When a Soviet rover went silent on the Moon in 1971, scientists assumed it was gone for good

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“On November 17, 1970, a Soviet unmanned mission called Luna 17 landed on the Sea of Rains, a vast basalt plain on the near side of the Moon. The...”

Constitutional Convention begins | May 25, 1787

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“Today the U.S. Constitution is the oldest written national constitution in operation in the world.”

Pentagon doubts over rare earths deal provoke White House clash

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President Donald Trump's Solyndra moment.  

The new Luddite movement

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“If governments don’t slow AI down, voters — like their predecessors — might take matters into their own hands”

The article uses the 'luddite' narrative as a convenient red herring to distract from an insidious reality.  Under the guise of 'progress', AI is being deployed as a shortcut to extract financial gain from users using a model of enhanced social media.  The hidden reality is that agentic...

The new Luddite movement

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“If governments don’t slow AI down, voters — like their predecessors — might take matters into their own hands”

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Ever Recorded

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“A steady erosion in public confidence has pushed the president to a new polling low point in his political career.”

BLEAK   Things have gotten so bad that President Trump cannot even rely on Republican voters.

A Thousand Pioneers Head West on the Oregon Trail

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“The Great Emigration of 1843 marked the first major wagon trail to head west on the Oregon Trail.”

A journey begins with the first step.  The rest is history.

Trump's revenge politics comes back to haunt him

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Decisions, decisions.  Should a loyal Trump Republican knuckle under - or - leave town?  The Republican Congress chose the path of valor -- run away and 'rubber stamp' another day.

NATO allies are confused after Trump says he'll send 5,000 troops to Poland

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“NATO allies and defense officials have expressed bewilderment at U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to...”

Are we in?  Are we out?  Or are we just shaking it all about?  This looks like Hokey Pokey policy.   (By the way, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not criticize the US, as the article suggests.  Merz criticized President Trump.  That's what its all about.)

Trump seeks redemption in Cuba after his regime-change failure in Iran

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President Trump, the leader of the strongest military on the planet, has to resort to beating up old men and children.  And there's no explanation what the United States gets out of this deal.