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Hey folks. Some time back I submitted the first few chapters of a book I'm writing (with an idea initially created by a friend). I had a few reviews, but the one that I found most useful was a private email, outside of Free Republic, that started: "I made it to page 28. Not gonna sugar coat this... it was a slog. " ...and, frankly, it was. When I re-read it, it was almost horrible. No real conflict to speak of. Chapters that simply made NO sense to the overall arc. So I re-wrote it. I punched it up quite...

I just got a warning from "X" that a post I made goes against "X" rules. They showed some women and a man dressed as a woman. I posted this. "Clown actors used to dress as women for laughs. Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Gary Grant, RED SKELTON and many others. They were for comedy. Now trannys want to be taken as serious. No, they are still clowns to be laughed at. Same for homosexuals." They posted this. Your post was detected by our systems and has had its visibility limited for violating the X rules. Specifically: We have determined your...

Deuteronomy 7:9 (King James Version) Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; Old Media is gleefully reporting the Trump economy is in tatters and hopefully a recession is on the way so they can get back in power. They are using the stock market as their proof as well as some Fed reports saying the economy is slowing down and the final bit of evidence is eggs have not gone down yet after over a month...

US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer’s decided on Saturday to bar all Trump administration political appointees, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from accessing critical Treasury Department data. Following this decision, which was rendered ex parte and did not allow for any counterargument by any Trump official or member of the White House legal team, Engelmayer went on to extend his order to include several other areas of government. "It is the order of this court that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is hereby banned from accessing any records, computer systems, data or paperwork related to the nation's military, and further,...

"Reasoning", semi-intelligent (and maybe fully-intelligent) Artificial Intelligence is right around the corner.What is Artificial General Intelligence?According to Dr. Nivash Jeevanandam, who writes in a paper titled Reasoning in AI: Can AI Actually Think and Reason Like Humans?", it should show the following capabilities: Artificial intelligence (AI) uses algorithms to analyze data, identify patterns, and make decisions based on those patterns. AI reasoning can involve deductive, inductive, and other types of reasoning. Deductive reasoning Uses known information to draw specific conclusions. For example, if \(a=b\) and \(b=c\), then \(a=c\). Inductive reasoning Uses specific facts to draw general conclusions. For example, if...

Jessica 🇺🇸 @RealJessica05 REMINDER: Biden’s pick to lead the FAA was a DEI hire who couldn’t answer a single question about aviation.

I don't know if you know it yet but "reasoning", semi-intelligent (and maybe fully-intelligent) Artificial Intelligence is right around the corner. Sam Altman says OpenAI’s new o3 ‘reasoning’ models begin the ‘next phase’ of AI. Is this AGI? Once this model is successfully "reasoning" it will put nearly every white-collar job at risk of being replaced by an AI. The AI can work 24 hours a day. 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It will do so at a very small cost, and at some point within this decade (with initial models being available in the next year...

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The killer-children whose true stories escape the resolute censorship intention of news media and other special interests, resemble cannibal-zombie characters in the pioneering "space-western" science ficition, the 2002 Fox series "Firefly" homicidal, the insane killer "Reavers". Rather than providing compassionate rehabilitation for sexually abused children, the school-cult exploits their troubles under various pretexts such as "Don't Say Gay", which reposes on the fiction that "we were made that way", whereas the fact is "they HAVE BEEN made that way"--by older children and adults. (Expert on divorce Barbara Dafoe Whitehead notes that the younger a child undergoes initiation, the more likely...

As is usual for the year 2024, we are in uncharted waters. The Presidential Pardon is one of the only plenary powers that a president has. This power is one of the only ones that has nearly no restrictions or controls. The Founders granted the president this power with the thought that we would never have a truly criminal president. The Framers of the Constitution modeled portions of our system on the British system of governance; in particular, the Pardon. The King of England was able to pardon individuals, and so were the governors of the American colonies. It was,...

Fun mental exercise. Who wins and why?

Is Tucker Carlson a traitor for talking with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov? That's sure what our media want us to think. Professor Jeffrey Sachs is one of the few clear thinkers who may help us to avoid nuclear annihilation. He says that Sergei Lavrov is in another league from our current, brilliant "diplomats", and that, as reviled as he was in the Cold War American press, Andrei Gromyko also was a great diplomat. (At least we didn't get nuked during the Cold War.) This is important because by some accounts we have cut off all regular contact with the...

I've returned to writing my novel, tentatively titled "Dimensions of Essence". I've gotten somewhat deep into the first act, and I find that my word count is surprisingly low. I tend to be extremely concise. I need to do the opposite of what many authors do... instead of ruthless editing, I need to be more wordy. I asked ChatGPT what the size of the typical sci-fi novel is, and it replied: Science fiction novels typically range between 90,000 and 120,000 words. This length allows for the extensive world-building and complex narratives characteristic of the genre. However, some sci-fi novels can...

Rubio is a narcissist. He is self serving. He seeks unlimited power for himself. He is out of touch with the people he serves. He is an obsequious panderer. I will be deeply ashamed if he is appointed to any office in the Trump administration.

The response to the re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency reminds me nothing more than the response of disobedient teenagers upon finding out their father is pulling into the driveway. Consider: Putin says western civilization is not an enemy In a recent address at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin articulated his perspective on Western civilization, stating that Russia does not perceive it as an adversary. He emphasized that, unlike some Western elites who adopt an "us versus them" approach, Russia does not view Western civilization as an enemy. Mexico is starting to secure the...

Psalm 116:1-2 (King James Version) I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. RFK Jr is the biggest event since Biden was forced out of the race and the worst thing to happen for the Joy and Change campaign. He said he has had enough of their Gestapo tactics and was going to stand for God and Country with President Trump and the MAGA Army. The biggest announcement they made was an Assassination Committee which RJK...

A real bombshell blockbuster. ☺

Trump in a Rout 2 Peter 3:9 (King James Version) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. God not only works in mysterious ways, He always chooses the last person man would choose. The only thing DNCNN could say about the Biden debate loss was how Joe lost rather than Trump winning which is the exact same thing Dallas said after losing to Boston last week. It can be said about every debate or contest in...

Chances are, if you’ve been keeping tabs on the COVID “coverup,: you’ve come across this story that began to unfold in 2022. There was a sudden spike in SIDS cases in Ottawa, Canada, where nine babies died shortly after their mothers received the vaccine. One detective, named Helen Grus, took it upon herself to investigate these incidents. Yet, simply for doing her job and delving into the vaccine’s possible role, she found herself suspended and vilified. The Ottawa police settled with one of the families who felt their privacy was breached, simply because a detective was determined to get to...

1 John 5:14-15 (King James Version) And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. How desperate do you have to be to Virtue Grandstand for a group of bloodthirsty savages as if they are an oppressed person. Never mind they just had a sneak attack to gang rape and murder two thousand innocent victims; the innocent victims are the problem. You have...