I know you are of the opinion Loony Tunes is the bomb and singularly didactic.

As for the Irish Star, do not be fooled by the humble tabloid layout, the celebrity-adjacent headlines, or the general impression that the editorial meeting takes place inside a…[Read more]

1. Federal assumption of state debts
The federal government took on the Revolutionary War debts of the states. This was politically explosive, but brilliant. It made creditors loyal to the federal government rather than just to individual states. In plain English: Hamilton tied the moneyed…[Read more]

Here is another one I read recently. Taken directly from the Irish Times, July 4th. Written by David McWilliams, an Irish economist.

It’s impossible to imagine the world without the dollar.

The American republic is 250 years old today. On this auspicious anniversary, the s…[Read more]

Countering the Jew hating racism is not among those things. In fact just abhorrent. I proferred the explanation some time ago having first read it from an Israeli and having it corroborated a few times since. It is essentially we are not going to defend ourselves to morons. I guess it would be akin to an…[Read more]

Chumpsky is top dog charlatan. One Jew hater referred me and i critiqued him. Jew haters love Jew haters who are Jewish. Makes em feel warm and fuzzy. Justified too. Spin cast sophistry and Mehdi aint too bad at it. I listen to Casper the unfriendly blond basket. Algos have her on rewind. She is comical in her vituperative rebuttals and…[Read more]

Meanwhile, almost all of the all of the reactions I’ve seen have come in strongly loving it, including first time TW…[Read more]

Understanding protein chains is one of the greatest initial accomplishments of AI. Before AI we had a very small library of knowledge on the structure of protein chains. Some sci…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Occam’s Razor is not dead. It has been demoted. It is no longer the supreme judge of scientific truth as Nature may not owe us humans a simple explanation.

I would say that Nature is elegant but not necessarily simple.  I don’t believe the most simple explanation is the right one.

Enco  –

The key line in the WHO article is “There is no form of alcohol consumption that is risk-free” and that even low levels carry some risk and can cause harm. I would contend that there is no safe amount of alcohol. There are only lower-risk amounts. For health, the optimal amount is none. That does not mean one drink will ruin…[Read more]

“You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or…[Read more]

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”

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I have yet to hear a Christian Nationalist who is not a just a paltry liar for Jesus while I think Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is an honorable man.

Do you count?

The phrase “or belief” is not pedantry. It is the legal firewall against turning human rights into rel…[Read more]

AI as you point out is and will continue to be utilized in a way that serves nefarious ends and is imbued with all of the ‘bad stuff’ of human endeavor and…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
How about waiting for AI to be sophisticated enough that it can be divorced from ideological capture?

TheEncogitationer wrote:
So an AI free of illogic or ideological capture is fantasy […]

I think what AI “will become” will be more of an issue someday, but not before “what AI will be used for” is more apparent. AI evolution…[Read more]

Individual basis we see the time honored Lord Acton playing out. And…[Read more]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619020508.htm

Problem with democracy and SCOTUS is obviously a critical element is people. We fuck up everything. Increasing numbers is not a solution.

How about waiting for AI to be sophisticated enough that it can be divorced from ideological capture? We have a referendum on the objectives when interpreting the constitution including precedent. Then…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Never mind Pope. After reading your line again i think you are indicating that the meaning has been watered down so that ambiguity is read into it rather than questioning its plain meaning and efficacy.

I wasn’t implying that, although that may not be inaccurate. SCOTUS itself has been watering down and resetting precedents on…[Read more]

Will other European nations do it as rationally and without personal blame?

AI quote: Russian Forces: UK intelligence agencies estimate that Russian deaths are approaching nearly 500,000. Independent tallies have verified the names of over 223,000 individual Russian soldiers killed, though the actual toll is significantly higher. Additionally, a report from…[Read more]

You flip flopped duration. Current war longer. Former war more gruesome. Neither one peaches and cream.

So this is fine, right? 2 years old. Evil little bitch! Hopefully she gets fucked by prison guards so she is warmed up for her 60…[Read more]

Maybe i am not fully appreciating what you are attempting to convey. I disagree with the characterization of separation of church and state as meaning-distilled colloquialism not explicitly mentioned in the…[Read more]

(Maybe mentioning “Mush Brains” [sic] came close to hype, but that’s just me thinking of Trump as a mentally defective, parentally abused victim, but which the world would have been better…[Read more]

I greatly disliked the book title “A Universe from Nothing”, and didn’t even consider until your piece that OK, maybe the publisher pushed that name, not Krauss. Ah, Gemini AI says Krauss kept that title after his youtube video of a 2009 lecture…[Read more]

We essentially agree regarding the uncertainty in Islam and its future.

The path leading to destruction or diminution in power and influence of Islam does not necessarily have to take same as Christianity.

The future of lefty, progressive woke bs and its political power are a big factor. Obviously that disgusting red/green alliance is…[Read more]

Thou shalt think once, twice and thrice when a popular movement becomes an ideology and towing the party line is derigeur and questioning its assumptions is…[Read more]

American Atheists denounces final approval of bible-infused Texas reading list.

‘Trump wears thin after a while’: Evangelicals bail on lame-duck president.

Thousands of proud men gather in central Washington for heterosexual activities.

Trump will present the…[Read more]

I assume you are referring to the vid in which the author(s) prognosticate the demise or reformation of Islam.

Some interesting ideas are adduced there but i am not sure anyone can with confidence know how the story will play out.