The Post-Partisan Emporium

  AI Debt and Dismemberment T.L. Davis Some time ago I wrote about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it’s demand on data centers and subsequently their demand for electricity and what that meant for the average citizen without the power to effectively advocate for their own piece of the pie. It’s a depressing condition that’s operating far ahead of the actual need, it’s built-in more expensive power based on the fact that the data center being built nearby will someday require. Without any new data centers being in operation in our area, the cost of my energy used today suddenly shot up over 30% with my new bill. That’s something that President Trump, my local officials, representatives and senators of both US and Texas legislatures promised would not happen. Despite the fact that everyone knew it would. Now, it has. So, I’m paying a higher price for electricity, because someone else has a data center running in their area. And, the whole operation is based on a belie...

  The Data Doesn’t Support the Charge: Iran and the “Number One Sponsor of Terrorism” Claim Larry C Johnson (NOTE: I decided to try to synthesize the various articles I have written debunking the claims that Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah are the primary sources of terrorism. I hope you find this useful and can share it with friends who have been bamboozled by the conventional wisdom.) Every administration reaches for the same line. Iran, we are told, is the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism — a claim now central to the case for war. It carries the weight of an official designation: Iran has sat on the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism since January 19, 1984, the longest-running designation currently on the books, alongside Cuba, North Korea, and Syria. The supporting figures get repeated as settled fact — more than a billion dollars a year in terror financing, and somewhere between 140,000 and 185,000 IRGC-Quds Force partner fighters spread across Afghani...