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North Korea would likely have a far more difficult time reunifying with South Korea, than East Germany did reunifying with West Germany.

Here's the tale of the tape:

North Korean man: 5 ft 5 in
North Korean woman: 5 ft 1 in

South Korean man: 5 ft 9 in
South Korean woman: 5 ft 4 in

East German man: 5 feet 10 inches*
East German woman: 5 feet 5.43 inches*

West German man: 5' 10.98"**
West ...

In college I wrote a paper that was titled something like "An Environmental Justification for Isolationism."
The class was called Environmental Ethics.
That was a long time ago.

Over the last decade I revisited the topic. I researched and tracked invasive species. Which ones were moving, both flora and fauna. Where they launched from, and where the landed (Countries of origin and a USA centric, single country of destination). The means of travel, at least ...

It could be that every Jury summons in my City, County, State is invalid -- and have been for a long time.
Here is the explanation:

I saw a Jury Summons a while back.
I looked at it carefully.

I read it top to bottom, side to side, front to back, and upside down. <- Humor
I read it carefully.

Reading it carefully was difficult, very, very difficult. Of course I had to research why.

I had to wear glasses and use ...

Thomas Paine, Common Sense.
Thomas Sense, Common Paine.

The original works of Thomas Paine are worth reading.



I am a single issue voter, Second Amendment.
I voted for Bush, because I wanted to see a beautiful sunset.
Then I de-registered.

At the very start of Covid-19 I went to renew my lapsed Concealed Pistol Permit. ...

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Follow the breadcrumbs -- follow the social / cultural programing:

https://movies.stackexchange.com/que...-bomb-disposal

"What was the first movie to introduce "blue wire or red wire" bomb disposal?
I have seen Juggernaut (1974) recently. There is a scene in the end of the movie when the bomb disposal expert, Fallon has to choose one of the two wires (red or blue) to cut in order ...

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