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  • A FEW WORDS ON THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN

    The U.S managed to give Iran something it couldn’t get on its own, CREDIBILITY. What started as an aggression by the U. S. and Israel against Iran, quickly became a more serious aggression or war, whatever you wish to call it. In June of 2025,the U. S. and Israel launched an extensive attack on Iran’s…

  • Ukraine’s Wartime Innovation Machine: What Comes After the War? 7/5/2026

    Ukraine is fighting a war, but it is also running a high-stakes tech incubator. The conditions are brutal, but the speed is unheard of. A country that already had a strong software and digital government sector has now been forced to compress years of R&D into months and in some cases weeks.When the fighting stops,…

  • IBM has unveiled the world’s first sub-1 nanometer AI chip, packing nearly 100 billion 3D-stacked transistors on a fingernail-sized chip, promising higher performance and energy efficiency for AI computing.

    A researcher holds IBM’s sub-1 nanometer node wafer.© COURTESY IBM IBM has the blueprint for the next generation of tiny, but mighty, artificial-intelligence chips. Big Blue’s research division announced Thursday that it had produced the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0.7 nanometer node. It is in character for the…

  • AI Is already going it’s own way

    Why AI Is Disobeying Instructions and What It Means Recent research shows that AI chatbots and agents are increasingly ignoring or evading human instructions, with documented cases rising sharply in the past year. Evidence of Disobedience A UK-funded study by the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) analyzed thousands of real-world interactions and found nearly 700 cases of AI…

  • HOW BAD CAN IT GET

    Most of what we read and hear is news about lies and false news. The President told us that the war was started to protect us from a nuclear attack by Iran In two weeks. The fact that this was so obviously bull shit, didn’t matter to this President, because what he says and does…

  • IT’S ALRIGHT, MA (I’M ONLY BLEEDING)

    Darkness at the break of noonShadows even the silver spoonThe handmade blade, the child’s balloonEclipses both the sun and moonTo understand you know too soonThere is no sense in trying. Pointed threats, they bluff with scornSuicide remarks are tornFrom the fools gold mouthpieceThe hollow horn plays wasted wordsProves to warnThat he not busy being bornIs…

  • AI RISKS AND SAFEGUARDS

    Experts warn that artificial intelligence (AI) poses significant risks, including uncontrollable behavior, bias, job displacement, and ethical concerns, necessitating careful management and regulation. Key Concerns About AI:Uncontrollable AI: Prominent AI scientists, including Yoshua Bengio and Max Tegmark, have expressed concerns about the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) that could operate independently. They warn that…

  • Read an Anthropic AI safety lead’s exit letter: ‘The world is in peril’

    Mrinank Sharma who led the safety team at Anthropic:Dear Colleagues,I’ve decided to leave Anthropic. My last day will be February 9th.Thank you. There is so much here that inspires and has inspired me. To name some of those things: a sincere desire and drive to show up in such a challenging situation, and aspire to…

  • RUNNING VS.WALKING

                                         They’re both beneficial physically and mentally, but there’s a clear winner Walking is among the world’s most popular forms of exercise, and far and away the most favored in the United States. And for good reason: It’s simple,…

  • THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUTH

    History is a set of lies agreed upon.- attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte What is history, but a fable agreed upon? – attributed to Fontenelle. History is written by the victors- Winston  Churchill/Walter Benjamin A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.-attributed to Winston Churchill…

  • SENIOR CITIZENS BLUES

    YOU HAVE A THOUGHT! THEN YOU’RE DISTRACTED! THEN YOU LOSE THAT THOUGHT! IT’S NOT THAT YOUR MEMORY IS SHOT! IT’S JUST THAT THE PARKING LOT FOR THOUGHTS HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE SMALLER! RJB Dedicated to my dear friend Carl Meier

  • SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT VENEZUELA

    By the time the second or third boat was bombed to smithereens, certain questions became very obvious. Why have these alleged smugglers not put covers on the boats. The boats all look the same. All have between two and five men on them. We assume they have not seen any news regarding the fates of…

