Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 05, 2026, 11:13 AM

Trump does not think critically, and considering he is the president of the US, and has functional illiteracy he can't understand what he needs to for the job.

Seems to me to be a given demonstrably seen in his behavior for awhile now. Like Biden there towards the end, but worse in weirder ways.

Quote from: K-DogYour wording suggests that because he can't read he can think critically. 

I had to leave that presumption in, yes. But not necessarily for HIM of course. Critcal thinking is a tricky thing, I'm working with someone right now who is probably near genius at coding and whatnot, mathematics, and can't for a second check their own work to realize that second order effects visible in her answers could be spotted by a first year engineering student. 3 Masters degrees this one has for crying out loud. The computer folks say her code is great...and creates 2+2=5 issues all over the place. Refuses to see it even after a 6 page memo with charts and examples. Weird.

Quote from: K-DogThat makes no sense, and in fact reading enhances one's ability to think critically.

All the reading necessary to get 3 Masters Degree's hasn't done it for my coworker, so I'll stick with my original implication. That and extensive experience studying the PhD's who "studied" peak oil.

Quote from: K-DogIn general readers have larger intellectual worlds than non-readers.  There is a relationship.

I can agree there would be a correlation. But that correlation certainly isn't 1.

There is a limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties, such as position and momentum can be simultaneously known.

Well, at least compared to Vietnam so far the number of deaths has been fewer.  They used to report 1000s daily back then.  So far supposedly its around 2000 for the whole 5 weeks.

I don't really believe in the futurist robot war idea, but I'm sure Elon does.

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And from a MAGA rag.



As far as MAGA is concerned, glory was had.

There is something fishy about planes destroyed on the ground because they did not have room to take off.  How did they land? And nobody got hurt in any of this.  Helicopters lost?  I hope they find them!

This is very hard to believe.

THE MISSING LINK: HELICOPTER CREWS AND UNACCOUNTED CASUALTIES

Destroyed helicopters (MH-6 Little Birds) and transport planes (MC-130Js) require crews. The official "zero casualty" claim does not explain where those crews went.  Captured, killed, or evacuated, without explanation we have a few possibilities here.

• Four MH-6 Little Birds destroyed — each requires 2 pilots (approx. 8 personnel unaccounted for)
  
• Two MC-130Js destroyed on ground — each requires approx. 5 crew (approx. 10 personnel unaccounted for)
  
• U.S. government states "zero killed or wounded" but does not explicitly state all crews were evacuated
  
• Iranian and Yemeni media report U.S. casualties (9 killed, 7 injured) — unverified by U.S. sources
  
• Fox News and CBS News initially reported "several special forces members injured" — later downplayed
  
• Possible explanations:
  
  
  • Crews evacuated by three replacement C-130s before destruction (unconfirmed)
    
  • U.S. defining "casualty" narrowly as "killed in action," excluding wounded
    
  • Casualties occurring but not yet disclosed to public
    
  • Crews captured by Iranian forces — no evidence provided by Iran
    

Conclusion: The "zero casualty" claim is mathematically possible only if every crew member was safely extracted before their aircraft was destroyed. No source has confirmed this evacuation occurred.

Eighteen missing crew members is not the same thing as loosing track of people in a shopping mall.  But it seems I may be the only one who thinks this way.