On what continent do tigers and lions exist side by side? Just asking the important question here. . .

Well, now is a good time to read up on the health problems ligers have... Richard Feynman's father used to take him for walks in Central Park. Dick used to ask him what the animals and birds were. His father asked him to observe them and tell his father what he saw. Dick developed a healthy curiosity that developed into a career in physics and involvement with the Manhatten Project. Research and learn, don't just go for the easy answer.

Have to agree, doing something like this deliberately should be outlawed. These animals will never have anything like a normal and healthy life.

Also their hearts are smaller than normal, resulting in reduced life spans. Just a real shame animals like this are created.

They are also the unhealthiest of big cat species, it should really be illegal to create them. Simply something that should not exist and clearly lead very difficult and uncomfortable lives because of their being bred this way.

Yes, that is another one that gets under my skin!

How about Australians who see WA and automatically think Western Australia? Or when the story is about Western Australia and Washingtonisns think it's about them?

I remember watching all of this play out back in the day, Senna was renowned for engaging in dangerous intimidating tactics against other drivers and received a lot of valid criticism for it. I agree with the unwarranted vilification of Prost, he was one of the more sensible drivers back then.

I think Senna was a remarkable driver and it's unfortunate his life ended the way it did, but in my mind there have been, and continue to be other remarkable drivers out there.

Multi faceted and yet a bit of a jerk towards his wives, unfortunately. To say nothing of his lover. . . So much intrigue at he Sun King's court. . . I think that if I were in the middle of all this I would not do well at all. . .

Oooooo, you like rabbit holes do you? Here's a really big one to dive down.

So much info here.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheKingsofFrance/videos

In the middle of my 2nd or 3rd watch through now, yes the actress who portrays her is great, really does a good job of showing what a remarkable woman she was.

Just finished up the part where Henriette, Philip's first wife may have been poisoned...

Here is info about her on this YouTube channel, a really great resource for life at Versaille and the nobels there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxuBpLhA0w

Here is info on his first wife Henriette. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdsUrgUGxYA

In the middle of the miniseries 'Versaille' that had some episodes about her poisoning and death.

And yet apparently a damn good warrior on the battlefield, the miniseries 'Versaille' goes into a bit of this. Also this YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqBsysuJp-8

Going to enjoy reading this, in the middle of 'Versaille' on Netflix, highly recommended mostly true examination of life back in the day, really engrossing miniseries filmed for the most part at Versaille.

The problem with this line of thinking is that it leans on the 'things will always get better' mantra.

This is my personal experience with that: I am 62 years old now, twenty years old when Reagan was elected. Prior to that there was much hope and promise with 'work hard and you will get ahead', 'Year by year your income will increase, you will go from renting an apartment to owning a home', 'there is always a better job around the corner', etc. etc.

Then Reagan came in and killed the 'Fairness Doctrine'

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/955/fairness-doctrine

Then FOX news became a thing, and it's been downhill ever since. Americans still believe they have a television (or print media) that mostly tells the truth, yet that hasn't been the case for many years now.

So on one side you have people that dig deep to find the truth, recognize propaganda when they see it, take the time to do fact checking to make sure their news sources are consistently telling the truth. etc. etc.

So while those who dig deep see a constant degradation in quality of living, wages, costs of living, education and health care the majority of Americans live in a bubble of misinformation, although more and more of them are beginning to question what is told in the news media vs. their own personal experiences with family, friends, co-workers.

I have been waiting for 'things to get better' since Reagan occupied the office. It has steadily gone hill ever since then with no reversal of course, and in some cases making sudden lurches into worse conditions than I had thought imaginable.

Lulling oneself into a false sense of security helps no one. Taking the time to become aware of how dangerous does more harm than good, best to rip off the bandaid, learn to seperate truth from fiction and figure out how you are going to react to the reality of where we are, whether that's to become more involved with local or national politics or start making plans to expatriate to another country with better standards of living, income, health care and education.

Danny Trejo: Heart as big as a mountain!