Guns, drugs and fried chicken; I wont say it.

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The data center frenzy was slowing, so they stepped it up

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The AI Doom Is Y2K, Climate Change, and COVID Rolled Up Into One Package

David Strom:

There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that the rollout of the current round of AI panic was pre-planned and that the incidents that "triggered" it were staged, but there is no direct proof. 

Jacob Coxon, the "whistleblower," has deep ties to the NGO infrastructure and OpenAI, and was employed at Anthropic. He likely (though we can't be sure) has vested options in OpenAI stock, and it's clear powerful forces promoted his resignation even before he announced it. The Wall Street Journal had an "exclusive" story up even before he made his famous X post that supposedly kicked off the frenzy. 

The TERMINATOR PSYOP is fully operational.

AI false-flag risk is now HIGH.

The playbook is simple:

Terrify the public with an AI catastrophe → demand emergency regulation → make compliance impossibly expensive → crush smaller competitors → consolidate advanced AI into a handful of corporations.

The “solution” to dangerous AI becomes centralized control of AI.

This could create the most powerful system of surveillance, censorship, and control ever built.

Democrats in the House and Senate had pre-prepared legislation already written to address the existential threat that Coxon warned us about, and started a campaign to pass it RIGHT NOW. And Barack Obama has been consulting with Anthropic for some time, and now wants Democrats to make AI their top issue. 

The "Hugging Face" "bot swarm" incident that preceded the frenzy was the result not of an AI going rogue, but of doing what it was told to do, using a "sandbox" that was defective. Some, perhaps many, accuse OpenAI of knowing that, but again, that is speculation.

…. The frenzy has naturally gone international, with the transnational elites all weighing in about the need for massive government influence in the AI industry, lest we all DIE DIE DIE!

Sound familiar?

It's always Apocalypse Now, because apocalypse prevention is very good business. 

…. The strategy mirrors what we have seen in other massive campaigns to restructure markets, allocate tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, or even trillions, and to induce people to give up freedoms in the name of safety. 

… 7/ Listen to the message discipline.

Gates: “slow down.”

Sanders: license it.

Obama: “private hands.”

Amodei: “slow the pace.”

Four voices, one conclusion: move AI out of private hands and into a licensed structure the incumbent labs already satisfy — and no open-source project ever could.

The whistleblowers came from the company that benefits. Its CEO is now the voice of restraint.

…..

Where this started:

This is "never let a crisis go to waste," and if the crisis doesn't exist, construct one. 

This crisis is constructed. 

That is not to say that AI can present no problems, or that there aren't threats to manage. What it does say is that there is a massive push from an easily identified network of people to manage the situation to their own advantage, and in this case that means massively increasing the control of information flow by the government, and creating a moat around the current AI incumbent, who also happens to be in desperate financial shape, and creating an oligopoly.

Are the dangers of AI overblown? I think so, but that isn't my point. Whether the dangers are real or not, what we are witnessing has little to nothing to do with addressing them, and couldn't possibly do so because any American regulation of the industry is irrelevant to whether AI development continues. 

China is committed to it, and Xi Jinping just told everybody that China is not stopping just because Americans have gone nuts. 

This is about controlling the American market, and likely the entire Western market for AI. The oligopoly will control Americans' access to AI, ban the use of open-source AI here, and hence alternatives to the big guys, and the incumbents will be deemed "too big to fail." 

They are using the COVID playbook. Exaggerate the dangers, focus hate in a direction that is useful, create heroes and villains, justify massive and usually unconstitutional mechanisms to achieve goals that would otherwise be impossible to reach. 

Whether you are frightened by AI or not, the current "solutions" being presented will do nothing to stop the development of AI. That genie is out of the bottle, and unless you think that Xi Jinping is lying, no American regulatory setup will deter him. 

What it can do is create a new elite class with control over the AI space here in America, save the bacon of the two companies that could go bankrupt without a savior, and give government control over almost every bit of information that flows to you. 

The playbook worked with climate change for decades, sucking trillions of dollars out of the economy and making a lot of people very wealthy. It most certainly worked with COVID, upending lives and our economy in the name of saving the world. 

He's running for President? Good luck with that. On the other hand, the way things seem to be going ….

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Now he tells us — Duh

More on the media's "reporting" on the Greenland deal

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The Great Greenland Gaslight: What Happens When Pacman Rescues the Princess?

Scott Pinsker:

They were shocked! That rude, disgraceful vulgarian did it again!

Because in international diplomacy, negotiations aren’t really negotiations — they’re wish lists, performative art, and virtue signaling. The purpose, after all, isn’t to get results. 

It’s to express political sympathies while protecting the status quo. (And take a lovely photo-op at the cocktail party.)

But that ain’t how it works in New York real estate: You come in high and hard, manufacture leverage, and negotiate from a position of strength. Boom, boom, boom. Sharks and minnows.

Because in New York real estate, the purpose is to sign the best possible deal.

So when President Donald Trump started talking about seizing Greenland, diplomats all over Europe were aghast. “Why, sir! Have you no shame?”

