Those who neglect history...

other wars that on paper the US was winning in terms of enemies killed and bombing raids completed in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is important to remember that after years of bloodshed and killing, they all ended in ways that amounted to defeat for the United States

But that required a president in the White House who was prepared to go to war alongside Israel, something that had never happened despite the two countries' close relationship and Israel's dependence on US military and diplomatic support. Netanyahu could never persuade a US president that it was in America's interests to go to war with Iran – until the second term of Donald J Trump.

From Social media trial

In arguing his case for
punitive damages, Kaley's attorney Mark Lanier - a folksy Texas
litigator - had shown the jury a jar of M&Ms.

Each M&M stood for $1bn of the company's worth, he said, in a bid to illustrate the depth of the company's wealth.

Currently, Meta's market capitalisation is at around $1.4tn, or 1,400 M&Ms.

 

The verdict has forced
those inside the companies to grapple with the fact that many outsiders
do not view them as favourably as they have come to view themselves.

That
realisation has been difficult for companies that a decade ago were
hailed as critical to connecting and entertaining people, and even
helping to spread democracy around the world.

Post Office scandal 'has taken 21 years of my life'

SCATTER SUNSHINE.

When a copy of Mr. Oscar Black-
ford’s Christmas Circular came into
my hands, I was much struck by the
appropriate words which headed the
long list of Christmas gifts—" Scatter
Sunshine with Xmas Cards."

St. Austell Gazette and Cornwall County News - Wednesday 28 November 1934

“Too many people thinking too much was the key problem with the modern world. Think about your garden, sure, think about what you're going to have for tea, think about some things you have some actual power over, but everybody spending all day thinking about things they couldn't influence, where did that lead?”

 

"― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune
"

“In the far corner there’s a table of six tucking into their roast dinners.   Three couples, one of the women cooing over the gravy, one of the men letting his wife tuck a napkin into his shirt.   You’d probably find a photo of the same six somewhere from thirty years ago, tanned and smiling, all raising glasses of sangria to the camera as a Spanish waiter took their photo.   There’d be no napkin being tucked in, but the friendships would be the same, and the six of them would swear they hadn’t aged until you showed them the photograph..”

 

"― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune
"

“When things are noisy, and everyone is asking you to look at something right this instant, we mustn’t forget all the things still going on in quiet corners. There’s the news, and then there’s life..”

 

"― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune
"

“Joyce’s love for her is unconditional, Joanna knows that, but, really, unconditional love has a huge flaw. If you love me no matter what, who I actually am doesn’t matter. If someone loves your essence, your very being, what can you do to make them love you more or love you less? Nothing: there is no space. So the only option left to you is to continually prod at that unconditional love, to test it and stretch it, to mock it even. And it’s not just that. There is a further problem with unconditional love, isn’t there? Because what if you don’t love yourself? What if, like Joanna, you obsess over your flaws and weaknesses, you constantly update the balance sheet of your own personality and find it wanting? Well, then the unconditional love of a parent is a sign that they simply don’t know you. If they truly knew you, their love would be peppered with caveats. “I love you, but….”

 

"― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune
"

However, he also warned about the "immense" energy needs of AI, which made up 1.5% of the world's electricity consumption last year, external, according to the International Energy Agency.

Roman soldiers in the basement of the Treasurer's House, York in 1953 - Harry Martindale (1935-2014)

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