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If it were up to Larry Ellison, the exorbitantly rich cofounder of software outfit Oracle, all of us will soon be smiling for the camera — constantly. Not for a cheery photograph, but to appease our super-invasive, if not totally omnipresent, algorithmic overseers. As Business Insider reports, the tech centibillionaire glibly predicts that the wonders of AI will bring about a new paradigm of supercharged surveillance, guaranteeing that the proles — excuse us, "citizens" — all behave and stay in line. "We're going to have supervision," Ellison said this week at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, per BI. "Every police...

If this isn’t election interference, I don’t know what is. The Fed today slashed interest rates by the biggest amount in 16 YEARS, a whopping 50 basis points from 5.50% to 5.00%. With the economy roaring along (thanks to Covid-related massive Federal spending), there was no good reason to slash rates. Other than to get Kamala (Hyena) Harris across the finish line. The Fed’s bloated balance sheet remains bloast at 7.115 TRILLION. The dots plot reveals more rate cuts to come. Or as the flea sang, Food Around The Corner.

The British government’s open-doors approach to electric vehicles from Communist China threatens to undercut domestic manufacturing and expose the country to national security risks, with a think tank warning that EVs could be “weaponised” by Beijing. A report from the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI) warned that the growing market share of and dependency on Chinese-made electric vehicles in Britain presents both “economic and security risks” to the United Kingdom. The report noted that the UK’s domestic car industry is responsible for 198,000 manufacturing jobs, representing 2.5 per cent of the country’s entire GDP. However, given Communist China’s subsidization of...

Update: The event has been held. We should see some results soon. There were at least two private purchasers at the event.Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term "buyback". They are not "buybacks". You cannot "buyback" items you never owned. Columbus Ohio is planning to purchase guns with $100,000 on September 14, 2024. They will be paying more than market value for the guns. From dispatch.com:The Columbus Office of Violence Prevention and Columbus police will be holding a gun buyback Downtown next weekend, with the city prepared to give out $100,000 in cash gift cards for guns.The city's...

A good idea is a good idea — maybe that's why Kamala Harris is stealing some of former President Trump's ideas on various issues, like his "no tax on tips" proposal. The vice president is making like it was her idea, and in an even more satisfying development, a Democrat Congressman — Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV — on Tuesday introduced a bill to make tips given to service workers tax-free.Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) officially introduced legislation on Tuesday seeking to eliminate federal taxes on tips, a proposal that both major presidential candidates have backed. The Tipped Income Protection and Support...

The Deep State is preparing the public just to accept that there will be more assassination attempts against Trump. The Secret Service cannot guarantee that it can prevent more shooting assassination attempts against Trump according to an intel leak to i News. ......Snip..... i News reported: The US Secret Service cannot guarantee it can prevent further shootings such as the two apparent assassination attempts involving Donald Trump, US and British intelligence sources have told i. Law enforcement sources on both sides of the Atlantic warned that aggressive social media rhetoric and the ease of buying firearms has created a threat...

Right now, the trillion dollars per year interest payments on federal debt exceed the entire budget of the Department of Defense. Former President Trump warns "this will bankrupt the country. We won't have the money to pay for anything else--no roads, no schools, no military, no medical care. We desperately need the government efficiency commission I have proposed for my second term." Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen called Trump's warning "unduly pessimistic. The federal government is not limited in the same way that a household or business is limited when it comes to acquiring the money it needs to...

Your host back with you again it's good to be moving forward a mature adult in the room with you more grown up. "Puff the Magic Dragon" the little boy leaves childhood fantasy... I got the newsgathering instinct back then would write down what I heard and take it to school to tell others at the lunch table about what I heard from the other places. And here I am your host... Obsession with politics leads to other kinds of obsession frankly... I was one within 24 inches of Taylor Swift early in her career she was working the autograph...

A resident of Springfield, OH, has told a city commission meeting that locals are being displaced from their homes to make way for Haitian migrants. The man, who has not been named, said the federal government was paying “triple the rent” for Haitians arriving in the town, thus incentivizing landlords to prioritize immigrants over existing residents. Addressing the city commission, the resident – who said he’d worked with the homeless community for more than 25 years – said he didn’t know of “a single homeless Haitian in this town because they all got vouchers” from the federal government. A resident...

When Emmanuel Macron called the snap National Assembly election in June my sense was that this election was ultimately about electing a majority that was Pro-Capitalist and Pro-Israel. The new majority would weather tough times ahead driven by military conflict with Russia, economic conflict with China and the Middle East conflict in general. Pivotal in that majority would be the National Rally which in the end did not finish first like the New Popular Front of the Left did but together with Macron's centrist forces and Les Republicains the Mainstream Right create that majority... an angry man confronted President Macron...

