I’m not familiar with this. Can you give a “for example?”

And this time IDF didn’t shoot them!

Times change a few years later, but I wouldn’t bank on that non-escalation theory here.

Korean Air flight 007

I thought the exact same thing! At the time, I’d heard rumors that the entirety of USSR’s air defense was smoke and mirrors. This isn’t helping to refute those decades old rumors, if there is anything to refute.

Then again, with that same theory, he could just eliminate Congress altogether before the voting starts for impeachment. Or place specific justices on house arrest before they vote. Basically, the idiotic idea of a president not beholden to laws is mostly the same as a despotism if the “president” wishes it to be.

I love the autotldr bot, but I’m glad I clicked through on this one. This guy was the sort of hero I’ve hoped existed in the modern world, not just history books. The article does include a photo his wife took of his torture bruises, so be warned (I don’t consider it particularly graphic, but I am not you).

Same. Upvote if I think it’s important for others to see.

4 - Lies

3 - Damn dirty lies

2 - Statistics

1 - Israel saying it’s trying to flood Gaza with aid

I mean, if they pull it off, I’ll be impressed, but it seems like the “why?” is something they should answer before this project is undertaken. Sure, it could be used to power a moon base or something else, but I would expect that need for a power source to be the lead, not the power source. And if they don’t really know why yet – it’s an extremely expensive solution looking for a problem.

A brave man. I wish more would be like him, or at least listen to him and consider what he’s saying.

Heh, I see what y’all did there…

Short and medium term, I doubt there will be any issues there.

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Dropkick Murphys’ The Season’s Upon Us yet.

It looks like Snoo’s drunk uncle. What’s with the 5 o’clock shadow?

It isn’t so much the volume of typing, it’s the typing a thought-out answer to all those various articles and responses that seems curious. I type at a pretty fast rate, myself, but I don’t consider someone else’s comments and think up (and then type) fact based replies in that timeframe. My comment about typing speed was more me implying that a 3-day-old account that is responding that quickly to that many people on so many subjects in such a short amount of time – well, it walks and quacks like a bot.

Hmmm, how on earth is it possible for you to have replied to 26 different posts in the last 60 minutes, across multiple articles, many with multiple paragraphs. Fastest typer in the world?

That’s a great solution to win an election if it were easy to find a golden candidate that people like and can’t be portrayed as less than ideal by the other side. Right now, I’ll happily settle and vote for less than perfect if that candidate is the only one not courting fascism. And I certainly won’t go throwing my vote to someone else just because the only guy standing between democracy and tyranny isn’t checking all my boxes. No, sir. Democracy is too important to throw away just because “I don’t love one candidate and actively fear the other, so I just won’t bother.” Democracy is my single-issue this election. Get out and vote, because this time, democracy is cracking, and it is at risk of collapse to fascism.

I’ve heard you can just email one of the authors of the paper, if you’re looking for a specific one.

You’re basically correct, in this case. I’ve chosen my official “side” as that of humanity. I’m not fully certain what that means other than I feel for the protestors/people of both sides and don’t want bad things to happen to either. The governments directly involved here, such as they are, are in the business of revenge and power. The people in general are being played by their governments, pawns to be sacrificed or otherwise used to further the purpose.

Hurricanes could, and did, wipe out entire communities. It’s easy to forget how important the study of meteorology is, as well as how vital modern weather satellites are, in keeping people safe.

As one example of massive damage done in the not terribly distant past: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane