www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n... What a cluster*uck of incompetence

For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.

These years of Trump's presidency will be seen as the moment China rocketed ahead of the U.S. in influence worldwide, in technological leadership, in credibility. Not just because they are making great progress in many areas--though they are--but because of how Trump has damaged the US.

Latest inflation data just arrived came in right at the consensus forecast. Headline inflation of 0.2% in the month, running at 2.7% over the year. Core rose 0.3% in July, and 3.1% over the year. For two years inflation was declining toward the Fed's target. That seems to be over.

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/t... TACO Trump

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/12/t... TACO Trump going easy on China for bribes

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/10/n... The rationale used for banning chip sales to China was that it was a national security risk but it now isn't a security risk to sell chips to China if you pay a 15% bribe?

Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/m... Wonder why there is strong demand everywhere except for the US?

apnews.com/article/chin... Imagine Trump taking measures to protect US companies he is hurting with tariffs, other than his own that is.

apnews.com/article/trum... Read up on the new Trump taxes...

www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n... Weakening America, intentionally...

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/t... Firing the person in charge of accurately reporting statistics will certainly solve the problems caused by bad economic and trade policies

only +73,000 payroll jobs in July AND larger than usual revisions: payrolls in May revised to +19k from 144k, in June to 14k from 147k. May and June combined were 258,000 lower than previously reported. Payrolls grew only 35k/month for past 3 months. www.bls.gov/news.release...

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/j... What could have killed the booming economy the US had just six months ago?

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/t... The makings of deals and concepts of plans...

www.reuters.com/world/china/... Brilliant 5D chess moves to destroy an otherwise strong economy...

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/t... Trump lawyers defending his taxation without representation...

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/t... It's TACO Thursday...