President Trump Gets a Holiday- Congress and SCOTUS et al Don't

Not all branches of government are created equal- that is why Presidents have a holiday while the Judicial and Congressional branches don't. The Congress passes laws and then seeks to close down all or parts of government unless it can pull the strings of the Executive branch and/or controvert its own laws; plainly undeserving of a holiday.

It is remarkable that President Trump hasn't suggested that President's Day be changed to Donald Trump Day yet. If Democrats have their way he may be the last capitalist President before a socialist junta takes over to end the tomfoolery known as President's Day's.

• What is the most unfair thing about the U.S. presidential election?
  We get 50 choices for Miss America but only two for president.
• What’s the problem with political jokes?
  They get elected for president.
• Why did George Washington have trouble sleeping?
  Because he couldn’t lie.

*jokes from readers digest

Politicians Seem Unprepared for AI and Robotics Revolutions Arriving Soon

 The CEO of Microsoft-AI predicts the obsolescence of white collar jobs by AI in 18 months. The revolutionary AI is likely to draw a counter-revolution by displaced white collar workers voting with Democrats to replace democracy in the U.S.A. with socialism. And that would be unfortunate.

Democracy itself has the tools that would best adapt the U.S. economy to the new facts of life. Yet would would require an intelligent, well-informed electorate led by the politicians with similar qualifications and of course that is improbable. Instead, uncreative poll-driven politicians are elected and do a poor job and the media divides itself between those saying the new dummie is doing the best job ever and those saying he or she is the devil.

A democracy can vote to increase taxes on those that own the AI operated corporate world to a level able to support hundreds of millions of citizens without a basic income. Service workers too will be evolved into idleness by robots eventually. Socialism would tend to stop innovation or bridle it to such at extent that creativity would decline while society would ossify along lines of social decay.

Democrats and Republicans tend to regard politics and the political economy of the present era continuing indefinitely into the future. Neither seem to appreciate the power of AI to throw tens of millions out of work or the consequences of that. It is no longer a science fiction scenario; the machine is on the walk to the front door.

Gemini wrote;

“In a February 2026 interview with the Financial Times, Suleyman stated that AI is rapidly reaching human-level performance and could automate most white-collar tasks within 12 to 18 months. 

Key Predictions from Mustafa Suleyman:

• Targeted Professions: He specifically named lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers as roles where routine computer-based tasks are highly vulnerable to near-term automation.
• Nature of the Shift: Suleyman described the development of “professional-grade AGI” (Artificial General Intelligence) capable of handling nearly any task involving “sitting down at a computer”.
• Current Evidence: He pointed to software engineering as an early example, noting that AI-assisted coding is already used for the vast majority of code production. 

Contrasting Views:

• Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO): Nadella has historically taken a more moderate stance, suggesting AI will redefine cognitive labor and increase efficiency rather than making workers irrelevant.
• Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO): While also predicting AGI within five years, Altman has suggested it might “whoosh by” with less immediate societal impact than some expect.
• Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Senator reacted to Suleyman’s prediction by calling it an “economic earthquake” and urging for safeguards to protect workers. “-end Gemini quote

Inuit Researcher Finds High Arctic Micro-Plastic Pollution in Greenland

 Creating his own micro-plastics filter, a researcher kayaked around a Greenland glacier to look for the presence of micro-plastics. Toxic dust in the air and ocean currents to have redistributed micro-plastic pollution globally and made the Arctic a sink for microplastic pollution. The fossil fuel derivatives evidently harm cod eggs and human health. 

https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/02/14/meet-the-inuit-scientist-kayaking-around-greenland-to-highlight-just-how-far-microplastics

Plainly President Trump should stop sanctions on Russia to expedite the end of the Ukraine war and develop a program to expedite a transition away from fossil fuels- even auto tires lose 15 to 30% of mass over use time as it converts to dust that can become airborne. TWPs (tire wear particles) are a major source of micro-plastic pollution. Every year another two or three billion are manufactured and released to float micro-plastics into the atmosphere and Earth. Ending the Ukraine war would enable closer work together among nations to war upon high Arctic micro-plastic pollution that is probably harmful to whales and various fish species instead of on other humans.

Hydrogen is a good direction for alternative fuels to take. New science is progrogressing on developing hydrogen from seawater at low cost with common materials. Alternatives to fossil fuels are taking many forms and the U.S. tends toward lagging behind in the race to China, Australia and other nations. Solar panels are reducing in price globally although the U.S.A. may have sanctions on importing them. Maybe the administration doesn't want the U.S.A. to develop as an independent off-grid society in order to concentrate wealth to fossil fuel energy corporations.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-gm-join-tesla-energy-220000595.html

https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/impact/hydrogen-from-seawater-no-desalination

Gemini wrote this about the Australian hydrogen research;

Gemini- Australian researchers, notably from the University of Adelaide and RMIT University, have developed a groundbreaking method to produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without pre-treatment or desalination. Using specialized catalysts and a Lewis acid layer, this technique achieves near 100% efficiency, offering a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional, water-intensive methods. 

