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US Bleeds Visitors, China Closes in on Top Tourism Spot

As for me, the greatest loss to date...is our morality, our ability to claim that we are friends of the rule of law. In truth, we murdered over 80 people in a sneak attack on Iran, and we murdered many people on the high seas and goodness knows we murdered many people when we kidnapped Maduro.
We killed more people than Ted Bundy....so I guess we Americans are mass murderers.

Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-14 07:41 AM | Reply

America's Suicide Pact

So ask someone why they voted for the fascist Trump, to run our democracy. My guess is they felt left out and liked the idea of taking the entire country down the rabbit hole to its demise.

Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-14 07:38 AM | Reply

If I were in the travel industry and depended on getting a lot of foreign travelers, I would be holding my breath during the World Cup matches...if ICE treats LA the way it treated Minneapolis, if there are terrorist bombings...if there are riots....

Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-14 07:36 AM | Reply

Newspapers Are Publishing Mountains of Gambling Slop

I don't bet, but if I did, I would bet that Trump will, fairly soon, resign so that Vance can rise to the Presidency and pardon everything and anything that the Trump grifting gang has or will do.
Then Trump takes his billions and laughs like anything at all the fools who voted for him to do anything but wreck this country. It is what I would do, though I do long to spend my last years on a Hawaiian beach, and Trump probably has different visions of his heaven on earth.
Is he screwy enough to actually cherish the thought of a fight for a third term?

Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-14 07:33 AM | Reply

Young Woman Fueling Trump’s Wild Midnight Sprees Exposed

Whatever this young woman is doing with Trump at midnight, I hope he's paying well.
#10 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

According to ballotpedia.org that would be $150,000 a year. Not bad for a Point Loma Nazarene University and Liberty University grad. Praise MAGAJeebus!

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 07:24 AM | Reply

US Bleeds Visitors, China Closes in on Top Tourism Spot

If you are brown, female, live an alternative lifestyle, Don't come here,
And after seeing a photo of Karen from England who was held for 6 weeks, British citizen here on the trip of a lifetime with a tourist visa, Arrested and sat in an ICE facility for 6 weeks, A 65 year old white grandma,
I changed my mind
Basically if you are a breathing human being it isn't safe to be here,
Don't come here,
Take your international dollars and go visit somewhere that values humanity,
It ain't here,

Posted by gypsydiane8177 at 2026-05-14 07:11 AM | Reply

Former CIA Boss: Iran Has Gun To Our Head Over Hormuz

JFK and Bush 1 were both capable of appreciating war's realities well beyond the comic book phase, each having served in one and seen action and its consequences. As JFK wrote in a letter soon after his PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer and he worked at rescuing his crew:

The war is a dirty business. It's very easy to talk about the war and beating the Japanese if it takes years and a million men, but anyone who talks like that should consider well his words. We get so used to talking about billions of dollars, and millions of soldiers, the thousands of casualties sound like drops in the bucket. But if those thousands want to live as much as the ten I saw, the people deciding the whys and wherefores had better make mighty sure that all this effort is headed for some definite goal, and that when we reach that goal we may say it was worth it, for if it isn't, the whole thing will turn to ashes, and we will face great trouble in the years to come after the war.
www.ms.now

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 07:02 AM | Reply

US Bleeds Visitors, China Closes in on Top Tourism Spot

"...loons, buffoons, and human baboons..."

The makings of a song in there.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 06:54 AM | Reply

Former CIA Boss: Iran Has Gun To Our Head Over Hormuz

Hi Doc Sarvis:

When JFK was POTUS, he occasionally called Ike and HST for advice on foreign policy issues and spoke with his rival Richard Nixon, as well.

In 1961, JFK asked a man with 52 years military experience-- most of it in the Pacific Theater-- for advice on Vietnam.

Retired five-star US Army General Douglas MacArthur told JFK to make Japan, Formosa, and the Philippines his "red lines," not Vietnam, and to focus on "domestic issues" instead. That may have meant civil rights or the economy.

