The Tragedy of the American Military
Not your usual left-wing rant. The blame is thoroughly bipartisan. Even Bernie Sanders takes a hit.
The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.
Globe Sets Fifth Hottest-Month Record of 2014
NOAA says 2014 likely to be globe’s hottest year despite U.S. cold.
The U.S. is a big country, but it still only covers about 2% of the Earth’s surface area. Our temperatures just don’t make much of a difference on a global scale.
The link between atmospheric CO2 and rising global temperatures cannot be dismissed as a case of “correlation and causality.” Continue reading
This is magnificent.
As Christian Ready wrote:
If you can get Littlefinger to support your space program, you’re doing something right.
Also see Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible. The article ranges from the Classics to the changing roles of America and Europe in space.
The article originally identified the bomber as a Sukhoi T-4, an aircraft that did not fly until 1972. The mistake was obvious to me from the picture, which has not (as of today) been replaced. That is not a bomber from the early 1950’s. The bomb was dropped from a Tupolev Tu-4, the Soviet copy of of the U.S. B-29 bomber, which was used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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The rest of the world is tired of Americans telling them what to do, so I am not expressing an opinion on this vote. This is easier since in fact I am not sure what I think about this. However, I can enjoy the humor, the existence of which is very reassuring however the vote goes.
This Is What It Will Be Like If Scotland Votes For Independence
As a long-time fan of fantasy I am pleased to see Game of Thrones and Harry Potter appear in this discussion.
From our side of the pond, there is nothing like the Colbert Report.
Quantum Gravity Expert Says “Philosophical Superficiality” Has Harmed Physics
I was young in the sixties and seventies, and shared the dream of my generation: changing the world and make it more just and gentle. We lost. I did not know what to do next. I found physics, where, instead, revolutions succeed.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 