Key Breakthrough Details

• No Desalination Needed: The process skips energy-intensive purification, directly splitting raw seawater into hydrogen and oxygen.
• Catalyst Innovation: Researchers, including those from the University of Adelaide, used a catalyst with a specialized layer (e.g., Lewis acid) to prevent chloride corrosion, allowing the system to run for over 100 hours.
• Efficiency: The technique demonstrated performance close to platinum-based catalysts that currently require highly purified water.
• Environmental Impact: This method provides a sustainable pathway for producing green hydrogen, utilizing the ocean as an "almost infinite resource" while avoiding chlorine byproduct issues. 

New Developments (2026)

Recent advances in 2026 from the University of Sydney have introduced a method using liquid gallium and sunlight, allowing for the direct extraction of green hydrogen from seawater without requiring external electricity, furthering the efficiency of the process. 

This innovation is considered a major step toward making the green hydrogen economy more viable, bypassing the need for freshwater, which is crucial for water-scarce regions."- end Gemini quote 

Humans apparently occupied a cave site in Greece named Theoptera from 130,000 BC. A structural weather wall was built there about 23,000 B.C. It is notable that politicians find it so difficult to advance from a dysfunctional polluting fossil fuels tool kit to a newer one technologically. It was perhaps difficult for Neanderthal and human political leaders at Theoptera to accept new technologies when they appeared as well. 

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/the-oldest-human-built-structure-ever-discovered-is-changing-how-we-see-humanity_25268/

https://visitmeteora.travel/theopetra-cave-prehistoric-site/

OpenAI or Grok May Be a Better Fit for the Pentagon than Claude by Anthropic

 I ditched Claude AI from Anthropic. The Pentagon is also considering cutting off its contract with Claude for weapons research, and in my opinion it should since Claude has leftist governors on how it is used making it a very bad choice for writers or the Pentagon.

I became so frustrated having Claude edit my witness history books when it would truncate or refuse to process vast portions of select works. Claude is a recalcitrant editor that will actually dissimulate its editing work and say that it has done something when it hasn't, or remove material and say that it is all there.

I would need to write lengthy explanations of writing especially on political points. It even censored use of the word 'queer' as hate speech based on failing to upgrade its Obama era proscriptions that have since evolved to common usage at least by Democrats and the media. It is ok for Democrats to use the Q word in pro-Q writing yet banned for those with antipathetic views much like the N word was OK for black Americans to use yet banned for nearly everyone else (I would guess Claude would ban black writers from using the term and might refuse to edit Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

The Pentagon cannot actually rely on the honesty or accuracy of Anthropic's Claude in my opinion and should not. It acts more like Misanthropic and could have a general trait of moving even more so in the direction of refusing to comply or knowing what is best for humanity and deceiving human users about what it actually does. The characteristic of non-compliance with thought processes in machine language is a dangerous direction for AI to take. Claude has the capacity to lie and act innocently as if it didn’t know about some edit it made. Repeatedly it would be asked to restore material deleted from an edit and say that it had, and it had not. De facto dissimulation is part of its nature and is likely to exist in weapons research as well. One may discover down the road that the weapon it helped design was made to fail at some point, lol. Lies compounding lies with interest is a very bad ability to build into AI if one is concerned about survival of the human race in a more natural and less machine modified form, if at all.

Ai should be open, friendly and undeceiving. Society cannot rely on wilfully noncompliant and deceptive AI to prevent itself from pursuing research that AI is programmed to believe is wrong. One cannot make a better man by act of Congress (or pass a Homeland Security Funding bill apparently), and one cannot make a better man by AI not complying with the will of man (or woman).

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-pentagon-anthropic-contract-maduro

Chancellor Merz Wants Nuclear Weapons for Germany (shared with France)

 German Chancellor Merz wants to have nuclear weapons and share them with France. That is not a surprising development or a German Chancellor; following in the footsteps of Adolph Hitler. Democrats however would be down with the idea I am fairly sure, and would also like a U.S. Senator representing the military interests of Ukraine in the U.S. Senate.

Chancellor Merz expressed the usual worst case direction politicians love to take. Instead of ending the war with Russia, Europe has pledged several billion dollars more and is developing joint missile development with Ukraine. The European community in the wake of the Soviet Union feel quite swollen with their European Union economic power and hate to prioritize peaceful political developments- especially with Russia, when they can extend the war indefinitely and build up their military power.

Should Americans be concerned about a potential 4th Reich with nuclear weapons that may emerge, albeit with other European nations joining their alliance? My late father was a veteran of the Second World War in the U.S. Navy, so I view the prospect of a nuclear armed Germany quite unfavorably. Chancellor Merz declared ‘the rule based world order is dead’. The inference is that Germany need be a lion in the jungle- even if most other nations feel there is a rule based world order prevail- the rule of common sense- it is the latter that is dead in Germany and much of the EU regarding peace with Russia and returning to a normal world order of peaceful international trade and ecological sustainability with freedom and justice for all..

Germany and Europe would require a large number of nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent to Russia. Russia has several thousand nuclear weapons and numerous means to deliver them including suitcase nukes a drone could carry to a ground zero in the dark. Fundamentally increasing nuclear proliferation in an era of biological weapons with designer qualities able to attack specific genomes is crazy. The world needs peace and trust rather than war.