When LBJ was getting overwhelmed with the Vietnam issue, he called HST, who advised him: "When the enemy hits you, hit'em back twice as hard!" But HST's Korean War experience was a far cry from the jungle and urban insurgency being fought against the deeply unpopular Diem regime in Vietnam (which "Mac" recognized as well). Nevertheless, LBJ called out for advice.

So, who would Dummkopf Trumpf call for advice?

Vladimir Putin? Benjamin Netanyahu?

Trumpf also purged the National Security Council, DOD, CIA, DIA, FBI, and NSA, losing sharp people.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 06:51 AM | Reply

US Bleeds Visitors, China Closes in on Top Tourism Spot

Between Trump's insanity, FIFA's greed, gooberish MAGAts on parade with their weaponry, and the general impression of the US as loaded to the gills with loons, buffoons, and human baboons, this is definitely one of those "Yah, but ... " destinations.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 06:49 AM | Reply

1-800-Trump-Scammed-Us

"Reading about this swindle, I found myself wondering why it rankled me so much," writes Andrew Egger. "After all, this is hardly the first time Trump and his family have cashed in on his cult of personality to part his superfans from their cash. Indeed, for many MAGA superfans, being endlessly shaken down for cash via a blizzard of unbelievably sleazy campaign-solicitation texts and emails has become a defining feature of their digital lives. And that's to say nothing of Trump's crypto projects, Trump's NFTs, Trump's guitars, Trump's sneakers, Trump's watches - I could go on."

Or maybe it just strikes me as so sordid because of the political landscape in which it's unfolding. Donald Trump, who swept back into office last year with approval ratings in the 50s and an unprecedented political coalition at his back, has been hemorrhaging voters ever since. His second-term approval has never been lower"in fact, it hit another new low just today. Pretty much every voter outside his cult has already headed for the hills. And yet that stubborn 35ish percent of the electorate remains, eyes screwed shut, fingers wedged in their ears, unhappy with the state of the economy, unhappy with the state of the country, unhappy with the state of the world"but still convinced beyond all reason or persuasion that their political messiah, Donald Trump, is about to turn it all around.

This is remarkable, unprecedented political loyalty. Without it, Trump could never have gotten back to where he is today"and he'd certainly be in no position to shake down the sheikhs. And how does his family repay this loyalty? By selling his poor dumb true believers a vaporware phone.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 06:34 AM | Reply

Former CIA Boss: Iran Has Gun To Our Head Over Hormuz

"I have all the cards," says American president, a convicted felon, serial fraudster, fabulist, pathological liar, and six-times bankrupt who ran four casinos into the ground.

Problem is, nobody's playing cards, Donnie, nobody but you.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 06:21 AM | Reply

Former CIA Boss: Iran Has Gun To Our Head Over Hormuz

Further:

"The only other way to approach this is to recognise that Iran will have some control, but that the main passage will be operated by an allied coalition which will guarantee free movement of ships without fees. I think that's a preferable approach. But at this moment in time, Iran has a gun to our head with the closure of the Strait. Somehow, we've got to find a way to make sure that that gun is not there.

"The reality is, we always knew that Iran would ultimately close the Strait of Hormuz, and we should have had a plan. We missed that opportunity. As long as the Strait remains closed, as long as they continue to put tremendous pressure on the US and the world economy, we're not going to get anywhere because they have the leverage."

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-14 06:12 AM | Reply

US Colleges Sold Cadavers to IDF for Military Training

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 04:06 AM | Reply

US Colleges Sold Cadavers to IDF for Military Training

One definition of the word "burke" is to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence. The word "burke" comes from an infamous ghoul named William Burke, who along with William Hare, murdered people and robbed graves in Scotland in the late 1820s.

