AI Is Wrecking Our Economy

Hopefully you've heard about this:

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/brace-soaring-electricity-bills-biggest-us-power-grid-sets-power-costs-record-high-feed#google_vignette

I'm especially concerned because I get my power from PJM Interconnect, and my current aggregation rate expires the end of December.

Here's a thought - if, as we're being told, winning the AI race is a national security imperative then why doesn't the US government pay to run all these data centers?

Should the feds not have the cash to do so, I suggest they divert the money we're currently wasting on killing people in Gaza and Ukraine. As far as I'm concerned, neither of those two conflicts does ANYTHING to protect our nation.

What do YOU think?

Go To Gaza

Just saw this and I think it's a great idea:

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/send-the-pope-to-gaza

Instead of doing NOTHING, leaders of the US, UK, and EU also should go there:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/mass-starvation-looms-gaza-european-leaders-hold-emergency/story?id=124048464

While there, they should hold a news conference to explain why ANYTHING about conflicts in the Middle East justifies starving babies, shooting children, bombing hospitals and refugee camps, etc.

Some of us really want to know.

Peace ??? Nope !!!

Here are some great ideas from Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs:

https://original.antiwar.com/jeffrey_sachs/2025/07/02/the-time-has-arrived-for-a-comprehensive-middle-east-peace/

Sadly, I don't think either Israel or the US is interested. They'd rather make a desert and call it peace.

Anyone out there vote for Trump? Didn't he promise to stop the wars? Did he change his mind, or was he lying all along?

Thoughts For July 5, 2025

Now that the Independence Day festivities are over, here are two worthwhile essays from people I respect:

(1) From former Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich

https://scheerpost.com/2025/07/01/july-4-2025-the-betrayal-of-the-declaration-of-independence-and-a-call-for-renewal/

(2) From Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2025/07/03/independence-day-2025/

We're no longer the scrappy little republic which challenged and defeated the greatest power on earth.

We're now the greatest power on earth (or so we think), and we continually go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

My, how things have changed.

Business, Not War ???

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts recently made the following suggestion:

Trump seems to be saying that instead of war let’s go into business together. This plan requires the Zionists to give up their agenda for Israeli hegemony over the Middle East. Can the Zionists help to save the world from war?

Source - https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/06/29/president-trump-seize-your-opportunity-to-be-the-greatest-american-president-in-history/

No Paul, they cannot. "Israeli hegemony over the Middle East", a.k.a. Greater Israel, is the goal here, and knowing that G-d is on their side I believe they will do anything necessary to achieve it, including world war.

Anyone who thinks otherwise has not been paying attention.

Understanding Slavespeak

Here are some definitions/explanations you may find useful:

https://brownstone.org/articles/a-translation-guide-to-progressive-slavespeak/

War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength

A republic, madam, if you can keep it

The New Long War

Here is an assessment of our possible future by COL Douglas Macgregor:

https://x.com/DougAMacgregor/status/1939567829742756105

Sounds pretty bleak, but it also doesn't sound much like what Trump promised during the 2024 campaign.

We're not ready for AI, and we're certainly not ready for the future. This promises to be a bumpy ride.

Best wishes to all !!!