If we're going to mark every happening as something to learn about then this place would be no different from reddit. Next up- How Trumps threatening tweets helped being NK to the table?
California's state tax is no longer deductible on federal level so there's that. Looks to me that the only people not seeing any benefit out of the tax bill is us Californians and ny'ers
I don't think adding half lifes here has any point. Fission is (as you mentioned yourself correctly) initiated by an external agent and half life (to my knowledge) has no relationship with "fissility" (as it relates to chain reaction)
Makes you wonder what kind of secret research is going on in China where the communist Govt has fewer "ethical concerns". A Chinese doctor friend of mine mentioned that Chinese no longer much care for Western research. I don't know if this was an exaggeration but interesting to know
Truthfully I have the exact view as yours (upvoted) but people rant without understanding. They are creating Tomorrow "evil" monopolies with their bandwagoning