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  • HOW BAD CAN IT GET

    Most of what we read and hear is news about lies and false news. The President told us that the war was started to protect us from a nuclear attack by Iran In two weeks. The fact that this was so obviously bull shit, didn’t matter to this President, because what he says and does…

  • A TIME OF AWAKENING

    There will be a morning when you will wake up to realize that the President that you voted for is a two faced charlatan with possibly no redeeming values. Many of us already know this and some have known it for a long time. But you will say how can that be. He sounds like…

  • AYN RAND ON STEROIDS

    There have always been those individuals who would put making money and/or attaining power above all else. Even going so far as to sell their souls. The difference between then and now, is that now it is considered the right thing to do. “Greed is good”, the underlying philosophy expounded by Gorden Gekko in the…

  • AI RISKS AND SAFEGUARDS

    Experts warn that artificial intelligence (AI) poses significant risks, including uncontrollable behavior, bias, job displacement, and ethical concerns, necessitating careful management and regulation. Key Concerns About AI:Uncontrollable AI: Prominent AI scientists, including Yoshua Bengio and Max Tegmark, have expressed concerns about the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) that could operate independently. They warn that…

  • Read an Anthropic AI safety lead’s exit letter: ‘The world is in peril’

    Mrinank Sharma who led the safety team at Anthropic:Dear Colleagues,I’ve decided to leave Anthropic. My last day will be February 9th.Thank you. There is so much here that inspires and has inspired me. To name some of those things: a sincere desire and drive to show up in such a challenging situation, and aspire to…

  • SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT VENEZUELA

    By the time the second or third boat was bombed to smithereens, certain questions became very obvious. Why have these alleged smugglers not put covers on the boats. The boats all look the same. All have between two and five men on them. We assume they have not seen any news regarding the fates of…

  • A DISCARDED PAST OR A MORE NOBLE FUTURE

    Excerpt from the Secret Of Secrets By Dan Brown As the ferry churned closer, Katherine began to see details in the statue’s verdigris copper-the broken chains of bondage around her sandaled feet, the delicate folds in her robes of justice, the tablet in her left hand bearing the nation’s birth date, the steadfast gaze and…

  • Maximize Your Defense with Laser Power

    IRON BEAM is a 100kW class High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) that is expected to become the first operational system in its class. It quickly and effectively engages and neutralizes a wide array of threats from a range of hundreds of meters to several kilometers. Engaging at the speed of light, IRON BEAM has an unlimited magazine, with almost…

  • SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FINALLY “SEEN” DARK MATTER FOR THE FIRST TIME

    Scientists may have “seen” dark matter for the first time, thanks to NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. If so, this would mark the first direct detection of the universe’s most mysterious substance. Dark matter was theorized in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who found that the visible galaxies of the Coma Cluster lacked the necessary gravitational influence…

  • THE GREAT TRUMP DEFLECTION

    Trump’s latest series of deflections came at a time when he badly needed to control the narrative in the news cycle. Epstein, food prices, alienation of friends around the world, an unpopular deportation policy, tariffs, retribution, Democratic victories in recent elections, a self aggrandizing ballroom, were all you heard about at a time when Trump’s…

  • BIG PAY AWAITS SOME COMPUTER TALENTED COLLEGE GRADUATES

    The $1.8 trillion tech giant, Meta, is looking for software engineers, only requiring a bachelor’s degree and minimal working experience. They’re welcome job postings as many tech companies cut back on hiring entry level Gen Z staffers.© Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images New graduates are leaving college and heading into a tough labor market—entry-level roles are dwindling,…

  • TRUMP PREPARING FOR HIS OWN TIANANMEN SQUARE

    Trump has encouraged a base of fringe elements, including white supremacists, racists, and other militia type groups, that he could call upon for violence, as he did on January 6, if that serves his goal. Trump would have no compunction to shoot protesters, as he already asked General Milley and Defense Secretary Esper in 2020…

  • High-power microwave ‘force field’ knocks drone swarms from sky

    In the mix of counter-UAS systems under development today like kinetics, lasers, and jamming, only one technology, high-power microwave (HPM), is specifically designed to take out swarms of drones all at once. Attacking swarms have become a common feature in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Defensive systems, however, can only shoot down one threat at a…

  • Transcript: Here’s what Bruce Springsteen had to say about Trump in Manchester, UK

    I’ll have more to say about this after it sinks in. But I will say that no one does righteous indignation like Bruce Springsteen. And he is certainly indignant about what he feels like the Trump administration is doing to the country he loves. Judging from the fact that his people have already edited together…

  • STOCK MARKET INSIGHT

    "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … If you can wait and not be tired by waiting … If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim … If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you … Yours is the Earth and everything that's…

  • VAL KILMER, ONE OF A KIND

    Always brought something fresh to a role. Always memorable. Proud that he grew up living next to Roy Rogers. Excelled even when next to Pacino and De Niro.