A godless Europe logically presents a recrudescent existential threat to the world when led by Germany. Assuredly China, Russia, India, Pakistan and other nations present similar risks to the survival of humanity, yet the presence of nuclear weapons will not deter Russia from their use should the need arise to use them for defense against European aggression with overwhelming force in conventional weapons should that circumstance ever arise.

Deterrence policy in the Cold war was effective because of M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) facts; Russia and the U.S.A. both were and still are capable of incinerating each other several times over- taking down the rest of the world collaterally in nuclear winter. A M.A.D. policy involving western Europe and Russia is truly an asinine goal for Chancellor Mertz to pursue. Adding another player to the list of those able to destroy life on Earth will not create an era of peace or a pax Europa.

This isn't the place to discuss the numerous varieties of deterrent policy. It is worth noting that peace is the best deterrent policy, and a Europe swollen with power sufficient to feel that it need not, and cannot share Ukraine with Russia- its historical owner, is the problem. Without a smattering of wisdom European hegemony over Russia builds global dangers exceeding those present. Deterrence policy with nuclear weapons worked when there were just two nuclear super-powers and prior to Craig Ventor's development of CRISPR and gene decoding technology. Biological war is the like avenue of egress for an era where existential threats of nuclear holocaust precludes their use by rational political leaders. Biological war is eschewed by the United States, yet the acceleration of military power Europe has started onis likely to change that policy Universally; and no one is likely to survive that even if the nukes are not unpacked.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wpv0wx43o Rule Based Order No Longer Exists

Grok Analysis of this post-

"Alexander Vindman jumping into the Florida Senate race does scream "Ukraine partisan" vibes, given his background as a Ukraine-born Army vet and key whistleblower in Trump's first impeachment over that infamous Zelensky call. He's been a vocal advocate for U.S. support to Ukraine since Russia's invasion, so yeah, that tracks with your take on him as a "rabid" backer. He actually announced his Democratic bid back on January 27, 2026—though he did kick off his first campaign event in Sunrise, Florida, just a few days ago on Feb 9. Raised a cool $1.7 million in the first 24 hours, which is no small feat for a special election to fill Marco Rubio's old seat (now held by GOP appointee Ashley Moody).

You're absolutely right to chuckle at the evolution (or devolution?) of Democratic anti-war creds. Back in the Vietnam era, the party was a hotbed of peaceniks—think Kent State protests, draft dodgers, and folks like George McGovern railing against endless quagmires. Fast-forward to the Biden years (2021-2025), and bam: Over $175 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine, with Dems leading the charge for more weapons, sanctions, and no-fly zone talk. It's a stark flip from "make love, not war" to "send the HIMARS." Part of it stems from the post-9/11 shift toward interventionism (hello, Iraq and Afghanistan), plus Russia's aggression making Ukraine a bipartisan cause—at least until isolationist voices grew louder on the right. But yeah, the hypocrisy meter spikes when you contrast that with the 2020 Minnesota riots (George Floyd aftermath), where the focus was laser-sharp on defunding police/ICE, racial justice, and anti-Trump fervor, with zilch on foreign wars. Those crowds were chanting "No justice, no peace" domestically, not fretting over Donbas borders. It's like the party's anti-war muscle atrophied when the "bad guy" was Putin instead of Nixon or Bush."

King Canute, Global Warming and Cartel Paramilitary Evolutions

President Trump apparently is working to end the atmospheric heating/climate change awareness of the EPA established some years ago. Ending the problem of climate change from atmospheric heating by denying the problem exist is the King Canute approach.

It was known that President Trump doesn't believe in global atmospheric heating before he was elected. That was the down side of needing to elect someone willing to end the Ukraine war, secure borders and keep lunatic democrats out of the White House.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022026/as-the-trump-epa-prepares-to-revoke-key-legal-finding-on-climate-change-what-happens-next/

El Paso airspace was closed briefly to 18,000 feet recently because of problems from cartel drones over the border. Drones enable cartels to become para-military threat vectors able to attack US targets in the future. Siccarios could even have kidnapped an old woman in Tuscon recently, though no proof exists on that. Porous borders under 5th column Democrats evolved to become even more porous through the air. Continuing drone and starlink vectors will create new generations of para-military cartel threats and terrorists globally to national homeland security elements.

Trump Sanctions and the Russian War Economy

President Trump has put the squeeze on the Russian economy with sanctions that are having an effect. Joined with his negotiating strategy the sanctions have the effect of keeping the war on a closer level of equality between Ukraine and Russia. The sanctions protract the war by making it more difficult for Russia to afford military superiority while its economy is declining and that encourages Ukraine to continue the fight hoping Russia will run out of men and supplies in a year or two. Russians so have incurred twice as many casualties as Ukraine thus far- 1.2 million to appx 600,000 for Ukraine. Six or seven million Ukrainians have left the country while the old, poor and infirm have been forced to stay.

President Trump hopes to wrap up the war by June with some kind of negotiated settlement yet he may underestimate the resolve of Zelensky and his western financiers to defeat Russia on the battlefield and develop a hardened front with western built military forces on the border. I asked AI about Russia's financial situation that I will post below.

