Piffle.
I can be MUCH more lazy & pretentious than that!

Candidly,
the pretense is omitting the attribute.

I may be a mental midget.
But as I stand on the shoulders of giants, I'm sometimes mistaken for being nearly adequate stature.

On topic:

By what criterion?

Asians tend to score better on academic tests.
China is larger in land-mass.
South Africa has more zebras.

Loyalty to one's nation and People may not be a serious problem.

But believing they are superior to all others?

Every People, and every person on Earth has reason for pride.
But as the Holy Bible warns, pride goeth before a fall.

I take no shame in having pride; while retaining it with dignity.

Hello Ravvyaa,

Welcome to m2.

I've wondered about the U.S. discriminations, in context of those elsewhere.

India's caste system for example.
I gather there's been political effort to get rid of that.

But I've never been there, and don't really know how successfully / completely it has been addressed.

The U.S. still has problems.

I thank god I'm not forced to try to endure the cesspool of human misery in Syria & ISIL / elsewhere.

Thanks again for joining us Ravvyaa.
Visit often.
Post a lot.

Yes.
Thanks for the interesting topic 2A.

To the racially oppressed, discriminated against, change could not take place soon enough.

And yet:
within my living memory:
- the top rap music artist was White (Vanilla Ice)
- the top golfer was Black (Tiger W)
- the centuries long tradition of White male presidents has been broken (Obama)
- same sex marriage is now the law of the land ...

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it." George Bernard Shaw

Thanks George.
Lookit:
We've blundered.
And some of our blunders were terrible blunders!

But from where I sit, it looks like as a People, we're sincerely trying.
It's not a perfect union.
But June 29, 2015 it's a little more perfect.

Thanks again 2A.

Dispense with the military ordnance.

I'll gladly loan my magic wand to any person / persons / entities that want it; Israel, Saudi Arabia, or even the military under U.S. President Obama's command.

Just jiggle the wand a little, say "Alex Kazam", and every centrifuge within Iran's sovereign borders vanishes in a sulfurous cloud.

Then what?

Indeed!

a) They're nuclear.
So YOU are talking about STARTING nuclear War in the Middle East; against Iran !!

b) These nuclear munitions have the capacity to penetrate soil; but only within finite limits. They cannot cleave the planet in two.

c) The military sources I've consulted on this specific issue assert it would take 7 consecutive direct hits, to penetrate deep enough to reach & destroy the Iranian nuclear facility we're addressing here.

Indeed.
And this is why Israel was able to terminate Iraq's program, but quite likely does not have the capacity to neutralize Iran's.

Iran is known to have dangerous modern missiles; some of which I gather travel at Mach 5.

The two scenarios I know of to neutralize Iran's subterranean nuclear infrastructure are:

a) ground troops:
Whether a squad of commandos, or battalions of infantry; invade, occupy, destroy.

- or -

b) Drop from the air a nuke over the underground site.
The first nuke forms a crater.
Then drop the second nuke into the crater made by the first.
That deepens the crater.
Then drop in the third
and then the 4th ...

According to what I've read of it;
in Iran's case, it would take a minimum of 7
precise hits to neutralize Iran's main underground nuclear facility.

IF Iran's air-space were completely undefended, getting that
seven in a row with nuclear weapons would be tricky.

But considering what Iran's military air defense are reported to be,
Israel might well lose that battle of attrition.

iirc both Mir & Skylab were allowed to heat up.

Space adventures are dandy, etc.

- but -

If the grandkids wanna pay for space adventures; THEY can make that decision.
It's not appropriate for U.S. to make that decision for them.

Thanks S2.

Yes.

CBS corroborates that.

NPR reported it as the third ISS resupply attempt failure since October.

As a political conservative I strongly support the principle of privatization (SpaceX instead of NASA).

But as a pragmatist I have to admit;
this do not looks too good.

I just did a little cyber-surfing,
and read the dead one was found:
- injured, &
- drunk.

Yes RA.
Perhaps in part because of the reason you cite,
I doubt the remaining fugitive will be captured alive.

Patient:
"Doctor, since my wife left me, my tallywhacker turned orange."

Doctor:
"This is serious. It could indicate a pre-cancerous condition.
What have you been doing since your wife left you?"

Patient:
"Nothing special.
Just watching porn and eating Cheetos."

Alright:

This is a date site.

OK?

I like JEB!
That's fine.

And I LOVE[i/] "bush" (Brazilian is OK too!).

$JEB! has advantage. But I don't see him winning the Rep. nom.

If he does, I think it will be an advantage to the Democraps.

Article #22 [term limits] makes some sense for the Executive branch, as a single person (along w/ VP) comprises that entire branch of United States federal government.

For our federal legislature, a body of hundreds, term limits is merely a reduction in choice.

- oh -

One source reports one prisoner was shot by LEO, and the other pursued.

Unquestionably!
A wet, hair encrusted booger could be flicked at them.

That doesn't mean such martial means would forcefully neutralize Iran's program.

The issue is whether aerial attack could neutralize Iran's nuclear program, the way is neutralized Iraq's.

I know of no persuasive evidence of that.

One interesting perspective I've heard on it:
Hamilton played an exceptionally valuable role in Founding the U.S.A.

And that conversely, Jackson was by some plausible standards not a guy we can be too proud of.

The suggestion, but what's-her-name on the $20.oo but leave Hamilton on the $10.oo

It's a persuasive argument.
Who chose the $10.oo as the one that must be changed?

a) I reject the implication that this is representative metaphor for Obama administration policy.

BUT !!

b) Yes.
It's called "setting backfire", and paradoxically, is a perfectly conventional method of "fighting fire with fire".

Bear in mind:
the apparent bumblers responsible for:
- keeping these guys behind bars, (unsuccessful) &

- tracking them down (unsuccessful so far)

are from the same crowd that will handle the investigation.

A federal IG probe might make some sense.
But I assume that'll just add $more $millions to the price tag of this lemon.

And why is the warden still employed?!

Baffling.
What is the scenario that makes a prison employee giving frozen meat to prisoners?!
- Where?
- When?
- Why?

I want public safety.
I've already been to neighbor's house with print-out, to warn her.

Except they claim they've found their DNA.
That may not give them a date & time. But it's overwhelmingly likely a positive ID.

ONE EXCEPTION: !!

It may be possible that one or more corrupt prison employees or other accomplices planted the DNA evidence, to throw the manhunt off the trail.
BUT !!
Ockham's Razor.
That may be possible.
I consider it unlikely.

The Forest Ranger that spoke at the news conference yesterday listed paragraphs of difficulty in searching for the escapees; terrain, undergrowth, insects, swamps, etc.
Then in the last paragraph added;
and that's why we chose to locate the prison here ...

I get the impression they didn't really think that one through.