of members elected by qualified peers.
The various boards would belong to a global umbrella organization.
That top organization would consist of elected administrators with organizational skills.
These boards are NOT like corporate boards furnished with plush perks.
They would be âworkingâ(TM) boards with responsible members dedicated to their specialty.
The entire endeavor would be of, by, and for research organizations.
Start financing the open source venture with funds currently spent on dead tree journals.
Almost all correspondence, submissions, review, and publication would be digital.
Much of the physical/digital foundation already exists, but in scattered, disordered pieces.
The system should be able mesh with existing research/education bodies fairly easily.
Participating organizations would mutually gain improved reliability and respectability.
Various existing open source ventures have developed the techniques needed to succeed.
Begin with dedication, cooperation, and persistence.

Citation:
Wikipedia, "pharmaceutical lobbying" - do the math.
Open Secrets, same topic for year 2017.

However, the logic of why drugs are so expensive in the USA is easy to follow from this post.
Just write off $15M/year as the "research costs" that big pharma uses to justify overpriced meds.
That, and the $279.5M pharma spent in 2017 lobbying to "access" our lawmakers.

It's a little early, but the rooskies might be prepping their attack vectors for when the electoral season gets into full swing.
If so, one would expect other major carriers to experience mysterious problems as politics heats up.

"To sum it up...intensive weight loss via exercise.
Well no shit."

Are you sure you didn't mean
"...minimal weight loss via intensive exercise.
Oh well, no shit time left in the day."

Adios, you motherflashing software cesspool.

You have my sympathy.
Drinking water quality from various utilities can vary immensely.
I have tasted sparkling 'springwater' pure product from one facility and seen brown ice cubes from water by another facility.
Much depends on whether the utility is focused on product quality and customer service or instead focused on local politics and money. [ref the 'beancounter' posts a couple of items above this one]
Your example may be overchlorinated (bleach taste) to disinfect and pass bacteriological testing with water that is inadequately treated.
The lime taste often results from efforts to correct the pH of the water after flocculation and filtering.
This is more common if poor quality raw water feeds the treatment plant, requiring heavier chemical dosing.

Good point about the bean counters.
In too many scenarios it's the money people who make the final decisions but not knowledgeable experts in the relevant field.
And you just have to love that beady-eyed beancounter look they have while determining others' fates.
Or in this particular case, Flint's fate.

"Why does the child molestation by members of a church make the news?"..."But because it's a follower of Christ therefore it's news."
It's newsworthy because of the hypocrisy by holier-than-thou power seekers hiding behind Christ's message of love.
Most other religions have the same predatory problem.
They don't care about saving souls as much as dictating the behavior of the flock for their own benefit.

"...The Secure Elections Act would give states grants specifically earmarked for replacing these systems with more secure systems that use voter-verified paper ballots..."
So, states using secure systems have to fund grants bailing out states that willfully (after warnings) purchased insecure voting machines?
Alternative solution: Don't accept their election results until they purchase and install secure systems on their own.
The votes of their reps in Congress don't count unless secure standards are met.

Sounds a lot like Sinclair Networks.
They give their local stations 'Must Run' segments that promote their biased opinions.
Next step will be to close the local broadcast studios and supply all content from their headquarters instead.
FCC chairman Ajit Pai is trying to change regs to allow that dumping of local studios and content.
His political views echo those of Trump, Fox, and Sinclair.

Enjoy your Local News coverage while it lasts.
Broadcasts originating in smaller communities are an endangered species that Ajit Pai (FCC Chairman) is trying to exterminate.
Current rules require a local originating studio for those stations.
Pai's proposal would allow syndicates (like Sinclair) that own local stations to eliminate that local originating studio.
They would convert your 'local station' into a repeater of the network's material.
Then, your 'local' news might originate 3 time zones away.
Politically motivated owners already order 'Must Run' segments that fit their agenda but not our community.