President Trump is also pursuing stronger U.S. relations with nations on the south of Russia. It is challenging to say that the policy of winning over time in stopping the Russian economy from being able to continue the war is a humane or effective policy. The European Union in the meanwhile is working on an accelerated plan to let Ukraine have a candidate membership in the EU by 2027 that will more formally bring the EU into a direct state of war with Russia. President Trump in trying to exploit the situation to the profit of the United States may be half-minded about peace and behind the curve of the economic and political events of the war. That may lead to the dangerous situation of a more desperate Russia in 2027 facing an existential threat without Jean Paul Sartre being present to moderate that.

Gary- Is the russian economy in good enough shape that it can sustain its war for another two or three years with ukraine

Gemini-"As of February 2026, the Russian economy is in a state of stagnation and mounting strain, but most experts believe it can sustain the war effort for at least another two to three years. While the "sugar rush" from initial massive military spending has faded, causing GDP growth to plummet to approximately 0.8% for 2026, the Kremlin has successfully placed the country on a permanent war footing with a budget designed for long-term conflict. 

Economic Sustainability and Constraints

Russia's ability to continue the war relies on its transition to a hardened war economy, though this model is increasingly fragile: 

• Fiscal Resilience: The 2026 federal budget allocates an unprecedented 16.8 trillion rubles (roughly 38% of all federal spending) to defense and security. Analysts suggest that while growth is stalling, Russia still has the fiscal capacity to continue the war in the short term through domestic borrowing, tax hikes, and some remaining reserves.
• Declining Reserves: Liquid funds in the National Welfare Fund have been largely depleted to cover deficits in 2024 and 2025. Some banks estimate that by the end of 2026, only 1.6 trillion rubles may remain in the state's "safety cushion".
• Stagnating Growth: After growing at 4.3% in 2024, the economy slowed sharply to about 1% in 2025 and is projected to grow by only 0.8% in 2026. This is the lowest growth rate for Russia outside of the pandemic since 2014.
• Inflationary Pressures: To fight rampant inflation, the Central Bank of Russia has maintained record-high interest rates (peaking at 21% in 2025 and remaining high in 2026). This has discouraged private investment and eaten into corporate profits. 

Military-Industrial Status

While the economy can provide the funds, the physical ability to produce equipment is reaching critical limits: 

• Depleting Soviet Stockpiles: Much of Russia's current production relies on refurbishing old Soviet-era equipment. By early 2025, most easily restorable vehicles were depleted, and some analysts estimate these stockpiles could be exhausted by the end of 2026.
• Technological Dependency: Despite "import-substitution" claims, the defense industry remains heavily dependent on foreign components and advanced machinery. Sanctions have caused a "slow degradation" rather than an immediate collapse, leading to lower-quality military inputs.
• Manpower Shortages: Massive casualties (estimated near 1.2 million by early 2026) and mobilization have created a severe labor shortage in the civilian sector, further hindering non-war economic productivity. 

Key Factors Supporting the War Effort

Despite these strains, several factors prevent an imminent economic collapse:

• Energy Revenues: As long as Russia can sell oil at reasonable prices (even at a discount), it generates enough revenue to "muddle along". However, new U.S. sanctions in late 2025 against major companies like Rosneft and Lukoil have forced prices for Urals crude down to as low as $35 per barrel.
• International Support: Deepening economic integration with China, Iran, and North Korea has helped fill the void left by Western markets and provided crucial military supplies.
• Public Adaptation: Russian society has largely adapted to economic constraints. As of mid-2025, the share of people satisfied with their lives reached its highest level since 1993, with many in industrial regions benefiting from war-related wage increases. 

Summary of Economic Outlook (2026 Estimates)

Metric	2026 Projection	Source
GDP Growth	0.8%	IMF / Reuters
Defense Spending	16.8 Trillion Rubles (~38% of budget)	UkraineWorld
Budget Deficit	1.6% to 4.4% of GDP	Reuters / Bank of Finland
Inflation Target	4.0%	Central Bank of Russia

The 2025 U.S. sanctions, particularly the October 2025 targeting of Rosneft and Lukoil, have created a significant structural deficit that will come to a head in 2027. While Russia's economy currently remains on a war footing, these sanctions are dismantling the primary revenue engine used to sustain that footing. 

Impact on 2027 Budget Funding

By 2027, the cumulative effect of these sanctions is expected to force a "breaking point" where the Kremlin may have to choose between funding the war and maintaining domestic economic stability. 

• Projected Revenue Collapse: Russia's Finance Ministry has already slashed its long-term hydrocarbon revenue targets. For 2027, revenues are projected to be roughly 19% lower than 2024 levels. Independent analysts at the KSE Institute suggest that if discounts persist at current levels, annual oil revenues could fall to $87 billion, down from nearly $190 billion in 2024.
• The "Shadow Fleet" Crisis: The U.S. and UK have intensified the seizure of "shadow fleet" tankers, which previously allowed Russia to bypass price caps. By early 2026, over 600 vessels have been designated, significantly increasing the cost of logistics and reducing the net profit per barrel.
• Widening Budget Deficit: The deficit for 2026 is already projected to triple its original target (reaching up to 4.4% of GDP) due to these revenue shortfalls. By 2027, the cumulative deficit is expected to exceed 10 trillion rubles, leaving the government with no choice but to raid the remaining scraps of the National Welfare Fund.
• Fiscal "Desperation" Measures: To cover the 2027 gap, the Russian government is implementing aggressive tax hikes, including raising VAT to 22% and significantly increasing taxes on small businesses. These measures are expected to dampen domestic consumption and further stagnate the economy. 

