Stupid is as stupid does

The orange menace opts to attack another sovereign nation for reasons that make no sense. Iran didn't do anything to incite the US, but he attacked purportedly to make a regime change.  That's a war crime, something he should be held accountable for. Innocent people are dying at his hands. 

But what makes this so much worse is that there really is no plan here.  The objective and end game are unknown.  Heck, apparently many allies were caught off guard, too. That's a contributing factor to why Kuwait shot down some US planes; they had no idea what was happening. 

And there is this oddity too.  The US is making statements about how the Iranian military needs to surrender.  Except that this message is not getting through.  The internet was suppressed in Iran by their government. And the US made no effort to turn it back on or provide another means to get online.  Also, in all his cost cutting, T-rump cut funding for Air America and other propaganda tools.  Meaning that no one is relaying information to Iranians on our behalf.

Telling people to surrender has no effect if they can't hear you.

There's also the matter of people traveling anywhere in that region and getting stuck.  They are paying for an "extended vacation" with no end in sight,  missing work and their families, with no means to get home. Heck, there's not even a plan.  Often, the US government would alert people to leave or not travel, and / or have an evacuation plan for citizens (which the citizen must reimburse the government for).  

And because of this surprise war, the markets don't know how to react, and thus go down. And because it's a Middle East conflict, gas prices go up… which affects our economy.

It's all just nuts. 

Kryptos - the sculpture at CIA headquarters.

Back in 1990, artist Jim Sanborn created a sculpture for the CIA that was appropriate in that it had 4 parts which had a code embedded on them. The codes were all different and he challenged anyone to decipher them all. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

3 were deciphered fairly quickly by cryptographers at the CIA, though the results were kept secret for a few more years. 

But the 4th one remained unbroken. Until a couple of reporters figured out a way to break the code via a side door - at the national archives. 

They're not saying what the answer is, and the code itself remains undeciphered still. 

And the person who owns the key to all of it tells us that there is a 5th cypher that hasn't revealed itself yet. 

This is kind of amazing and the article breaks it down for us. 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-cias-kryptos-sculpture-gave-up-its-final-secret/

The original Epstein whistleblower, 90s supermodel Karen Mulder. Why didn’t they believe her?

Here's a short synopsis of her life and involvement with Epstein - and what happened when she came forward. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZWfvChb-i0w?si=bp8eFU11G3BakFDv

The president has run amok. To our senators and congresspeople.

Mr Trump has engaged in a military action - again - against a sovereign nation (Iran) that has not otherwise provided a credible threat to the United States.

This is inexcusable and he must be held to account.

Do your job! Impeach and remove.

Colorado 12-year-old nationally awarded for invention | FOX31

This is the story about a boy named 

Anirudh Rao who has several amazing inventions. But the one that stands out is an early detection system for tornadoes. 

He deploys a series of drones that can detect changing weather patterns and can indicate a tornado brewing as much as 40 minutes in advance. Current systems allow for about 13 minutes; this invention could save lives. 

It's amazing what someone can do when they put their mind to it. 

 

https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-12-year-old-nationally-awarded-for-invention/

A continent-long “brown ribbon” has appeared in the Atlantic off Africa — and scientists say it’s not a good sign - Futura-Sciences

There's a brown streak that has appeared across most of the Atlantic. And this mass is … sargassum! 

The scourge is back and essentially worse than ever. But of course, we merely shrug. 

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/a-continent-long-brown-ribbon-has-appeared-in-the-atlantic-off-africa-and-scientists-say-its-not-a-good-sign_26008/

China's water battery hits 120,000+ cycles, can beat lithium by decades

Tofu for the win! These scientists have found a way to use a tofu brine as the means to allow batteries to conduct electricity - in place of lithium. 

It's less costly, lasts longer, and in-all safer. 

See? Even cars are going vegetarian. lol. 

 

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/chinas-water-battery-outlast-lithium