What on earth (intended) could be more suitable?
He was at the forefront of operations during his active career as an astronaut, and now he has checked out.
And if the US isn't much better, at least there's the shred of humanity present in their actions that they still need to appear to do the good work.
Perhaps you can still save a nation if it keeps its' conscience.
one) Accident or crime? I'd be willing to give the affair the benefit of the doubt. The fallout for this benefits neither pro-Russian Ukrainian forces nor Mother Russia herself, and was easily predictable. The Ukrainians do not seem likely to have masterminded this without detection, but I'll keep the shiny hat nearby.
two)Ukrainian investigators on Western soil? No. But like we're doing, countries such as the former Soviet Union would still be bitching about it.
three) Is the death toll from spectacular plane crashes overrated? Certainly. Everyone who's flown has felt the uneasy helplessness of being on a plane... if something happens, there is nothing you can do to help. While a war in Gaza or Afganistan takes a substantial toll over an extended period, few modern citizens can relate to war death.
four) Did the USA and Great Britain thrum their fingers together like Mr Burns and say aloud, "Excellent"? Oh yeah.
There are things that you cannot fix with material wealth, and as all things including wealth are relative, there will, as you suggest, always exist a segment that is poor.
The people you extend an extra few dollars an hour will still be poor. I contend they shouldn't need to apply for the welfare if they work full time, as the program(s) that supports them is actually supporting workfare jobs to the benefit of low margin business models.
Just so. When the minimum wage is so low that one can't support a family on it without government aid, then government aid to the worker is effectively subsidizing the employer's business model; it's socialism for capitalists.
Corporate welfare.
To the five nines, pride will be no factor in that effort to apply for benefits.
I am not supporting a hand out as much as a hand up, but if a person shows up to work everyday and does the job well enough to keep it,
he or she shouldn't have to apply for assistance to enjoy the basics of survival.
Depending on where you live (state taxes?), that's at best a cool $350-$365 after payroll taxes (259-270 Euros) per week for a family of two to four.
After necessities like food, rent, electricity, phone, transportation, clothing, and so on, it's going to take some wicked budgeting skills to have any disposable income at all. Get it together Washington.
Although i am under no illusion that mining hydrocarbons for energy is without consequence and repercussion, it is worth noting that any production of energy comes with an environmental or social cost.
If we spent half the money on renewable energy development that we spend on waste, war, and surveillance, there would be no profit in releasing sequestered carbon.
Sickening, not funny.
If those two descriptions are a closed set, your reply is statistically likely to be correct.
Still, no Nobel nomination is likely forthcoming.
Though a Karma killer, my post provides at least a shred of evidence that six ladies post on
It was an airplane engaged in a game of chicken.
Conspiracy cover story or a hard luck affair for all those aboard?
It's more fun to throw wood on the fire of conspiracy, but it's more practical to consider stupidity ahead of sublime political intrigue.
Well thought out and well written.
All the simple programs have been written.
