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America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is.

America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is.This article was adapted from Nuclear War: A Scenario, published March 26, 2024, by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright 2024 by Annie M. Jacobsen. Nuclear war is madness. Were a nuclear weapon to be launched at the United States, including from a rogue nuclear-armed nation like North Korea, American policy dictates a nuclear counterattack. This response would almost certainly set off a series of events that would quickly spiral out of control. “The world could end in the next couple of hours,” Gen. Robert Kehler, the former commander of US Strategic Command, told me in an interview. We sit on the razor’s edge. Vladimir Putin has said he is “not bluffing” about the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction should NATO overstep on Ukraine, and North Korea…


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Duke Legend Christian Laettner Calls for Removal of NIL Compensation for Student-Athletes: ‘They G...

Duke Legend Christian Laettner Calls for Removal of NIL Compensation for Student-Athletes: ‘They G…Duke basketball legend Christian Laettner has grown fed up with the state of college athletics and believes name, image, and likeness compensation — or NIL — should be removed. Thursday was the 32nd anniversary of Laettner’s iconic game-winning shot against Kentucky in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The 54-year-old joined Mike Greenberg’s ESPN Radio show #Greeny to discuss the legacy of that shot. Then, Laettner gave his thoughts on the current landscape of college sports and the ongoing NIL conversation. “They gotta take out the NIL,” Laettner said. “They gotta wipe that out. They gotta change the transfer portal. I know everyone’s saying the horse is out of the barn and you can’t take stuff back, but how can you establish any type of culture at a school when you’re getting new kids every year?…


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Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake

Trump Repeats Obama’s MistakeDonald Trump has long detested Barack Obama and sought to present himself as the opposite of his presidential predecessor in every way. But in his takeover of the Republican National Committee, he risks echoing one of Obama’s biggest political mistakes.Last night, Trump’s handpicked leadership of the RNC took charge and conducted a purge. The new regime, led by the new chair, Michael Whatley; the vice chair, Lara Trump; and the chief of staff, Chris LaCivita, fired about 60 employees—about a quarter of the staff—as part of “streamlining.” The “bloodbath” includes members of the communications, data, and political departments. Insiders told Politico they anticipate that existing contracts with vendors will be voided.When the new leaders were announced last month, I suggested that the GOP was ceasing to function as a political party, and becoming another subsidiary of Trump Inc. But there is another way to view it. For…


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It’s Time to Give Up on Ending Social Media’s Misinformation Problem

It’s Time to Give Up on Ending Social Media’s Misinformation ProblemIf you don’t trust social media, you should know you’re not alone. Most people surveyed around the world feel the same—in fact, they’ve been saying so for a decade. There is clearly a problem with misinformation and hazardous speech on platforms such as Facebook and X. And before the end of its term this year, the Supreme Court may redefine how that problem is treated.Over the past few weeks, the Court has heard arguments in three cases that deal with controlling political speech and misinformation online. In the first two, heard last month, lawmakers in Texas and Florida claim that platforms such as Facebook are selectively removing political content that its moderators deem harmful or otherwise against their terms of service; tech companies have argued that they have the right to curate what their users see. Meanwhile, some policy makers…


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Health care is ‘overwhelmingly complex’ for older adults, experts say: ‘Ever-increasing hurdle...

Health care is ‘overwhelmingly complex’ for older adults, experts say: ‘Ever-increasing hurdle…Adults tend to need more medical care as they age, but coordinating that care can be stressful and strenuous for seniors.Getting in-person care and treatment can require “substantial time, effort and cost” for older adults and their partners or caregivers, according to a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.Led by Ishani Ganguli, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, researchers looked at data from 6,619 adults aged 65 and older, who responded to the 2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data, to get an idea of the number of days spent receiving medical care.ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HELPS PREDICT SENIORS’ LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS: ‘CRITICAL NEXT STEPS’During that year, the older adults had an average of 17.3 “ambulatory contact days,” which consisted of visits to a primary care doctor or specialty doctor — or a test, imaging procedure…


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Arnold Schwarzenegger Provides Update on Open-Heart Surgery Recovery, Assures ‘FUBAR’ Season 2 W...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Provides Update on Open-Heart Surgery Recovery, Assures ‘FUBAR’ Season 2 W…Arnold Schwarzenegger has provided an update to fans after undergoing open-heart surgery, offering some encouragement that he won’t be away from business for too long. The 76-year-old actor and former Governor of California shared a photograph from recovery, including a sight gag about his new pacemaker, depicted as a cartoon-esque time bomb. “I’ve gotten so […] ….. Read More.VARIETY – Entertainment | Movies & TelevisionThu, March 28, 202411 hours ago


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