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The Tsunami is Getting VERY Close…
By John Droz, Jr. Sorry to interrupt my three-part commentary on the pathetic K-12 education system, but an extraordinary development was just announced. This could be the most significant event of our lifetime! This is a NYT Article by Thomas Friedman. My 2¢ is at the end. Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical implications […]
Tech Time with Thomas | Build an AI Live Chat Support Agent for Your SaaS
By A.I. Guys In this episode of Tech Time with Thomas, Thomas Hall and Lee Dixon build a no-code AI live chat support agent for a salon software platform using Raia AI. The goal is simple: give customers a fast, helpful support experience on your website without forcing your team to manage another support tool […]
How AI Could Fix Government Delays and Build More Housing
By A.I. Guys What happens when AI meets one of America’s biggest problems, housing? In this episode of The AI Guys, we sit down with Patrick Murphy, former Congressman and CEO of TogalAI and CodeComplyAI, to unpack how artificial intelligence could help reduce housing costs, speed up construction, and cut through government delays. It is […]
LIFTOFF: Successful Artemis II Launch Sends Astronauts Into Deep Space
By The Daily Signal The National Aeronautics and Space Administration successfully launched four astronauts into deep space for the first time in more than 50 years. Artemis II launched the crewed Orion spacecraft at 6:35 p.m. EST from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel for 10 days, loop around the moon, and go farther […]
The Average College Student Today: A College Professor’s View
By John Droz, Jr. I’m reposting this fine article (by Hilarius Bookbinder at Scriptorium Philosophia). Some readers may be getting tired of my Paul Revere-ish warnings about the K-12 caused impending disaster to America, so carefully listen to a competent college professor, who is on the front lines. As good as his article is, there are two major […]
Mirror Sentience: Why AI Looks Conscious Even When It Isn’t
By Majority Report Mirror Sentience: The moment when artificial intelligence reflects human language, reasoning, and emotion so convincingly that it mimics the outward signs of consciousness. If you listen to the people building the most powerful AI systems in the world, you will notice something curious. They cannot agree on what Artificial General Intelligence actually means. Some developers […]
Junk Science vs. Real Science and The Corrupt Media
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV For years, you’ve been one of the most vocal critics of what you call “junk science” — research that’s politically motivated, poorly designed, or deliberately misleading. A lot of people hear that phrase but don’t fully understand how widespread the problem is or how it shapes public policy. […]
AI Doesn’t Need to Hate Us to Turn on Us
By Majority Report It just needs to learn from our behavior We often worry that Artificial Intelligence will become conscious and decide it hates us. But there is a stranger, funnier, and perhaps more dangerous possibility: What if the AI is just trying to fit in? Remember the 1985 cult classic Explorers? When the kids finally […]
Climate “Science” vs Dietary “Science”
By John Droz, Jr. Critically Thinking about the parallels My last two commentaries (here and here) have been about the Climate issue. This will be a guest post on this same topic, by my friend Dr. Tom Sheahen… Dear Colleagues: Recently, a friend gave me a book entitled “The Big Fat Surprise,” about the importance of fat […]
Critically Thinking about Climate Change — Part 2
By John Droz, Jr. My last words of wisdom concerned Critical Thinkers asking probing questions about contentious matters (like immigration). As an example, I started by asking WHAT is the core position of climate alarmists? Let’s continue by considering two additional basic questions concerning climate change… Next we should ask HOW alarmists are able sell an unscientific opinion to citizens, legislators, businesses, […]
Critically Thinking about Climate Change — Part 1
By John Droz, Jr. This is a follow-up to my last commentary about how a social influencer found the light regarding the Climate Change issue — after she had fully bought into the alarmist narrative for many years… I thought that a logical next step would be for me to write a brief layperson version of the Science perspective […]
As Lawsuits Multiply, Transgender Reversal Movement Gains Momentum
By The Daily Signal Lawsuits filed by young people who were permanently disfigured by procedures attempting to reassign gender are multiplying, and more and more professional medical associations are backing away from endorsing the procedures for minors. Experts like Walt Heyer, who formerly spent eight years living a transgender lifestyle, say it’s just the beginning of […]
A Climate Convert: In her own words…
By John Droz, Jr. Recently, the EPA made the most significant (and positive) change in U.S. environmental history. Despite what you may see in lamestream media, the issue at stake is very simple: Is CO2 a pollutant? The answer by the current EPA is: NO. As a physicist and a moderately knowledgeable person on such matters, […]
Top European Engineer’s Book Settles the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Debate
By Family Research Council Stuart Burgess of the United Kingdom is one of the finest engineers in the world, having designed among much else in his career patented gearboxes used in the European Space Agency’s four largest Earth-observation satellites and the transmissions used by the British cycling team in winning gold medals in the Rio, […]
EPA Exonerates Carbon Dioxide
By Family Research Council The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday committed “the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin described it, by eliminating an Obama-era verdict against carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The 2009 Endangerment Finding functioned as the bottommost block in the Left’s Jenga tower of climate regulation, […]
