Orts #885

"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
     -- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
 

http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pale-blue-dot.html

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"It is not crazy in astrobiology circles these days to hold the opinion that the life that now envelops Earth started on Mars and then some pilgrim microbe was brought here on an errant asteroid. We know now that the sky is an endless conveyor belt with cosmic riffraff shuffling debris from planet to planet, even star to star,..."
            -- Dennis Overbye, New York Times, July 30, 2018
 

https://nyti.ms/2KsSwRa

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"Without allies and treaties, without universal values, American foreign policy largely depends on what goes on inside Trump’s head. Kim, like Putin, already seems to have got there..... When the next global economic crisis or major war or terrorist attack happens, America will be alone."

https://bit.ly/2nc9U3O