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Football fun: Josh Allen given two touchdowns on one play as rarely-used NFL rules explained

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This might get some play in America. But what do Americans REALLY want? How RFK Jr’s Fight Against Processed Food Put Froot Loops at Center of U.S. Politics - WSJ

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Like all technologies, ChatGPT will create losers. Here's a dramatic example: Chegg Is On Its Last Legs After ChatGPT Sent Its Stock Down 99%

The key, though, even though it's more difficult, is to think of the winners. Imagine, or try to imagine, new jobs and opportunities that will be created by AI. I'm not arguing for a moment that it won't be extremely disruptive. It absolutely will, but so were machines that took the nation from being something like 90% farmers in the 1700s to about 1.5% farmers now, and yet we don't have massive unemployment. AND we're producing more from farms than ever.

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The smoldering Syrian civil war reignites: More Russian strikes as Syrian rebels advance after taking Aleppo

After entering Aleppo, Syrian insurgents advance to nearby province | AP News

Bashar Asaad is a bad dude but don't assume that the rebels are the good guys here: Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, the rebels seizing control of Aleppo?

It's likely that the Israeli decimation of Hezbollah made things easier for the Syrian rebels: Syria rebels appear to credit Israeli strikes on Hezbollah with aiding shock advance | The Times of Israel

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I don't mind the concept of paying people to use less water but some of these folks seem a little too enthusiastic which makes me think they're being paid too much: Colorado River program pays $28.6 million to cut water use

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Retailers really hate your returns, and especially the fraudulent ones:

Rising Online Returns Have Stores Tightening Policies and Raising Fees - WSJ

Return fraud: The $100 billion problem facing retailers - Ekata, a Mastercard company

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The latest data from The Tax Foundation reemphasize what I say frequently: the political left is correct that the income tax system is unfair, but in exactly the opposite way from what they claim. The rich pay too big a share of federal income taxes. A couple of key highlights: The top 1% pay just over 40% of all federal income taxes, twice their share of national income. The top 1% pay more than the bottom 95%. It's an outright lie that the top earners pay a lower rate than lower earners.
What the Top 1% Really Pays the IRS - WSJ

Who Pays Federal Income Taxes? Latest Federal Income Tax Data

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Amazing: Hundreds more Nazca Lines emerge in Peru’s desert | The Seattle Times

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Glad the oil/gas companies got ahead of this so it didn’t look like they were involved: Colorado looks into alleged false environmental data on oil, gas sites (may require subscription)

Contamination data falsified at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites, state says • Colorado Newsline

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A fascinating story that I didn't get to last week. I would not want to be the judge who has to make this decision: Court says birth parents of girl born in IVF mix-up must give her to genetic parents | The Times of Israel

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Keep an eye out for Dems trying to boost labor unions at great cost to Colorado businesses (and therefore to their customers.) Jared Polis is headed for another showdown with Democrats at the Colorado Capitol over union issues - The Colorado Sun

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Colorado's Morning News with Marty Lenz & Jeana Gondek