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- Is President Trump building a new world order? Sure seems like it - good!
- AfD wins big in regional German election. The AP calls them "far right" but doesn't that mean the previous party in power was far left? How come the AP never used that language.
- How AI tools are changing research, communication, and education.
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The federal workforce has been reduced to 1966 levels but is still at 2.67 million employees - so there is still work to do in shrinking the government. At the same time this is happening the economy keeps growing and more net jobs get added every month. Plus the number of federal regulations keep shrinking. These facts are not unrelated.
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Many a truth is said in jest.
- I'm an awful person for laughing at this.
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Have a happy Labor Day. I'm going to celebrate the end of the summer by going to Maine and squeeze in one more beach day and see my grand daughters. Hope you and yours have an enjoyable, restful day.
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While watching what should have been an upset of Michigan by Western Michigan I kept wondering who the back-up QB was to Bryce Underwood because whoever it was probably could have done a much better job. Michigan is a team that by all rights should have CJ Carr as QB but they screwed that up too.
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- Glenn Reynolds reviews the Wendy's Pretzel Bacon Pub Cheeseburger. News you can use! And you can't spell pub burger without "pu."
- From the archives: What Metformin really does inside you.
- Many a truth is said in jest.
- 8 experiences people don't have anymore because of cell phones.
Some week one college football thoughts. We have actual games this weekend but Lane Kiffin keeps trying to suck up all the oxygen in the room. How is this drama act actually helping him or LSU?
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Stayed up to watch the Miami-Stanford game last night but for some reason it didn't occur to me that this was a league game until it dawned on me at half that the West Coast Stanford was part of the East Coast ACC. Obviously knew this fact but perhaps it was so incongruent my brain could accept it at first.
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- Glenn Reynolds asks AI platforms to comment on his "Demons in the Wall" essay.
- VDH: The Elephant in the Canadian Room.
- Jonathan Turley on Congressional Democrats and the Supreme Court.
- Trump's top 25 achievements. I'm not MAGA or even Republican but you have to agree this is impressive. Don't agree - what were Obama's top achievements?
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Yesterday a state judge in Louisiana ruled 40 former pro athletes are eligible to play college sports and the SEC filed suit against LSU in federal court. Today Lane Kiffin is supposed to finalize his football roster - will it include two former NFL players? Tune in for the latest installment of As Lane Turns.
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1. Exhibit a ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic directed at continual improvement.
2. Demonstrate respect for each person in the organization.
3. Be deeply committed to learning and teaching.
4. Be fair.
5. Demonstrate Character.
6. Honor the direct connection between details and improvement; relentlessly seek the latter.
7. Relentlessly seek self improvement
8. Show self -control, especially under pressure.
9. Demonstrate and prize loyalty.
10. Use positive language and have a positive attitude.
11. Take pride in my effort as an entity separate from the result of that effort.
12. Be willing to go the extra distance for the organization.
13. Deal appropriately with victory and defeat, adulation and humiliation.
14. Promote internal communication that is both open and substantive
15. Seek poise in myself and those that I lead
16. Put the team's welfare and priorities ahead of my own.
17. Maintain an ongoing level of concentration and focus that is abnormally high
18. Make sacrifice and commitment the organization's trademark
19. The leader must exhibit the principles, code of conduct and behavior that he's asking others to emulate.
This Standard of Performance could easily be applied to any organization or even as a personal code of conduct.
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- A growing climate scandal at the US National Academy of Science.
- Coach Prime's honeymoon phase is over. Tonight starts his 4th season as coach of the Buffaloes in their game vs Georgia Tech.
- Glenn Reynolds: Demons in the Walls. A scary though on the possible future of AI.
- A detailed look into the NBA's 36-page report on the Clippers.
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Lots things going on with President Trump threatening to rename the strait of Hormuz, college football kicking off in earnest tonight, the Trump $1 coin gets released, etc. - but the mindshare really goes to the NBA ruling on the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. Don't think the timing was coincidental.
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The Treaty of Paris signed on this day in 1783 that officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation. This is like when the divorce from England became official.
College football is finally back but my thoughts about it have never stopped. Lots happening off the field and some on field action starting tomorrow.
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- Rams owner Stan Kroenke enters agreement to buy Angels from Artie Moreno for record $4 billion.
- Kevin Kelly: The Fast Life of a Hot Atom. 20-years old but new to me.
- The cost of living in every US state, Keep wondering why I stay in Mass.
- SEC may not budge on former NFL players not being allow to play in league.
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Presidents Putin and Xi have criticized the US and Israel's military actions in Iran. Ask yourself if you really want to be aligned with the views of Putin and Xi? Also ask yourself why some seem to be going out of their way to do so?
