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Jun. 3rd, 2014 09:10 amLike the label on the tin says:
A) Obama's pullout from Afghanistan explained. Money quote: It has been 13 years. If, after 2232 dead and at a cost of $10 million an hour, there still is no "democratic Afghanistan" to be found, whose fault is that? What are the magic numbers? Thirty years? Four thousand dead? Fifty thousand civilians? Fifty million an hour? What is the size of the butcher's bill that would force Fred Hiatt to abandon his imperial delusions and admit that, well, hell, we did our damndest?
B) From IO9 - a very interesting map of countries due east or west of the Americas. Of interest to me is how all of Europe is north of Virginia (or Illinois).
C) Also from IO9 - Earth-sized exoplanets appear to be surprisingly common. Good news for SF writers.
D) An interesting story - Air Force pilot helps land civilian airliner. I wonder why we're hearing of this months after the event.
A) Obama's pullout from Afghanistan explained. Money quote: It has been 13 years. If, after 2232 dead and at a cost of $10 million an hour, there still is no "democratic Afghanistan" to be found, whose fault is that? What are the magic numbers? Thirty years? Four thousand dead? Fifty thousand civilians? Fifty million an hour? What is the size of the butcher's bill that would force Fred Hiatt to abandon his imperial delusions and admit that, well, hell, we did our damndest?
B) From IO9 - a very interesting map of countries due east or west of the Americas. Of interest to me is how all of Europe is north of Virginia (or Illinois).
C) Also from IO9 - Earth-sized exoplanets appear to be surprisingly common. Good news for SF writers.
D) An interesting story - Air Force pilot helps land civilian airliner. I wonder why we're hearing of this months after the event.
