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AMERICANTHINKER - Trump is Right: Americans Should Embrace AI Data Centers

pixabay By Joseph Ford Cotto America stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end.

AMERICANTHINKER - The ‘No Borders’ People Can’t Understand Why An Islamist Ran The Queers Down With His Car

ChatGPT for American Thinker By Thom Nickels Islam, unlike Christianity, isn’t into accommodating lifestyles it considers immoral.

AMERICANTHINKER - Canada: The Illusion Of Free Healthcare

American Thinker By Christian Vezilj A comparative look at healthcare costs in Canada and the United States reveals that both are costly, but Americans get better, faster care.

AXIOS (Matt Phillips) - Iran war shows China role in setting the price of oil

Data: China's General Administration of Customs; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios The Iran war has revealed China's enormous power over global oil prices, thanks to its position as the world's largest buyer. Why it matters: China's reaction to the oil shock — by substantially withdrawing from buying on world markets — helped prevent the worst of the price spikes that experts thought would follow from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Catch up quick: After the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, Chinese crude oil imports dove as prices spiked. - At first, the decline in imports didn't surprise analysts. (China has long been known as a price-sensitive buyer.) Yes, but: Few expected that China could maintain this low…

NYTIMES (Ross Douthat and Rochelle Widdowson) - Why Won’t America’s Aging Elite Retire?

How the elderly hoard the future.

NEWSCATS - The Human Costs of Green Energy

Image: The Impending Collapse of California’s Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Related: US & Global Reliance On Fossil Fuel Unchanged In 25 Years The life spans of wind turbines and solar panels are a tiny fraction of [...]

AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - AI labs face prisoner's dilemma as momentum grows for safety slowdown

America's AI architects are converging on a chilling consensus: The pace of progress may soon demand a slowdown, but no single lab can afford to pull the brake alone. Why it matters: Momentum for an AI pause or pacing mechanism has reached a historic tipping point, ignited by a summer of extraordinary yet unsettling leaps in capabilities. - More than 1,200 employees at leading AI companies have signed on to a new petition, "Pacing the Frontier ," urging Washington to back an international framework capable of throttling AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that he's discussed the "need" to slow AI development with White House officials as models grow more powerful — and that OpenAI helped shape the petition's language. …

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Inside the $2 million effort to oust Rep. Andy Ogles in his Republican primary

A super PAC that has invested millions to unseat Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is putting another $700,000 behind his GOP primary challenger in the final week of the campaign, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Ogles was already facing one his most perilous reelection battle to date, with Democrats making him one of their top targets in November. But first he has to get the nomination, which is not a done deal. - Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, the clean-energy aligned super PAC working to primary Ogles, commissioned a poll that has him leading his challenger, Charlie Hatcher, by just four percentage points. - The survey, first shared with Axios, had Ogles at 37% and Hatcher at 33% among 400 likely Republican primary voters interviewed…