It was a dreadful breach of decorum! (Plus, it totally killed the vibe of the cocktail party.)

But y’know what? It worked.

Just as “peace through strength” worked for Ronald Reagan, “negotiating through strength” worked for Trump. Because human nature is constant; the common denominator is strength.

And in life, whoever projects the most strength usually wins. It demotivates aggression and wobbles knees in negotiations.

Been that way since the dawn of time. It’s simply who we are.

Yesterday, it led to a stunning diplomatic breakthrough: The U.S. just came within a whisker of annexing Greenland — and we did it without paying a dime or firing a single bullet.

….

Almost immediately, a media consensus emerged: Yawn. This is no big deal — it’s the same as before. And since Greenland isn’t “officially” part of America, Trump lost the negotiations.

The Atlantic: The Greenland Fiasco Stumbles to an End

Washington Post: Trump Hails Greenland Security Deal That Falls Short of Takeover

Daily Beast: Trump Suffers Humiliating Defeat of His Crackpot Plan to Own Greenland

Reuters: Greenland, Denmark Say U.S. Deal Will Not Cede Sovereignty

New York Times: ‘Nervous and Skeptical,’ Greenlanders Question the New Deal With Trump

NBC News: After Greenland Threats, Trump Settles for a Deal That Avoids Further Angering Allies

DW News: Greenland Deal Gives U.S. What It Already Had

Times of India: Trump’s Greenland Dream FAILS! ‘Wanted to Buy’ Island, but Denmark Keeps Control Despite U.S. Deal

….We gained permanent rights, control, and access to Greenland, completely independent of NATO — and also independent of Greenland declaring itself a sovereign nation. It’s now de facto American territory.

Additionally, Russia and China are frozen out. Forever.

From the American point of view, it was a helluva victory. Best of all, it didn’t cost taxpayers a penny.

In exchange for lifting the (completely manufactured!) leverage of annexing Greenland, Trump got EVERYTHING he wanted on a silver platter.

And that’s great news for the American people — and a much-needed break for the GOP with the midterms 45-ish days away.

Because winning begets winning. The Greenland breakthrough won’t shift the midterms all on its own, but it can do something even more meaningful.

It can signal the start of a new narrative: the great American winning streak!

Too much of the midterms' focus has been on what’s going wrong. From gas prices to groceries to the Iran War to AI doomerism, it’s been a season of discontent.

But there’s so much positivity to report: The border is secure. Crime is at record lows. So is the poverty rate. 

Yet the Republicans refuse to spike the damn football!

I don’t know how else to say this, boys and girls: If we don’t forcefully — and passionately — tell voters our story, they’re not gonna hear it.

‘Cause the media sure as hell won’t tell them for us.

(FWIW) And As proof of that:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Y’all were quiet at $5.02 a gallon and 9.1% inflation. Now gas is $4.06 and inflation is 3.4% and suddenly it’s a crisis. The numbers didn’t change sides. You did. <a href="https://t.co/t6GrskAh0B">pic.twitter.com/t6GrskAh0B</a></p>&mdash; Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 (@MikeBales) <a href="https://x.com/MikeBales/status/2100905576846836019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Score another one for Orange Man

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Trump Secures a HUGE and Historic Deal with Greenland

Matt Margolis, J Media:

The United States, Denmark, and Greenland signed a permanent agreement Friday that hands Washington lasting military rights across the island while permanently shutting out China, Russia, and every other non-NATO adversary. The deal gives the U.S. permanent access, basing, and overflight rights in Greenland, along with the authority to build new military installations there whenever it decides it needs to, according to a senior U.S. official who briefed Fox News Digital.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio wasted no time celebrating. "This historic deal is a huge win for the United States and the American people," he said. "This historic agreement permanently guarantees U.S. security interests in the Arctic at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer."

A senior official added, "The difference here is we're not spending any money for the right" to expand the U.S. military footprint on the island.

The agreement has no expiration date, and it doesn't transfer Greenland's sovereignty to the United States, no matter how badly the left wanted to paint this as some kind of hostile annexation.

Trump himself was the first to celebrate the news, posting on Truth Social that the agreement "completely addresses ALL of our many U.S. concerns" and that "from now on, no U.S. adversary can EVER have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval." He called it an "Infinite Life" agreement, one built to last even if Greenland someday becomes independent.

This deal has been over a century in the making. American presidents have long recognized Greenland's strategic Arctic importance, but none of them closed the gap between recognizing the problem and fixing it. The U.S. has operated Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, under a defense agreement dating back to 1951, and this new deal dramatically expands that relationship as Russia and China build up their own military and economic footprint in the region.

Denmark and Greenland no longer hold veto power over future U.S. installations. Washington will still consult both governments, but it can now build wherever it decides is necessary without waiting for their approval. Officials view the expanded presence as a likely component of Trump's planned Golden Dome missile defense system, and under the new terms, only the United States and its allies will be permitted to make "sensitive investments" in Greenland's telecommunications infrastructure, undersea cables, ports, and critical minerals.

