You do realize that a number of those did end or at least completely reshape civilization on a continental scale, right? In each of those cases, Europe, as everyone knew, it was finished.

Can you think of a better place for one?

Oh, is diplomacy NASA's job? Is making people feel good about themselves NASA's job?

If accurate, it sounds like Obama told the guy to do three things that were completely unrelated to the agency's mission.

And then Obama went on to bomb how many Muslim nations?

There's more to it than showing off. Consider relative advantage. If one rival may gain any kind of advantage by building a moon base, the other needs to do it as well lest the other get a leg up on them.

It wouldn't be a claim to the whole moon, just a piece of prime real estate.

If he was just embezzling, why would he want a worthless currency? Euros or Pounds would make more sense.

Or they needed to bribe or hire a bunch of people. "I can buy off some top-ranking Russian officials, just need a couple hundred pounds of gold to do it." Or maybe he said he was posing as an arms dealer. There could be lots of reasons, including valid ones.

From the perspective of a foreign adversary, everything the CIA does is nefarious. Doing dastardly deeds on our behalf is their job.

Oh, well, it is often the case that a lot of people are wrong. You don't need to assert a divine nature for a faith's founder for it to be a religion. Examples include Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Taosim, Mormonism, some of the Hindu faiths... I'd go so far as to say there are probably more faiths that were founded by human prophets than purportedly divine beings.

Let's consider the definition of religion -
an organized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices. Check
the religious beliefs, observances, and social practices found within a given cultural context. Check

Buddha was a prophet who founded a religion. Consider the core tenants of dharma and the 8-fold path. Entirely supernatural as it deals with reincarnation and the eventual escape from that cycle.
And of course, it is commonly understood to be one of the four major religions - Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism.

People can try and claim it isn't a religion, but they're lying to themselves. Probably because they, for whatever reason, don't want to think of themselves as religious. But that's a guess.

Agree in the first part, dissent in the second. This guy was not an idiot.

But he shouldn't be charged with insider trading. He's not involved in trading securities or commodities; he's cheating other gamblers at a casino. That is illegal in States that allow casinos, but there are no Federal laws banning it. And it may not even be cheating but a legal advantage, like counting cards.

Groveling? You've based that on what now?

Is Taiwan's military so corrupt that they sell their rocket fuel and replace it with water? https://www.msn.com/en-in/news...

Why do you believe that? Upon what evidence do you base said belief?

How did the US pull the rug from under Ukraine? By providing them with tons of war material, logistic support, and targeting information from satellites? And did you miss how Ukraine is now able to hit targets pretty much anywhere in Russia? They hit Vladivostok for chrissake! Do you have any idea where that is?

Turn #1 around. China can't invade Taiwan without attacking the US military, which leads to a collapse of the global economy and nuclear war.

The US doesn't actually need to hit the mainland, sinking ships and shooting down aircraft may be sufficient.

China's economy is on the verge of collapse, and Taiwan doesn't like them. To say their future is with China sounds pretty silly.

To give them some benefit of the doubt, that section may have been intended just as a description of side channel attacks and the author may not have realized how misleading the phrasing was.

Or maybe they did and didn't care because they were more interested in clicks than accuracy. The author is supposed to be their senior security editor, but that's not great editing no matter the reason.