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The accomplishments of 100 days of war on Iran are undeniable
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“The US has not just decimated Iran's nuclear programme and military, it has also degraded the power of its regime.”
Yes, these are real accomplishments. But the costs are explicitly measured by unknown alternatives rather than these accomplishments. We are to believe the war prevented Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon which cannot be proven or refuted. It's a meaningless justification for a meaningless war.
Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fiction
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 12 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“Astronomers should not try to message E.T. before international consultation has occurred.”
International agreement? Exercise caution? Protect researchers? This doesn't sound like Earth where a handful of people have more money than God.
The three things Democrats must do to regain rural America's trust
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“After decades of alienating working-class and rural voters from the Democratic party, it's time the left bridges the divide”
Democrats do like to talk when they're lecturing others. And the typical response of Democrats to these lectures is to walk on by. If you don't like being told you don't understand what's important, you're wrong in your thinking, and you need improve -- then you have a better understanding...
First drive-in movie theater opens | June 6, 1933
Via: Nerm_L • Coffee Break • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 months ago
The good old days when a good horror flick on the big screen and the backseat of a 'land yacht' created a lot of memories. The '225' in the name was the length of the car, in inches. (Almost 19 feet long.)
Modern Manners: Can I Use AI for My Friend's Eulogy?
Via: Nerm_L • Coffee Break • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 months ago
“Chatbots can be a great assistant — or a huge flop. Our etiquette expert on when to enlist AI, and when to keep it personal.”
21st century questions of etiquette answered by Emily Post's great-great-granddaughter, no less.
Sting on the Energy that Keeps Him Creating at 74
Via: Nerm_L • Coffee Break • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 months ago
“The rock legend is exploring new ground with his music, with a sense of discovery that fuels his every project.”
Sting is 74 !?!?!?!?!? The music of the 1980s is the oldies now. Bon Jovi and Boy George are 64. Madonna is 67. Cyndi Lauper is 72. Bruce Springsteen and Phil Collins are 76. Michael Jackson, Prince, George Michael, and Whitney Houston are dead.
America at 250
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 5 months ago
“Join PBS in commemorating the America's 250th Anniversary”
PBS programming available for the America 250 celebration of the founding of the United States. (Not to be confused with Freedom 250 that is celebrating Donald Trump.) Click the SEED link to view what PBS is offering the public. Watch or not, it's your choice. That's how the public square...
