Pfizer buckles under pressure from Trump, delays drug price increases [until after the midterm election.] https://t.co/WljPEjzNc0

Wave of plastic hits Dominican Republic – BBC News US
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Why are we all so impatient? Why do people hit the button to call the elevator over and over and over, even when it’s already been pressed? Tonight I set out to get a little something to eat. As I was standing by[more...]

A friend and I had an argument yesterday about television broadcast standards. I was trying in vain to explain how the new digital standard in the U.S. actually has 18 different formats to muddy the waters; the argument[more...]