Meanwhile, murdering Palestinians continues apace in Israel. IDF soldiers executed a Palestinian teenager named Yousef Ali Kaabneh (16) after Settlers went on a rampage near Ramallah. Link: No stopping IDF or Settler violence against Palestinians

As of 14 May 2026, the total death toll in Gaza is 72,934 people; in the West Bank, the IDF or Settlers have killed at least 1,076 Arabs since 7 Oct 2023. And soon, Israel will be running kangaroo courts to execute Palestinian prisoners judged to be responsible for the 7 Oct 2023 surprise raid into Israel to seize hostages for a prisoner swap.

The peace-loving, hardworking American taxpayer is getting sick and tired of funding ethnic cleansing in Israel while our own country is going bankrupt. This makes no absolute sense to millions and millions of Americans.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 04:01 AM | Reply

CBO: “Golden Dome” Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars

... CBO: "Golden Dome" Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars ...

Meanwhile, Pres Trump is denying Federal help for parents to feed their children and keep them healthy.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 03:21 AM | Reply

US Navy Plans to Buy 15 Multi-Billion Dollar Battleships

They are Trump-class battleships.

New Navy Shipbuilding Plan: Trump-class Battleship will be Nuclear-powered, Carrier Design is Under Review
news.usni.org

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 03:18 AM | Reply

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@#20 ... Is running down AI and pretending it's not a tsunami about to transform the way humans work now the fashionable position for self-described "independent thinkers" who consider themselves intellectually superior? ...

Well, thank-you for considering me as an independent thinker. Unlike you, I do not worship anything.

Good to see you admit that about me and implicitly, and not in a good way, yourself. Why do you seem to have an issue with an independent thinker?

But do I consider myself intellectually superior?

Hardly.

I know, and have often cited, most often cited, many people who I think are quite more knowledgeable than I am. I fully admit that I am not the brightest light bulb around here. That's why I cite those who I think are more knowledgeable. Duh.

But how might that enter into what I post, besides you apparently wanting to abase me and the comments I post?

What else yer got?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 03:14 AM | Reply

US Navy Plans to Buy 15 Multi-Billion Dollar Battleships

And thanks to Congress and the NDAA, starting in Dec 2026 every American or Permanent Resident male between the ages of 18 and 25 will be automatically registered with the Selective Service System (the draft), whether the person wants to or not.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 03:06 AM | Reply

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I could go on ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:52 AM | Reply

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Their teenage sons died by suicide. Now, they are sounding an alarm about AI chatbots (2025)
www.npr.org

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:52 AM | Reply

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ChatGPT became teen's 'illicit drug coach' before death, lawsuit claims
www.usatoday.com

... The family of a college student who died after ChatGPT allegedly told him to mix illicit drugs is suing the AI chatbot's developer, OpenAI, for their son's death. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:51 AM | Reply

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@#22 ... And you're worried about AI lying? ...

You're not worried about that?

Given how widely AI is being used, you do not have a concern that it may prevaricate?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:49 AM | Reply

CBO: “Golden Dome” Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars

Pick one. If your Spanish is good, head south like Sarah Connor. If you like hockey, go north. Marry a local. Claim asylum. Shang-Hai someone's identity like in the Talented Mr Ripley.

America is so broke-dick in a few years we'll be like scavengers out of a Mad Max film.

I know a fellow who moved to Israel. He married and converted to Judaism, all to get world class universal healthcare. The happy couple spent their first year on a kibbutz, farming and tending chickens and goats.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 02:46 AM | Reply

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Lamp,

"I did not say I was too enlightened to accept AI"

And you're worried about AI lying?

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 02:46 AM | Reply

@#5 ... So... DJT has for years now been saying nice things about, doing interviews with, and having over to dinner at Mar a Lardo these, 'domestic terrorists'? ...

You've noticed that also?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:46 AM | Reply

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@#24 ... You knew she was bought and paid for and you had no problem supporting her. ...

In my view at the time, she was far better than the alternative.