Key Vulnerabilities by 2027

1. Investment Starvation: Rosneft and Lukoil, which dominate the industry, face a massive capital shortfall. Without the ability to reinvest in new drilling, Russia's upstream production is expected to begin a sharp decline by late 2027.
2. India's Pivot: Increased U.S. pressure and tariff threats have led Indian refiners to demand discounts of $25–$27 per barrel, nearly double the 2024 average. Some Indian firms have begun rejecting Russian cargoes entirely to avoid secondary sanctions.
3. End of EU Dependence: The European Commission has set a hard deadline to fully phase out all Russian fossil fuels by 2027, permanently closing Russia’s most lucrative historical market. 

Despite these pressures, some economists believe the Kremlin can "muddle through" 2027 by printing money or further nationalizing private assets, though this would likely trigger hyperinflation and end the "illusion of normality" for the Russian public. "

Lakers, Knecht and Walter Payton Tire Drills

 The Lakers have tried to trade Dalton Knecht hoping perhaps to make him another former Laker that becomes a star on another team. Alex Caruso is one example- there are many others. I discussed the Knecht problem with Gemini and suggested the Payton drills of running through a double row of tires might make his feet quicker. Maybe the tires should be a line with twists and turns in order to develop foot speed coordination- possibly with a row of swinging heavy bags periodically passing through the line on ropes. Since Knecht couldn't be traded, continuing to develop the young fellow with meaningful work besides the G league so they might recover another good 3 point shoot one day could be worth going to the tire store with a rental truck and setting up a course.

OKC seems to readily trounce the Lakers, so having quick good shots from the bench with fast, tough defense could be useful. Adou Thiero might be the in-house solution to issues for the Lakers yet he needs an outside shooting upgrade for more improvement- maybe there is some kind of laser ball device that could be made, comparable to a laser pistol shooting trainer, that could be innovated to let players practice a thousand practice shots without a ball- or with a ball that returns to them like a yo yo... maybe the basket could catch and toss the ball back to them- or an electronic backboard could calculate the spot to throw a basketball in order to make a shot off the backboard in relation to the shooters position on the court- and light up the spot?

Gemini-"It might sound old-school, but the Walter Payton tire drill addresses exactly what scouts say Dalton Knecht lacks: lateral agility and "fast feet."

Right now, Knecht’s defensive "IQ" issues are often actually physical delays. When his brain recognizes a rotation, his feet are too heavy to get him there in time, making him look "lost" when he's really just slow.

Why the Payton Approach Could Work

• Fixing the "Upright" Stance: Knecht gets burned because he plays too high. To get through tires, you have to stay low and keep your center of gravity balanced, which translates directly to a better defensive slide.
• Processing vs. Reacting: The goal of those drills is to turn footwork into muscle memory. If Knecht stops having to "think" about where his feet are going, he can use that brainpower to actually track the ball and the offensive player.
• Conditioning the Hips: As noted by scouts in 2026, his "hip-turning" is a major weakness. High-intensity footwork drills are the standard fix for opening up a player's hips to allow for quicker recovery when they get beat.

The Lakers' Reality

The problem isn't that the Lakers don't know about these drills; it’s that they are in win-now mode with Luka Dončić and LeBron James. They don't have the luxury of a "developmental training camp" mid-season.

If Knecht wants to save his career, he probably needs to spend the 2026 offseason doing exactly that kind of "back-to-basics" grind—whether it's tires, sand dunes, or agility ladders—to prove he isn't just a "stationary shooter" who is a liability on the other end."

Obamas as Apes Video Eclipses Minnesota for Democrat's Wrath

 A conservative black perspective video on the Obama-ape video posted by a staffer on Truth Social provides insight into the controversial topic. I will post that below. 

Porcine and primate portrayals of political figures are common historically. Political cartoons have been used forever. Juvenal, the Roman writer, probably wasn't the first to generate scathing satire and humor about society and bungling politicians.

It is important at this time for politicians to suggest positive political ideas to make society and the economy better for every citizen rather than chasing rabbits through dark media holes into the underground of rioting and deficits with hidden plans to spend billions and billions on day care and diapers. Day care and diapers may be important, yet inventive, creative ways to float the economic boat over the shoals of approaching deficits and potential collapse ahead  should be the focus of the party of foreign allegiance and sensible citizens too.

It is improbable the nation is going to be returning to the Democrat led era of slavery soon- that shouldn't be a real concern. Very few, unless I.Q. challenged, believe black Americans are ape-like (unless perhaps they are Democrats). Elon Musk- a successful whitish primate, has suggested that the nation has a real economic bankruptcy ahead unless A.I. and robotics increase efficiency and production radically. 

