The last book of the Dark Tower series is such a jumble of borrowed parts and pieces; I think King is a prolific writer and bit by bit is good, but when JK Rowling’s creations show up in King’s world was what derailed it for me. The fact the ending wasn’t an ending - it’s King’s world and that’s the way it is, but I…

No one has been attacked by a tunnel. The discussion was rocket launchers near hospitals.

Ukraine has demonstrated with cheap drones they can individually take out individual pieces of equipment and individuals with no collateral damage. Israel is supposed to have a more sophisticated than any army on Earth, yet they cannot hit a courtyard? Gotta blow the neighboring buildings to dust at the same time?…

It’s been a while since a rocket made it past the Iron Dome. Those rockets are mainly as effective as bricks tossed at main battle tanks, for which they also kill Palestinians.

Tracks appear to be repair already:

I don’t see where there is other mention of a head on collision.

If they drive - the get arrested for defective equipment. If they don’t drive they get arrested for not leaving. 

Can’t drive it legally because of defective equipment, but cannot stay there to repair it. Either the driver is arrested for driving or the car is towed and impounded or both. Cops creating a crime where none existed.

Most were in the IDF, were eligible to be in the IDF, or were on call reserve for the IDF. The Israelis call them civilians because that covers up that, except for a sect of Israelis, everyone over 18 is part of IDF until they die, with the first two years or so of wearing a uniform and active duty.

Everyone who lost their phone appears to have gotten it back - a better record than with the baggage handlers, so there is that.

There are pubs in the UK with decor that hasn’t been updated since the mid 1800s, probably some that are older than that. There is a certain comfort to knowing that a place has been in business a very long time. 

To be fair, by squeezing out the low performers who cannot remodel, it will reduce the number of locations. It’s just a way to do so without spinning a wheel or rolling dice to make that selection. 

Having hit a bone chip or two in food, a fragment of plastic isn’t the worst thing to bite on. I presume the people who found them did so by chewing and not following emergency surgery. Not to say the plastic should be in there, just by comparison, actual “food” fragments like bone is no treat either. 

Paul did not decide to become the messiah. The point of the books is that this is the result of thousands of years of planning and that planning has gone horribly wrong. The Fremen decided he was their messiah and the Bene Gesserit gave him the abilities to match that expectation. Not only did the Fremen choose him,…

They don’t need to prove the source of the round. They only have to prove that no one between her and Baldwin added a live round to the gun.

Just millimeters away from being a solid sovereign citizen.

This could be a turning point - to understand that even though it is a movie set, every real gun that can be loaded with real bullets is possibly lethal and anyone handling the gun should have a day long course on handling that gun and identifying for themselves the sort of ammunition that is loaded into it. Touch a…

Ethanol doesn’t help America be energy independent. If it did all farm equipment would be E100 already. Ethanol in fuel makes corn farmers rich - that’s the main reason it exists.

Can’t get caught if you can’t get identified. Some places have wised up and are arresting those who show up to watch. 

It’s a good thing the driver is OK and a good thing the truck seems to have missed both the river monitor shack and appears to have not damaged the girders on the bridge. No one would be happy if the bridge closed to inspect and repair that. It does look like the sidewalk extension is destroyed.