This treatment itself is kind of a dead end, because as you say, it cannot be scaled up to treat millions of people. But, it could be used to treat a few extremely wealthy people with HIV, every year. Where there is hope, is that one day, a virus might be used as a vector, to carry a similar gene into the bone marrow…

Is mystery meat a topping at either store?

The prospect of Ilhan Omar leading/dragging a reluctant Dem leadership into an impeachment process, during an election year, might not be as bad for Republicans as you think.

The guy was late for a train.

Large Turbodiesel pickups get heavily discounted after 200,000 and yet, even if they are not meticulously maintained, may still have a great deal of life in them.

The choice of a barcode, is partly so that there is still touchscreen entry of the voter’s choices as they make them, and then a form of record that allows no partially filled boxes or spots, no hand written “X” which can be confused as a crossed out vote, and no double votes, to be second guessed. There is no…

A barcode would make it easy for a machine to read large numbers of paper ballots, whereas machine reading hand written ballot is more difficult. When you pass through your gate at the airport, do you confront the gate attendant and accuse her of trying to cheat you, because she scans your boarding pass?  If the state…

I saw a boxing match featuring teen girl fighters at a nightclub once.  It was meant to be titillating.

Did they get a Papa John’s, instead?

I remember when Health Departments all over America were advised to ban wooden cutting boards in Foodservice and use instead, plastic polycarbonate ones, then only available in white.  We were told that the plastic cutting boards harbored less bacteria and were more sanitary.  My local health district told me I had to…

It will be fascinating to watch the damage that American crewed capsules do to the Russian space program. Right now, America and Europe largely subsidize the inefficient Russian manned space program. A total collapse of Russian access to space could follow, as economy of scale falls and yet more skilled engineers try…

Dems are willing to excuse every stupid thing AOC says, but when it is about another dem who is a sacred cow, then her low wattage is more difficult to ignore.

For decades, polls show that the public has an extremely low opinion of Congress.  However, constituents usually have a better opinion of their own district’s elected representatives.  They may want new blood, but they love good ole’ Joe Biden, specifically.  Even Republicans like me have relatively warm feelings…

The older they are, the higher they are polling right now.  That means voters might want young blood in theory, but tell pollsters another story when confronted with the individual candidates.

When will McDonalds issue a plus sized, clothing line? I understand McDonalds’ socks run right out the door.

Freedom is the NSAID of the people!

A massive overhaul of food safety regulations and inspection procedures has been largely implemented and that, not automation is responsible for the problem.  Faster lines certainly exist, but are probably a tiny percentage of the industry.  Part of what is happening is that manufacturers are being more cautious,…

Not only will the law be flagrantly violated in rural Washington State, but gun owners will be defiantly challenging anyone who would try to enforce it. I mean, if our Governor, who is going to be largely out of state, wants to enforce it, he might end up with quite a number of armed standoffs. It might be hard to…

The fundamental reason why cheaper groceries must be sold in a brick and mortar Supermarket type, store is that the delivery cost makes lower margin, lower priced grocery items too expensive on average to be a particularly good value. Almost any brick & mortar supermarket can usually match Amazon when you take…

It might pay to listen to Hillary, because she and the Clinton machine are going to back a candidate. Hillary and Bill might have more to say about who can be the nominee than even the candidate they choose. It will be interesting to see whether Bloomberg backs someone other than himself and the Clintons will back the…