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ChatGPT likes to insert a non-breaking space (NBSP) to prevent inserting a newline between certain words. You can't see NBSP normally. Frequent use is a big tell that the author probably used AI.

The em dash (—) and the en dash (-) are two different symbols. The latter is on your keyboard; the former is not.

Using — is the red flag. Using - is normal.

The bottom line is, more and more Americans of all races are tired of the grievance-mongering.

Interesting article, thanks.

I take Metformin, avoid carbs—especially high fructose corn syrup—and do a fast walk either outdoors or on the treadmill so that my body switches to fat-burning mode (at least 20-25 min). It stays in fat-burning mode for a good while after that.

Didn’t DOGE track a boatload of money from USAID to the Bulwark, filtered through NGOs?

Oblivion (2013) is a 1980s science-fiction film made with 21st century VFX. Very underrated, and one of my faves.

Isn’t Sams Club doing the opposite, soon requiring all checkouts to use an AI app with scanning?

The bottom line is that she will never exceed 50%.

The sad thing is that she would probably still get 40%.

I'm hoping that Trump's positive effects on the middle class with the economy will whittle that down further, but it will take time.

In 2016, Trump put all his holdings into a blind trust. I assume he did the same thing for 2024.

Studies have shown that [married people] are at reduced risk of having heart disease and stroke and they tend to live longer. So why did the new study come up with this surprising finding?

Why is it surprising? They live longer, hence more likely to get dementia.

They’re suggesting that reality might not be what it seems—not because it’s fake, but because it may be fundamentally structured in a more complex and abstract way than we perceive. For example, what appears to be a 3D world might actually be encoded in 2D data.

Yes. This universe is real, in the sense that all measurable physical properties are really happening per the Standard Model. It is not fake, and it is not a simulation.

But what does HP imply? It means is that our reality might be embedded in a much larger reality, one that is bigger than we can possiby imagine. It might even be a hierarchy. For example, we know there is a Third Heaven (2 Cor 12:2).

God's house has many mansions (Jn 14:2). We won't know for sure how it works all until we meet our Lord face to face, but it is interesting to think about.

Cramer is a contra-indicator, like Paul Krugman.

Remember: the tariffs are reciprocal. The US will lift its tariffs on Vietnam and Israel when they lift their tariffs on the US.

I wish that Trump had made that clearer in his announcement.

I thought Trump would win, but I was concerned about the possibility of fraud and cheating that could throw the election to Harris.

I stayed up all night waiting for the inevitable fraud dumps to come in. I saw a big one in Philly around 3am, then another one in Milwaukee. It still wasn't enough to overcome Trump's lead.

Seat allocation should be done through a lottery system, weighted by audience size, and rotated every quarter. No individual should receive a seat for two consecutive quarters.

Website is overloaded now

1,123 PDF files. Have at it, boys!

If they stole your phone, then they also have access to your authentication App.

Authentication apps require that you turn on biometric authentication (face, fingerprint, etc).

They sometimes let you fall back to using a PIN, but I don't recommend it.

Yes. Trump is picking his battles carefully. Roberts' biggest concern is the reputation of SCOTUS.