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Friday, June 13. 2025

Friday morning links

Perhaps Rube Goldberg Can Fix The Woes Of the New York City Housing Authority


Could You Live Without a Computer? I Can.


President Trump Comments on Israeli Attack on Iran; Will Hold National Security Council Meeting in Situation Room Friday Morning


Israel Strikes Iran. What Comes Next?


Trump’s Unapologetic Defense of the Rule of Law


LA Riots Hand Republicans Script For Midterms

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'Israel Strikes Iran. What Comes Next?'

WWIII?
#1 Maniac on 2025-06-13 08:57 (Reply)
Unlikely. Almost certainly a continuation of the status quo of the last fifty years. An overthrowing of the mullahs is a more likely outcome than WW3. Who is going to openly side with Iran other than the terrorist proxies they pay to destabilize the region?
#1.1 James on 2025-06-13 09:28 (Reply)
Nothing to do with Mullahs or any others opposed to Christ (such as heretical 'Christian' Zionists). Ultimately, the messianists most opposed to Christ (read their blasphemous Talmud), of all the peoples, have repeatedly gone too far. Expect no different this time.
#1.1.1 DeGaulle on 2025-06-13 19:01 (Reply)
Hum. I don't know if my Christianity is Zionist or not. Nor is it obvious based on the OT and NT that Zionism is a heresy. Naturally, being an antisemite you're going to claim it is.

But my moral calculus isn't based on any such considerations. Jews are almost certainly the most technologically and intellectually fruitful ethnicity in the world's history and their productivity has been a blessing to the entire world. Moslems OTOH have contributed virtually nothing positive to the world throughout their existence. So I root for the Jews.

Then there is the fact that Jews and Christians frequently coexist well as neighbors. As do Jews and Hindus and Jews and Buddhists and Christians and Hindus and Christians and Buddhists. And Hindus and Buddhists. But issues inevitably arise when significant numbers of practicing Moslems show up. Which ought to tell you where the problem lies. But your irrational, obsessive Jew hatred blinds you to those obvious facts.

You're a fool.
#1.1.1.1 James on 2025-06-14 07:21 (Reply)
James: Moslems OTOH have contributed virtually nothing positive to the world throughout their existence.

Much too broad a statement. Like many civilizations, Islamic Civilization had its Golden Age, which is typically dated from the eighth century until the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century.

Scholars during the Islamic Golden Age sought the preservation, extension, and propagation of the learning of the Classical Greeks, including Aristotle—essential to the later Renaissance in Europe. They made important advances in mathematics, including algebra, analytic geometry, the calculus, trigonometry, and statistics. Islamic Civilization also provided significant advances in medicine, optics, engineering, and the establishment of hospitals, not to mention eminent contributions to literature and poetry. (Now, compare to what was happening in western Europe during the eight century.)

Ibn Al-Haytham, in particular, developed the experimental method, and is often described as the world's first true scientist.
#1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2025-06-14 09:55 (Reply)
The guy who gave up his smart phone is merely a man with no self control.

The smart phone is one of the greatest additions to business and industrial productivity ever.

All of the following were by smart phone voice and/or text.

Yesterday at 9 AM my site foreman told me that he expected formwork on a shop I am building for a customer in a rural location would be complete by noon.

I notified my concrete supplier, pumper and finisher that they would be needed at noon.

They all coordinated with their people and their customers. We had to replace the pumper. My regular pumper referred me to a competitor - because despite what the commies say, business is inherently cooperative, we want to get the job done.

After some quick and efficient back and forth between the suppliers and builders on 3 or 4 jobs, the concrete people showed up at 2 PM, the concrete and pump trucks left at 3:30 PM, the finisher at 7 PM.

Our phones enabled us to confirm details, contracts, pricing and timing in writing by text. I agreed to pay more for the finisher to stay late. I got a deal on concrete because 2 trucks from the same company were able to service my small job and a larger job nearby.

The phone enabled me and the 3 or 4 other jobs to get concrete on short notice at better prices because the coordination lowered labor and equipment idle and travel time to near zero.

The cell phone started the process with communication anywhere anytime. Then texting enabled immediate written confirmation of verbal deals. Google search and maps let everyone to find and get to my site easily and quickly compute travel time and pricing.

I've been doing this for a long, long time and the increase in productivity from the smart phone is spectacular.

If you watch too many videos on your smart phone, that is not the phone's fault.
#2 fred z on 2025-06-13 09:14 (Reply)
Not that the points you made aren't valid, but actually go to the link and read the story. (You clearly didn't. It wasn't a man and it was mostly about giving up the internet.) It is unlikely you don't have a behavior you overindulge in to the point that it becomes a vice. Maybe it is eating. Maybe drinking. Maybe smoking. Maybe watching sports.
#2.1 James on 2025-06-13 09:40 (Reply)
You're right, I didn't read the story, and should have.

I stopped at "My Smartphone Was Ruining My Life. So I Quit." Anyone who says that about a tool is blaming the wrong partner in the waltz.

There is a temptation in all that stuff, but really, not like nicotine alcohol or opioids.
#2.1.1 fred z on 2025-06-13 22:50 (Reply)
In terms of the impact on brain chemistry, the dopamine hit one gets from scrolling the internet or social media is very similar to other addictive behaviors.
#2.1.1.1 James on 2025-06-14 07:06 (Reply)
Agree with you both, except my Spectrum cable went down for an hour so I couldn't read it Or work until now. The western world is fragile and we should work to strengthen it.
#2.2 grant1863 on 2025-06-13 10:41 (Reply)
I wonder how Mr. Offline pays his bills and manages his investments. I guess you check out of that world too - or spend all of your newly-created free time offline using surface mail. The papers don't publish the stock tickers anymore, so investing is 'out', unless he lives in the city and there's a brokerage nearby. All of these things are time savers if you have the maturity to treat them that way, instead of as some kind of electronic alternate consciousness.
#3 Aggie on 2025-06-13 12:19 (Reply)

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