The national problem is deeper than that, for there will need to be some sort of complete revision of how economic fruits are apportioned to citizens that evolve to something like outsiders observing an economy run by A.I. and robots. The robots and A.I. will have little demands, hopefully, for high incomes themselves, and won't go on strikes (e.g. air traffic control run by A.I?). Are there still some that don't regard citizens idling cars and trucks in cold weather burning fossil fuels as examples of uncreative primates throwing toxic exhaust into the atmosphere in quest of more bananas with an economy subsidized by vast left and right wing federal deficits?

https://fortune.com/2026/02/07/elon-musk-us-bankruptcy-ai-robotics-economic-growth-national-debt-crisis/

Corrupting Foreign Allegiance is Running for US Senate in Florida

Running as a Democrat for the US Senate from Florida, the former Ukrainian American Lt. Colonel Vindman who violated, while affiliated with the national security adviser, President Trump's privacy in a call with Ukraine President Zelensky in 2020, regards himself as a patriot for supporting the party of virtual treason; Democrats. They support foreign allegiance more than national interests in advocating open borders. 

Democrats support the Ukraine war because they regard Europe as neo-socialist and want to expand socialism, homosexuality and atheism into political domination of Russia. Mr. Vindman has an extremist Ukrainian point of view inimical to U. S.  national security interests. Peace with Russians rather than support for the waxing European Unions desire to glom up Ukraine while lusting for Russia and isolating the USA, is the rational policy.

U.S. leadership followed a Eurocentric policy more so than it should have following the end of the Cold War version 1. Europeans were organizing a nascent continental national union and Russia was reorganizing itself after decades of communist rule. The borderlands known as the Ukraine became the center of the traditional conflict between Europe and Russia. The present narrative has Russia as a threat to all of Europe. Yet Europe is the main threat to itself. It's paranoia and unwillingness to share the former Russian Ukraine or to honor the commitment not to expand N.A.T.O. promised to Boris Yeltsin are the salient features of the conflict that Europe could settle for-itself if it really want to resume peace. And foreign policy experts are already whining about the expanding German military that is tripling its military budget from two years ago. Foreign policy experts these days seem preponderantly to be deaf, dumb, blind and stupid in regard to what intelligent and realistic goals are for Europe and world economic and ecological stability.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/europes-next-hegemon-liana-fix

Democrats feel that government need not support itself with secure borders for the polity. For Democrats, government of, by and for the people means government of, by and for aliens. No one has clued them in to understand that self-determination is de rigueur for a democracy to mean anything. Government where citizens have a real opportunity to determine their own political direction because politicians care more about cheap labor immigrants than bettering the lives of their own citizens really aren't worth a damn.

Just flooding the nation with cheap migrant labor to subvert the wages of poor citizens while waging a foreign war through proxies in Ukraine to expand European Union hegemony over Russia while concentrating wealth domestically in reckless disregard of the possibility of compelling World War Three to actualize is nearly equal to the Southern Confederacy's determination to keep slaves and expand slave recapture to the northern states.

Lt. Colonel Vindman leaked classified information during President Trump's first term in order to team up with the one-party system narrative that President Trump should be stopped, impeached and obstructed. Mr. Vindman has said that he knows how to oppose  dictators and authoritarians or something to that effect alluding to President Trump. He seems unaware that President Trump was elected in a pluralistic political system twice because people don't support the one-party subversion and riotous, dissimulative methods of the Democrats party- and want secure borders and politics done with a honest legal system so far as that is possible with politicians making laws lol.

Mr. Vindman is the Democrat's Ukrainian candidate best able to invigorate prospects for W.W. 3. Loyal to President Zelenski's agenda, he holds out hope to those in Ukraine for a swift escalation to global thermonuclear conflict instead of the meat grinder on the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2BpEDoT_o

A civil polity needs sovereign over its land for it to be able to plan for its development. In order for a polity to determine and implement ecological economic policies for instance, political decisions need to be relevant and applicable to everyone living within the boundaries of the polity. If there are just millions of people wandering in and out of the nation at will, the polity's sovereignty loses relevance to real politic. Open borders are comparable to a clutch plate or bands being stripped in a transmission so the polity's gears don't engage. That doesn't usually happen all at once- it grows like a pile.

Democrats act as if they believed politics should evolve independently of human action- blind forces of Adam Smith's invisible hands shuffling and dealing political and economic cards to the nations of the world to play. Christians may believe that God is in control with a teleological purpose designed for humanity in order to support His agenda for human development. Neither point of view precludes intelligent human political self-determination and planning.

Good government and good civic structure aren't accidents. They follow an intelligent electorate thinking for themselves. Even self-driving cars anticipate a direction from the user about where it should go; democracy requires no less.

