Minnesota's billion-dollar COVID fraud fuels luxury lifestyles, sparks federal probes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok3theDpmqs

LAWYER: Self-Defense? The One Thing You Never Tell 911

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbHHe0Fzh4

Why Electric Cars Should Not Show Battery Percentage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUZMuuU_Qo

He had the BALLS to pull this off lol

See the Meme at the beginning.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR5yYYseHAE

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins | Social media ban | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-begins-apps-listed

What would it take for Hell to freeze over?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGZCphM-XY

The Economy Is About To Turn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KlH_mK4aEY

Maps That Will Change How You See The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hpUqGMEnY

Why their are no stealth Helicopter?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BuJGuh7SNMQ

Top 5 Most Boring States in the USA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rld3YB0YzA

Good Things Happening In The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3dTNuTM1v4

Trump appeals against conviction in hush-money case

US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal to overturn his May 2024 criminal conviction in the hush-money payment case, arguing he is shielded by presidential immunity.

Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a unanimous jury in New York.

In December, citing Trump's imminent return to the White House, a New York judge sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning he would not serve time or pay a fine.

"This case should never have seen the inside of a courtroom, let alone resulted in a conviction," Trump's lawyers said in the latest filing.

They described the case as "the most politically charged prosecution in our nation's history".

The Manhattan District Attorneys' office, which prosecuted Trump, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Prosecutors alleged that in the days before the 2016 election, Trump instructed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay $130,000 in hush money to the adult film star Stormy Daniels so she would stay silent about allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump.

The hush-money payment was not illegal, but prosecutors said that when Trump reimbursed Cohen the payments were fraudulently recorded as legal expenses in order to disguise their true nature.

The spring 2024 trial played out in tandem with Trump's re-election campaign.

During the trial, prosecutors alleged that disguising the payments amounted to a form of election interference as they kept Daniels' allegations from voters. Trump denied the charges and any wrongdoing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3m95ykzko

I would have expected the appeal to have been filed a long time ago.  

At the sentencing Trump argued that other people did the accounting and he had little to do with it.

If Cruises Were Honest | Honest Ads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaHaivkQVM

Fake Victor Davis Hanson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxhLDNkaa-g

This is AI generated.  I wouldn't have known this except for the disclaimer at the beginning, and Victor Davis Hanson himself calling out AI fakes on YouTube.  There are other fakes that don't have a disclaimer.

I hate this.  It is hard to know what is real and what isn't.

He has an official YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273

Maybe it should be illegal to impersonate someone using AI unless it is clearly marked as satire or parody.

Impersonating someone using AI is different from a Saturday Night Live parody.  The creators imply that this is real, which is fraud, and they are effectively stealing views from the real content creators.  It has the potential to slander the person being imitated.

If I were to make a fake Linus Tech Tips show, I'm sure that I would get sued.

This is the kind of thing that should be nipped in the bud before it takes over the Internet.

A public access tv show host in the 90s accidentally uncovered a real conspiracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g3CgkseOss

No one thinks they're evil...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kJAFrT6uE

Left Is Filled with hate

Why Democracies Collapse into Idiocracies — Plato Warned Us

The video is likely correct that an uninformed populace can cause democracies to fail. I've often argued that we need stronger civic education and a better understanding of the American founding.

History offers many examples of democracies deteriorating into tyranny; in fact, that pattern seems to be a common long-term outcome. In that sense, the video is justified in sounding an alarm.

However, it does come across as somewhat arrogant.

I've always liked the idea that democracy is a substitute for war. No matter how uninformed some people may be, a democratic system gives a voice to those who are downtrodden or who have legitimate grievances.

At the same time, I see significant danger from the far left. My conversations with activists in that sphere lead me to believe that they often prioritize power above all else. They may think that such power will benefit "the people," but historically, concentrated power tends to accumulate in the hands of an authoritarian instead.  "Power to the people" is usually a lie.

Bill Maher Calls Out America’s Stupidity Problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z9FG3qRZSU

The 1970s Cooling Scare

This has not changed.  The Earth is halfway between its maximum tilt and its minimum tilt, which we will reach in roughly 11,000 years.  A period of mass glaciation is inevitable, but we are not likely to see a change in our lifetime.  Nevertheless, we should be in the cool-down period.  Our warming of the Earth is temporary since we have limited fossil fuel reserves.

