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This bit about ruining the basis of the market reminded me of @pluralistic 's take: "AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with a chatbot that can't do your job."
The Cost of a Few Weeks of the Iran War Would Have Saved a Million Lives Via USAID

The Pentagon spent more than $11 billion on the Iran War in its first six days. A few weeks of this would have fully funded USAID.

Jezebel

“Most Americans fail to understand that Iran’s outrage over the 28 February surprise attack is comparable to the fury that seized the United States in the wake of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the 9-11 attacks in 2001. Iran will continue to attack US and Israeli targets and will not stop until the security of Iran — both economic and military — is secured.”

https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/growing-doubts-by-us-and-israel-about

Growing Doubts by US and Israel About the War with Iran

Despite bold claims from Donald Trump and his Secretary of War that Iran has lost the war and is on the cusp of surrendering, Iran has not got the memo and continues an unrelenting wave of a drone and missile attacks on US targets in the Persian Gulf and on targets throughout Israel.

Son of the New American Revolution
Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

The Intercept
‘You’re Making a Face But —’ Anti-Trump Influencer on CNN Stuns Pro-Trump Writer With &# ...

Adam Mockler elicited a stunned face from pro-Trump New York Post writer Lydia Moynihan with a rant on the "bigotry" within President Donald Trump's "movement."

Mediaite
US and EU sanctions have killed 38 million people since 1970

Far from a peaceful tool, these measures weaponise hunger and deprivation to enforce Western dominance.

Al Jazeera

Killing each Iranian leader until you find one who loves Trump will not end well.

Iranians put up with 8 years of war against Saddam Hussein while he used WMDs on their cities. Iranians haven’t forgotten that the US publicly supported Saddam and gave him the weapons.

GOP Congressman Vies for Most Racist Thing Said in Recent Memory: “Muslims Don’t Belong in American Society”

It's either this, or the other GOP Congressman who recently said "the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."

Jezebel
GOP Congressman Vies for Most Racist Thing Said in Recent Memory: “Muslims Don’t Belong in American Society”

It's either this, or the other GOP Congressman who recently said "the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."

Jezebel