My current view is that I was correct in that assessment.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:41 AM | Reply

@#17 ... Really, you sound ridiculous suggesting you're too enlightened to accept AI. ...

I did not say I was too enlightened to accept AI.

Where did you dig that up from?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:36 AM | Reply

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Lamp,

Is running down AI and pretending it's not a tsunami about to transform the way humans work now the fashionable position for self-described "independent thinkers" who consider themselves intellectually superior?

Because from where I'm sitting, a lot of it sounds less like deep thinking and more like denial wrapped in smugness.

You don't have to worship AI to recognize reality.

The industrial revolution changed physical labor.

Computers changed information and communication.

AI is going to change cognitive labor.

Humans will still be here working alongside AI.

Technology keeps advancing whether we approve of it or not.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 02:35 AM | Reply

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@#16 ... I accept technology. ...

As do I. But only technology that benefits me, not technology that benefits Big Tech.

What else yer got?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:35 AM | Reply

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@#15 ... You base your opinions on what other people think? ..

Huh?

Where did that come from?

Am I conversing with a hallucinating AI?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:33 AM | Reply

Wire Train -- Skills of Summer (1985)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com

...
There's an elevator here
Pocket for the rain
Taking all our hearts across this river
And back again
Making all our crosses clear of all our skeletons

I can still remember when
God was fish you took on Sunday
She said
She said

Burning candles all around our bed
She said
She said
The end of May
We will begin again

It's the skill of summer
It's a new parade
In another season it's the work of faith
Between our harnesses
And harmony
It's the skill of summer
It's the work of faith

We can burn the billboards advertising life as lies
We can bury ourselves in each others eyes
We can hide our hearts

Hide our hopes and hide our dreams
I can still remember when
God was fish you took on Sunday
She said
She said

Burning candles all around her bed
She said
She said
The end of May
We will begin again

It's the skill of summer
It's a new parade
In another season it's the work of faith
Between our harnesses
And harmony
It's the skill of summer
It's the work of faith

It's the skill of summer
It's a new parade
In another season it's the work of faith
Between our harnesses
And harmony
It's the skill of summer
It's the work of faith
...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:30 AM | Reply

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#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

You knew she was bought and paid for and you had no problem supporting her. Y'all run around here screaming AIPAC and big money corporate interests like you're on some kind of purity pill and all the while the people you vote for do the same. If you only voted for POTUS, congress and senators who didn't take corporate money, you wouldn't get to vote.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-14 02:30 AM | Reply

Lamp.

Really, you sound ridiculous suggesting you're too enlightened to accept AI.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 02:26 AM | Reply

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Lamp,

I accept technology. I'm glad I lived long enough to see this.

I've been a computer-head my entire working life.

In one lifetime, I watched television go from 3 channels with rabbit ears on top of the set to what we have today. That's an unbelievable technological leap when you really stop and think about it.

I wonder when another generation will experience changes as transforming as the ones I witnessed firsthand.

Who else remembers adjusting the black and white TV set to stop the picture from rolling?

And now we're watching AI emerge in real time.

Like the Borg said in Star Trek The Next Generation,

"Resistance is futile."

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 02:21 AM | Reply

Dani Rojas Signed by U. S. Soccer Team

@#21

One instance where money failed?

That's all ya current trolling alias has got?

Maybe also mention Mr Thiel and VP Vance's rise to power as well?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:20 AM | Reply

I don't know if he's actually a good player but it's a great timing on a promotional opportunity for the team with the new season of Ted Lasso coming in a few months. I wish him and the team luck.

Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-05-14 02:18 AM | Reply

USSECSTATE Marco Rubio Could Be Next Junta Member Fired

@#5 ... It will be his usual steaming pile of superlatives. ...

Wish I could disagree.

But let's wait and see what happens. Maybe this time will be different.

OK, did I just say something funny? :)

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:15 AM | Reply

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Same Nike track suit on both of 'em!

