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- Live with uncertainty.

- How USAID built a global color revolution infrastructure with NGO's (and our tax money).

- We need to talk about RAF Fairford and the B-1B FLAPEX. Agree 100%.

- Less "Dune" more "Foundation."

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- Activists target vacation home of Chief Justice Roberts in Maine. How these activists think this sort of behavior is acceptable is amazing.

- A dashboard created so Marylanders can track progress of the still not reopened Key Bridge after 30 months.

- The National Security and Defense Strategy in action South of the border.

- Many a truth is said in jest.

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- Project Agincourt. Next generation warfare.

- Understanding the AI that drives robots.

- How states can cut rules and regulations. Idaho for the win.

- Democrats cost Chicago $3 billion.

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- The EU's Say-Do Gap Goes to Sea. The EU's official motto should be "Do as I say - not as I do."

- There are those who mistake identity for truth. Some good points.

- They hate him because he's speaking the unvarnished truth. And not apologizing or seeing permission to do it.

- One does not simply decommission a nuclear carrier. Two from Commander Salamander today mostly because I was late to the first.

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- Nice profile of Calvin Coolidge and the budget.

- Kevin Kelly: Predicting the Present.

- SpaceX Meets FedEx.

- Define "weapons," as in "weapons in space"... if you don't mind. Kinetic actions in space. An twice in one post the Boring Company in space gets mentioned.

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- Kevin Kelly: Argument in favor of AI Fair Use. I'm OK with this in the abstract but in the real world it could be used for outright stealing. Is it fair use to change just a word in a joke or a tweet?

- From the archives: Montaigne's rule for reading.

- Why the AfD wins. Good history and background on the popularity of the AfD. (HT Execupundit)

- This is cool. So nice of the cartels to give us target practice.

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- What if the TLAM was combat ineffective tomorrow? Can't help but think of how the lessons of the Civil War were not learned y those who fought WW I.

- Glenn Greenwald: The tendency of AOC and her allies to giggle away the "craziness" of  Woke-era abuses should not be tolerated. At long last AOC have you no sense of decency?

- Kevin Kelly: Worldbuilding with spatial intelligence. Don't sleep on Grok's potential access to all those Tesla cameras and videos of the real world.

- Job numbers are weak, but the labor market doom is overdone.

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- Rocket science, as easy as IKEA . 

- USDA relocation deadline nears - agency looks to move half of all DC jobs to five regional centers. Should e noted that employees who choose not to relocate could be jobs gained by local in those states.

- Kevin Kelly - Protopia. Try to become 1% better each day.

- Top US military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing.

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- AI will lead to more jobs not fewer.

- Our schools need freedom of expression. Agree - but also feel students should have to pass a US citizenship test to get a degree. They are still citizens but they don't get that degree unless they pass the test.

- Calm yourself on drones for a minute.

- Kevin Kelly: Latent Space as a New Medium.

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- Jonathan Turley on Ro Khanna lying about the "billionaires tax." He lies about many things.

- Secretary Marco Rubio: Why We're Dismantling the ICC. Agree 100% - ICC delenda est.

- Reminder we have the Epirus Leonidas. None shall pass! We also have a bag of gadgets that have not been publicly revealed.

- Wes Moore's Bronze Star was a political rescue mission. This is stolen valor.

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- Jonathan Turley: Framers would have hated the "billionaires" tax.

- From the archives: Appearances vs Experiences - what really makes us happy?

- Yikes!

- Is there anything Vitamin D can't do? Get your sunlight - it's free!

Reminder

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- Strategy Requires Storytelling and Pictures, the Right Pictures.

- Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" shutting down permanently sources say. In with a bang - out with a whimper.

- Elon Musk introduces Starmind.

- NCAA agrees to 5-seasons in 5-years rule.

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- VDH: Iran War Misconception. 

- Where do we find such men?

- America's biggest industries by economic output.

- "Truly Evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy after Trump official ousted.

US History and the Military

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- The nuclear SMP race is down to the wire.

- From the archives: The general wisdom of Ulysses S. Grant.

- Jonathan Turley on the Left's lawfare machine. Illegal criminal immigrants -they left just can't quit them.

- The American missile crisis.

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- The Hard Math of Big Wars. "Effective militaries are not cheap."

- From the archives: The left-handed rule.

- Patriots' Mike Vrabel: No regrets stepping away during draft. 

- News you can use - how to become more likeable. Good advice.

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- Iran destroyed 42 military aircraft so far during Operation Epic Fury. Even though over 57% of those were unmanned drones there are still lessons that need to be learned.

- Kevin Kelly on Your Most Improbable Life. "Improbable lives have fewer competitors, more unique rewards, and are harder to replace by AI's."

- Good life advice from Marcus Freeman.

- Has the singularity begun? Who am I to argue if Elon Musk and Patrick Collison say it has?

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- How Marcello Hernandez became the boy prince of comedy. Admit I haven't watched SNL in years and was not familiar with him ut now I'm curious.

- From the archives: 50 things I know.

- Without Pity or Platitude. Long read but worth it.

- If Iran wants to rule over rubble, should we let them?

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- Marty Makary resigns as FDA chief. Word is he might have been about to be fired.

- American Technology Ships with Our Values. Victory through engineer leads to peace from engineering.

- Journalism succumbs to its wounds. (HT Execupundit)

- Biden's FBI secretly set up Trump to be indicted after he leaves office. Anyone who authorized Artic Frost needs to face charges.