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- Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) in the Frame of Traumatic Experiences. Concept was new to me.
- Young people are correct to rethink Richard Nixon's legacy.
- SEC school leaders exploring extreme steps over LSU plan to sign former pro athletes. Maybe LSU could form a semi-pro league?
- UCLA fires AD Martin Jarmond. There really was no outcry among Bruins fans as many thought the move was overdue.
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The Supreme Court will allow President Trump to continue to build the White House Ballroom. Denying claims by some who wanted to stop construction. Would be interesting to see if any of these groups also donated to the Obama not a library or were able to take tax deductions on their tantrum.
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- Glenn Reynolds: Goodbye Dolly. There's the famous buoy marking the furthest point south in the US and the statue of Dolly may come to represent the furthest point on Earth closest to Heaven.
- Jonathan Turley: Clyburn calls for packing the court with "bakers dozen" to flip cases.
- Icelandic voters reject proposal to restart talks to join EU. Although think it should be pointed out there's roughly 48 US cities with greater populations than Iceland - just saying.
- How the strategic petroleum reserve works. With the news out of Venezuela thought this was a good refresher.
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Today is August 31st and tomorrow is the start of September. Where did the summer go? Seemed just yesterday I was debating whether to get a season pass to the beach and now I'm wondering if we still have another beach day or two left before it's too cold. Summer stands still for no man.
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Hope some of these are new to you or at least you can find one you feel is important to know, remember, and embody.
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- Dolly Parton - a saint? Never thought of it that way but I've also never heard of anyone who more closely matches the criteria.
- The Mount Rushmore of Nuclear. History everyone should be aware of.
- LSU poised to sign former NFL players after SEC agrees to comply with court order. Lane Kiffin really leaning into the black hat.
- John Deere's revenues boosted by datacenter construction. Orders are full for the rest of the year.
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Today is cut down day in the NFL so don't be surprised to see a flurry of mostly 7th round draft picks traded for players as teams think "Better to get something in return for a player than nothing when he's cut." Don't get too excited by these trades as they're done mostly to build either depth or the practice squad.
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John Quincy Adams was elected, thirteen states to eleven. Adams had picked up all six states that had not been initially committed and became the first minority president in the nation's history.
...When Adams did appoint Clay to the state department, Jackson's supporters were predictably furious. John Randolph called it a corrupt bargain: 'the combination of the puritan with the blackleg.' Clay challenged Randolph to a duel. Both fired at each other, and fortunately both missed. Such was the presidential transition of 1825." - John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
And we think politics is divisive today!
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- Get government out of the graffiti business.
- Interesting aspect of Venezuela and the war in Iran I hadn't considered.
- Could Trump's Venezuela oil deal crush Democrats' midterm strategy?
- Secretary Bessent calls out Elizabeth Warren. A false display of knowledge from a false Indian? I'm shocked!
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Today is week zero in college football and I plan to be watching football most of the day. Unless I go to the beach. Which could happen.
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Trying to be present in your every day life is the only way to find any happiness.
Worth trying to adopt at least one of these quotes.
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- Judge's order prohibits SEC from blocking athlete's return.
- Guns and ammo pricing - 1986 vs 2026.
- The cost of decoupling with China.
- Shamed to admit I did not know the story of the 400. I fully agree - this should be a major movie.
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College football's week 0 is finally upon us but as glad as I am to welcome real football back - I'm also saddened by the realization summer is almost over. You have to take your beach days when you can get them while they're still around.
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- Rocky Horror star Tim Curry found dead at 80. RIP.
- Should quarterbacks be jacked?
- Treasury takes action against violent far left terrorist organizations. Good!
- Matt Ridley: Famine is not an option. The miracles of trade and technology - progress!
As I read this it occurred to me that it equally could be applied to AI which, if you think about it, represent an LLM of all the books ever written. However, if you don't understand how a subject truly works just gives you at best a surface knowledge which in Taleb's words would probably make you fragile.
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Haven't commented on the Jed York situation mostly because it just seems sordid. Besides what if he sought out prostitutes in East Palestine Ohio because he was subjected to power lines for too long?
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- Dolly Parton, beloved country music icon dies at 80 after 'brief battle with cancer.' There will never be another like her,
- Many a truth is said in jest.
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Dolly Parton passed away aged 80. She was an American original and icon. There are no words.
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- Kevin Kelly: A Billion Dollars. Many have played the game "What would you do if you hit the lottery?" Well - what would you do? Your dreams may cost less than you think
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The NFL regular season is almost upon us and honestly with the prices of game tickets, parking, beer and snacks at the stadium - going to a home game is getting beyond the reach of the average family. This is why watching at home or out at a bar is becoming more and more important. It's also may be the NFL pricing themselves out of attracting future generations of fans.
