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Le Leak, c’est chic

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Time for the GOP leak of the week, ho-hum. Ted Cruz warned Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, that he would face a “bloodbath” in the November midterm elections if prices continued to rise, prompting the president to respond, “fuck you, Ted,” the US senator told donors,...

Iran Again

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This isn't the Abraham Lincoln on its way to the Persian Gulf, but close enough. US Navy photo. Fresh off his victories in Greenland and Minnesota, Donald Trump has decided.

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Disasters of politics and technology

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40 years ago this morning, the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated a little more than a minute into its flight.. Old man thought: The time that has passed since then is almost exactly the same as the time between that morning and the end of World War...
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World War III?

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Lightening up the mood around here... it has been tradition for the last few years for me to write about possible WWIII flashpoints. This year (like last) I have to wonder whether we are actually already in the Third World War; if conflict were to break...
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