In my unscientific opinion and observations from my recent worldwide travels, Covid has been brutal on the cost of food, housing and the staples of basic survival. Prices always go up. Prices...and taxes will continue to climb in the near future. cnbc.com/2019/05/16/how…
I have been on both sides of this equation. It is getting harder for more Americans to have a decent life, let alone attain the higher mobility "dream" education, family, job, home, car etc without incurring serious debt. The wealthy don't have that worry. inequality.org/facts/wealth-i…
Worse, many Americans just wish they had a damn job, so they could at least complain or argue about how they should get paid. news.un.org/en/story/2020/…
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"Attorney General Bill Barr’s treatment of Erik Prince raises serious questions about preferential treatment for Trump’s allies in Department of Justice investigations" citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
When you be all secret mercenary and shit on your devices but everyone be snickering about misspelling the Mel Gibson's character name in Air America beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2049…
"Years later, his CIA ties appear to remain active. When Hifter spoke with Trump in 2019 during his latest assault on the Libyan capital, U.S. officials said, it was the CIA that arranged and put through the call?" Sourcing? washingtonpost.com/world/interact…
April 7. Pompeo condemns Haftar. Bolton calls Haftar to support him, then April 12 2019, Trump calls Haftar. This would literally mean the Agency was working against the State Dept but I think it means more. The Opus Powerpoint is dated April 9, 2019 businessinsider.com/trump-contradi…
On April 14, 2019 Haftar met with Sisi but before that with others at the Sofitel hotel and at Haftar's home. reuters.com/article/us-egy…
We live in the dark ages. A time where "Mission: Impossible 7" and "Top Gun: Maverick" are actually the same guy, in the same movie, just older, doing the same stuff he did when he was younger but better. We have been watching the same movie for 3 decades. foxnews.com/entertainment/…
The number one Box Office Champ other than Walt Disney which owns Marvel and everything else... is Stanley Martin Lieber. Here's to Stan. Two old guys shoot the breeze.
Facebook AI doesn't have a sense of humor. "This kind of multimodal content can be particularly challenging for AI to detect because it requires a holistic understanding of the meme." ai.facebook.com/blog/hateful-m…
AI used in the creative field has taught us how sensitive humans are to story structure, delivery conventions and cultural barriers. theverge.com/2016/3/24/1129…