Three Top Items (7 min) #1 - AI Update #2 - Gun Violence: Mis-Diagnosed #3 - Tomorrow's Decision #1 - AI Update: Heard of "The Hackening"? This new term refers to AI's growing capability to identify and exploit weaknesses in existing software systems. Of all kinds. Apparently new and coming versions of AI can search and expose vulnerabilities at unimaginable speed, thereby making timely fixes impossible. There have been a dozen cyberattacks in just the first two days of Oct

Top 3 #1 - France's Humiliation Accelerates. #2 - AI: Next Big Short? #3 - Grandma's a Problem Here Too. #1 - Not About School Hours Any More This past June I was having dinner while on holiday with a couple who lived in Paris. The wife was British and the husband was French. I made the indelicate observation that Paris used to be my favorite city but my last two trips there revealed things were no longer the same...and "not" in a good way. The pair took great umbrage at m

Top 3 Posts: #1 - Iran Update: Keeping Perspective By now everyone on the planet is fed up with U.S. involvement in the Iran conflict. We are sick and tired of its impact on gas prices and inflation. We no longer trust anything President Trump or the regime in Iran has to say about what to expect next. We see no end in sight. Amidst all the calumny and malaise, it is useful to keep some facts in mind: The Mullahs and their military thugs have been the world's greatest spon

Top Three #1 - Grandma's to Blame #2 - Iran: Same Old Same Old #3 - Fraud Update #1 - Euro Dilemma It's long overdue that European governments receive their richly deserved comeuppance after the absurd social contract they implemented post WWII. In a blatantly self-serving attempt to win back public trust after nearly losing the continent to Hitler, they gave away the store. Nationalized healthcare, five week vacations, no layoffs, and a cornucopia of other government hando

Top 3 Items (9 min read) Three Year Anniversary Iran Update None #1 - October 7, 2023 On this day, as everyone not living under a rock knows, Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel and murdered 1,200 Jewish citizens. 226 civilians and 25 IDF soldiers were taken hostage and stored in tunnels under Gaza. To put this in perspective...1,200 Israeli civilians is equivalent to 44,000 Americans being murdered within hours. Atrocities perpetrated with these murders included hundr

(6 minute read) Top Three Tags... Public School Spending: Mind Boggling More Education Bad News AI Safety Accords *** #1 - Public School Funding: Funding What? US public schools are given over $1 trillion in funding each and every school year. That averages out to $21,100 per student. Per-student funding was highest in NY averaging $37,500.  Think about it. The average classroom size is 24 students in NY. Thus, OVER $900,000 PER CLASS a year. Under $100,000 of that goes to

Top 3 Tags Netanyahu at UN Trump-Xi Summit - Ho Hum Iran: Oil's Back Flowing, just not Iran's Read time - 10 minutes *** #1 - When Haters Walk Out before You Start ...you know it's gonna be a cracker of a speech. Bibi Netanyahu, one of the very rare Good Guy leaders with stones (N.B., plenty of Bad Guy leaders have stones), let 'em have it at the UN General Assembly last Thursday. A mass walkout of delegates occurred before the Israeli Prime Minister’s address even started.