Krakatoa Blows

“’Save democracy’ is code phrase for a club of delusional people who belong to a delusional group that does delusional things to justify their delusions.” — Wendy Williamson You’ve got to wonder who at CBS News thinks it’s a good idea to quadruple down on mendacious grandstanding when the network…

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J. D. Vance Rejects ‘Safe’ AI at Paris Summit

More and more people are beginning to realize that Artificial Intelligence is a high-risk technology that could lead to the extermination of the species. That may sound like an exaggeration, but if you follow the developments in AI closely, you’ll see that it’s an accurate assessment. AI is…

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The Fed Has Stopped Pretending That Price Inflation is Going Away

At its September 2024 meeting, the Fed’s FOMC cut the target federal funds rate by a historically large 50 basis points and then justified this cut on the grounds that “The Committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent, and judges that the risks to…

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$100 Billion in Covid-Era Unemployment Fraud Targeted by Republicans

Legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Justice more time to track down and punish pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud is on its way to the U.S. House floor.  The Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., provides a five-year extension on the statute…

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The Triumph of Nashville

To the shock of many, country is the most popular music genre in America right now. Songs from Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and others regularly top the Billboard charts. Popular artists from other genres—including Beyonce, Post Malone, and even Ringo Starr—now record country albums to increase sales and expand their audience.

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Western Media Scrambles to Dismiss White Genocide Concerns in South Africa

The western public has been hearing a lot about “genocide” in recent years, from the genocide of indigenous peoples, to the genocide of Palestinians to the genocide of trans people.  The demand is that these concerns be taken seriously whether they are realistic or exaggerated, that reparations be distributed and…

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Team Uncovers Over 25 Million People Ages 100+ in Social Security Database, Some Older Than the Constitution

Elon Musk’s DOGE team has unearthed jaw-dropping irregularity from the U.S. Social Security database. The numbers are truly mind-boggling: over 25 million Americans registered aged 100 and older, with some purportedly older than the U.S. Constitution itself. Late Sunday night, Musk tweeted a staggering claim accompanied by a table…

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Trump 2.0 Off to a Yuge Start

When Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980 I was happy, very happy. I had just graduated from college with a B.A. in Political Science. After being apolitical in my teens I had followed a journey that led me to discover that I was quite conservative, in a common…

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Crip Walking Into Super Idiocracy

by Donald Jeffries The recent Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs wasn’t fixed for the Chiefs. This surprised millions of “normies” who had become increasingly vocal about the favorable calls the Chiefs have received all season from the refs. But the Super Bowl did…

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Is a Grand Bargain Between U.S. and Russia in the Works?

The Grand Bargain could lead to a complete overhaul of the global order. Last month Donald Trump suggested that he would end the war in Ukraine as a gift to the Russian people. The terms of that peace, as far as we know from General Kellogg’s peace plan are unacceptable…

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