Definitely before February started. Maybe even earlier.

So you're saying that because our mass isn't fixed, every time it changes we more or less move to a new orbit relative to our common center of mass? Is that basically correct?

Thank you. I'm a little puzzled, however in that wouldn't the attractive forces weaken with distance? That is to say, shouldn't, say, Andromeda and the Milky Way have collided a long time ago?

I don't speak pasta.

You've got 12 inches? I only promise 12 inches on an installment plan.

And yet he didn't actually say anything objectionable in that passage at least. More like his critics proved themselves to be exactly what he claimed they were all along.

Actually, Kenyans and Ethiopians do have a strong advantage in marathon running. I can't remember exactly what it came down to but it seemed to me that the gist of it was that generations of starving had enabled them to ration out their energy much more efficiently. Sort of like how Nepalese have a huge advantage at high altitudes.

The backlash to these sorts of things is always predictable. They always get called pseudo scientific or just plain garbage but it's rare for the critics to have read the material or understood it.

I, also have not read the paper but the basic idea doesn't seem implausible given that we give people credit for positive things about their race. For all I know, that could be exactly what this guy said

I think Turkey would be a fairweather friend at best.