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Bernie Sanders Joins the Operation Epic Fury Cost Pearl-Clutching
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (305+ words) Democrats haven't met a spending bill they didn't love. Right up until it comes to funding the Department of Homeland Security and ICE or ridding the world of its largest state-sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Then " suddenly and miraculously " Democrats are…...
Lawmaker Introduces Measure to Restrict Military Artificial Intelligence Tech
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (379+ words) Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has introduced a bill that would regulate the Pentagon's use of artificial intelligence technology. The rise of AI has sparked national debate over its use in several different areas. But when it comes to military use,…...
Lower Electricity Bills Will Create Real Competition Like in the Trucking and Airline Industries
16+ hour, 32+ min ago (476+ words) Those industries saw dramatic cost reductions of 20-30 percent, explosive innovation, and enhanced services after free enterprise principles were applied. Free enterprise of electricity will deliver the same, slashing bills and powering a brighter future. Consider trucking. Before the Motor Carrier…...
Paul Ehrlich and the Folly of Centralized Planning
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (679+ words) Paul Ehrlich died last week. His prophecy of a population doomsday never came to pass. It probably never will since the big issue at the moment are declining birth rates in the Western world. But Ehrlich convinced a lot of…...
Artificial Intelligence: The 'Tokyo Rose' of the Iran war
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (341+ words) But Saturday evening, she informed me that social media posts and online chatter were "blowing up everywhere" with stories that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been killed in attacks by Iran and that videos were circulating everywhere that purported…...
The Parent-Led Rebellion Against EdTech
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (228+ words) I can imagine a collective sigh of "Amen!" coming from the mouths of countless other angry and exhausted parents when they read Grant's comments." No, the mandate came from Google, which was raking in an estimated $200 million annually from school-issued…...
AI Slop Has Dominated the Operation Epic Fury Information Landscape
1+ week, 1+ day ago (318+ words) AI Slop Has Dominated the Operation Epic Fury Information Landscape'townhall.com AI Slop Has Dominated the Operation Epic Fury Information Landscape Since the outbreak of Operation Epic Fury, social media has become a cesspool of disinformation and AI generated videos....
Whose ‘Stolen’ Land Is It, Anyway?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1057+ words) Billie Eilish joins history dunces wailing about "stolen" land in USA to Israel " but elsewhere? Land acknowledgements have become de rigueur at commencement ceremonies, film and music award events, and other programs. Something like this:" "We acknowledge that the land…...
Here's What Caused Things to Collapse Between the Pentagon and This AI Firm
2+ week, 4+ day ago (719+ words) Those poor pitches on Shark Tank? This is the political equivalent. It may get overlooked because of the airstrikes against Iran last night, but the Pentagon declined a promising partnership with AI company Anthropic. It has been said that arrogance…...
Powering the Golden Age: An All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy for the AI Century
2+ week, 4+ day ago (574+ words) President Trump's State of the Union left no doubt: the United States will compete, build, and lead in artificial intelligence (AI), advanced manufacturing, and the industries that will define the next century. As we approach our 250th anniversary, the president framed…...