We could avoid the next period of mass glaciation by either increasing the CO2 level, by getting it from limestone, or we could find ways to destroy the advancing glaciers.  

Victor Davis Hanson: AI Is Challenging ‘Climate Change Orthodoxy’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDTlWe0n2g

Police Can Unlock Your Phone if You Use This Setting (Lawyer Explains)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XJs5RfSgm4&t=474s

Fake Victor Davis Hanson's on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mgpnFng0YU&t=162s

"Nobody Dares to Say This About Barack Obama!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PPdSVk-ZA

State Cracks Down HARD On License Plate Frames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thjv1rxu0To

Most INSANE CALLOUT Ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPExHqvdcmg

These signals are gaining popularity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhkHSP0Dlbo

I've seen this in Columbus and found it confusing.

Kash Patel Just SAVES Trump From This Greatest Scam In Media History | Victor Davis Hanson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bt4UbupXqk&t=588s

@john2001plus
0 seconds ago
9:47  Why is he referring to himself in the 3rd person?   Is this an AI generated video?

This video drags on too long.

How to Tell What’s Real Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_hOz_MLw&t=250s

Star Wars takes on politicians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNv0qCNNWS4

This woman is evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBf4H_xQa_A

Ryan Gosling explains how to turn debt into money | The Big Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_DQtUK-FXg

This is a good movie, but its one failing is that it does not explain the government's role in the 2008 financial crisis.  Instead it blames greedy capitalists.

I am sure that there were greedy capitalists, but banks do not want to make bad loans.  It is a terrible business strategy.  Major corporations do not want to make bad investments.  I assume, rightly or wrongly, that investment banks do not want to sell bad and fraudulent securities to their customers.

The government created two Government Sponsored Enterprises to create and sell mortgage back securities to create liquidity in the housing loan market.  Then the government passed the Community Reinvestment Act that set goals for GSE's to pressure banks to create mortgages for people who would otherwise not be qualified   Also, there was no incentive for banks to make good loans when the GSE's would buy the loans regardless at a profit for the bank.  This is the cause of the subprime mortgage crisis.  

When the government interferes with the free market, usually worse results happen.

I remember a commercial on TV in the 2000's, probably created by a GSE, showing a black family being able to afford their first home.  This was the motivation of the government.

COVID vaccine linked to kidney injury, respiratory infections in studies

When the researchers looked at the impact of the COVID vaccine, they found that people who received four or more doses were less likely to get flu-like illnesses and whooping cough, but more likely to get common colds and other mild respiratory infections...

"We did not expect to see such divergent associations with infectious disease type, where some infections (influenza-like illness) decreased among vaccinated individuals, while others (the common cold) increased," Song said. "These mixed associations likely reflect complex changes in immunity, behavior and healthcare use in the post-pandemic era."

https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid-vaccine-under-new-scrutiny-after-studies-reveal-possible-health-risks

https://www.foxnews.com/health/cancer-survival-appears-double-common-vaccine-researchers-say

During the COVID pandemic it was noted that flu diagnosis was down, but I wondered if this was due to quarantining.  It was also noted that cancer diagnosis was down, which made me wonder what effect COVID-19 might have on cancer cells.  It has been noted that this disease will attack every organ in the body.

My current sickness doesn't appear to be respiratory, which seems unusual.  

The Evils of Capitalism › American Greatness

The truth is that after 1820, the standard of living was rapidly improving in British society and, as Ashton points out, "the factory played a not inconsiderable role in the improvement." Even Edwin Chadwick, whose 1843 classic Sanitary Conditions of the Laboring Population of Great Britain is a major primary source for our knowledge of the subject, noted that "the comforts of the laboring classes have increased with the late increases of population" and that "the means of obtaining the necessaries of life for the whole mass of the laboring community have advanced."

https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/23/the-evils-of-capitalism/

The most beautiful idea in physics | David Kirtley and Lex Fridman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GBsV90v-wg

That Isn't Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDtt0QBNRU

Everyone ‘got played’: Sliwa reacts to Trump-Mamdani meeting

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/politics/video/curtis-sliwa-reacts-trump-mamdani-meeting-vrtc-digvid

Why They Hate Churchill - Konstantin Kisin

I previously noted that some historical revisionists act as apologists for Hitler and even claim that Churchill was responsible for starting World War II. Technically, Churchill and France did initiate a state of war when they declared war on Germany, but this was in response to their treaty obligation to defend Poland. They had warned Hitler that an invasion of Poland would lead to war. As Wikipedia notes, Hitler started World War II when he invaded Poland.

