The arguments put forth by some lawyers for reducing the age of sexual consent to 16 are shockingly unscientific and illogical, and it would be criminally tragic if the Supreme court was swayed by them.
My views, on why this is as much a matter of science as it is of law:
A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal...
The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group.
All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10."
After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8.
The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed.
As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less.
The average of the second test was 6.
When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed.
The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation
The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real
Get it?
BIG NEWS 🚨 Another US national, reportedly a former Special Forces officer, was caught near the India-Nepal border without valid documents.
He allegedly tried to enter Nepal after escaping from an SSB jawan, but local villagers caught him 🔥
Two Argentinians pulling him down and stopping him challenge for the ball... no VAR check and no Pen.
I don't think we are ready for the levels FIFA corruption we are about to witness on Wednesday... 🤯
https://t.co/z5Gf7VCJn3
62% of Indian resident doctors work more than 36 hours at a stretch. 86% report severe sleep deprivation. 97% earn less than an entry level civil servant. 76% are assaulted while on duty.
We can call ourselves civilised only when we learn to treat our doctors like they treat us.
WHEN A RULING PARTY BECOMES DRUNK ON THE INTOXICANT OF POWER AND ENTITLEMENT.
Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre allegedly assaulted a female doctor, a gynecologist, and multiple nursing staff members at the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC)-run Shastrinagar Hospital in Dombivli, Maharashtra, following a dispute over the unavailability of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds.
THROW THIS CORPORATOR OUT OF THE PARTY AND JAIL HIM.
Una más de la FIFA:
Nunca antes se había visto que un arbitro detuviera el juego para esperar el regreso de un jugador que salió a recibir asistencia médica.
Argentina no puede ni vencer a Cabo Verde sin la ayuda de árbitros corruptos.
Cuti Romero lleva 0 (CERO) amarillas este Mundial. Aquí están todas las entradas de tarjeta clara que le han perdonado
Al menos me alegra saber que el mundo entero tiene calada ya a la FIFA. Infantino y Messi dejan a Negreira en anécdota https://t.co/asq6FkeOE0
Elon Musk just asked the question every wealthy member of Congress hopes nobody ever asks out loud.
$200,000 salary. $20 million net worth. Nobody has ever had to account for that gap.
Musk: “How’d they get $20 million if they’re earning $200,000 a year? Nobody can explain that.”
Not one committee. Not one hearing. Not once.
Here’s why. The people vote. The bureaucracy decides.
Musk: “We really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people.”
And bureaucracy protects itself. The money leaves the Treasury and lands in a nonprofit built the year before.
Musk: “If you have a government-funded nongovernmental organization, you’re simply a government-funded organization.”
Then it crosses a border. It moves through NGOs, other countries, other currencies.
Musk: “NGOs are a way to do things that would be illegal if they were the government, but are somehow made legal if it’s sent to a so-called nonprofit.”
A human tracing that chain gives up around the hundredth transfer.
A machine doesn’t stop at one hundred. Or one hundred thousand.
The Pentagon has failed every financial audit since 2018. Eight years straight. The budget went up anyway. Bureaucracy doesn’t get punished. It gets funded again.
Musk: “Normally, the bureaucracy eats revolutions for breakfast. This is the first time the revolution might actually succeed.”
Not because Washington got honest.
Because something showed up that doesn’t get tired, doesn’t get paid off, and doesn’t stop counting.
Complexity was never a hiding place. It just hadn’t been read yet.