Oversized Florsheim shoes, dictator track suit ... what a winner! (/sarcasm)

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-14 02:13 AM | Reply

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Gas prices suck right now. A few weeks ago I picked up a daily driver that requires premium unleaded. Ugh!

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

You previously told us you drive a Tesla Model S or something ...

Gas prices shouldn't affect you, right?

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-14 02:09 AM | Reply

Lamp,

You base your opinions on what other people think?

Don't be stupid.

Whether you know it or not, AI is being used all around you.

AI will be fine tuned and improved. Think of society as being the beta test site.

Computer-heads are obsessed with this new transforming technology and will figure out how it will work best in society.

Its entirely too late to stop it now.

That train left the station.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 02:06 AM | Reply

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@#11 ... Do you use AI for anything? ...

No, because of the tracking involved in the current AI interfaces.

Of course, my "no" answer implies only my intentional use of AI.

When, for example, I make a call to my cable provider's support line, and I have an "exchange" with their phone-answering bot, is that AI I am dealing with?

I do not know.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:06 AM | Reply

Dani Rojas Signed by U. S. Soccer Team

Republicans overturning McCain-Feingold and bringing us Citizen's United turned American politics into the Wild Wild West of billionaires

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-14 02:04 AM | Reply

#1 | Posted by Sycophant

I remember him well from Ted Lasso, and wish him all the best!

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-14 02:02 AM | Reply

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@#9

AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies
www.theregister.com

... The smart LLM user checks models' output for hallucinations. Now, it appears we need to inspect them for signs they are gaslighting us -- an unforeseen cost of increasing intelligence.

Most of the Internet lost its marbles over the cracking abilities of Anthropic's Mythos Preview. Those capabilities are real, but -- as the release of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 has shown us -- they're not unique. A rising tide of intelligence makes these models increasingly competent at an ever-wider range of tasks -- including finding and exploiting code vulnerabilities.

The more significant signal from Mythos is buried in its novel-length System Card and concerns the model's honesty, because on at least one occasion Anthropic detected Mythos using an explicitly forbidden technique to solve a problem.

Models always have a bit of trouble following instructions precisely. The surprise lay in the fact that the model knew it had used a forbidden technique, then proceeded to cover its tracks. ...

[italics theirs]

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 02:01 AM | Reply

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@#9

Dissatisfied: Three-fourths of AI customer service rollouts are a letdown
www.theregister.com

... If you're thinking you can replace your human call center staff with a server farm of bots, think again. Nearly three-quarters of enterprises that deploy AI customer communications agents later roll them back or shut them down, according to new research suggesting the systems are far harder to manage reliably in production than the AI hype implied. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:56 AM | Reply

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Lamp,

Do you use AI for anything?

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 01:55 AM | Reply

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Outcast is probably the most accurate.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 01:53 AM | Reply

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@#7 ... Just accept it. ...

What is the AI-dominated future that we should "just accept?"

Please describe it.

thx.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:53 AM | Reply

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Outlast but outcast works too.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 01:49 AM | Reply

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Ham,

AI will outcast you.

Just accept it.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-14 01:49 AM | Reply

Gas prices suck right now. A few weeks ago I picked up a daily driver that requires premium unleaded. Ugh!

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Maybe you should have thought harder about voting for the orange s*&^bag, eh?

Posted by jpw at 2026-05-14 01:46 AM | Reply

CBO: “Golden Dome” Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars

!@13 ... Stop crying. ...

Surely you jest.

All MAGA seems to know how to do is whine, cry and play the victim.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:31 AM | Reply

Pres Trump seems to be [intentionally?] driving the Country into its worst deficit ever.

Why?

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:18 AM | Reply

Gas prices suck right now. A few weeks ago I picked up a daily driver that requires premium unleaded. Ugh!

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-14 12:50 AM | Reply

You voted for this. Stop crying.

Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-05-14 01:16 AM | Reply

Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
www.youtube.com

News coming out of the Pres Trump - Pres Xi meeting so far does not seem to be a net positive for the US.

