America Has No Good Options Left in Iran

Long-term military containment with ships escorting oil tankers through the Strait may be the best among bad options. Future congresses and presidents would need to maintain it though, and it would be expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT6h3-2HZ6k

America’s Scientists Are Disappearing

Trump is damaging America’s future wealth, health, and security by deeply damaging American science. Science research needs broad investments in things that may not be productive for decades to come. That often requires an investor not worried about quarterly returns. The US used to drain scientists from the world. Now, our scientists are being picked by other countries, weakening the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYiUI6y1nKg

Trump’s Clashing Goals: More Housing, Fewer Immigrants

Construction companies crushed unions, and then hired immigrants instead. Now, the construction industry is dependent on illegal immigrants. Without them, the US won’t build the houses the country needs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9w2BQ5gLVQ

Where the Iran Conflict Goes From Here

Iran expert who used to advise the White House thinks Iran was willing to do a deal that was better than Obama’s deal before the 12 day war, but not anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qq9nYWH24w

AI could trigger a layoff trap that even smart CEOs can’t escape

“”The main question we wanted to understand is who’s going to be left to buy products if everyone gets automated and replaced by a robot?” Tsoukalas, a senior fellow at Wharton, told journalist Katty Kay on the New Normal podcast that was posted on Monday.

The paper describes a classic economic dilemma: A single company may recognize that laying off too many workers reduces demand for its products, but in a competitive market, every company has an incentive to automate, because failing to do so risks losing to rivals.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/ai-could-trigger-layoff-trap-081101725.html

Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division

“The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.

Gaza’s population has been crowded into the coastal area west of the yellow line, most living in squalid tent camps and dependent on aid.

On the other side of the line, satellite imagery shows that Israeli forces have leveled the vast majority of buildings using bulldozers and explosives, virtually erasing several towns and Rafah, once home to more than a quarter million people.
They have carved new road networks and erected new bases on the ruins of Palestinian towns. Agricultural land has also been destroyed. The Israeli military says it is demolishing infrastructure used by Hamas.

sraeli forces have killed more than 1,100 Palestinians since the ceasefire began, most in airstrikes and drone strikes around Gaza. Militant attacks have killed five Israeli soldiers in the same period.

A former U.N. diplomat now in charge of coordinating the ceasefire has blamed Hamas’ failure to disarm. Sporadic talks to reach a formula for decommissioning its weapons appear to have made little progress, and Hamas accuses Israel in turn of violating the ceasefire.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/israel-building-miles-long-earthen-050314782.html