That Elian Gonzales situation was a very big deal as I recall. There was a big police raid to grab the kid (unless I'm getting my stories mixed up) with one photo still in my mind: a burly cop in full SWAT drag with an M16 confronting a terrified six year old boy, the most heavy handed resolution of a child custody case I've ever seen.
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Current events have gotten way too screwy for me lately so I try to find items of curious interest as a distraction, and here's a good one. About 7,000 years ago humanity was nearly driven to the point of extinction because of tribal warfare, causing a genetic bottleneck. The NY Post (a tabloid!) did an article on it but there is a link to an article in Nature that goes into deep detail, deeper than I can easily understand. At least it's something different to chew on.
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There has been some talk about how our society and culture is degrading and reverting to a more crude and vulgar time and I suppose it's true. Bare-knuckle boxing is back on the scene.
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