On this day:
1260
The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650
Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
1651
Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1658
Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England
1777
American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1783
American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain
1939
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
1941
The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1976
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars
2004
Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
1260
The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650
Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
1651
Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1658
Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England
1777
American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1783
American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain
1939
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
1941
The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1976
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars
2004
Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
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'My fear is that we will probably not make these needed cuts due to political reasons, and will have even more debt and debt service encroaching on our spending that will ultimately lead to a serious supply-demand problem.' --Ray Dalio
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NBC interrupted the account of the Minneapolis church shooting to apologize for 'misgendering' the shooter.
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The writer of TV’s Father Ted has been arrested at Heathrow over three social media posts on transgender issues.
Graham Linehan, a comedy writer, was arrested in Great Britain for something he wrote on a social media post.
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Just to clarify what's going on in the Middle East, construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility key to Israel’s long-suspected atomic weapons program, according to satellite images analyzed by experts.
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Callen Moss, the guy the Pirates got for Falter in their trade with KC, is having an astonishing start in the Pirates' minors. Through his first 22 games for Greensboro, Moss is hitting .395/.453/.686 with six home runs for an OPS of 1.139.
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“I PAID ZERO FOR INTEL, IT IS WORTH APPROXIMATELY 11 BILLION DOLLARS. All goes to the USA. Why are ‘stupid’ people unhappy with that? I will make deals like that for our Country all day long.” --The U.S. philosophy-free president.
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As weather-related risks rise, insurers are jacking up rates and exiting certain geographic areas entirely.
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As weather-related risks rise, insurers are jacking up rates and exiting certain geographic areas entirely.
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There is just so much going on!
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Burning Ourselves at the Stake
In a decision that looks suspiciously like self-loathing, the International Court of Justice purports to establish legal grounds that would allow nations to sue each other over climate damages, ignoring economic history and threatening global development. While the opinion was undeniably legally inventive, the framework it envisages would be practically unworkable as well as economically destructive.
Strangely, the impact of a concerted attack on worldwide production is never discussed or theorized.
The ICJ ruling suggests countries can be held liable for historical emissions of planet-warming gases, a sort of 'climate reparations.' How does one calculate damages from coal burned in Manchester in 1825 versus emissions from a Beijing power plant in 2025? Who is responsible, time to time, term to term? How are such damages calculated? Who will enforce the orders?
The ICJ ruling suggests countries can be held liable for historical emissions of planet-warming gases, a sort of 'climate reparations.' How does one calculate damages from coal burned in Manchester in 1825 versus emissions from a Beijing power plant in 2025? Who is responsible, time to time, term to term? How are such damages calculated? Who will enforce the orders?
But using imaginary authority should make it easier to invent processes and find imaginary damages.
It could be worse; they could have gone after the theorized prime source of offense: us. 8 million people breathe out a lot of CO2. Of course, the attack on the world's people would be carried out by the less-than-esteemed UN military, so we probably would be safe from them, if not from ourselves.
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