16th February, 2025.
The US government is in trouble.
They, and their President, are attempting to cut costs.
And laid off a large number of staff, recently: with that cost cutting process in mind.
That’s no bad thing, done well.
But … ?
According to at least one news report I’ve seen, they are desperately trying to rehire some staff: in particular, some of the staff in the agency that oversees nuclear safety.
But having trouble finding them.
“You couldn’t make it up” is an over-used phrase.
So, instead, I’ll say this:
“You twerps!”
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Elon Musk is heavily involved with the current US government.
And — famously — takes his kids to work.
Why?
I don’t know.
But it’s speculated he does so to try and improve his image.
However?
And I wish I’d bookmarked the relevant answer: but an answer I saw on Quora, yesterday, introduced an interesting piece of speculation.
In the wake of the shooting of a health company CEO in the US, he’s doing it not to improve his image … but so he has a human shield, in case someone tries shooting him.
I don’t think he’s that callous.
But … ?
That was an answer that made a lot of sense …
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It seems that US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is off to Russia: to try and negotiate an end to the Ukraine War with Vladimir Putin.
With very little input from President Zelensky, or Ukraine: and with a lot of unwanted territorial concessions.
I’m a very amateur historian: very amateur.
So … ?
I automatically thought about World War Two.
And the German annexation of the Sudetenland, in what was then Czechoslovakia.
A move that was supposed to appease Hitler, and persuade him to stop invading places.
It didn’t work.
I really don’t know if it will work now: we don’t need World War Three.
But?
If Rubio comes back home, and talks of “peace in our time”, we could have problems …
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