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@#2,4 ... "Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack." ...
It is sounding less and less like a ceasefire.
But then there's this ...
US-Iran nuclear talks near breakthrough on 15-year freeze " NYT
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... A New York Times article reports on Tuesday that the US and Iran are close to agreeing on four nuclear themes, according to US officials and diplomats negotiating with Tehran, which could halt Iran's nuclear program for 15 years or so.
According to the officials, the four major issues on nuclear themes are: ...
Detected here in CT ...
Connecticut seismograph picked up Cuba earthquake more than 1,000 miles away
www.newstimes.com
... A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore near western Cuba Tuesday afternoon, and while the strongest shaking was far from Connecticut, the Westport Astronomical Society's seismograph picked up the quake's signature more than 1,000 miles away.
Here's the neat part: earthquakes do not just rattle the ground near the epicenter. They send waves through and around the planet, a little like dropping a pebble into a pond. The first waves to arrive are usually the speedy P-waves. Then come slower S-waves. After that, the bigger, rolling surface waves often show up as the most obvious wiggles on a seismogram, especially from a distant earthquake.
On the Westport display, the Cuba quake shows up as a noticeable burst of motion on the lower green trace during the 2 p.m. EDT hour. To the casual eye, the graph's output might look like a squiggle with attitude. To a seismologist, it is the Earth carrying energy outward from a sudden slip in the crust. ...
[images in the article]
Another view ...
How a misreading of data fueled false claims about L.A. mayoral vote count
www.latimes.com
... Since election night in California, a single theory of election fraud has taken root like no other among online conspiracy theorists, bot accounts, conservative influencers and people close to President Trump. It proved to be a simple misreading of the voting data.
Late on election night, an update of vote counts in the Los Angeles mayor's race appeared on election results pages of various media outlets including the Los Angeles Times. It showed leading Democrats Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman receiving tens of thousands of new votes, and leading Republican former reality TV star Spencer Pratt receiving no new votes.
Some observers of the vote tally immediately took screenshots, with some shouting fraud. Others ran statistical analyses that showed it would be impossible for a candidate such as Pratt -- running second in the race--" to receive zero votes in such a large batch of ballots.
In fact, the update that showed zero Pratt votes was followed one minute later by another update that showed tens of thousands of votes for Pratt, and none for Bass or Raman.
There was no batch of votes that included zero votes for any candidate, as Los Angeles County's own data show plainly. ...
@#3 ... Tell me again why he needs a ballroom with basement bunker? ...
Good question.
Wish I knew the answer.