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Musings

When Will The Bloodletting End…?

While America is otherwise indisposed, pathological opportunists in positions of power make decisions harmful to us all.

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Article

Joe Biden:
‘Palms’ Reader

Life-long Catholic, Joe Biden: ‘Palms’ reader. Probably more honest than most realize, or care to admit. Sky News Australia’s James Morrow offers color commentary on gaffe raconteur extraordinaire Biden’s latest…

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Fox Tails

93 Strikes Again

Direct neural pathways have been perfected for high‐bandwidth connection to the human brain. This allows bypassing certain neural regions (for example, visual pattern recognition, long‐term memory) and augmenting or replacing the functions of these regions with computing performed either in a neural implant or externally. [emphasis added] Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999) […]

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In the Wild

Hidden In Plain Sight

Following are a few of the ‘high points’ from our conversation… and maybe an extra nugget or two, but who’s counting… Herd Think Propaganda (1928) by Edward Bernays The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism […]