Previously posted on my Facebook Page.
New York Times: “Garland Pushes Back at G.O.P. Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation.” / Rolling Stone: “Fox Host Claims Biden Admin Is 'Drumming Up the Drama' in Russia to Distract from Hunter Biden.” Sans drama, I’d prefer that the Ukraine story that led to Trump’s impeachment in 2019 be brought back, esp. amidst Biden’s all-out military support of Kyiv’s leadership vis a vis Volodymyr Zelensky’s corruption murk pre-Russian invasion.
NY Times adds: “The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges.” And adds in another column piece: “It isn’t about presidential corruption but a determined parent battling his son’s addiction with unconditional love.” Oh well. So let’s make a Netflix series now? 🏦🗽🏦
New York Times: “Louisiana Passes Bill That Would Require Parental Consent for Kids’ Online Accounts.” And adds: “The measure would allow parents to cancel the contracts underlying their children’s accounts on sites.” I second the motion. While TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat entice 6 in 10 teens the most, other “youth” platforms such as GroupMe, Kik, WhatsApp, Discord, Houseparty, Live.me, YouNow, Whisper, Meet.me, Omegle, and many more proliferate online. 📱👶📲
New York Times: “New A.I. Chatbot Tutors Could Upend Student Learning.” A new study published in Neuroscience News says students expressed positive views toward AI tools like ChatGPT. They credit these tools for improving academic writing and overall language skills. Expected that we’d get studies or news of this sort to justify AI’s marketing in schools, and sure, it’d make students work easier. Absolutely. I don’t think that’s education per se though.
News adds: “Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically customize academic support. They could also make children test subjects for A.I. experiments.” Might as well bring an AI to parent children. Fact is, many will agree to that. That’s how lost, confused, and spaced-out humanity is these days. 📱🤖📲
New York Times: “Golden Globes Are Sold.” After a series of ethics, finance and diversity scandals, the embattled awards show will continue but the Hollywood Foreign Press that was behind it for decades will not. Awards add flair and excitement to cinema work but the glittered fanfare (sic!) is now inundated with self-righteous yarns, contrived “equality” moralism, and color-coded confections. Might as well sell out to Amazon, Tyson Foods, or BlackRock. Uh huh. 🎭🏆🎭
New York Times: “Who Won the N.B.A. Draft Fashion Game?” And adds: “Tailoring, bling and Louis Vuitton, oh my.” Draft night was hot with the get-up! NBA stars are now fashion moguls. Serge Ibaka, P.J. Tucker, Chris Paul, and of course Russell Westbrook and his “Honor The Gift” clothing line. Fun investments over splurges on yacht parties, booze, drugs. Fashion is cool though I may not dig some of the gaudiness, sequined blazers, and bombastic blings. 🏀🕶🏀
New York Times: “A Long-Shot Candidate’s Defense of Trump Could Undermine the Rule of Law.” The Times op-ed: “A weak candidacy but serious ideological development on the right.” Regardless of Donald Trump, 37-year old venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy is a sleeper bet. Yet I concur with some of his thoughts. Vivek bats to secure the southern border against illegal immigration. That is neither Left or Right. His voice in the Primary already means a lot.
The Ohio-born of Indian (Kerala) lineage Vivek champions a merit-based system of immigration, which supports scrapping lottery-based immigration. News adds: “Vivek Ramaswamy is the lone Republican rival of Donald Trump to wholeheartedly claim the federal indictment is a Democratic attempt to jail the political opposition.” 🏦🗽🏦
New York Times: “Why Robert Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden.” And adds: “The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president’s weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up.” RFK Jr.’s platform cuts across the divide and could win thumbs-up from Center Right. But some of his musings are whacked. Rolling Stone: “RFK Jr. Claims China and the US Are Developing Race-Based Bioweapons.”
Race-Based Bioweapons: An ethnic bioweapon (or a biogenetic weapon) is a hypothetical type of bioweapon which could preferentially target people of specific ethnicities or people with specific genotypes. 🏦🗽🏦
New York Times: “Dozens of Democratic officials nearly all agreed that Donald Trump deserved his latest indictment, but were far more divided over whether the case was good for the country.” Trump is a creation of U.S. partisanship politics and culture war. Whatever decision Law imposes on him, that’d only divide the world because he isn’t really disliked by the other side. China favors his dovish foreign policy, and he’s friends with powers Russia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia.
As Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, the war in Ukraine wouldn’t be happening if Trump was still president. In a speech last month, he cried: “Come back, Mr. President! Make America great again, and bring us peace!” 🏦🗽🏦
New York Times: “Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation.” And adds: “Time is relative depending on your frame of reference. Maybe truth is too?” We gotta break this treatise into common English, right? Theory of Disinformation? Do we need to “theorize” fake news or misleading narratives? High-falutin’ academic liberals toss us magnificent wordage to justify the influencing tact or rebranding of common human sense. When it’s all about? Power goals or aims to dominate. 😒😟🤨
Rolling Stone: “Why the NBA Is Losing Its Mind Over Victor Wembanyama.” Of course, that is sportswriting hyperbole or exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally. The 19-year old Wemby is fine but not spectacular. And NBA contest is not for the frail, softy, or cocky. Victor isn’t those. But we still gotta see how he fares versus the nastiest, deadliest, and roughest in American pro basketball. Yet the young Frenchman is a cool reason to eagerly await October. 🏀⛹️🏀
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