  • MEANS TESTING

    Means Testing was always a good idea to cut Social Security costs. Those very wealthy individuals who are collecting, in many cases around $5000 a month,  are legally entitled to receive their payouts, but most muti millionaires and all billionaires, do not need the monthly payouts. If the law was established to allow Means Testing, …

  • Elon’s Grok Chatbot Calculates Probability That Trump Is a Russian Asset

    Elon Musk's supposedly "anti-woke" chatbot, Grok, keeps spewing outputs that are hilariously opposed to the billionaire's views — including that newly-minted President Donald Trump is likely a Russian asset. Responding to a prompt from Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini, Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI, which is built into X, said after an analysis that the probability of the president being in the pocket…

  • A LIFE WITH A GREAT SPARK

    Rascal Ethel Kennedy’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel The human rights activist Ethel Kennedy was truly a child of nature. At Hickory Hill, the grand 19th-century Virginia estate that she shared with her husband, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, animals would often roam wild — dogs and chickens and gerbils, but also more unorthodox pets like Komodo…

  • DANGEROUS AND DELUSIONAL

      Trump’s long list of failed businesses began with the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This was the first of many bankruptcies declared by his companies. In 1987, Trump was accumulating stock in the unfinished hotel and told New Jersey State Regulators that he could finance the $1 billion of…

  • STRAIGHT SHOOTERS IN A TIME OF B.S.

    Without leaning toward political commentary, or an overly cultural point of view, these are some people who I think bring an honest, thoughtful, interesting, and sometimes humorous dialogue to the American conversation:  Bob Costas, Eugene Robinson, Caitlin Flanagan, Howard Dean, Andrew Sullivan, Neal Katyal, Bill Maher, Anand Giridharadas, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Fareed Zakaria and…

  •  THE GREAT WITCH HUNT HOAX

        The Attraction of a Dangerously Damaged Individual                     From Socialite To Comic Book Villain I really don’t want to spend any more time, emotional capital or energy writing about D. J. Trump.  I wrote extensively about him from 2015 through 2020, when I felt…

  • AI and the Financial System

    A financial regulator issues a warning on A.I. Gary Gensler, the chairman of the S.E.C., has been studying the potential consequences of artificial intelligence for years. The recent proliferation of generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT has demonstrated that the technology is set to transform business and society. Mr. Gensler outlined some of his biggest concerns…

  • RIP PEE WEE

     Paul Reubens, He was a shot of fun in a world that could use all the fun it could get.

  • Crypto is dead: long live crypto!

    By Felix Martin June 16, 20237:41 AM EDTUpdated a day ago LONDON, June 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Already reeling from the “Razzlekhan” scandal, punch-drunk from the collapse of TerraUSD, and floored by the implosion of FTX, cryptocurrencies were finally dealt a knockout blow last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The watchdog brought separate charges against…

  • WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE SET THEIR OWN SET OF PERSONAL PRIORITIES

      The Superyachts of Billionaires Are Starting to Look a Lot Like Theft April 10, 2023 Video Give this article By Joe Fassler   If you’re a billionaire with a palatial boat, there’s only one thing to do in mid-May: Chart your course for Istanbul and join your fellow elites for an Oscars-style ceremony honoring the…

  • LIES ARE SO MUCH MORE FUN

    NEW BEST SELLER- [HOW TO ATTAIN PROFIT AND POWER BY LYING AND COMMITTING FRAUD]   Written by George Santos, with a forward by Donald Trump and pictures supplied by Marjorie Taylor Greene BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE IN PRODUCTION WITH CAMEOS BY JIM JORDAN AND RAND PAUL CLASSES START IN THE FALL AT ALL MAJOR UNIVERSITIES

