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News Weakly – 10/26/2024 | Winging It

Who’s Minding the Coop?
The report is out. Apparently last year “multiple incursions” of drones hit sensitive military an intelligence sites in the US, some as large as 20′ long. Indications are they were ship launched. The incursions lasted for more than two weeks. In all this, the military … did not respond. Like the decision to let the Chinese balloon drift across the entire nation, the government opted to smile for the cameras. So if the military is not allowed to protect our secrets or their installations, who is protecting us now? I know: our “nanny state” government. “Shh, there now, relax. We know what’s best.” Yeah, right.

Who Knew?
I always thought it was New York City, but Chicago is “the rattiest city” in the U.S. … for 10 years running. You go, Chicago. Maybe it will distract from the black-on-black crime that plagues your city.

Thanks for the Laugh
The story is of little significance. A couple people were arrested after releasing 200 minks from a Pennsylvania farm. I just liked the headline on my news feed. “Minks released, two arrested.” Apparently, despite the headline, no minks were actually arrested in the making of this story.

Thanks for the … Bidenomics
The US housing crisis worsened with home sales falling to the lowest level since 2010. I’m wondering if Dems really think 4 more years of this is a good thing.

A Fearsome Force
A Florida mother is suing Google’s AI for her 14-year-old son’s suicide. Apparently the mother failed to regulate her son’s activities online or teach him the difference between reality and fiction. He became deeply attached to his chatbot “friend” and killed himself because he couldn’t live outside that world. On one hand, AI is nonsense. No such thing. Just try an “AI search engine” and you’ll see. On the other hand, AI is developed by amoral developers, making it intrinsically dangerous. And, in the end, the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. Should we trust ourselves to AI with that hanging over us?

As an afterthought, here is an article about how AI is being developed to create AI addiction. Really troubling.

Fake News You Can Trust
Perhaps the worst allegation yet on Trump. A woman claims he touched her inappropriately with classified documents while praising Hitler. That ought to do it. Two stories side by side: Kamala told a citizen, “You’re at the wrong town hall” after they tried to ask her a question followed by Joel Osteen telling a man, “You’re at the wrong church” after he proclaimed, “Jesus is Lord.” But this was my favorite this week. Apparently even Dominion voting machines are refusing to vote for Kamala.

Must be true; I read it on the Internet.

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