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- Pilgrimage to viking Bjorko. Interesting look at Viking history.
- The Trap Needs No Trapper. I stand with DataRepublican.
- Yikes! Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100 meter world record.
- Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections. Just like Abraham Lincoln did - oh wait.
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The current hysteria over AI and datacenters makes me think of the past hysteria over Amazon and how NYC was chosen to be the new East Coast hub but AOC used that hysteria to get Amazon to take their thousands of jobs elsewhere instead. Now NYC got communism. It's all related.
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- Income per capita and fertility and now positively correlated across OECD countries.
- Electrons are the new bullets. War (batteries not included).
- The income a family needs to live comfortably in each state.
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The price of beef has risen through the roof since Covid but between the cattle farmers and the grocery stores selling beef to US families are the processing plants that are acting as middlemen perhaps not taking the blame for their role in inflated prices?
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- Scott Bessent has "very discreet plan" to reduce $40 trillion national debt, Vance says. Call me old fashioned but I'd be happy with a balanced federal budget and lower interest rates.
- Sadly this seems to be the plan for dealing with the national debt since I've been alive.
- Guidelines for being an adult. Disagree with some of the fashion advice but good list.
- Raytheon gets $23 billion Navy contract to boost Tomahawk missile production.
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Sorry to be a Debbie downer talking about the national debt passing $40 trillion and Gen Z officially being the first generation less smart than their parents IQ wise. On the bight side - I'm older and won't have to deal with these issues. Then I start to wonder if it's this sort of attitude that got us into the problem in the first place.
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- The Whiskey Rebellion. Some somewhat forgotten US history.
- Will New Coyote v Acme film blow up? I wasn't aware of this film.
- I'm Opting Out of Modern Life. I already do many of the things on the list but honestly going to pass on some of the others.
Some preseason college football observations. One has to wonder if Nate Bargatze becomes to Vanderbilt what Shane Gillis became to Notre Dame. If so - what comedian is next? Does Will Ferrell and USC get grandfathered into this?
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- Interest rate surge? Wait - what?
- From the archives: Why I care about history. From the Nomad Historian.
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The strait of Hormuz remains open with oil reportedly flowing through at pre-war levels and the US has opened up all that oil from Venezuela but gas prices at the pump remain above $4 a gallon. Is this an example of producers just trying to see what people are willing to pay? As an oil producing nation once again under President Trump is this a net positive for the US economy? So many questions.
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- Is the era of rising college tuition coming to an end?
- Could a margin call force a Phoenix Suns sale?
- Jonathan Turley" Oregon State and DEI by any other name.
- 'Mutiny' is a goofy Jason Stratham thriller that's exactly what you're looking for. Had the same reaction to The Bee Keeper - suspend disbelief and enjoy the ass-kicking on the big screen.
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Have to wonder if one of the drawbacks of being a super power is that even your own citizens feel emboldened to voice opinions against you and for your defacto enemy even in times of war. Take the war in Iran for example. Even a regime so evil as this member of the Axis of Evil gets positive press in this country. Liked it better when politics stopped at the water's edge.
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- US State's economies matched to a country.
- Sebastian Junger on Talking to God. Though I would argue even many pre-Christian religions argued only priests could speak directly to God.
- From the archives: Sharpen your thinking with these 10 cognitive razors.
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Today's offering does not include any observations of either the war in Iran or the war in Ukraine. Instead I concentrate on other shiny objects.
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- The divisiveness of diversity mismanagement.
- From the archives: Mari Andrew with 100 things I know.
- In 2026 - all remaining China doves and apologists are suspect.
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To be fair - I don't have first hand knowledge of what the conditions are on the Navy carriers and ships in the news and should take negative reports with more than a grain of salt. This doesn't change the fact we need to build more ships and carriers.
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- Jay Bhatthacharya on restoring trust in America's scientific institutions.
- Kevin Kelly: Without a theory of intelligence.
- Jennie Buss reportedly opposing family sale of Lakers ownership stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.
- It takes two hands to handle a Whopper. You should have a local burger joint.
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- Hayden Panettiere found dead. Shocking news to start your week. Memento mori.
- Jonathan Turley: According to a poll almost 60% of Democrats have a favorable view on Socialism.
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In addition to the USS Washington being redeployed from the Pacific to Iran - the guided missile destroyer USS Benfold reportedly lost power for four says in the South China Sea. Not exactly the gold-plated Navy some pretend we have. Less money for Somali fraud and more money for Navy ships is in order.
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Went to the beach in RI yesterday but it seemed the beach was invaded by small rocks. There were so many rocks that I had to wear my sandals to go swimming. And after a Summer Shandy or two you have to so swimming.
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