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Fun facts: The Katy Freeway goes to Katy, Texas, and Katy, Texas is a southern terminus of the Katy Railroad (formally the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, or "MKT"). The Katy was a major passenger railroad once upon a time.

So in a way, the freeway is helping motorists get to the trains, just trains that are in the past.

Yeah, Iran is not going to buy our damn soybeans.

EDIT: By the way, did I mention we're running a special on soybeans?

What's funny to me is that the algae problems started when they switched off of DC tap water and installed the pump system that draws in Potomac River water. Back in 2011-2012. Before Trump was ever a politician.

There had to be a balance in editorial content

This rule was was the Fairness Doctrine, and it was in effect from 1949 to 1987. So it's fair to say that Reagan got rid of it.

if the station supported Candidate A, Candidate B had to be allowed equal time.

This is a different rule called the Equal Time Rule, and it's still in effect today.

Recently this rule was in the news when Stephen Colbert interviewed Senate candidate James Talarico on his (now concluded) show, without offering the same interview time to Talarico's primary opponent Jasmine Crockett. I believe in the end the interview was cut from the over-the-air broadcast to comply with the rule. (The interview segment was published on YouTube, which is not subject to the rule.)

This headline is seriously misleading. The court did not "strike down" the entire law.

The law says that users of illegal drugs cannot purchase guns. The court said that the law cannot stop a person who uses marijuana a few times per week from buying a gun. Because marijuana usage is common and normalized now, a gun ban would violate that person's right to keep and bear arms.

This decision does not automatically get Hunter Biden off the hook, because Hunter Biden's case involved a much greater variety of drugs. Hunter will certainly try to litigate this, but success is not certain for him.

Yeah. The "Spanish" flu is actually a product of Kansas.

You might have right of way, but they have guns, and a somewhat justified paranoia about small vessels.

The concept of "stand on" in the international navigation rules is slightly different from right if way as you might apply to a car crash.

I was taught, if you are the "stand on" vessel, you have a duty to maintain steady course and speed. Stay predictable. The last thing the nav rules want is for two vessels to both make course alterations and turn into each other.

I should also add that rule 2 requires all vessels to maneuver when necessary to avoid a collision. Even the stand on vessels.

The direct federal supremacy argument seems like a long shot to me. For example, the fire code is also enforced by the state of Colorado. Does GEO Group claim to be exempt from the fire code?

There's a federal law that grants fed contractors protection from state liability when they are performing their federal contracts. But only when they are performing to the fed's requirements and specifications. Does this law matter here? Is this a "protection from liability" or an "exemption from regulation?" Is it going to matter whether GEO is following the specs or not? I don't know.

In the world of nuclear weapons, there's a big difference between "I have nuclear weapons," and "I will be able to get nuclear weapons soon."

New York Times reported that no sounds of power tools were heard, and it appeared that the lettering was simply removed by hand.

Yes. Those dark spots are plains of actually darker rocks, specifically basalts. That generally means that those are dried out lava fields.

To be clear to everyone here: The primary reason why Artemis 3 is not landing is because the billionaire-run Human Landing System contractors are not performing to schedule. The landers are just not ready.

In this test, Artemis 3 will dock with a starship in Earth orbit, but the starship will not even have a cabin interior fitted.