Author: Tom Faranda
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Andrew Yang – former Dem presidential candidate – on AI & jobs
This is a good interview. A couple of cycles ago he ran in the Democrat Presidential primary and got a few votes. Since then he has left the party and is co-founder of the Forward Party, attempting to build a centrist coalition. He also owns a tech business and this is a good interview.
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Friday Cocktail – The Blood and Sand
The strange name comes from a 1922 movie featuring Rudolph Valentino, Blood and Sand. Below the two minute vid is a link to another video – Anders talking in some length about how the cocktail is not popular with bartenders and also his variation to pep it up a bit. Here is the link to…
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Palantir CEO on their software integrating AI and the military
You should be able to see the four minute video (after the commercial! Sorry…) through the link below. Karp is careful to say things like “I read in the papers…” as he does not want to give up classified information. He is a former progressive democrat who woke up (pun) and is now a registered…
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WSJ: “Most Democrats Want Normal”
This is from the “Best of the Web” daily email the Journal sends around. I’ve posted the first bit of it below. More survey results show the loudest leftists are out of step with voters. This is a polarizing era in American politics that can put a strain on relationships with friends and neighbors. The…
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Coming: Largest ever oil release from strategic reserves
Looks like a political move BUT it was recommended by the Internationlal Energy Agency – no doubt we will take down our reserves. But don’t gloat too much if you are a Trump-hater. Biden did the same thing in the runup to the 2022 midterm elections. PARIS—The International Energy Agency has proposed the largest release…
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FOX – Highlights the interest in church going amongst GEN Z; example a Catholic Church in Manhattan.
We have seen this in our own Catholic Church in Croton; more young people. I facilitate OCIA (the acronym for learning about Catholicism and receiving the sacraments) and right now we have three young women – 20, 21 and 24 – who are entering the Church. And we have a half dozen teenagers who are…