When some Trumpublicans are prepared to accommodate the request of creationists or evangelicals turned Bible-literalists to legislate the value of π as 3 (in reference to 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2 in the Bible) rather than the approximated 3.14, in exchange for their “holy votes.”
Like their Pharisee-in-Chief boss, who was hell-bent to carry out a pi crusade in a failed attempt to get re-elected, a number of morally bankrupt lawmakers would like to do likewise if tens of thousands of extra votes would swing in their favor to retain their seats.
by MathPlus July 07, 2021
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On moral grounds, rich countries face a vaccine dilemma: should they let medical personnel from rogue or dictatorial nations like North Korea and Venezuela be jabbed first before their own people?
by MathPlus March 02, 2021
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Unlike in breastfeeding, when the father is 100% absent, in formula feeding, both father and mother have a 50% chance of developing an early bond with the baby.
by MathPlus June 24, 2021
Get the Formula Feedingmug. When people in some places are more likely to be bitten by a snake or cobra during a lockdown than contracting the coronavirus—these venomous reptiles are being spotted more frequently as they search for smaller or middle sized animals, which have moved away from their natural habitat, to survive.
Due to frequent lockdowns in a number of cities in China, people are more afraid of Covid-🐍 than Covid-19.
by MathPlus July 05, 2022
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If the global vaccine divide were to be enforced, which means that vaccines like Covishield, Sinovac, Sinopharm, and Sputnik V wouldn’t be recognized in the EU (and possibly in the US), how much would global tourism or economy be decimated? Would the “vaccine apartheid” perpetrated by the West potentially usher in a World War III?
by MathPlus July 02, 2021
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Paranormal researchers are struggling to get the astrological make-up of those who worked for the Trump administration to divine a corona horrorscope chart for folks who believe that there is a correlation between infection (or death) and astrology.
by MathPlus August 24, 2021
Get the Corona Horrorscopemug. When math educators fly to the “fine” city of Singapore to attend a pep talk on the bar model method, and to visit a local school and watch a teacher conduct a problem-solving math lesson, before spending the rest of their educational trip on shopping and sightseeing.
When Singapore Math tourism visitors flew back home, they’d excitedly tell their principals or superintendents to embrace the Singapore Math model, by substituting their present dear mile-wide-inch-deep textbooks with wallet-friendly Singapore math titles, often much to the disapproval of their colleagues, who want to “Make US Math Great Again.”
by MathPlus January 03, 2021
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