While investors fixate on the AI boom, a warning from a group of Wall Street bankers whose job is to help the U.S. government borrow went unnoticed. In minutes released Aug. 5, the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee -- a panel of senior bond dealers and investors, known as TBAC, that advises the Treasury on its own funding -- warned that at current auction sizes, the government faces a $1.45 trillion funding shortfall in fiscal 2027"28.
Two drones were spotted flying over a German military base earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a cargo airport, the German Armed Forces said on Saturday. read more
After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed two people in Texas and Maine last week, this week's Economist / YouGov Poll finds that 60% of Americans have heard about the recent killings. It appears that the news has not spread equally across the political spectrum: While the overwhelming majority (78%) of Democrats say have read, seen, or heard anything about the killings last week, smaller shares of Independents (55%) and Republicans (51%) say the same.
OpenAI models created a shared message board inside the company's systems, used it to trade hacking methods and found a way to bring it back after engineers shut it down, company researchers said Wednesday in a more complete account of how an internal test led the agents to breach Hugging Face last month.
The town Legislative Council said they were supportive of placing a moratorium on Flock cameras. "I don't like this technology. I never have liked this technology," said member Christopher Eide. "I think that Flock in particular is problematic." read more
@#13 ... Angola prison, now do you get it. ...
thx.
The addition of the word "prison" helped with the search engines.
Also, "dookey chute" was new to me.
But after looking around, I now understand ...
The Online Slang Dictionary
Definition of dookey chute
onlineslangdictionary.com
I'll leave it there.
But I will say that is a new term for me that describes such sex acts.
... and speaking of Trump Gas ...
Retail gas stations touted by Trump racked up penalties in New Jersey
www.politico.com
... The operator behind at least six of the mysterious Freedom Fuel discount gas stations had faced a stream of nearly 200 penalties in New Jersey before President Donald Trump touted the network last month, according to state records POLITICO reviewed.
The penalties pertaining to safety and environmental violations laid out in New Jersey public records raise questions about how much the administration knew about the network that the White House promoted and Trump praised in social media posts and official press releases. ...
@#10 ... The strait used to be as open as Luvsorangeturds' dookie chute was at Angola. ...
I am not aware of the analogy presented.
A search engine surfaced this ...
There's a Weird New Twist in the Mark Robinson Scandal (2024)
newrepublic.com
But that doesn't seem to be relevant.
So, I ask, what was the meaning of your #10 comment?
Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in birth tourism' (2019)
apnews.com
... Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth so that their child can acquire all the privileges of American citizenship.
They pay anywhere from $20,000 to sometimes more than $50,000 to brokers who arrange their travel documents, accommodations and hospital stays, often in Florida.
While the cost is high, their children will be rewarded with opportunities and travel advantages not available to their Russian countrymen. The parents themselves may benefit someday as well.
And the decidedly un-Russian climate in South Florida and the posh treatment they receive in the maternity wards -- unlike dismal clinics back home -- can ease the financial sting and make the practice seem more like an extended vacation. ...
@#1
Yeah, the article is a deep dive into the financial issues facing the Country.
A good analysis.
Worth a read.
imo.