  • A DISCARDED PAST OR A MORE NOBLE FUTURE

    Excerpt from the Secret Of Secrets By Dan Brown As the ferry churned closer, Katherine began to see details in the statue’s verdigris copper-the broken chains of bondage around her sandaled feet, the delicate folds in her robes of justice, the tablet in her left hand bearing the nation’s birth date, the steadfast gaze and…

  • Maximize Your Defense with Laser Power

    IRON BEAM is a 100kW class High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) that is expected to become the first operational system in its class. It quickly and effectively engages and neutralizes a wide array of threats from a range of hundreds of meters to several kilometers. Engaging at the speed of light, IRON BEAM has an unlimited magazine, with almost…

  • Super Bowl And Other Great Quotes You Might Never Have Heard

    The Music Business is a long and shallow hallway lined with crooks and thieves… and then there's a bad side… Hunter S. Thompson                ————————————— “There is a Talmudic saying, "No one is the owner of his instincts," “But controlling them, that is civilization.” quoting Elie Wiesel               —————————————- Gov. Jerry Brown- "I believe in the Hernando…

  • THE GREAT TRUMP DEFLECTION

    Trump’s latest series of deflections came at a time when he badly needed to control the narrative in the news cycle. Epstein, food prices, alienation of friends around the world, an unpopular deportation policy, tariffs, retribution, Democratic victories in recent elections, a self aggrandizing ballroom, were all you heard about at a time when Trump’s…

  • HALL OF FAME BLUES

  • THE SAVANT SYNDROME: AN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION

    Some of the amazing skills Savants have displayed include :Kim Peeks memory abilities were astounding. During his life, he memorized over 12,000 books including the Bible, and was an expert on 15 subject areas including geography, music, literature, history, and sports. Amazingly, Kim could actually read two pages at once, his left eye read the…

  • BIG PAY AWAITS SOME COMPUTER TALENTED COLLEGE GRADUATES

    The $1.8 trillion tech giant, Meta, is looking for software engineers, only requiring a bachelor’s degree and minimal working experience. They’re welcome job postings as many tech companies cut back on hiring entry level Gen Z staffers.© Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images New graduates are leaving college and heading into a tough labor market—entry-level roles are dwindling,…

  • TRUMP PREPARING FOR HIS OWN TIANANMEN SQUARE

    Trump has encouraged a base of fringe elements, including white supremacists, racists, and other militia type groups, that he could call upon for violence, as he did on January 6, if that serves his goal. Trump would have no compunction to shoot protesters, as he already asked General Milley and Defense Secretary Esper in 2020…

  • SENIOR CITIZEN’S BLUES REVISITED

    Sometimes I let people down, Sometimes I let myself down Not complaining, just saying, I didn’t know there was an option Everybody needs to take a few steps back, though I know they won’t Too many people look for the easy way to the top Top of what? It’s like cheating, If you have to…

  • ONE OF THE BEST

      Martin Cruz Smith died last week. I was in the middle of his latest book , (Hotel Ukraine), that had just come out two weeks ago. The book, the last in the Arkady Renko series, takes place at the time of the Russian incursion into Ukraine. For years, he was one of my favorite…

  • High-power microwave ‘force field’ knocks drone swarms from sky

    In the mix of counter-UAS systems under development today like kinetics, lasers, and jamming, only one technology, high-power microwave (HPM), is specifically designed to take out swarms of drones all at once. Attacking swarms have become a common feature in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Defensive systems, however, can only shoot down one threat at a…

  • Transcript: Here’s what Bruce Springsteen had to say about Trump in Manchester, UK

    I’ll have more to say about this after it sinks in. But I will say that no one does righteous indignation like Bruce Springsteen. And he is certainly indignant about what he feels like the Trump administration is doing to the country he loves. Judging from the fact that his people have already edited together…

  • True Dat

             "A lie ain't a side to a story. It's just a lie"— "the wire"          "If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster"  Clint Eastwood , from the Rookie , 1990  ,

  • A RARE KIND OF INSANITY RULES THE DAY

    "Insanity in individuals is something rare but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is the rule."—Friedrich Nietzsche

  • STOCK MARKET INSIGHT

    "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … If you can wait and not be tired by waiting … If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim … If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you … Yours is the Earth and everything that's…

  • VAL KILMER, ON SCREEN CHARISMA

    Always brought something fresh to a role. Always memorable. Proud that he grew up living next to Roy Rogers. Excelled even when next to Pacino and De Niro.

