Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to Them. | The New Republic

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Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to Them. | The New Republic

That’s the main takeaway from the Pew Research Center’s latest rolling poll of U.S. veterans, published Thursday, in which solid majorities of former troops said the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria were not worth fighting. The gaps between approval and disapproval were not even close to the poll’s 3.9 percent margin of error; barely a third of veterans considered any of those conflicts worthwhile:

January 5, 2020 6 PM Update

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Average Temperatures

This table shows the average high, median, and low temperatures for the next year. Previous year values are shown in parenthesis. The sun angle is the maximum sun angle at solar noon for the day.

Ice Covered Yard

Week Date Sun Angle High Median Low
January 8 25° 30 (41) 22 (35) 15 (29)
5 February 15 34.5° 35 (50) 26 (38) 17 (26)
8 March 4 41.1° 40 (34) 31 (26) 22 (17)
10 March 17 46.2° 45 (36) 35 (31) 26 (26)
11 March 28 50.5° 50 (55) 40 (44) 30 (33)
13 April 7 54.3° 55 (68) 44 (51) 34 (34)
14 April 18 58.3° 60 (58) 49 (52) 38 (46)
16 May 1 62.5° 65 (56) 54 (49) 43 (42)
18 May 16 66.5° 70 (69) 58 (59) 47 (48)
21 June 3 69.7° 75 (65) 64 (55) 53 (44)
24 June 22 70.7° 80 (80) 69 (68) 59 (55)
32 August 18 60.2° 80 (87) 70 (77) 60 (67)
35 September 8 52.8° 75 (73) 65 (63) 55 (52)
37 September 21 47.8° 70 (84) 60 (67) 50 (50)
38 October 2 43.5° 65 (75) 55 (62) 45 (49)
40 October 15 38.6° 60 (62) 50 (51) 40 (39)
42 October 28 34° 55 (60) 46 (53) 36 (45)
44 November 10 30° 50 (47) 42 (40) 33 (33)
46 November 22 27° 45 (19) 38 (14) 30 (8)
47 December 4 25° 40 (35) 33 (30) 26 (24)
49 December 17 23.9° 35 (41) 28 (36) 21 (30)

Are we at war with Iran? An expert on Soleimani’s death and what’s next – Vox

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Are we at war with Iran? An expert on Soleimani’s death and what’s next – Vox

The United States killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful leader of the Islamic Republic’s paramilitary apparatus, in an airstrike in Baghdad on Thursday night.

Nobody, not even the experts, can be sure what happens next.

“Anyone who tells you they know where it’s going is probably overconfident about their own powers of prediction,” Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, told me by phone on Friday.

Killing Soleimani was a dramatic escalation — no less than “an act of war,” in Maloney’s words — in the simmering tensions between the US and Iran, tensions that have escalated throughout Trump’s presidency.

Driving back on US 20 on Guilderland got me thinking how different Guilderland is compared to the more westerly parts of the Western Turnpike

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Driving back on US 20 on Guilderland got me thinking how different Guilderland is compared to the more westerly parts of the Western Turnpike … 🚗

It really isn’t that many miles to the west before you leave the suburban businesses and four lanes of traffic — mostly beyond Carmen Road and get out into open farm country. 🚜 It’s really beautiful, working land, not so perfect like suburbia — full of smells and dirt — old houses and falling apart machinery. I really enjoyed my trip out to Madison County last weekend, and hope to get back out that way later this winter or spring.

What I find so objectionable about a War with Iran

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What I find so objectionable about a War with Iran… 🇺🇸

A War with Iran means a larger government with more laws and regulations, 🏤 a greater police state,🚨 and higher taxes. 💰 We should be focusing on domestic concerns, shrinking and getting the government off our backs rather than flooding our streets and public places with cops 👮 to keep us supposedly safe while burning 🔥 up millions in foreign countries 💣 bombing the heck out of them. 💥

Minor earthquake shakes southern Adirondacks early Saturday morning | NCPR News

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Minor earthquake shakes southern Adirondacks early Saturday morning | NCPR News

A minor earthquake shook the southern Adirondacks over the weekend. The 1.8 magnitude quake hit near North Creek in Warren County around 3 a.m. Saturday.

Residents in both North Creek and Johnsburg reported feeling the quake to the US Geological Survey.

While earthquakes are less frequent in the Eastern US compared to west of the Rocky Mountains, the Adirondack Park is one of the more seismically active regions in the Northeast.