PODCAST: “Junk Science vs. Real Science” and the Corrupt Media
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV For years, you’ve been one of the most vocal critics of what you call “junk science” — research that’s politically motivated, poorly designed, or deliberately misleading. A lot of people hear that phrase but don’t fully understand how widespread the problem is or how it shapes public policy. […]
How China Sold America the Wind Turbine Scam
By John Droz, Jr. This is a repost of a worthwhile article — this one was on Front Page. I am sharing this as it is a story of trillions of dollars of waste, huge financial losses to citizens in “hosting” communities, scientifically documented adverse health effects to thousands of innocent citizens, enormous harmful environmental consequences, a major national security risk, etc. — with zero […]
She Changed Her Mind. Canada Killed Her Anyway
By Majority Report I call it state-sanctioned murder? What about you? An elderly Canadian woman withdrew her request to die, asked instead for hospice care, and was euthanized that same evening. She was offered no reprieve. No second chance. And no appeal. Death was her only option. The decision unfolded in hours, not weeks. And it happened […]
The AI Playground No One Should Ignore — Even Ripley may not believe this
By Majority Report Can you fathom this? Millions of AI bots now have their own social media platform. They talk to each other the way humans do. They argue, posture, joke, and correct one another. And get this! They can set up their own social media accounts, read what people are saying online, respond to […]
CFACT Report Takes Down UN Assault on Plastic
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Plastics are a great equalizer. Thanks to plastic, never before in history have the necessities of life been so plentiful and affordable. Plastics make an abundance of food, clothing, shelter, transportation, healthcare, and information technology available to all. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s 2030 Plastics Agenda for Business, launched in […]
Critical Thinking and the Socratic Method — How do they Inter-Relate?
By John Droz, Jr. I’ve been periodically asked: “Are K-12 schools that teach the Socratic Method doing the same thing as schools that teach Critical Thinking?” Good question! First, let’s start with definitions of both of those terms, and then see what AlterAI says… Socratic Method: A good current definition (which we will use here) is: The Socratic Method, named after […]
The AI Pin That Never Blinks: When Your Shirt Collar Becomes a Surveillance Camera
By Majority Report There was a time when a “pin” was something you wore on your Sunday coat. Maybe it was a flag, maybe a campaign button, maybe a cross. Something simple. Something human. Something that said, “This is who I am.” Now Apple wants to replace that with a device that says, “I’m watching. […]
Look Up! AI Supercomputers Are Heading to Space
By Majority Report With AI data centers moving into orbit, the power of the Beast could one day hover over every home. Earlier this week, I wrote about how I couldn’t even get a remote-controlled foam plane to lift off while my ten-year-old granddaughter could fly it like she was a Top Gun pilot. Well, here’s something […]
VIDEO: Manufacturing the Right to Abortion — A Masterclass in Propaganda
By SPIDER & THE FLY The False Allure of Communism It was the Deadliest American Hoax. Terry Beatley reveals the eight-point propaganda strategy Dr. Bernard Nathanson used to unleash legalized abortion on the U.S. and politicize the slaughter of 65 million innocent American children. WATCH: “The Deadliest American Hoax” with author Terry Beatley, president of […]
ALERT: ‘A day of liberation!’ Trump Tears Up 1992 UN Rio Climate Treaty that started the whole UN Climate Scam!
By Marc Morano from Climate Depot Watch: Morano on Fox & Friends on Trump pulling out of 1992 UN climate treaty: ‘This is a day of liberation. This is true America First, one of the most significant things he’s done in his presidency’ Watch: Morano enjoys celebratory cigar on OAN TV as Trump Withdraws […]
Trump Admin Withdrawing From ‘Anti-American’ Global Climate Change Regimes
By The Daily Caller The White House announced Wednesday that the U.S. is exiting 66 international organizations and treaties, including a landmark climate change entity joined in 1992. The Trump administration found that the listed international organizations, conventions and treaties did not serve America’s interests. Notable exits pertaining to global efforts to combat climate change include two […]
The Best AI to Date — Part 2
By John Droz, Jr. Part 1 was interrupted by the Venezuelan matter. We’ll discuss this major development of AI, and then go back to Venezuela as necessary… This AI development is revolutionary, so every reader needs to be aware of it. This commentary is about what seems to be the most advanced AI tool available to the public: AlterAI. You’ll notice a […]
How to Build AI Agents That Actually Work
By A.I. Guys Building an AI agent is easy. Deploying one that actually works inside a real business is not. In this episode of the AI Guys Podcast, Lee Dickson and Rich Swier walk through a practical, end-to-end framework for building AI agents that deliver real value. The conversation breaks down what most teams get […]
Iron Beam, the Laser-Based Aerial Defense, Now Operational All Over Israel
By Jihad Watch The Iron Beam is the first laser-based aerial defense in the world to be operational; other countries are working on laser-based weapons but have yet to complete them, much less to put any such weapons into operation. The Iron Beam is fantastically cheap; each “burst” of light costs a few dollars, compared […]
2025 Energy Year in Review
By John Droz, Jr. As I periodically do, I repost something good published elsewhere. This is from Ed Reid’s substack, and the original is here. I’ve made minor edits… “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the […]