Hitler had already absorbed Austria and Czechoslovakia, and if he had stopped with those two countries, he likely would have gotten away with it. Some might even have regarded him as a brilliant strategist.

If one argues that all war is evil, then everyone who participates in war could also be called evil. In reality, however, nations often face choices between greater and lesser evils.

The political right is becoming increasingly fragmented. Some libertarian-leaning individuals, along with a small number of fascist-leaning types, are no longer willing to choose the lesser of two evils. Their views often seem like a confused jumble, making it difficult to find any coherent rationale. Nevertheless, they are breaking away from the broader political right because it does not meet their own notions of ideological purity.

Tucker Carlson is a prominent figure with an unusual role in this dynamic. After causing a disaster at Fox News, he has increasingly embraced conspiracy theories while interviewing and promoting individuals who are arguably evil. His motivations are difficult to understand, and I expect that his influence will eventually fade.

The Devastation of the End of the Pacific War – Sarah Paine

‘We are guilty of spending our rainy-day fund in sunny weather’: Top economists, historians unite to urge action on $38 trillion national debt

https://www.aol.com/finance/guilty-spending-rainy-day-fund-140000271.html 

Trump Ends MTG's Career

I listened to this on iHeartRadio while driving to and from my chess club in Indianapolis.

I recommend the entire video.  

At 21 minutes he talks about affordability, and at 27:40 government subsidies, Obamacare, and healthcare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkvYWPAz1gM

George Soros now a TARGET for prosecution!!! (maybe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgdnfo7Bwk&t=63s

New pressure method captures 99% of CO2 for just $26 per ton

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/pressure-method-carbon-capture

"In each stage, more of the carbon dioxide bubbles out and can then be compressed for permanent storage in underground formations."

That sounds like a drawback to me.  Underground storage is likely to be expensive, and it may not be truly permanent, since CO₂ could potentially leak out.

I strongly believe it's a shame to waste carbon dioxide.  It's a valuable resource because it acts as plant food, boosts crop yields, and contributes to the greening of deserts.  It also warms the planet slightly.  Before that warming becomes a serious problem, we reportedly will likely run out of fossil fuels — in roughly 125 years.  Most fossil fuels may be depleted by around 2100, and we have only about 50 years of oil reserves left.

1-cent coins

In the late 1960s, my sister and I could buy two Hershey's Kisses for a penny at a corner store. Today, if you buy them in bags, they cost about nine cents each.

By the early 1980s I was already complaining that one-cent coins were practically worthless—little more than pocket lint—and that we should get rid of them. At the time, most people paid for everything in cash, which made pennies a nuisance.

More than four decades later, with nearly 300% cumulative inflation, the one-cent coin is worth even less than it was back then.

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Confident People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_QK4stCJU&t=828s

What Putin Learned From Stalin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajBZ6VOtEY

The Political Bent of American Politics.

I have the distinct impression that we are in the midst of a new paradigm shift: the country swung too far to the left, bounced back in a healthy way to the right, but now seems to have settled—perhaps permanently—in the middle.  Any real progress will require at least some compromise with the political left.

Some of this comes from the top.  Even though Trump is firmly on the right when it comes to social issues—which seem to dominate public attention right now, since few people appear to care about fiscal conservatism—he is still a big spender, and the country doesn't seem to mind.  Trump often talks about cutting spending, but we've seen very little progress.

The problem is that this situation is not sustainable.  I'm expecting a disaster at any moment.  We are going so far into debt that, sooner or later, fiscal reality is going to hit us hard.  Eventually, we'll have no choice but to cut spending.  It would be far better to start addressing this now rather than keep kicking the can down the road.

The real reason Trump is blowing up boats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzzfAt6c_U&t=405s

Shutdown over?... but terrible deal

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/government-shutdown-senate-democrats.html

PANIC IN NYC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHBq7OR0kZk&t=272s