PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – This movie makes nuclear war feel disturbingly possible. An interview with “A House of Dynamite” screenwriters. In the new movie, the clock is ticking. The film’s fictional president of the United States has less than 20 minutes and very little information to decide whether or not to retaliate against a nuclear […]
A new independent analysis found that some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence chatbots exhibit strong racial and demographic biases — including dramatically undervaluing white lives compared with others in moral tradeoff scenarios. The study, published by an anonymous researcher using the pseudonym Arctotherium, builds on an “exchange rates” framework first developed by the Center for AI […]
Federal authorities are condemning a violent attack on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Chicago on Thursday evening, after a crowd of pro-migrant demonstrators reportedly surrounded and assaulted federal agents with fireworks, rocks, and other projectiles. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the confrontation occurred in the Little Village neighborhood, near 27th Street and Whipple Avenue, as […]
As we continue with our series of Cold War Era guns, let’s consider the U.S. Army Service Pistol that closed out the Cold War era and moved us into the post-Cold War or Desert War era. Of course, I’m talking about the Beretta M9 or simply the M9. By Paul Markel for Shooting News Weekly There […]
Via GAT Daily by Jim Cobb Very few people want to spend even a minute longer at their workplace than is absolutely necessary. I totally understand that. However, there may be times when hanging out for a while is the wisest course of action. A workplace emergency kit makes sense. Building a Workplace Emergency Kit […]
A.J. McCarron, the Crimson Tide legend who took Alabama to back-to-back national titles, is running for lieutenant governor — and he’s coming out swinging for conservative values. In a Thursday video, the ex-NFL quarterback invoked Charlie Kirk, whose assassination rocked the movement, saying it inspired him to fight back. “Alabama’s conservative and cultural values are […]
The NBA’s October shock began like a familiar courtroom scene. Federal agents announced coordinated arrests, a head coach and an active player among nearly three dozen defendants, and allegations that braided two strands of vice into one rope, illegal sports betting that traded on insider information, and high stakes poker games rigged for guaranteed loss. […]
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden By Luke Bouma of CordCutterNews Paramount Global is poised to initiate a sweeping round of layoffs affecting up to 3,000 employees as early as the week of October 27, 2025. This accelerated timeline, drawn from insights shared by industry insiders, comes just weeks after the closure of Skydance
An American Christian missionary has reportedly been kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger. U.S. government sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS operates. “We are aware of reports of the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Niamey, Niger,” […]
A food bank serving federal workers in the Washington, D.C., region ran out of supplies as thousands of families continue to feel the strain of the ongoing government shutdown — now in its 25th day. The Capital Area Food Bank, which has been organizing emergency food distributions across Virginia, Maryland, and the District, was forced to […]
China’s Information War And The Myth Of A Fragile Treasury Market
The U.S. Treasury market is often called the world’s safest asset, the bedrock of global