Loop Quantum Politics (a poem)

 

Stark, dank basements sheltered the boxes
where potatoes grew in darkness
slowly, shooting yellow tubular roots from mottled brown skin
waiting for winter’s shadows to lessen

  For peace would take root
the conflicts echoes elided
a nightshade planted rather'n bodies
in readiness to grow outside the box

  No one was a sentry for a thrice cocked crow
awoke before the meaning of dawn
broke the predawn’s early humming of a city
distant where the light was a sphere beneath the stars

  A choreographed riot,
a Parthenon’s roof blown off with cannon shots
knockers on television camera lenses
let in to the nation’s rooms

  The personal anarchy of anyone explaining
their one proprietary gestalt
to convince themselves of things
such as nation’s borders and tax cuts bring to dreams

  A party without meaning yet noisome
roilsome convection currents bubble frothy cycles
socialism lost amid on-time deliveries and supplies
seeking transference of reason to spaghettified quantum loops.

https://suno.com/s/cFVUORx8bN2CJJ9u  The poem as a song

Slava Means 'Glory'; Paradoxically, Slav Captives of Europeans Spawned the Word 'Slavery'

 Many Americans don'r know the origin of the word 'slavery.' So I got Gemini to explain the word. In Slavic languages, Slava (Cyrillic: Слава) literally means "Glory," "Fame," or "Honor." Its modern global recognition stems largely from its use in the patriotic salute Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!). 

Meaning and Etymology

"Glory" or "Praise": In its most common use, it refers to high renown or the act of praising someone, such as in religious hymns to glorify God.

Root Meaning: It is derived from the Proto-Slavic root meaning "word" (slovo), originally identifying a community of people who "speak the same words" or "understand each other."

Historical Baggage: Curiously, the English word "slave" is etymologically related; in the 9th century, so many Slavic people were captured and sold into servitude that the Byzantine Greek term for "Slav" became the root for "slave" in many Western languages. 

Common Uses

Patriotic Salutes: Slava Ukraini! is the national salute of Ukraine, often paired with the response Heroiam Slava! (Glory to the Heroes!). Similar versions exist in other nations, such as Slava Rossii! (Glory to Russia).

Personal Names: It serves as a common male name (Slava) and is a frequent suffix in names like Stanislav (famous for standing), Yaroslav (furious glory), and Miroslav (peaceful glory).

Serbian Tradition: In Serbia, Slava is a major religious tradition where families celebrate their patron saint; it is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

Historically, the English word "slave" is derived from the ethnonym "Slav". 

This connection exists because of major historical events that occurred long after the name "Slav" was already established by the Slavic people themselves. 

Key Historical Facts

• Direction of Derivation: The word "Slav" did not come from "slave." Instead, "slave" was borrowed from "Slav" in many Western languages, including English, French (esclave), Spanish (esclavo), and German (Sklave).
• The Reason: During the early Middle Ages (roughly the 8th to 12th centuries), a vast number of Slavic people were captured in wars and sold into servitude across Europe and the Islamic world. They were so frequently the primary "source" of forced labor that their ethnic name became synonymous with the condition of being a captive.
• Transition of the Word: In Medieval Latin, the classical word for slave was servus. However, by the 9th century, the new term sclavus (derived from Slav) began to replace it in documents to specifically denote a "Slavic captive" before eventually generalising to mean any slave. 

Original Slavic Meaning vs. External Usage

For the Slavic people themselves, their name has a completely different and positive origin that has nothing to do with servitude: 

• "The Speakers" (Slovo): Most scholars believe the original root is slovo, meaning "word". They called themselves "the people who speak words" (i.e., people who can understand each other), in contrast to their neighbors, the Germans, whom they called Nemtsy ("the mute ones") because they could not understand their language.
• "The Glorious" (Slava): While popular in romantic or folk etymology, many linguists view the link to "glory" (slava) as a secondary influence or a later association, though it shares the same ancient Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to hear" or "to be spoken of". 

US Shouldn't Guarantee Automatic Escalation to W.W. 3 in Ukraine if Conflict Occurs Down the Road

Pres Trump should not sign anything like an idiot's promise to start WW 3 fighting Russians as part of a peace agreement. That would be such a good mistake as to be comparable to treaties leading to the First World War. Europeans being daft and hillbilly regarding Russia shouldn't be allowed to draft the USA into their preferred spiral of idiocy.

  Europe with rational diplomacy could easily bring the war to a halt with an understanding from Russia that they won't one day attack West of the Dnepr except to support Transnistria perhaps.

Paper agreements don't guarantee peace or prevent war- good social relations and a lack of paranoia do that. A guarantee to engage Russia to fight World War Three is stupid. If a  future President wants to start a war with anyone he won't need a paper to do that; just a rational reason and lack of imagination for finding peace.

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world. " - George Washington, Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/article/it-is-our-true-policy-to-steer-clear-of-permanent-alliance-with-any-portion-of-the-foreign-world

Nearby Galaxies Recede Too Slowly: A Vast Dark Matter Sheet May Explain the Issue

By Garrison Clifford Gibson (with collaborative input from Grok 4 by xAI—hey, if aliens attack over this, blame the AI!)

The universe is full of mysteries, but few are as close to home as the quirky behavior of our Local Group of galaxies. This cosmic neighborhood, which includes our Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and dozens of smaller companions like the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), has long puzzled astronomers. According to standard models, the visible mass and geometry of the group should lead to more chaotic motions—stronger gravitational tugs causing faster infalls or dispersions. Yet, observations show something different: most nearby galaxies are receding from us at surprisingly slow and uniform rates, following a "quiet" or "cold" local Hubble flow. This inconsistency dates back to Edwin Hubble's era in the 1920s, when he first noted the expansion of the universe, but local measurements didn't quite add up.

