David Sillitoe
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Two hours ago, sirens sounded across central Israel as three rockets were fired from southern Gaza. Our air force intercepted one and two landed in open areas. Israel is fighting to achieve its war goals. returning all of our hostages, dismantling Hamas's military and governing capabilities and removing the terrorist threat from Gaza.
Two hours ago, sirens sounded across central Israel as three rockets were fired from southern Gaza. Our air force intercepted one and two landed in open areas. Israel is fighting to achieve its war goals. returning all of our hostages, dismantling Hamas's military and governing capabilities and removing the terrorist threat from Gaza.
To the people of Gaza, we say very clearly, stay away from Hamas, move to safer areas.
To the people of Gaza, we say very clearly, stay away from Hamas, move to safer areas.
The idea that an incredibly popular president could be murdered by a single deranged individual was simply unacceptable. We had a kind of equivalent of it after Princess Diana died when some people had to have a conspiracy theory. It just wasn't psychologically acceptable to believe that something so kind of contingent could happen. It had to be the result of a much, much bigger story.
The idea that an incredibly popular president could be murdered by a single deranged individual was simply unacceptable. We had a kind of equivalent of it after Princess Diana died when some people had to have a conspiracy theory. It just wasn't psychologically acceptable to believe that something so kind of contingent could happen. It had to be the result of a much, much bigger story.
And so people have spent 60 years trying to find out that bigger story. One of the words that conspiracy theorists traditionally used about people who don't believe in conspiracy theories is they call them sheeple. Sheep who simply go along with what they call the orthodox version of something or the conventional wisdom. In other words, you know something that other people don't.
And so people have spent 60 years trying to find out that bigger story. One of the words that conspiracy theorists traditionally used about people who don't believe in conspiracy theories is they call them sheeple. Sheep who simply go along with what they call the orthodox version of something or the conventional wisdom. In other words, you know something that other people don't.
And the other thing is, quite often conspiracy theories are just a more satisfying story. So there is that kind of element. It's a bit like a kind of TV thriller. They're actually improbable, but if they weren't improbable, they wouldn't make very good stories. So there's a kind of desire. I think we all have a little bit of a desire to believe that there's something kind of more to it out there.
And the other thing is, quite often conspiracy theories are just a more satisfying story. So there is that kind of element. It's a bit like a kind of TV thriller. They're actually improbable, but if they weren't improbable, they wouldn't make very good stories. So there's a kind of desire. I think we all have a little bit of a desire to believe that there's something kind of more to it out there.
One of the ways in which Donald Trump became the Republican candidate back in 2015, 2016... was that he alone had appealed to that small section of Republican activists who believed that Barack Obama was not really an American, the birther theory. And so the truth is you don't actually necessarily need an enormous number of people to believe a particular thing for it to be a very powerful belief.
One of the ways in which Donald Trump became the Republican candidate back in 2015, 2016... was that he alone had appealed to that small section of Republican activists who believed that Barack Obama was not really an American, the birther theory. And so the truth is you don't actually necessarily need an enormous number of people to believe a particular thing for it to be a very powerful belief.
High up in the heavens, those knights of the air fought and died. Epic combats, often beyond the range of our vision. Spitfires and hurricanes challenging each other in deadly combat with the enemy host.
High up in the heavens, those knights of the air fought and died. Epic combats, often beyond the range of our vision. Spitfires and hurricanes challenging each other in deadly combat with the enemy host.
So Brendan has set the route for the vehicle, so I'm just turning the AD system on and then activating it.
So Brendan has set the route for the vehicle, so I'm just turning the AD system on and then activating it.
So this section is one of the long, sweeping, dynamic roads which really gets to showcase the car's ability.
So this section is one of the long, sweeping, dynamic roads which really gets to showcase the car's ability.
This is an important step forwards, but we're not going to see, say, autonomous cars that can drive you anywhere, probably until the back end of the next decade. So that's still some way away.
This is an important step forwards, but we're not going to see, say, autonomous cars that can drive you anywhere, probably until the back end of the next decade. So that's still some way away.