Memo to Elon Musk that I can't send on Twitter because I dropped out but which he may find interesting in his quest to reduce government

Okay so the boss wants to put a 10% duty on all imports as a way to raise money for the treasury and possibly help out some domestic manufacturers but please make it a KISS (keep it simple stupid) one and then proceed to throw out the arcane one hundred chapter U.S. Tariff Schedule developed in the 1800's that keeps boatloads of dead head experts employed on both the customs and private enterprise sides. 

Feb 2, 2025

Its apparent Trump is a moron if we take his recent decision to put a 25% duty on our friends and neighbor Canada and Mexico and just 10% on our distant foe China as an example. Its a decision that already requires his making a special exception for Canadian oil at a 10% duty rate. 

KISS, keep it simple stupid and make it 10% of invoice value added to the already in place duty from every country and let us get on with business

 

Trump Keeps World Waiting on Tariffs, Tries to Hash Out Plan

• President surprised many by not imposing tariffs right away
• His team is still debating basic questions like who to charge

Telsi Gabbard, the S(py)ILF

 

As a Rising Political Star, Gabbard Paid to Mask Her Sect’s Ties to Alleged Scheme

What’s happened in the military is only the most vivid example of the rot that sets into any institution that abandons merit for diversity, equality for equity, expectations for inclusion. In the whirlwind that has been the first few days of this administration, the long overdue ban on D.E.I. is, at least, a solid cause for hope.

 

D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed

By Bret Stephens

Opinion

I think there are some High Market Caps at risk out there

 

What Is China’s DeepSeek and Why Is It Freaking Out the AI World?

What exactly is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the chief of AI-driven quant hedge fund High-Flyer. The company develops AI models that are open-source, meaning the developer community at large can inspect and improve the software. Its mobile app surged to the top of the iPhone download charts in the US after its release in early January.

When did DeepSeek spark global interest?

The AI developer has been closely watched since the release of its earliest model in 2023. Then in November, it gave the world a glimpse of its DeepSeek R1 reasoning model, designed to mimic human thinking. That model underpins its mobile chatbot app, which together with the web interface in January rocketed to global renown as a much cheaper OpenAI alternative, with investor Marc Andreessen calling it “AI’s Sputnik moment.”

The stupidity of California blaming climate change as the answer to its fire disasters

 

You Don’t Get Disasters Like the Palisades Fire Without Human Failure

By David Wallace-Wells

Opinion Writer

Medical advances have beaten back many relentless assassins in recent decades, such as cancer and heart disease. A wide range of treatments share credit: surgery, medicines, radiation, genetic therapies and healthful habits. Mortality rates for those two diseases, the top causes of death in the United States, have fallen sharply. But in an aging population, Alzheimer’s death rates have gone in the opposite direction.

 By Charles Piller

Mr. Piller is an investigative journalist for Science. This essay is adapted from his upcoming book, “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.”

• Jan. 24, 2025

Government agencies that oversee Alzheimer’s research and enormously influence the field also need to rethink how they operate, and to move with urgency. Officials of the National Institutes of Health, of which the National Institute on Aging is a part, didn’t inspire confidence in response to the questions I sent them about Dr. Masliah as I conducted my 2024 investigation for Science. The N.I.H. acknowledged that the agency does not routinely check scientists’ work for fraud as part of the hiring process. “There is no evidence that such proactive screening would improve, or is necessary to improve, the research environment at N.I.H.,” said an agency spokesperson.

What a stupid opinion piece defending acadamenia that clearly has gone toward the tea leaves. How about a piece on The University of Florida under the leadership of Ben Sasse named the number one public university by the Wall Street Journal for providing elite education that is radically practical.

Trump’s Plan to Crush the Academic Left

By Michelle Goldberg

Opinion Columnist

 

Trump you dummy, deport them to Guantanamo and then open up the gate out to Cuba

 

Honduras Says Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Push It Closer to China

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo

Why hold them? Release them into Cuba

Biden failed as President during Covid by the denial that Covid came from other than a Lab Leak at a Chinese facility funded by Anthony Fauci his Chief Medical Advisor

 

C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins

By Julian E. Barnes

Julian Barnes has been reporting on the intelligence community’s debates over the origins of the Covid pandemic since 2020.

Jan. 25, 2025

A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.

Can you believe this loon, Dave Jones?

 

This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires

By Dave Jones

Mr. Jones, the director of the Climate Risk Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley, was California’s insurance commissioner from 2011 through 2018.

Many Californians who’ve already lost their homeowners and business coverage because of earlier wildfires ended up in a state-created insurance program of last resort, known as the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements plan. It’s already clear that claims to the California FAIR plan from the Los Angeles fires will exceed its reserves and reinsurance. When that happens, under recent policy changes in California, all policyholders in the state will end up footing the bill through an assessment on top of their rising insurance rates.

A better model is already emerging. Several states and local governments, including California, are suing oil and gas companies to ensure that these polluters pay for the vast harm their actions have caused. The Supreme Court recently declined to take up an oil industry demand to stop one such case brought by the City and County of Honolulu from proceeding to trial. Just as lawsuits were brought against the tobacco and opioid industries, officials across the country now have a path forward to bring to trial their own claims against oil companies. More cities and states should pursue such lawsuits.

Trump alienated not just the Police who defended the Capital but all of law enforcement through out the country

 

Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution

Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Attacked Police, Videos Show

Elon is quiet about this but of all U.S. automakers Tesla is in a great position but its stock price is four times too high

 

Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt

By Jack Ewing

Jan. 21, 2025

Stop burning fossil fuels and use controlled burns to reduce the available kindling isn't a science based solution. Though, control burns are

Megafires Are a Choice

By Jordan Thomas

Mr. Thomas is a former firefighter and a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His forthcoming book is “When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World.”

Parts of Los Angeles have been burning for over a week, and with at least 12,000 structures damaged or destroyed, the Palisades and Eaton fires are among the most destructive in U.S. history. The science is clear: To prevent catastrophic fires like these, we must stop burning fossil fuels and use controlled burns to reduce the available kindling. But President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration may hinder our ability to do either. 

DOJ can swing both ways

 

A Letter to Merrick Garland

By 

Bob Livingston

Jan. 14, 2025 2:42 pm ET

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

    Your time in office won’t run out a moment too soon. You will be remembered as 

a tool in the Democratic Party’s strategy of misusing the Justice Department to visit injustice on innocent people with differing political views. I am a victim of your dysfunctional leadership, but unlike many of your targets, I have survived unscathed.

Its not like Trump's idea to buy Greenland from Denmark is wacko since apparently there is a precedent, The Virgin Islands!

How Much Would Buying Greenland Cost?

The United States bought what were known as the Danish West Indies from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million (about $657 million today) because of national defense concerns. Greenland is obviously much bigger, but in both cases the defensive value is based on location rather than size.

Consider the Virgin Islands instead. The United States bought what were known as the Danish West Indies from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million (about $657 million today) because of national defense concerns. Greenland is obviously much bigger, but in both cases the defensive value is based on location rather than size.