I've actually lost track of how long this latest ****storm has been
raging; and though frequently entertaining and even occasionally
thought-provoking, it's become unfortunately circular and repetitive
with no new material for a while now.

Let's face it, Whack-a-Mole is fun, but not for two weeks. Clearly
the Moles will always pop up for more; but I should think the Whacker
would eventually tire of the game. (The respective identities of the
whackers and the whackees are, of course, subjective.:-)

So, I'll offer only a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein
and Ben Franklin (and likely the work of neither) that:

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results."

$.02,
Joe F.