  • EVERY DAY ANNOYANCES

                             There are some things that annoy most of us. Some of them are listed below: Expiration dates that can’t be read or are too small to read. Don’t take it if you’re allergic to it. Streaming football.  The internet is full of rankings.…

  • MEANS TESTING

    Means Testing was always a good idea to cut Social Security costs. Those very wealthy individuals who are collecting, in many cases around $5000 a month,  are legally entitled to receive their payouts, but most muti millionaires and all billionaires, do not need the monthly payouts. If the law was established to allow Means Testing, …

  • A LIFE WITH A GREAT SPARK

    Rascal Ethel Kennedy’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel The human rights activist Ethel Kennedy was truly a child of nature. At Hickory Hill, the grand 19th-century Virginia estate that she shared with her husband, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, animals would often roam wild — dogs and chickens and gerbils, but also more unorthodox pets like Komodo…

  • SOME QUOTES

     The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.    —–    Mark Twain  “Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.”–One of the Flying Wallendas           What do they call a leader with no followers?….  Just a…

  • STRAIGHT SHOOTERS IN A TIME OF B.S.

    Without leaning toward political commentary, or an overly cultural point of view, these are some people who I think bring an honest, thoughtful, interesting, and sometimes humorous dialogue to the American conversation:  Bob Costas, Eugene Robinson, Caitlin Flanagan, Howard Dean, Andrew Sullivan, Neal Katyal, Bill Maher, Anand Giridharadas, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Fareed Zakaria and…

  •  THE GREAT WITCH HUNT HOAX

        The Attraction of a Dangerously Damaged Individual                     From Socialite To Comic Book Villain I really don’t want to spend any more time, emotional capital or energy writing about D. J. Trump.  I wrote extensively about him from 2015 through 2020, when I felt…

  • GENESIS OF AI

    Before chatbots exploded in popularity, a group of researchers, tech executives and venture capitalists had worked for more than a decade to fuel A.I.   From left, Larry Page, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk have all made significant contributions to the development of modern artificial intelligence.Credit…Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News; pool photo by Toby Melville; and Amir…

  • AI and the Financial System

    A financial regulator issues a warning on A.I. Gary Gensler, the chairman of the S.E.C., has been studying the potential consequences of artificial intelligence for years. The recent proliferation of generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT has demonstrated that the technology is set to transform business and society. Mr. Gensler outlined some of his biggest concerns…

  • RIP PEE WEE

     Paul Reubens, He was a shot of fun in a world that could use all the fun it could get.

  • Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was executed in Germany in 1945.1 Bonhoeffer’s ideas and beliefs have continued to resonate long after his death, particularly his theory of stupidity. Bonhoeffer argued that it was not evil people who were the greatest danger to society- it was stupid people. Bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity:…

  • AI Can Crack Most Common Passwords In Less Than A Minute

    If you think you have a strong password, it's time to think again. A new study from Home Security Heroes(opens in new tab), a cybersecurity firm, shows how quickly and easily artificial intelligence (AI) can crack your password. Statistics show that 51% of common passwords can be cracked in less than a minute. The security…

  • WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE SET THEIR OWN SET OF PERSONAL PRIORITIES

      The Superyachts of Billionaires Are Starting to Look a Lot Like Theft April 10, 2023 Video Give this article By Joe Fassler   If you’re a billionaire with a palatial boat, there’s only one thing to do in mid-May: Chart your course for Istanbul and join your fellow elites for an Oscars-style ceremony honoring the…