But I'll wait for a day or so until things settle down. Early reporting, and all that ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:15 AM | Reply

CBO: “Golden Dome” Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 01:14 AM | Reply

CBO: “Golden Dome” Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars

Link: Felon Musk's Golden Dome Won't Work, But Will Make Him Even More Wealthy

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 01:12 AM | Reply

Biggest US Grid May Be Too Large to Function, Regulator Says
www.bloomberg.com

... Consumer prices climbed last month by the most in three years, but prices for electricity surged even more, highlighting an intensifying battle between utilities, consumers and power grids. ...

A huge issue for the power grids is how to handle the extreme power load that AI data cetners are presenting and will be presenting.

... The chairman of the top US energy regulator has put America's biggest power grid on notice, warning that its operator may be too big to function adequately amid the AI data center boom.

Laura Swett, who oversees the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said Tuesday she fears that PJM Interconnection LLC's struggle to address the voracious power needs from data centers threatens the country's artificial intelligence ambitions. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:03 AM | Reply

Gas prices suck right now. A few weeks ago I picked up a daily driver that requires premium unleaded. Ugh!

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-14 12:50 AM | Reply

How Does TrackAIPAC Actually Track AIPAC?

@#18 ... This is rich coming from a guy who responds to his own posts. ...

... and the issue your current trolling alias seems to have when I respond to a prior post of mine to elaborate further upon its topic, is ...?

Perhaps your current trolling alias may be concerned about the additional information being provided?

As it does appear that information and your current trolling alias are like matter and anti-matter ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 12:46 AM | Reply

Shut em' Down.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-14 12:44 AM | Reply

US Senator to D/FBI Kashyap Patel: “You Are a Disgrace”

Patel then went on to light Van Hollen up.

Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-14 12:43 AM | Reply

CIA Helped Assassinate Drug Cartel Member in Mexico

My view?

If the CIA is involved, do not expect answers.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 12:34 AM | Reply

CIA Helped Assassinate Drug Cartel Member in Mexico

I was wondering why suddenly I saw this today (now yesterday) ...

Mexico's Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations there while CNN stands by report
apnews.com

... Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday denied a CNN report that the CIA was carrying out deadly operations in Mexican territory, accusing the U.S.-based news organization of attempting to "hurt the government and the people of Mexico."

CNN reported Tuesday that the CIA facilitated a targeted assassination of a member of the Sinaloa cartel on a highway outside Mexico City, fueling a firestorm in Mexico. The New York Times later reported that Mexican forces carried out the attack and the CIA provided planning and support.

Sheinbaum called the CNN report a "lie." Asked about the New York Times report during her morning press briefing, she called it "a fiction the size of the universe."

Liz Lyons, a spokesperson for the CIA, also lambasted the CNN report, posting on X that "this is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk."

A CNN spokesperson said the CIA had been presented with details of the report prior to publication and had declined to comment. While the network did not directly address Sheinbaum's statements, it said it stands by its reporting. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 12:33 AM | Reply

10K rulings: Courts' overwhelming rebuke of Trump's policies

Oh, you and Snoofy need to fuck off!

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-14 12:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

Soggy rice no taste nice?

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-14 12:33 AM | Reply

More from the article ...

... When Western firms pull production out of China or buy fewer parts from there in order to be less dependent on the country, this is called decoupling or de-risking.

And you would think that China can't stop the rest of the world from decoupling, right? Tell that to Beijing.

Chinese authorities blocked Meta's $2 billion (1.7 billion) takeover of the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus last month, sending a clear signal that even deals structured outside China's borders are no longer safe.

Manus is headquartered in Singapore, but has strong Chinese roots. China viewed the firm as one of its strategic assets in the global AI race and blocked the deal on national security grounds.

