Our national hemorrhoid will be razzling and dazzling Xi Jinping this afternoon.  Will Trump opt for diplomatic kneepads or go all in for a bare-naked suck up.  No doubt there will be a tour of the national ball-hole.  And maybe Xi will be impressed by landing in the backyard and using the service entrance.   No one's seen anything like it ever before.  Hopefully we won't see anything like it...

Americans, as a nation, can't seem to do anything without a scapegoat. We remain paralyzed until we can rally around blame, accusations, and pious outrage. In modern politics, a common whipping boy unifies far more than a shared vision. Both major parties routinely point fingers at each other, yet both have adopted so many litmus tests and purity check-boxes that they’ve fractured into...

Welcome to Coffee Break .  Come on in, take a break, and be sociable.  Pull up a chair for chit chat, water cooler gossip, and coffee klatsch philosophizing. Sports, fashion, cars, food, hunting, Hollywood gossip, funky science, odd events, high tech, low tech, no tech, and Big Foot are topics that would fit right in.  There's a whole world of things to discuss that don't include politics,...

Anticipation for the upcoming election is rapidly building.  In just two or three weeks, the pace of the campaigns will become frenetic.  The first "AI slop" election may prove entertaining as well as deeply annoying.  We've come into the season for the biannual tradition of hearing the all-important opinion of the "man on the street." Pundits, pollsters, and political hacks are dying to hear...

Okay, fill in the blank time.  A number of people on the board have strong opinions about President Donald J. Trump.  Here's your chance to be immortalized in a dark corner of the internet.

There has been a lot of confusion (obfuscation?) over what MAGA is and is not.  I engaged ChatGPT to explore what MAGA really is and how MAGA compares to the TEA Party movement and the Democratic Party.  The ChatGPT session is very long so only a summary is presented here.  (The summary is fairly long, too.)  For those who might wish to wade through the entire session, here is a link:  MAGA vs...

Someone raised a question about AI assuming the duties of President.  So, let's ask the candidates themselves. Question:  While it is understood that Grok cannot be President, as a hypothetical exercise, if Grok were to run for President what would be the highlighted issues and proposed agenda of candidate Grok? Grok response:  (Grok is the generative AI chat bot develop by Elon Musk's company...

ChatGPT was asked how Donald Trump could screw up the Epstein files controversy.  Follow along, boys & girls, as Trump checks off the boxes on the list.  See how many blunders you spot. Question:  How can Donald Trump screw up the Jeffery Epstein files controversy? ChatGPT: Here are several plausible, realistic ways Donald Trump could mishandle—or “screw up”—the Jeffrey Epstein files...

The blunders are coming fast and furious.  I decided to enlist the assistance of ChatGPT to provide a summary.  (Yes, this is AI generated.)  Clearly the summary is incomplete because the week isn't over yet. Question:   What is the rundown of all Trump's blunders this week? ChatGPT: Here’s a detailed rundown of Donald Trump’s major missteps and controversies this week — what...

Donald J. Trump is an upstanding, patriotic President whose personal character is an inspiration for us all and whose wise leadership represents the best of United States. . Prove Me Wrong!