Granite Grok has some thoughts on Congressional power and responsibility. Perversion of The Power To Declare War
Congress passes the buck to the President by implementing such laws as the post-9/11 Authorization to Use Military Force, perverting the original intent of the Framers. In essence, there is a congressional abdication of power to the President to start a war. The President, in turn, has been giving this power to the UN/NATO to obtain a Resolution.
Miguel Gonzalez - Looking better than I should.
Oleg Volk is an amazing photographer. He makes me look like I know what I am doing and that is the definition of pure artistry.
Matt Margolis at PJ Media - Obamacare Is Killing People
I’m old enough to remember when health insurance was affordable. It wasn’t all that long ago; it was before Obamacare passed.
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 18 December 2024: Orders Of Magnitude Edition
What happened to ChatGPT the other day? It wasn't DNS, but it wasn't not DNS either. (Try Parity)
OpenAI deployed a new system that had been running happily on their test servers for some time. About twenty minutes in, things started going horribly wrong, with the monitoring system that reports on all things production taking over and then taking out the production servers, because it had a hidden scaling problem that never showed up on the smaller test environment.
Political Hat - 12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 6)
A slightly not-so-traditional Christmas song by The Kinks.
The Other McCain - A Product of the Crazy-Making Factory
What kind of people would get married and divorced three times? Selfish, immature, thoughtless people — well, that’s inference, but if you know anything at all about child-rearing, you understand how important stability is to the development of the child’s sense of security. Children do best when they grow up in one home, with two parents.
Professor Yamane at Gun Culture 2.0 - Thoughts on GUNLORE: Firearms, Folkways, and Communities
The Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club, which I started this year, just finished its fourth book of 2024. The experiment was a great success, so look for an announcement early in 2025 about our next read.
The final book we read was Gunlore: Firearms, Folkways, and Communities, an edited collection of essays by folklorists.
Mike Rowe - mikeroweWORKS is Making a Difference
I mention this, not because I enjoy patting myself on the back, but because mikeroweWORKS really is making a difference, and I’m so grateful for all the support we’ve received from the people who follow me online. This was our biggest year to date, with nearly $2.5 million in scholarships awarded. Next year, with your help, will be even bigger. No pressure, but if you’re inclined to donate before the end of the year, you can do so at mikeroweWORKS.
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