I’m a frequent user of what passes for AI on Google. I used to just Google key words, but now I’ll Google questions. Google AI answers those questions. Usually, they’re simple questions like “When did ___ happen?” or “How old is ___?” For anything esoteric that I care about, I can follow up with my […]
As a businessman, Trump left a long list of bankruptcies, failed businesses and legal penalties in his wake. Making a “deal” with Trump is risky, at best. Trump has personalized American trade policy. It’s no long what’s good for America, it’s who Trump does or doesn’t “like.”| “Trump also seemed to put a greater priority […]
We already knew that Trump has called soldiers who died in service “suckers” and “chumps.” “Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump. “The new rules, obtained by the Guardian, also apply to psychologists, […]
Duncan Black enters the wayback machine. These were the headlines in November 2024. Trump wasn’t even in office yet. “Politico:The Resistance Is Not Coming to Save You. It’s Tuning Out.The first Trump administration sparked waves of public activism and aggressive media coverage. This time, not so much. “Axios:The Resistance goes quiet “[NYT]:‘Get Somebody Else to […]
During his great purge, Stalin not only killed most of the loyal Bolsheviks that brought him to power, he killed many of the generals. This left the USSR vulnerable to Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR that Hitler prophesied in Mein Kampf. Like Stalin, Trump is bent on dismantling US national defense. Not […]
This sort of viewpoint discrimination is a sign of weakness. Only a feeble nation would interrogate travelers this way. “An Australian man who was detained upon arrival at Los Angeles airport and deported back to Melbourne says United States border officials told him it was due to his writing on pro-Palestine protests by university students. […]
The way we show respect for our troops is not by holding parades, standing up for the pledge or putting out little flags in cemeteries on Memorial Day. It’s by never putting them in harm’s way unless they are defending against an existential threat to America and by never putting them into positions that they […]
Trump thinks the DoJ is his personal law firm. And he thinks the military is his personal militia. So like all the rest of his contractors, he’s shafting them: “The 4,000 California National Guard soldiers who President Donald Trump surged into Los Angeles remain unpaid due to delays in issuing official activation orders, leaving compensation […]
There was a time when Republican stood foursquare in favor of local and state government over the federal government. No more. “Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA from its mayor and governor” Wonder if the citizens of LA and CA knew they were in need of “liberation” and whether they think […]
Nobody wants to get cancer. And there is no sure path to avoiding cancer. There are a number of gene alleles that predispose to cancer risk. If you inherit one of these alleles, your risk of cancer is higher than average. That doesn’t mean you can’t do anything. Knowing you’re at higher risk means you […]