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By J. B. Shurk In Jonathan Nolan's excellent television series,  Person of Interest , stars Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson intervene each episode to avert violent crimes predicted by an artificial intelligence.  Receiving only Social Security numbers from their computerized accomplice, though, the heroes never know whether they are protecting a potential victim or hunting a future perpetrator.   Emerson's character designed the A.I. system after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a way to safeguard the country from future harm but almost immediately realized he had constructed an oppressive surveillance apparatus infringing all Americans' civil liberties.  More than ten years ago, when the show debuted, Nolan's incisive critique of the PATRIOT Act was evident.  However, with the emergence of more advanced computational systems approaching at least the mimicry of true  artificial intelligence  and  increasing evidence  that the  national security surveillance State  has

By Patty McMurray Does anyone remember the outrage from the Left when they accused President Trump of placing children who illegally crossed our southern border in cages? Well, the cages turned out to be holding pens for children that were erected when Barack Obama began to facilitate the open-border program from Mexico to America during his first term. “Oh, the inhumanity!” They screamed in their attempt to blame President Trump, who, in reality, committed the most HUMANE act in decades when he closed down our borders and began to build a wall that would prevent millions of illegal aliens from being human trafficked by drug cartels and coyotes across our southern border. Since day one of his illegitimate presidency, Joe Biden and his radical regime have made no secret of their desire to open our borders to any foreigner who dares to cross. They have done absolutely nothing about the invasion on our southern border, placing every American in harm’s way with convicted felons, mem

By Katabella Roberts Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced new legislation on March 21 that would ban the Federal Reserve from launching a “direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency (CBDC), citing concerns over its potential to be used as a “financial surveillance tool” by the federal government. The latest bill is a second attempt by Cruz to stop the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC directly to individuals after he introduced a similar bill in March 2022. Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are co-sponsors. In a press release announcing the bill, Cruz noted that countries such as China are developing CBDCs that “omit the benefits and protections of cash, as well as the control and security of many existing digital cryptocurrencies,” adding that it is “more important than ever to ensure the United States’ digital currency policy protects financial privacy, maintains the dollar’s dominance, and cultivates innovation.” The senator argued that CB

Got this article yesterday from our brother, Sapper. I'm sure, like me, all of you will be pissed off by this too. Despite that, thank you for sharing this news, brother. TEX By BEEGE WELBORN There are some interesting suggestions in the Congressional Budget Office’s ideas for paring operating expenses, in particular, the Veteran’s Administration. Reading one of them late last night was pretty alarming – it discusses adding a “means test” or income threshold to veterans receiving disability payments. The Congressional Budget Office wants to start means-testing your VA disability payments. pic.twitter.com/M29LV3cUZk — BKactual (@BravoKiloActual) March 21, 2023 Both hubs and I were, like, HO-LEE-SMOKES and we weren’t the only ones. On the CBO’s page for “OPTIONS FOR REDUCING THE DEFICIT, 2023 TO 2032–VOLUME I: LARGER REDUCTIONS” with a sub-title of “Reduce Spending on Other Mandatory Programs” they go to town on VA expenditures as one of their budget reduction opt

By Jordan Conradson The Arizona Supreme Court issued a new order on Wednesday, sending a key piece of Kari Lake’s Election lawsuit back to the trial court for further review. “IT IS ORDERED denying review of issues one through five and seven. The Court of Appeals aptly resolved these issues, most of which were the subject of evidentiary proceedings in the trial court, and Petitioner’s challenges on these grounds are insufficient to warrant the requested relief under Arizona or federal law,” states the order. “IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting review of issue number six to the extent count three of the complaint challenges the Maricopa County Recorder’s application of signature-verification policies during the election. Issue number six asks, “Did the panel err in dismissing the signature-verification claim on laches[,] mischaracterizing Lake’s claim as a challenge to existing signature verification policies, when Lake in fact alleged that Maricopa failed to follow these” As

By Ron Ross There’s a war against happiness. Climate alarmists bury good news and exaggerate bad news. They have made up their minds to be miserable and they’re determined to take the rest of us down with them. For example, have you heard that over the past 30 years there has been a  14 percent  increase in the Earth’s green vegetation? Deserts are getting smaller and forests are getting lusher. That gain even has a name: “Earth Greening.” Not surprisingly, 70 percent of it stems from the increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere!  Zaichun Zhu, one of the scientists who measured the greening, says it’s equivalent to adding a new continent of green vegetation twice the size of the mainland United States. The benefits of the increased vegetation are widespread: “It means more food for insects and deer, for elephants and mice, for fish and whales. It means higher yields for farmers; the effect has probably added about $3 trillion to farm incomes over the past 30 years, so less land i

By LINCOLN BROWN So Trump may go to the clink, perhaps at his own behest. China is taking over the world and nuclear war may be on the horizon. Prices are rising, banks are falling. The borders are open and minds are closed. Sex is rampant in the schools and your children hate you because of your politics. The old institutions are falling, the FBI is kicking down your door, and your Alexa may be reporting you to the NSA. And at last check, Joe Biden is still president of the United States. But buck up, conservative! The good news is that all of your troubles may be over sooner than you realize. The bad news is that it will be because hostile aliens have destroyed the earth and killed all of us. Well, most of us. The worse news is that our new alien overlords will be arriving tomorrow, March 23. Don’t believe me? It was on the internet, so it must be true. So there. The Spanish outlet Marca broke the news on Saturday. TikTok influencer and time traveler Eno Alaric told