Canada: The Civilized Alternative

Quebec v. Senneville (Can. 2025) ruled that a minimum one-year prison sentence for two people convicted of collecting and possessing child pornography including being raped was cruel and unusual punishment.

The mind boggles at what passes for progressive thought up north.

Thank Goodness Britain Has Very Strict Gun Laws

11/1/25 Fox News:

"Multiple" people were stabbed on a train in the United Kingdom on Saturday night, according to police.

The attack in Huntigdon, Cambridgeshire, happened before 8 p.m. local time and two men were arrested after 10 people were knifed, according to authorities.

To hear Britons tell it, America is a sick violent country because we have guns  

Nuclear Cruise Missiles

 Putin seems to think that his nuclear cruise missile will be an awesome weapon because it is hard to predict or track.  If they are getting enough superheated air to get decent speeds, it will have a stupendous infrared signature.  Amy satellite with IR capacity will be able to vector in jets for intercept.  Sidewinders will see that signature and gasp, "Mom!"

Our Church's Community Garden

We have about 1/4 acre next to the parking lot where we grow tomatoes, squash, some fruit, and anything else that requires little maintenence for distribution to those in need (in some cases, in our church).  

The time came for fall maintenence: pulling all the dead vines in preparation for spring planting.  I assumed that these elderly ladies in their 80s would be a bit overstretched by this.  While gal was regretting not bringing oxygen, some of them are active farmers, used to lifting hay bales and herding cattle.

Anyway, many hands makes light work.  We were done in an hour.   The wheelbarrow muscles will tell me about it tomorrow!

Reversing Alzheimer's

10/28/25 SciTechDaily:

"Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice With Impressive New Treatment...

"The new treatment approach targets restoring normal blood vessel function instead of focusing on neurons or other brain cells, which has been the common strategy until now.

"A team of scientists co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), in collaboration with UK researchers, has developed a nanotechnology-based treatment that successfully reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mice. Unlike conventional nanomedicine, which typically uses nanoparticles to deliver drugs, this new strategy relies on nanoparticles that are therapeutic themselves, described as “supramolecular drugs.”"

Apparently, permeability of the blood-brain barrier is a factor in removal of amyloid-β which is part of Alzheimer’s.  They saw dramatic improvements in mice one hour after injection.

This is the sort of research that is worth every penny spent unlike research that tries to catrgorize math as systemic racism.