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A non-medication alternative for hair growth that's actually been approved by the FDA and shows clinical success, there's the Hairmax Ultima 12:

Well, firstly, only 2/3 went along with the strike. Those were replaced with supervisors, the recently retired, and military air traffic controllers. The irony is that the air traffic controllers' union, PATCO, endorsed Reagan, due to his empty promises. Inflation soared under Reagan, and controllers' salaries didn't keep up. Of course, no one does empty promises and screwing those who voted for him/helped him better than Trump. No matter what they say, Republicans are anti-union.

My sense is there have been too many of these near-misses lately. How about that near-miss in which the B52 bomber in North Dakota didn't have it's safety system (TCAS) turned on, nor announced its flight? There should be immediate drug and alcohol testing for all pilots and air traffic controllers involved. There should be prompt and thorough investigations. And there should be serious consequences if any safety rules are ignored, including incarceration if drugs and/or alcohol were involved.

There are so many to pick from, but probably Lincoln, Da Vinci, and Alexander the Great.

Well, I think most people who've looked into it are pretty sure Lincoln was gay. Buchanan, unfortunately not one of the US's best Presidents, was also almost certainly gay. I haven't heard credible info regarding Washington or Obama, though. Maybe LBJ.

In looking up Idaho's process, it seems to be super-tough. It looks as though one can only get a pardon if one has completed one's sentence, if I understand things right. The governor has the power to block the pardon, but cannot issue one. There appears almost no way out for that murderer, since it's impossible for him to complete his sentence. https://parole.idaho.gov/pardons/pardon-application-information/ "...Those currently incarcerated or being supervised for a felony or misdemeanor conviction do not qualify for a pardon...". "...The Governor then has 30-days to grant or deny the pardon request. Any pardon recommendation not so approved within 30 days of the Commission’s recommendation shall be deemed denied...".

I suspect some on this board may not understand how pardons work in the US. There are two broad classes of crimes: federal and state. Federal crimes are ostensibly those in which the federal government has an interest, such as banking crimes, immigration crimes, and crimes which take place on federal property, such as US National Parks. Any crime which occurs over state lines (or national boundaries) will generally be a federal crime, such as what Epstein and Maxwell did, transporting women and girls over state lines. Most run-of-the-mill crimes, such as murder, robbery, rape, and so on, will be state crimes. The US President has a pretty much blanket ability to pardon or commute any federal crime. No one, not even Congress or the Supreme Court, can over-rule him. As Trump has discovered, he can even dish out pardons in exchange for cash donations (as far as I know, the first POTUS to do this, though), no matter how blatant or serious the crime. As for state crimes, the situation changes from state to state. In most states, governors have a similar ability to pardon or commute sentences. In some states, such as Texas, these pardons must be OK's by Parole/Pardon Boards, but since he appoints ALL of the members, that's not much of a check. In a small minority of states (nine), the governor has almost no say in pardons or commutations, and such decisions are made entirely by a Board of Paroles and Pardons (Idaho happens to be one of those nine states).

Yes, unlike topical minoxidil, which really has no side-effects, finasteride, as a testosterone-blocker (blocks conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, where the hair follicles have receptors), has some I'd consider nasty, namely decreased sex drive and decreased cum volume. However, once the medication is stopped, these side-effects should go away, since finasteride doesn't destroy the testicles or otherwise alter testosterone production. It merely blocks testosterone conversion to its active form.

I can understand that sentence when it comes to multiple murderers who kill without any motive other than because they can. Neither Kohberger nor the Air India pilot (nor the German Wings pilot) had any reason to kill all of those people.

Although it's interesting that some murderers are sentenced to multiple consecutive life sentences... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/bryan-kohberger-idaho-murders-life-sentence-live-updates-rcna219540 "...Idaho District Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Bryan Kohberger, 30, to four consecutive life sentences for the 2022 fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students...".

Obviously when one stops a therapy, the therapy stops... 🙄

Cane sugar. And that's the only good thing Trump has done. 😉

Not all metals are magnetic. Gold isn't. I'm guessing that the decedent's chain was iron or steel.

Weighing 9 kg? I've never seen anyone wearing a 9 kg (20#) chain. 9 kilograms of gold is currently worth approximately $985,529.26 USD. This is based on the spot price of gold at $109,503.03 per kilogram, according to APMEX and JM Bullion. That'd me a million-dollar chain of gold.

Almost criminal? About as criminal as one could imagine. Deserving of the death penalty.

767's have had a pretty good safety record in their 44 years of use. I'd think it's one of the oldest lines of planes still in production.

If he was literally allowed into the room wearing a 20# (9 kg) chain around his neck, that facility is in deep doo-doo. One would think a chain of that size would be clearly visible. Can't say I've ever seen any chain that large...

The closest I knew of that name was General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, of Avenue Kléber fame in the 16th neighborhood of Paris....

I feel a joke coming on...

Yikes. What a gruesome way to die. A reminder not to wear metal near an MRI scanner... https://people.com/man-killed-in-freak-mri-accident-wife-recalls-watching-machine-snatch-him-11775514?did=18645084-20250720&hid=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lctg=089247988732f9a900151e1f8c73f2c531df3c3a&lr_input=3911d0b923e8d92c50f8b74007080afa59d66697825b8a1e414be8db883b8062#comments And the decedent wasn't even the person whose MRI was getting done! "...Recalling the incident that led to his death, the grieving wife said that after an MRI on her knee, she asked the technician to retrieve her husband to help her get up. She said he was let into the room, despite the fact that he was wearing a 20-lb. chain on his neck. “In that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she told News 12 Long Island of the tragedy. Both Jones-McAllister and the technician tried to pull her husband off of the machine, to no avail. Through tears, she recalled: “I was saying, ‘Could you turn off the machine? Call 911. Do something. Turn this damn thing off!’ "Patients are typically asked to remove any metal and electrical objects from their person before undergoing an MRI. According to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, MRI machines use powerful magnets to scan bodies for diseases and ailments while producing images of “non-bony parts or soft tissues.”...".

I must respectfully disagree with the view that the bombings of German cities wasn't justified. As the son of a Belgian resistance private, and grandson of a Belgian resistance colonel, I will attest that they also witnessed the indiscriminate bombings of civilians by the Nazis. As my father said, "It was important for the Germans to understand that war isn't simply about reading stories in the newspaper of foreigners getting killed." If the Germans were going to raze the allies' cities and kill civilians, it was also important that they, too, understand that the same could happen to them. This may be part of the problem in the Russia/Ukraine war. The typical Russian probably reads in Izvestia about the hundreds of civilians being killed in Ukrainian food markets (or sees it on TV), and thinks "That's nice. Good thing we're in no danger." When one's opponent repeatedly targets the civilian population and its structures, rather than military ones, they should perhaps be given one warning, then expect the same in return. That's probably the only way to change the minds of those who support tyrants. At a certain point, one has to stand up to bullies.