Tuesday News and Reads

Senator Bob really came up with a corker when he said Trump was on the road to starting World War III.
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I totally agree with Germaine Greer:

Germaine Greer, the academic and writer, told the Times she believes women are “losing out everywhere” because of a growing tendency to dismiss the importance of gender.

“I’m sick and tired of this. We keep arguing that women have won everything they need to win. They haven’t even won the right to exist.”

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This just goes to show that oftentimes "science" is just another word for "bullshit."
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Obituary: Football great Y.A. Tittle, whose bald head I will always remember having seen him playing pro football on television when I was a little girl, has died at the age of 90:

Tittle held the NFL record for most touchdown passes in a season, 36, until 1984 — that's when Dan Marino threw 48.

In the 2006 NPR interview, Tittle said he loved playing football from his early days in East Texas.

"I almost wish I could do it all over again," he said. "Because it was a wonderful experience and a wonderful ride."

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