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Will Admiral Bradley get keelhauled with a steam catapult? IT’S STILL HEGSETH’S ORDERS and the WHITE HOUSE gets its firewall. Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules...

After September 2nd, the “kill everybody” policy for alleged drug smugglers who survived boat sinkings was changed. Now they rescue them and let them go free. The Biden policy was to bring them to the US, prosecute them, and jail them if there was...

There is so much corruption and criming being done by the felon, the felon’s family,�and his cronies and minions. On top of it, he has pardon power, which means many of them are getting�away with ...

When I have time, I seek answers to the really hard questions.� I like research and explore knowledge where a whim leads me.� I challenged the internet with the task of identifying me by my youtube ...

One of the reasons that imitative AI like ChatGPT is almost certainly a bubble is that running these systems simply cost too much money compared to the amount of value that they generate. �Even ...

Energize An Ally Tuesday Call me crazy, but I've never been a fan of the day-after-Thanksgiving shopping event known as Trample Your Neighbors At The Mall Friday. Now that I'm finally out of the coveted 25-54 demo, I can kick back at home and let the...

New York City is taking another swing at something few governments have managed to get right: regulating artificial intelligence. The City Council recently passed a package of bills known as the GUARD Act, short for Guaranteeing Unbiased AI Regulation...

Good Day, Gnuville! I hope you all had a pleasant Thanksgiving. 🥧🧡🍗 I’d like to open with this nice discussion about Thanksgiving by Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman. Something that really caught my interest and which...

We begin today with� Greg Sargent �of The New Republic and his many doubt about the Congressional Republicans willingness to investigate the Caribbean boat strikes. To be sure, this does look like ...

Far too many around the world consider that if the COP process does not immediately and totally condemn fossil fuels and order the end of their use, then the whole process is a failure. This is not ...

The end of civilization appears on the horizon in decades of the usual scams mostly vaporware globally applied. For example, if you don’t have a REAL-ID or its equivalent you might not be able to travel, and even if you are, it’ll cost you $45 USD. In...

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Welcome to � Morning Open Thread , a daily post with MOT hosts, who choose the topic for the daily posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful ...

I remember the many WW2 films where the pure evil of the German enemy was characterized by showing Germans machine-gunning survivors of torpedoed ships, etc. Who would have thought America would one day take over this role of being shockingly cruel and...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

I know,�you may be getting tired of the topic of Thanksgiving. But I had enough going on in my life during the last week, that I felt the need to share it. The little dog is named Itzl.

My father as a Jew and a WWII Veteran would be appalled by the appointment of anyone admitting to a Nazi streak to any government position. And I am as well. Dad fortunately didn’t live to see this and dad was a moderate republican. I think he would be...

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Witkoff, Kushner and Rubio shaking down Ukraine for Trump money is not new. Trump has been trying to mess with Ukraine since Manafort was pitching the same "Peace Deal" in 2016. "3 times Trump has tried to bounce Ukraine into conceding to Russian...