🚨 Ironically, Indian Media Didn’t Cover This
Three Indian teenagers created Plas-stick, a biodegradable powder from tamarind seeds that removes microplastics from water without electricity or complex machinery
They won the 2026 Earth Prize, making India proud 🇮🇳
🚨🚨🚨🚨🏴🗣️ جديد: غاريث بيل يعلق على مباراة الأرجنتين ضد الجزائر وحادثة ميسي:🇦🇷
“لقد قضيت وقتًا كافيًا في هذه اللعبة لأعرف متى لا تشعر الأمور بأنها صحيحة. مباراة الأرجنتين ضد الجزائر لم تكن مجرد مباراة مجموعة أخرى. ميسي سجل هاتريك، والأرجنتين فازت بسهولة، وسوف تركز العناوين على ذلك. لكن ما حدث حول الدقيقة 30 روى قصة أكبر عن الاتجاه الذي يتجه إليه كرة القدم.
ميسي دخل على قائد الجزائر. براغي الأحذية مرفوعة، مباشرة عبر الساق ونازلة نحو وتر أخيل. في الوقت الفعلي بدت سيئة. في الحركة البطيئة بدت أسوأ. هذا بطاقة حمراء في معظم الأيام، ضد معظم اللاعبين، في معظم البطولات. الحكم وفار شيها نظرة واضحة. اختاروا عدم التدخل.
أنا لست هنا لأضيف الوزر على المسؤولين. لن أريد أن أكون الرجل الذي يظهر بطاقة حمراء لميسي في كأس العالم ويؤدي ربما إلى تعطيل مرحلة المجموعات للأرجنتين. الحرارة التي ستأتي مع ذلك القرار هي شيء لا يسجل أي حكم فيه بسهولة. لكن هذا بالضبط المشكلة. عندما يبدأ الخوف من العواقب في التأثير على ما يحدث على الملعب، تتوقف اللعبة عن أن تُقرر من قبل اللاعبين والقوانين.
هذه كأس العالم هي بالفعل النسخة الأكثر تجاريًا التي رأيناها. المباريات متوقفة لاستراحات التلفزيون، وتوقفات إضافية مُقنَّعة باسم رفاهية اللاعبين بينما يعرف الجميع أنها عن إدراج المزيد من الإعلانات. الآن نرى قرارات تحكيمية تحمي أكبر الأسماء وأكبر القصص لأن إسقاط الأرجنتين مبكرًا في المجموعات سيؤذي السرد الذي بنته فيفا والبثيين.
ماذا يحدث لـ‘السيناريو’ إذن؟ بطل الدفاع المفقود قبل مرحلة خروج المغلوب. ميسي يغيب عن المباريات. الرعاة وحاملو الحقوق فجأة يشاهدون استثمارهم يفقد الزخم. المنتج الذي أنفقوا مليارات لتغليفه يبدو فجأة مختلفًا جدًا.
لقد لعبْت في بطولات كبرى. أعرف كم من المال والضغط يقف خلف كل قرار الآن. لكن كرة القدم كانت لها إيقاع وروح تأتي من عدم اليقين. لم تكن تعرف أبدًا ما الذي سيأتي بعد ذلك. عندما يبدأ حماية المصالح التجارية وإبقاء النجوم على الملعب في تجاوز حوادث البطاقات الحمراء الواضحة، تتآكل تلك الروح قليلاً أكثر.
اللعبة تستحق أفضل من هذا. اللاعبون يستحقون تطبيق القواعد بنفس الطريقة كل مرة. الجماهير تستحق مشاهدة رياضة لا تخاف من نتائجها الخاصة. إذا استمررنا في السماح للمال والسرديات بأن تحدد ما نراه على الملعب، فإننا لن نشاهد كرة القدم بعد الآن. نحن نشاهد عرضًا يحدث أن يكون فيه كرة.”
For 37 years, over 2,000 images taken by a Chinese state media photographer were hidden in a metal box, surviving brutal purges—until now.
These raw, powerful photos show the courage of the students, the scale of the protests, and the horror of what the Chinese Communist Party did.
Now, The @EpochTimes is making the photos public for the first time. [1/2]
Calcutta was the world's largest provider of skeletons for medical programs until 1980, exporting 60,000 human skeletons yearly.
Guess who ran the largest hospice and orphanage in Calcutta at that time?