Union President: I will cripple you

I can’t believe this strike is going to happen as I would have thought the fear of a Trump victory would have caused the powers that be to pull out all the stops. But this guy don’t seem like he is going to back down. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole thing, just watch the section from 5:19 on... That said, I think the entire video is worth watching just to understand how he thinks.

A Review Of The US Fiscal Situation

In all the fuss and bother about the coming presidential election, there has been remarkably little talk about skyrocketing US deficit and the resulting skyrocketing interest’s payments. Regardless of who is president, these are going to be the things that govern what the ruling class can do. But these concerns still don’t factor into the political discourse although they are starting to come up with increasing frequency in the financial press. So I want to take step back from all the political drama and review the essay “Why you should panic about the US Deficit” that I wrote in September of last year.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 2024

North Korean Missile Used In Ukraine Was Packed Full Of U.S. Parts

Polish farmers block Ukraine border in grain import protest

Escape to Egypt: Did Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar flee Gaza?

Germany: Is it better to spend on defense or on welfare?

Bukele’s Kingdom of Dreams

Newsworthy because of who is saying it as much as for what is being said. It’s time for the White House to put up or shut up

Indicted ex-FBI informant admitted Russian intelligence officials passed along the Hunter Biden bribery story, prosecutors say

True but a good case could be made that both our healthcare and our education are overpriced compared to much of the world. Both rightists and leftists assume that the U.S. spends far lower to combat social problems (poverty, healthcare, education) than peer nations, but that is not true.

Biden to Slow Swift Transition to Electric Cars in EPA’s Revised Tailpipe Emissions Regulation

Hochul’s Plan to Close Prisons Faces a Fight

Court blocks $1 billion copyright ruling that punished ISP for its users’ piracy

Study finds link between too much niacin intake and heart disease

This is the type of thing that “AI” is arguably good at and it seems like they took care to guard against the typical AI failures in this type of thing. That said, it is hardly a great discovery. Neural network model identifies distinct brain organization patterns in women and men