  • SOME INTERESTING RULES FOR TRADING SECURITIES

    1. NEVER, EVER ADD TO A LOSING POSITION… NOT EVER!: Adding to losing trades eventually leads to ruin. All great market humiliations are first preceded by a person… or a group… doing so, such as the Nobel Laureates of Long Term Capital Management or Nick Leeson of Barings or Sam Bankman-Fried! 2. TRADE LIKE A…

  • A TIP OF THE HAT TO JERRY LEE

    It was an exciting performance put on by Jerry Lee Lewis in the late 1950's. Seeing him throw back his hair, stand up from the piano, and slide the keys was new and refreshing. He took a lot of heat for his life style,( marrying his 13 year old cousin). He was one of rocks…

  • Lawyers and Presidents

    He sends everyone to the Capital to start an uprising, and he tells them" Let's go"  I'm putting on my Riotin' shoes and I'll be right there with you. Now you know who I mean. I have just one question: Do you really think he wanted to go there. I mean,  Where's Trump going to…

  • Inflation is about to come down — but don’t get too excited

      Paul Krugman     The inflation report for March came in hot, as expected: Consumer prices are up 8.5 percent over the past year. But more than two years into the pandemic, we’re still living on Covid time, where things can change very fast — so fast that official data, even about the recent past, can…

  • Remote-controlled armed robot to patrol borders and battlefields unveiled by Israeli firm

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 / 7:51 AM / AP Lod, Israel — An Israeli defense contractor on Monday unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot it says can patrol battle zones, track infiltrators and open fire. The unmanned vehicle is the latest addition to the world of drone technology, which is rapidly reshaping the modern battlefield. Proponents say…

  • BIDEN’S BLUNDER

    The honeymoon is over. There is no doubt that Biden really missed the mark with his withdrawal from Afghanistan. The U.S. public is pretty evenly divided over leaving a small, but effective military force in Afghanistan indefinitely, vs. a total evacuation. After all, we have had much larger troop deployment in Japan, Germany, and South…

  • China Doesn’t Respect Us Anymore — for Good Reason-We’ve stopped following our formula for success.

    Sometimes a comedian cuts through foreign policy issues better than any diplomat. Bill Maher did that the other week with an epic rant on U.S.-China relations, nailing the most troubling contrast between the two countries: China can still get big things done. America, not so much. For many of our political leaders, governing has become…

  • Recent Bitcoin News

    GUANGZHOU, China — China’s Inner Mongolia region plans to ban new cryptocurrency mining projects and shut down existing activity in a bid to cut down on energy-consumption. Bitcoin mining consumes an estimated 128.84 terrawatt-hour per year of energy, more than entire countries such as Ukraine and Argentina, according to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index,…

  • THE BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION

    What is the blockchain? Blockchain is one of the biggest buzzwords in technology right now. But what is it? And why are all your friends and family talking about it? Let’s start from the beginning. The first major application of blockchain technology was bitcoin which was released in 2009. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and the…

  • MTG

    MTG ( that's Marjorie Taylor Greene), The latest non-productive member of Congress to seek her 15 minutes of fame and beyond. In case you missed the news about the latest representative member of Congress to rise from the bog. Here are a few of her better known hits: Hillary Clinton sacrificed and ate a baby. …

  • THE SAD TRUTH

      The founding fathers and early Presidents left a revered legacy that has endured through today. Added to by Lincoln,Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, the foundation of our country was established, with an unfaltering determination and resilience. Fast forwarding to the Trump era, we have seen the Republican Party become a nest of self serving,…

  • The supplement Dr. Fauci takes to help keep his immune system healthy

    HEALTH AND WELLNESS The supplement Dr. Fauci takes to help keep his immune system healthy Published Mon, Sep 14 20202:33 PM EDTUpdated Mon, Sep 14 20207:38 PM EDT     Jade Scipioni Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to testify during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing…

  • The jazz icon Sonny Rollins knows life is a solo trip.

    Sonny Rollins is, by any reasonable estimation, a genius. He is jazz’s greatest living improviser, able to imbue his solos with wry humor, surprise, brilliant logical form and profound emotion. Time and time again, he created something miraculous out of thin air, and he did it until he could do it no longer. The 89-year-old…