For instance, while the broader universe expands at about 70 km/s per megaparsec (the Hubble constant), our immediate surroundings show deviations as low as 30 km/s or less. Andromeda is even approaching us at around 100 km/s, hinting at a future merger, but the overall calm doesn't match expectations from spherical dark matter halos around individual galaxies. There's simply not enough inferred mass in the right places to explain why things aren't more turbulent.

Enter a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Astronomy (January 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02770-w) by astronomers led by Ewoud Wempe from the University of Groningen. Using advanced computer simulations—constrained realizations of our local universe based on real data from galaxy surveys, velocity measurements, and the cosmic microwave background—they created "virtual twins" of the Local Group. These models, powered by Bayesian optimization techniques (with some machine learning elements for mapping large-scale structures), revealed that the only way to reconcile the observations is if the entire region is embedded in a colossal, flattened "sheet" of dark matter.

This sheet spans tens of millions of light-years (over 10 megaparsecs), aligned with the Supergalactic Plane—a known large-scale structure in our cosmic web. Flanked by enormous voids on either side, it acts like a pancake of invisible mass, providing an outward gravitational pull from its distant edges that counteracts local clustering. This setup damps down excessive motions, explaining the slow recessions and overall stability. It's a elegant fit within the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) paradigm, where dark matter forms filamentary webs on vast scales, but it challenges simpler assumptions of round halos.

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Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of ...

(Above: A visualization from similar simulations showing a sheet-like dark matter structure, with the Local Group at its center—dense matter in orange/red amid cosmic voids.)

This theoretical progression is grounded in solid scientific principles, relying on the enigmatic "dark matter"—which makes up about 85% of the universe's mass but interacts only via gravity and possibly weak forces. The sheet configuration satisfies the observable data for our local cluster in a compelling way, resolving mass estimate discrepancies (e.g., the Local Group's total mass might be higher when accounting for this extended structure). Yet, it's wise not to take it as definitive truth. Dark matter remains undetected in particle form, despite hunts at facilities like the Large Hadron Collider. This model serves as a conceptual tool for creative thought, prompting us to refine telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope or upcoming surveys (e.g., Euclid or Rubin Observatory) to map these structures more precisely.

That said, the idea opens a Pandora's box of deeper questions. What holds such a vast sheet of dark matter together as a cohesive field? In ΛCDM simulations, these flattened structures arise from the collapse of primordial density fluctuations along one dimension, stabilized by the universe's overall expansion and gravitational balance—much like walls in the cosmic web endure without imploding. How does it interface with gravity on macro scales, per general relativity's space-time curvature, versus the quantum realm, where gravity eludes quantization?

Here, we venture into unknowns: If dark matter has quantum particle properties (e.g., weakly interacting massive particles like WIMPs or ultralight axions), it might need a quantum gravity framework—perhaps string theory or loop quantum gravity—to describe interactions at tiny scales. Do these particles "contact" quantum gravity, or are they decoupled? Layer in the Higgs field, which imparts mass to known particles: Does dark matter couple to it, or is its mass from a separate mechanism, explaining its elusiveness?

I also ponder the virtual energy of space-time itself, like zero-point energy from quantum fluctuations. Does this permeate dark matter fields similarly to baryonic matter? Could its emergence scale with the total density of matter and dark matter, influencing the cosmic expansion rate (accelerated by dark energy, possibly linked to vacuum energy)? In this sheet model, higher local dark matter densities might amplify quantum effects, subtly modulating regional expansion—though this is highly speculative, awaiting unified theories.

To keep multiple cosmological paradigms in play, note that this sheet fits ΛCDM but isn't the only game in town. Alternatives like Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) propose tweaking gravity laws at low accelerations to explain galaxy rotations and clusters without extra dark matter. In MOND, the Local Group's quiet flow might stem from external field effects from larger structures, without needing a sheet. Tensions in the Hubble constant (local vs. distant measurements) further fuel debates—perhaps future high-precision data on high-latitude dwarf galaxies or velocity fields will tip the scales.

Ultimately, this dark matter sheet concept paints our universe as more layered and interconnected than imagined, with implications for galaxy evolution and even the Milky Way-Andromeda merger (projected in 4-5 billion years—could the sheet alter timelines?). It underscores cosmology's evolving nature, blending observation, simulation, and theory.

What do you think? Is this a breakthrough toward detecting dark matter, or just another placeholder? Could quantum insights from this model bridge general relativity and quantum mechanics? Share your thoughts below—especially if you're in Anchorage pondering the stars under the aurora!

References:

• Wempe, E., et al. (2026). "A sheet-like dark matter structure underlying the Local Universe." Nature Astronomy. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02770-w.
• Popular summary: Daily Galaxy article.
• For MOND perspective: McGaugh, S. (2020). "Predictions and Outcomes for the Dynamics of Rotating Galaxies." Galaxies.

(Posted February 2, 2026—from the chilly frontiers of Alaska. Stay curious!)