Moderated +6 Common Decency and Tolerance

News flash: Maginot Line 1938. All we have to do is wait for the Germans to come. They will break on our impregnable defenses.

Haven't been south of the border in 13 years and never intend to be again in this lifetime.

Pray they don't alter it further.

More like the Xi flu. This escalated on his watch.

Ok so its apparent magnitude is -16 when it explodes, that's assuming it stays still which its not. The article is a little shallow on how the relative movement of Betelgeuse and the sun will modify this. It could be its so far off by the time it does explode it could be vastly less magnitude.

How about teaching the scientific method and then teaching how to apply those methods to proving or disproving all these theories, not just current scientific ones. Instead of just displaying political intolerance and applying "my thinking is the only way to think" fanaticism to what you disagree with.

Did the machine gun change the rules of war? Rules of engagement yes. Where you lie down in the mud to avoid all the lead flying whereas you stood shoulder to shoulder before. Rules about who can be rightfully killed as a combatant and how prisoners of war and non combatants are treated, no. The only thing that's changed recently is the attitude of a certain super power towards obeying the current laws that work perfectly fine.