The very first brain cells may have been in evidence as long as 800 million years ago.
Researchers from Spain and Germany have discovered characteristics of specialized secretory cells in simple animals called placozoans which could identify them as a prelude to neurons in other organisms.
Roughly the size of a grain of sand, these basic creatures have no organs, consisting of little more than a colony of different cell types. Much as they still do today, placozoans once hunted microbes and browsed algae in the warm shallows of seas 800 million years ago.
So 800 million years ago we have evidence of emerging brains. Any guesses as to when we might see evidence of brains in Congress?
And so…
On To the Links!
The penis mightier than the sword. (No, that’s not a typo.)
Biden’s Problem Isn’t His Old Age – It’s His Old Mind
A Wholesome Japanese McDonald’s Ad Is Causing Bizarre, Angry Reactions From the Left
This is known as belaboring the obvious.
This guy’s going to be really disappointed one day.
Seriously, at this point President Biden couldn’t lead a latrine detail.
My RedState Stuff:
Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Roasts WaPo Writer, Gives a Master Class on Fighting Media Bias
Moose v. Colorado Woman: Moose 1, Colorado Woman 0
Portland, Oregon Police Chief Calls It Quits as the City Remains in Freefall
Israel’s Newest High-Tech Tank Ready for Action
Three Cases of Tuberculosis Found Among Illegal Immigrants in El Paso Sector
Thousands of Mink Released From PA Fur Farm: Authorities Term It ‘Agricultural Criminal Mischief.’
RFK Jr. Calls the Biden Administration on the Carpet Over the Southern Border
Report: CBP Orders Agents From Ports of Entry to Assist Border Patrol
Trigger Warnings May Increase, Not Decrease, Anxiety
John Fetterman Calls on Bob Menendez to Resign, Irony of Which Is Lost on Fetterman
Add Another to the Chorus: Democrat Mayor of El Paso Hammers Biden Administration on Border Crisis
Parenting and Grandparenting: Can You Overthink Them?
Tales of the Absurd: Progressive Group Takes on Hopeless Task – Making Joe Biden ‘Cool’
Greek Sheep Sing, ‘Everybody Must Get Stoned’
Senate Democrats Piling on Bob Menendez With Resignation Demands
China Cash Wired to Joe Biden’s Delaware Address – in 2019
VIP Stories (Pay-Walled):
Idiocracy Made Real: The Many Failings of Democrat Leadership
President Biden Uses Executive Order to Establish ‘Climate Corps’ From Green New Deal
DoD Awards Potential $2.5M Contract to Company for ‘Transgender Health Medical Evaluation’ Services
Friday Night Cultural Edification: The Five Greatest Guitarists in Rock & Roll History
Sunday Gun Day IX – Five Weapons for When Something Bad Happens
Whither Manhood: Thoughts on What Makes a Man in Today’s Gender-Fluid World
Photographs and Memories: Grandpa’s Watch
The Trump Phenomenon: State of the Race Today
This Week’s Idiots:
The Nation’s John Nichols (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
The Nation’s Chris Lehmann is an idiot.
Maxine Waters (Dullard-CA) is an idiot.
MSNBC: It’s idiots all the way down.
Vox’s Ian Millhiser (Repeat Offender Alert) is an idiot.
Mother Jones’ (Yes, I really read this crap) Inae Oh is an idiot.
Vox’s Emily Stewart is an idiot.
This Week’s Cultural Edification:
It’s not commonly known because she doesn’t demonstrate the skill in public as a rule, but Mrs. Animal has a great singing voice, rich and earthy in a Janet Joplin-esque sort of way. So does smoke-show Alannah Myles; her keynote tune is the 1989 song Black Velvet, which won her a Grammy in 1990 for Best Female Rock Vocalist.
Mrs. A cannot hear this song without joining in. Enjoy!
