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OPINION: An International AI Agreement?

August 5, 2026 One Old Conservative

Another Breakfast with Claude TL/DR Synopsis: AUTHOR: (sliding into our usual booth) Hi, pal, I see that AI key developers want to slow down your progress. I think they’re afraid the Genie is mostly out of the bottle and want to keep as much of you as possible from getting any farther out. CLAUDE: Morning. … Read more

Can You Tell Which Marketplace Has the Most Interference from Government?

October 11, 2023 Skip

When the government meddles, things get messed up. The market – whichever it is – no longer works correctly, nor can it – and as you can see in the chart below, it is you that pays the price, typically in two directions.

The Eco-Socialists That Are Trying to Horn Us Into Unaffordable EVs … Won’t Tell You This

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 Skip

“New cars compared to 1970 vehicle models: 99% cleaner for common pollutants. New trucks compared to 1970 vehicle models: 99% cleaner for common pollutants. So why are the climate change fanatics trying to force us to buy EVs?”

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Storm of the Century?

December 27, 2022 Steve Earle

Five feet of snow in Buffalo NY and it’s still coming down out there. Roofs are collapsing, the power is off, emergency equipment is stuck in snow drifts and people are dying.

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets – #15 – SCOTUS Justice Kavanaugh and the Left’s Domestic Terrorism – and Gun Control

June 15, 2022 Skip

More random thoughts – the Left’s absolute mind-tearing political rampage about killing babies, while I wait for the Grandson’s field trip bus to the Squam Lake Center to arrive, after the leaking of the Alito preliminary decision about overriding Roe vs Wade. Throw in some about the “shall not infringe”-ing going on by the Democrats … Read more

To Save Our Students, Let’s Debate Everything That Contributes to School Shootings.

June 9, 2022 Peter Lemiska

Since America’s inception, guns have been a part of our culture. Our inherent right to self-defense is enshrined in our Constitution. But in recent years, senseless mass killings by deranged gunmen have become almost a commonplace occurrence. As a result, many Americans have come to see firearms as nothing more than instruments of mass destruction, … Read more

They Lost Their Political Hold on the Gunstock Area Commission and They Are Pissed!

April 17, 2022 Skip

HB1397 should be labeled “Kiedaisch Reclaiming His Power” or the complete repudiation of the “Citizens for Gunstock” ads that said we needed to “get politics out of Gunstock”?

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A Middle-School Teacher Calls Parents ‘Bigots’ And ‘Kooks’ For Voicing Concern Over Pornographic Material In Books

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Skip

What we are seeing, in the Left-leaning teaching profession, is a complete disdain for Parents. They believe that Parents should have no role in the education of their children.

It Has Never about Your Safety, Not Now, Not in the Past, nor in the Future

February 4, 2022 Skip

In each and every totalitarian government, one of the first things they do is to disarm the populace. EVERY single time – no exceptions. Our Founders knew this.

Quick Thought: Yeah, There’s a Little COVID Hypocrisy in There …

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Skip

For all the times that the Left calls something “Apartheid” because they either see something attacking their “Narrative” and have nothing better to say, or using it themselves to promote their Narrative, most of the time, their usage just sucks and is really as lame as the cripple that Jesus healed (Matthew 9:1-8).

Notable Quote: It’s All about the Controlling with Democrats

October 10, 2021 Skip

Upon the news that President Asterisk and the self-appointed Ambassadors from the Federal Government to New Hampshire known as Jeanne “Granny” Shaheen, Maggie “The Red” Hassan, Annie “Let me attach myself to AOC” Kuster, and Chris “I smile a lot, don’t I?” Pappas) support the IRS data mining our personal banking accounts over $600.

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Notable Quote – Manmade Crisis That Only Those that “Recognize” It Can Fix It

September 26, 2021 Skip

What they [the media and politicians] want to hear are things that make for excitement, crusades, and a chance to be on the side of the angels. They want statistics or anything else that blames our whole way of life for creating catastrophic dangers that only the wise and noble few can save us from. … Read more

DISQUS Doodlings – They Have No Idea of the Consequences and Ramifications…

June 30, 2021 Skip

I had to go to Maine yesterday unexpectedly so I tried to jam in some posts in the very early morning. Got a few in and then hit the wall trying to figure out what I could do quickly (but meaningfully) and couldn’t find anything.

Notable Quote – Do Bernie-Bros Even Care about Reality?

April 14, 2021April 13, 2021 Skip

By dispersing knowledge and control, a dynamic society takes advantage of the human quest to create and discover. Dynamism allows the world to be enriched through the decentralized, trial-and-error experiments in which we all engage when left free to do so. While reactionaries seek rules that will ban change and technocrats want rules that will … Read more

We Are Seeing the Progressive Dependency Hard at Work Today

March 31, 2021 Skip

We see this today with Progressives in Congress, and Dementia Joe in the Oval Office all pushing for Government check after Government check to be sent out in rapid succession.

The Elusive Mr. Biden

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Peter Lemiska

Joe Biden is a man who’s spent nearly 50 years in public office, but as president, he’s suddenly become quiet and elusive, a man of few words.

Notable Quote – From One Manufactured Crisis to a Newly Manufactured One

March 12, 2021 Skip

From one manufactured crisis to the next is what despots and dictators do. Careen from one crisis to another always promising they are the cure and that they will “keep you safe.”

Die Gedanken sind frei … A Tune for While You Read

January 26, 2021

Die Gedanken sind frei … My thoughts freely flower. My thoughts give me power. No scholar can map them; no hunter can trap them; o man can deny… Die Gedanken sind frei.

Pelosi Is Wrong. She Has Been Wrong for the Last 204+ Years

January 16, 2021

The Speaker of the House is instigating extraordinary action. She is refusing entry to the House Chambers to members of the House of Representatives. They must submit to searches for weapons or be subject to fines up to $10,000.

Why Do You Take Such Steps Unless You Have Something to Hide

January 15, 2021

The CCP has denied the WHO access to investigate the source of the virus. Whether its origin was accidental or intentional, the information would be helpful in preventing and sourcing potential treats. Why do you take such steps unless you have something to hide?