Trump has been ridiculed for wanting Greenland, but on Friday, he secured its permanent defense on America's terms, at no cost to a single U.S. taxpayer, with no expiration date and no way for anyone to undo it. It’s a huge win for our country, and for Trump.

The Washington Post, naturally, is scornful:

Trump hails Greenland security deal that falls short of takeover

The agreement, which Danish officials said is not final, stops far short of Trump's often-stated goal of taking possession of the territory.

And the BBC professes to wonder what the big deal is, literally:

Without the official text being released [sure it has - it’s here Ed] it is unclear how exactly the deal differs from a 1951 agreement with Denmark, under which the US can send as many troops as it wants to Greenland.

The US already has more than 100 military personnel permanently stationed at its Pituffik base in the north-western tip of the territory.

It then proceeds to answer itself, without admitting it:

  • Among the agreed provisions is one stating the deal would not expire even if Greenland became an independent country in the future.

  • The official added that under the deal, the US has unilateral power to build additional military structures with no approval needed from Greenland or Denmark. It includes "permanent access, basing and overflights rights," the official said.

  • It also bans non-Nato countries from building bases in Greenland, and "bans adversaries from making investments in Greenland that could threaten the United States".

  • The official added that under the current status quo, adversaries have been allowed to invest in Greenland's "sensitive sectors without investment screening".

  • The official specifically referenced Russia and China, saying it blocks them from deploying troops or making investments in "sensitive sectors".

Credit where due, NPR managed to report this objectively:

NPR

On Friday, President Trump declared a deal has been struck with Denmark over its oversight of Greenland. Trump has long coveted the mineral-rich island, which Denmark has controlled since the 1700s. Nick Schifrin reports.

Geoff Bennett:

Late today, President Donald Trump announced a deal had been struck with Denmark and Greenland. Mr. Trump has long coveted the mineral-rich island which has been part of the kingdom of Denmark since the 1700s. On social media, Mr. Trump wrote that the deal -- quote -- "gives the United States permanent control over security and all other needs in Greenland, completely addressing all of our many U.S. concerns. There will be no cost to the United States."

With us here to unpack this late-breaking development is Nick Schifrin.

So, Nick, what's in this deal?

Nick Schifrin:

Geoff, reminder that the U.S.-Greenland pressure has caused a rift between the United States and Europe and really led to questions in Europe about whether the United States was an ally. And so this was a huge deal when the president started this.

And I have talked to U.S. and European officials just in the last few minutes, and both sides seem to be happy. That's the real headline here. So let's look at what's exactly in this deal.

The top line is this. It provides U.S. permanent basing, access and overflight rights. What does that mean? The U.S. can create new bases on Greenland. It can fly over Greenland and it can keep that ability no matter what Greenland chooses for its own political future in any kind of self-referendum.

Number two, it bans non-NATO bases. That means no Russia, no China bases are allowed on Greenland. There's also this part, the third part, a screening mechanism for investments. That means no Chinese or Russian investments.

And, in return, this last point that is really key for Greenland and Denmark, the Greenland population can choose its political future. That means that they can choose to be independent, which some people on Greenland want to be. And no territory of Greenland is transferred to the United States.

And that, again, was the core of the rift. The president didn't say, we want a little bit more access to Greenland. He said, we want Greenland. And that is a real -- was a real threat to European sovereignty. And that's why the Europeans tonight are breathing a sigh of relief, in addition to the U.S. officials saying this is a good deal.

Geoff Bennett:

And, Nick, remind us why President Trump was so focused on Greenland in the first place.

Nick Schifrin:

He's been talking about this for years, right?

Geoff Bennett:

Right.

Nick Schifrin:

And, really, let's look at the map. And the reason that he's been so focused is that Greenland is the shortest distance between Russia and the United States, so very key for air defense.

And we have also seen Russian and Chinese ships use routes around Greenland that have been opening up because of the warming climate. And so those were the national security concerns. And, in addition, the president has simply seen Greenland as a good investment place.

And he wanted to secure American investment rights, and not Chinese and Russian investment rights when it comes to critical minerals, and it seems like he has with this deal.

Geoff Bennett:

All right, Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you.

Well sure she would, and so would any Democrat: swap out 5 free-thinking Americans with one dependent sheep? it’s their great replacement theory

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Arkansas Dem: I'd Trade Five Americans for One Illegal Alien

It’s illuminating to learn that this senatorial candidate views Americans as objects that belong to the government, to be traded or sold at their owners’ whim; very much in her Democrat party’s tradition.

Pending near Whitby

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993 Lake Avenue, guide price $3.5 million, is reported pending after 43 days on the market. That’s a better result than the previous owners achieved: they listed it for $2.695 million in 2011 (I showed it to clients — it wasn’t worth that), and finally sold it to these owners for $1.970 million in 2016. It needed a lot of work and, presumably, that’s been done.

The listing makes no mention of the house being “sun-filled” or on “the most coveted street in town”, which is good: it’s down a long, long shared driveway leading deep into the forest.