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eppur_se_muova

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5. After the collapse of the USSR, former nuclear physicists -- including weapons specialists -- ended up driving taxicabs
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:55 PM
16 hrs ago

to earn a living. The brain drain from the former USSR not only cost the Russians valuable skills and knowledge, it accelerated proliferation, as former client states and non-aligned countries tapped into that talent pool.

Ironically, we can actually be thankful Trmp is supporting nuclear programs because it minimizes the proliferation threat. Those in other fields -- particularly biology and medicine -- may find themselves driving taxicabs or relocating to Zimbabwe, or both.

If Trmp wants a monument to himself, how about a huge gold*-plated crater where the US economy used to be ?










Psst: It's really ormolu (by one definition of that term).

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