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reading waugh's "Men at Arms" (book three, pg 244)

Frank de Souza: .... this war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence

Guy: Do you say these things to depress me, Frank?

Frank: No, Uncle, simply to cheer myself up.
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is a both succinct and gobsmacking observation:

According to a recent study in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, every $326 that our government spends researching cancer extends a human life by one year.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Follow-on: perhaps needless to say, Japan has quite a few Tsunami Towers.

Additional surprise the researchers established the exact date of the last Cascadia Subduction Zone quake by looking at tsunami records in Japan not associated with a locally felt quake.

kuroshio-kanko.net/bousai/en-pr...
Visit to the Saga Area Tsunami Evacuation Tower | Kuroshio Town Disaster Prevention Tourism
kuroshio-kanko.net
December 2, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Wow! I did not know that a Tsunami Tower is a thing. Discovered via WaPo (1).

They take great cultural foresight.

Note: a search found the first US example built by the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe (2). Very moving.

(1) www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024...

(2) mil.wa.gov/news/celebra...
Tsunami researchers hunt for clues about the next big Pacific Northwest quake
A massive earthquake will one day rattle the Pacific Northwest. Minutes to hours later, a surge of seawater will swallow the land. No one knows when.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM