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The death of George Floyd and its aftermath has prompted a lot of discussion of the need for change. Proposals that I have heard include increased training of law enforcement, allowing for law enforcement agents to be personally sued, and one that I like if it is workable – increased body cams. I have also heard of proposals that do not make any sense at all to me, such as defunding the police. What do people want? Total anarchy? That…..
The Wild Wild West became my favorite program when I was in my pre-teens. By that time, it was in re-runs. In one episode – “The Night of the Simian Terror”1 –Dr. Sigmund Von Liebeg (played by actor John Abbott) was a family doctor who in younger life believed “that Given the same environment as man, an ape can attain the same degree of human development.” Von Liebeg raised a gorilla along with a boy he had taken in who…..
A recently aired Mysteries at the Museum episode – titled “Mysteries at the Kremlin” – featured a segment about Russian scientist Ilya Ivanov cross breeding animals using artificial insemination.1 Ivanov was a pioneering scientist. The segment describes how he crossed a zebra and a donkey and got a zedonk.2 But the story goes on to describe how Ivanov tried to cross humans with chimpanzees. As nutty as this sounds to me and I think most people with common sense,…..