(07-13-2020, 11:08 PM)Matrix Dragon Wrote: Just confirmed from multiple sources, Grant Imahara of MythBusters, dead at 49

Quote:The device was called a mouse because of the way the cursor, then called a CAT, seemed to chase the device's path across the screen.

Quote:Scowcroft served as a military aide to President Richard Nixon, and was chosen by [President Gerald] Ford to serve as national security adviser after Mr. Nixon's resignation. He oversaw the evacuation of American officials from Vietnam in 1975. Although he left the White House after President Jimmy Carter was elected, he advised the president on arms control and helped formulate the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1979.
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He was one of the few Republicans who challenged President George W. Bush's decision to engage in another conflict in Iraq. In a 2002 op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Scowcroft wrote that "there is scant evidence to tie Saddam [Hussein] to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks."

Quote:In 2016, Scowcroft publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.