Just One Thing: Last SOTU comment
I share the view of my friend Mandy who said that the more she thinks about Joe Biden's speech, the more she hates it. I agree, though we both disliked it a lot to begin with. It's not just that he spent soooo much time looking like Walter (see just below) but also that he lied so so many times. So many times that even CNN's fact-check was a lengthy document:
Fact check: Biden makes false and misleading claims in economic speech | CNN Politics’
Today's Guest
Jay Schweikert is a research fellow with the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. We'll discuss how the horrific murder of Tyre Nichols by 5 Memphis cops is just the latest demonstration of why we need to eliminate qualified immunity.
Other Stuff
Absolutely brutal and heartbreaking: Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake rises, hope fades
For those who may be trapped in the rubble but still alive, they now face the additional threat of deadly cold temperatures that might kill them before rescuers can reach them.
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Thanks to my having had Michael Morell on the show early this week, my listeners have known this for at least two days already (the part about collecting communications/signals intelligence): U.S. exposes China’s sprawling balloon surveillance program - The Washington Post
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What jobs are most at risk from AI? Should we really worry about it? What does history say about the loss of certain categories of jobs?
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/capitolism/ai-is-coming-for-our-jobs-and-thats-okay
ChatGPT: the 10 Jobs Most at Risk of Being Replaced by AI (businessinsider.com)
https://studyworkgrow.com.au/2022/05/03/20-jobs-that-dont-exist-anymore
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It's not just Republicans and not just governors shunning TikTok from government devices: Denver bans TikTok from city-owned devices | 9news.com
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If I were the people at Google, this is the first thing in a long time that I'd be truly afraid of. (That's why, although it's getting less attention than this story, Google is working on doing something similar.) Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing (chron.com)
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A silly but fun story I owe you from yesterday: Looking for relief? Here are Denver's best bizarre restrooms - Denverite, the Denver site!
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This is an economically ignorant headline: Xcel's betting on gas with your money
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OK, I'm impressed: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/world-marathon-challenge-fundraiser-first-descents-denver-7-marathons-continents-days-ben-wright
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Sharing this, but for the record I think it's less than 50/50 to be true. That doesn't mean it won't get attention: How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline (substack.com)
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Wokeness and/or cancel culture is a cancer: Airbnb Reverses Decision To Ban Conservative YouTuber's Parents (mediaite.com)
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This is a fiscal-political sin, what government did allowing my children's future earnings to be stolen: https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/testimony/02082023.pdf
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Why would this be a nearly party-line vote? https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023116
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Our SOTU KOA-Kast (me and Mandy) - Highlights!
Today's Videos
That's some very fine singing-while-cooking-eggs!
I may have posted this twice already but it's soooooo good that I want to make sure you don't miss it