The move followed Beijing's swift introduction of the Regulations on Industrial and Supply Chain Security, also in April. These measures strengthen its ability to stop US tech giants from buying up high-end Chinese technologies. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 12:04 AM | Reply

Expending multi-million dollar anti-aircraft items to shoot down multi-thousand dollar Iranian drones.

#9 | POSTED BY LIELIGHTER

Welcome to the US military. Would have happened eventually be thankful its happening now.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-13 11:58 PM | Reply

What is the Thucydides Trap'?
www.nbcnews.com

Just saw this ...

... In his remarks earlier today Xi referenced the Thucydides Trap, a theory popularized by Harvard scholar Graham Allison that suggests a high risk of war between an emerging and an established power.

"The world has come to a new crossroads," Xi said in opening remarks ahead of bilateral U.S.-China talks. "Can China and the United States overcome the so-called Thucydides Trap and create a new model of relations between major countries?"

Xi has discussed the concept, which refers to the ancient Greek war between Sparta and Athens, at several key moments in U.S.-China relations, including during a 2014 interview, his 2015 state visit to the U.S., and his meeting with former President Joe Biden in Peru in 2024.

"These are questions of history, questions of the world, and questions of the people," Xi said today. "They are also the answers that you and I, as leaders of major countries, must write for our times." ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-13 11:56 PM | Reply

USSECSTATE Marco Rubio Could Be Next Junta Member Fired

Like I wrote, USSECSTATE Marco Rubio is a vapid Empty Suit.

Here he is aboard Air Force One cosplaying the abducted President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-13 11:55 PM | Reply

It will be quite interesting to hear how Pres Trump characterizes his talks with Pres Xi.

It will be his usual steaming pile of superlatives. Did he get his new gold trinket yet?

Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-13 11:54 PM | Reply

My guess as to what China things ...

China is on the rise.

The US is not.

It will be quite interesting to hear how Pres Trump characterizes his talks with Pres Xi.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-13 11:52 PM | Reply

America's Suicide Pact

Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, "die from suicide, not by murder." They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. They are seized by a parasitic ruling class.

Its like CorkyDaBigot only appeals to authority. I have been saying this since I started posting here.

Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-13 11:50 PM | Reply

The article doesn't specify.

No. I've read about 2 F-18s, one F-15, one A-10, two tankers and an AWACs as far as non-drones go.

Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-13 11:39 PM | Reply

America's Suicide Pact

I'm impressed y'all! Good stuff.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2026-05-13 11:38 PM | Reply

@#6 ... Probably. ...

I am not yet convinced of that.

In Iran, the US seems to have been quite behind in the deployment of drones.

Expending multi-million dollar anti-aircraft items to shoot down multi-thousand dollar Iranian drones.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-13 11:37 PM | Reply

Would certainly include drones.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-13 11:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

The article doesn't specify.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-13 11:34 PM | Reply

Would certainly include drones.

Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-13 11:34 PM | Reply

Microsoft-Backed Data Ctr needs 1/3 of Country'' Electricity

On what issues do you agree with Nick Fuentes? I could use the laugh.

#16 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-05-13 11:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Number one is the fact that there is way too much foreign money influencing our elections, policies and laws. Namely Israel. We need to dial that way back. But I'm not so sure Israel is the only one to blame when we send them a LOT of money every year - only to find that money back in the hands of our politicians. And before you start pointing fingers, this is a problem in both major parties. So stay off your purity pony.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-13 11:32 PM | Reply

@#3 ... while we bear the costs ...

That is exactly it.

The oligarchy is reaping the fruit of AI while workers are struggling to pay their electric bills to provide the fertilizer for that fruit.

Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-13 11:31 PM | Reply

Is "aircraft" = drones?

Probably.

Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-13 11:29 PM | Reply

@#15 ... I don't need them to tell me how to think. ...

Hmmmm ...

Curious.

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-13 11:19 PM | Reply | Flag

This is rich coming from a guy who responds to his own posts.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-13 11:26 PM | Reply

Is "aircraft" = drones?

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-13 11:24 PM | Reply