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Probably In About Six Months To A Year
We might create Commander Data one day but the idea that the spicy chatboats are going to become sentient is ridiculous. Belief in the probability signals a type (gullible, self-important, self-styled smartest guy in the room, likely has given his chatbot a woman's name).
Oh What A Lovely War
Sean is trying so hard here , but he really can't manage to do it.
Rising Stars
Obviously I don't trust the Trump FBI about anything, but Swalwell's life trajectory has certainly changed. Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day as part of an ongoing probe connected to sexual assault allegations, sources familiar with the investigation…
Weaponized Interdependence
Sure the US controls many of the levers, but there is still the "inter" in "interdepdence" and there are limits to how much you can punish others without punishing yourself and everybody. Donald Trump has announced a new campaign to isolate Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous economic consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Tehran, a move that could set up a fresh…
Kind Of A Big Deal
It is kind of a big deal that Iran destroyed the "U.S. Navy’s main resupply base." Not my area at all, but while their have been plenty of troop deaths/casualties in our various misadventures over the years, I don't remember any destruction of a strategic military asset of that importance. I'm not saying Democrats should emulate what my imaginary Republicans would do, but you can imagine the kind…
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They All Still Received Their T Shots
Food isn't necessary . The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chose not to make public, David Rhode, MS NOW’s senior national security reporter, said on Tuesday. From late February until June, Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on…
Dems Drive The News Cycle Precisely Once
And, predictably, the usual suspects start lecturing them. Let my friend Karl explain how to do politics without being nasty.