In Hawaii "Phase 2" of the state Attorney General's report...deadly Maui wildfire disaster... The lengthy trial of organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy truckers protest against COVID mandates wrapped up... An inquest opened in the UK today regarding the suicide of an autistic teenager...arrested by police on terrorism charges... Police in Portland, Oregon suspect fentanyl is involved in the death of a two-year-old girl... "Against Life" The view of Pope Francis regarding the two major party presidential candidates... Three Americans among 37 sentenced to death in connection with a coup attempt in Congo... US Central Command said tonight that US...

The future of the Murdoch media dynasty, a powerful empire that has shaped conservative politics across the English-speaking world for decades, is about to be hashed out in an unlikely venue: a nondescript probate court in Reno, Nevada. Surrounded by parking lots and across the road from a business named “Bail Bonds Unlimited”, it is this courthouse in downtown Reno where Rupert Murdoch and his eldest son Lachlan are set to face off against three of his other children: James, Elisabeth and Prudence. Murdoch, 93, wants to change the trust he set up in 1999 which grants each of the...

Four days of maneuvers in the South China Sea involving three Italian warships a US Navy vessel and... In Australia COVID freedom activist Monica Smit winning a court fight over two of her arrests during COVID lockdowns... Explosions in the Odessa region of Ukraine... A North Dakota district judge ruling against a six-week abortion law in the state... Turkey's Justice Minister says international arrest warrants will be issued for the killing of Turkish-American citizen by Israeli soldiers... US politics four national polls today... Russian President Vladimir Putin says that any decision to use long-range missiles by the US and other...

Large businesses are declaring bankruptcy at a staggering rate, and yet we are being told over and over again that the economy is just fine. Needless to say, most of the country isn’t buying it. Survey after survey has shown that most Americans believe that the economy is on the wrong track. But those that are running things continue to push their “booming economy” narrative anyway, and I suppose that will continue all the way through the election in November. Of course anyone with half a brain should be able to see the truth, because day after day we just...

North Korea launching a missile eastwards... In Jordan an opposition Islamist party has gained a record number... Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori dead at the age of 86. Fujimori governed Peru in the 1990's... In the House of Commons today Reform UK leader Nigel Farage challenging Prime Minister Keir Starmer... In California a man arrested suspected of arson... An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Tulkarm in Samaria... Endorsement of Kamala Harris from Spain's socialist government... The Biden-Harris Administration announcing full funding of military aid to Egypt... Russian President Vladimir Putin asking the cabinet to consider restrictions on export...

John Solomon @jsolomonReports RFK Jr predicts Trump will lose some support from independents in wake of debate From justthenews.com 8:41 PM · Sep 11, 2024

A wireless audio earring company responded after rumors spread that Kamala Harris wore an earpiece during Tuesday night’s presidential debate against Trump. Social media users posted photos of Nova audio earrings next to a screenshot of Kamala Harris’s earrings and suggested she used an earpiece during the debate. .....snip..... “We do not know whether Mrs. Harris wore one of our products. The resemblance is striking and while our product was not specifically developed for the use at presidential debates, it is nonetheless suited for it,” Malte Iversen, managing director at Icebach Sound, told Just the News on Wednesday.

After going months on end without jumping into the political fray – Caitlin Clark endorsed the “childless cat lady.” Look for the legacy media to suddenly discover a new-found love for Caitlin. We will see how this plays out with her fans. Just this week Angel Reese and the WNBA brass were labeling Caitlin Clark fans as “racist.” Now what will they do? Don’t expect this website to be posting much more on Caitlin Clark’s career for awhile. The country’s at stake and she just endorsed tyranny.

A high-rise residential fire in the southeast suburbs of Moscow as a Ukrainian drone... US Central Command reports destruction of a Houthi drone over the Red Sea along with... Late tonight a deadly Israeli strike in a Gaza... Leaders of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party in Pakistan arrested by police... Israel's Jewish Strength (Otzma Yehudit) party condemning the call by President Isaac Herzog for a "unity government"... In northern Israel today two soldiers hurt in Hezbollah drone strikes... Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green holding a hearing on treatment of January 6th prisoners... Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants controls...

President Donald Trump claimed in a recent interview that tech giant Mark Zuckerberg personally called him and stated he wouldn’t vote for a Democrat in this year’s election. Last month, President Donald Trump said in an interview with FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally reached out to him following a controversial incident involving Facebook’s false labeling of a now-viral photo. The photo, showing Trump raising his fist after surviving a July 13 assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, had been wrongly flagged as “misinformation” on the social media platform. “So, Mark Zuckerberg called...