It's just genetics, GS. Recessive genes do exist. I know plenty of cases, including my college friend who is a white-skinned, flaxen-haired, blue-eyed offspring of brown-complexioned, brown-eyed, black-haired parents.

It happens regularly. What's so amazing about this?

From what Ive been seeing and reading. The current POTUS is already a dictator.

Exactly what do you see the Supreme Court "dictating" outside of its function to interpret the constitutionality of laws? We have layer upon layer of courts in our local, county, state, and federal judicial systems. They all do the "judicial thing" and nothing else. They rule on disputed issues, the way courts are supposed to. They listen to all the factors in each case, inasmuch as those facts are presented, and they wade through passionate and often contradictory rhetoric to try to reach some semblance of judicial wisdom. They are no more or less infallible than any other human endeavor, hence, they have supporters and detractors. I see you are a detractor, but I beseech you to make some sense instead of making outlandish and unfounded fantasies about what someone else told you is going on.

I was a model vegetarian! I ate whole vegetarian foods, minimally processed. With strict adherence to a plant-based diet, I developed obesity, diabetes, severe arthritis, high cholesterol, constant lethargy, Hashimoto's and several other autoimmune disorders. It was great! I was so proud of the fact that I was eating like the apes, my ancestors.

How did I decide to take the other side in the herbivore/omnivore debate? Dogs and arrowheads convinced me that it was in my evolutionary nature to eat meat. Dogs because, as "man's best friend," they show that man's companion animal was the carnivorous wolf; symbiotic eating relationships exist throughout nature, like smaller carnivores watching vultures to locate prey and then tear it apart for the vultures. Arrowheads (and other hunting implements) because it would be pointless for mankind to develop a whole technology for hunting if meat-eating was not the object.

I don't need to settle the debate. My regained health settles it for me. My doctor wishes that her other sick patients would agree to eat like I do and regain their health, as I have.

Considering the topic and the author (you), I smiled anyway.

I see the point you are making about these issues in the Philippines, but with the large group of Philippine immigrants living in my area, I fail to find anyone else who shares your views.

Here in the US, California in particular, I see no big push for polygamy. Homosexuals here have no agenda except to form legally-recognized unions and avoid hate-crimes against themselves. There is no public discussion of population control, either pro or con, and people are free to have as few or as many children as they want without any fanfare.

With the laissez-faire attitude towards personal choice that I experience in California, it is hard for me to see the reason for all your posts. People here tend to fraternize with like-minded people, so there is no need to pontificate, and when you do, nobody really listens or changes their mind. It's just a show, and when the show is over, we go home and live our own lives.

Perhaps all red-bloodied, able bodied, single males should make a bee line for the Philippines and help them out!!!!

Now, there's a new definition of mercenary! (Where's the ejaculating emoticon?)

GS, I don't see the pro-homosexual U.S. empire that you see. Our Supreme Court has no agenda except to interpret the U.S. Constitution as it applies to U.S. laws. In the case of the ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, the ruling was entered to prohibit exclusion of same-sex couples from the benefits of marriage. Allowing all citizens to enjoy the same rights is a strong component of U.S. philosophy, and it has been this way since the country was founded. Recognizing ways in which the U.S. falls short of its ideals and correcting those shortcomings has been an ongoing process, and I expect that it will continue as we struggle to realize our ideals.

Homosexual people have the same human needs as people who are not homosexual, and these needs include being in various relationships with other humans (committed partner, parent, etc.). Legal recognition of same-sex unions does not "promote" homosexuality or depopulation. Homosexuality is a personal characteristic, regardless of whether society accepts or ostracizes that characteristic.

The idea of ostracizing a class of people is very cruel. I can see no personal benefit that anyone would gain by acting against another group of people. In other words, the U.S. is promoting kindness and goodwill to humankind, not homosexuality.

As a side note, slow cooker "low" and slow cooker "high" both bring food to the same boiling point. The only difference is speed to attain boiling. "Low" heats up more slowly, the object being to have food ready in about 8 hours. "High" heats up quickly so that food is cooked in about 3 hours. Convenience for the cook.

You sound like someone who hasn't been listening. Even if it were a hoax, he puts the other candidates to shame.

Go ahead, tell us who you think is better.

Ah, if only candidacy behavior was a good predictor of presidential behavior....

I'm wondering if your melt-in-your-mouth plant fats are extracted/refined, because I can't think of any plant fats that exist in the same stratified form as animal fat. Even considering the avocado, the fat is dispersed throughout the flesh instead of in its own layer.

I have two suppliers who really raise chickens on pasture without chicken scratch, and their prices are $25 - $30 for one chicken. Hereabouts, price seems to be a good gauge of how a chicken is raised.

I keep the organs on plates below the hanging pieces. I turn the organs daily. I removed one shelf, raised another shelf, and got rid of the vegetable bins to make room for one lamb - I max out my fridge space at about 60 pounds dressed weight. My fridge is used and was under $300, so I didn't mind modifying it. I wouldn't modify an expensive family fridge. Maybe you can get a used fridge for your meat.

I don't eat all the fat, so I render the caul fat to make candles. When rendered, put the fat in a terra cotta saucer with a 1/4" cotton wick lying across the saucer and a fraction of the wick rising up against the side of the saucer. Put one or two saucers under the lamp saucer to insulate the table from the heat. and a rock or something to keep the long end of the wick in the fat. A few spoonfuls burn brightly for hours with a bright light and no smoky odor.