Abigail R. Hall discusses government surveillance on WHAS Radio’s The Leland Conway Show
Source: Blulegrass Institute
“Abigail R. Hall discusses her op-ed, ‘Flock cameras aren’t ‘compromise;’ they’re gross overreach.'” (09/16/26)
Why Everyone Is Saying AI Could Kill Us All
Source: Persuasion
by Matt Lutz
“It’s reasonable to ask how AI might kill us all. We can answer that question on several levels. At the first level, AI can kill humans in the same way that humans kill humans. AI is already being used in lethal ways …. At a second level, we should remember that AI is native to computer systems; that’s where it lives. And these computer systems are increasingly in charge of everything that we do. … But at the highest level, none of these details about how AI might kill us matter. The thing that is dangerous about AI is that it could become massively more intelligent than us, and so massively more capable of controlling the environment in any number of ways.” (09/16/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/why-everyone-is-saying-ai-could-kill
Peter Max, 1937-2026
Source: United Press International
“Peter Max, the German-born artist whose art is said to have captured the colorful, psychedelic counterculture spirit of the 1960s, has died, according to reports. He was 88. … Born in Berlin to Jewish parents in 1937, Max and his family fled Nazis Germany for China when he was still an infant, spending several years there during his youth, according to a biography on Max by Park West Gallery, where the pop artist’s work has been sold. In 1953, a 16-year-old Max and his family moved from Europe to Brooklyn … It was during the 1960s and 1970s that he and his art exploded into the mainstream and he produced some of his best-known Pop Art works that would come to define the look and feel of the Flower Power culture of the United States.” (09/17/26)
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2026/09/17/Peter-Max-obituary/7351789630236/
The Science of Politics, 09/16/26
Source: Niskanen Center
“Do boots and a truck make candidates Republican?” (09/16/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/do-boots-and-a-truck-make-candidates-republican
AI Superforecasting Should Transform The FDA
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Josh Morrison
“Pharmaceutical forecasting is untested, and the FDA is a conservative organization. Decision makers would not and should not uproot their usual process in favor of a forecasting-based one. We envision applying forecasting to the FDA gradually, increasing its prominence only after low-commitment applications have visibly succeeded. … This summer, as part of its Operation Trialblazer clinical trial reform initiative, the Trump administration announced a pilot program to speed up phase 1 trials. Incorporating forecasting into that pilot would be a concrete way of implementing this initial stage. The FDA could either employ human forecasters, partner with an AI superforecasting company, or create their own in-house software; results from this first stage would be used to calibrate its effectiveness.” (09/16/26)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/ai-superforecasting-should-transform
Iran, the Midterms, and October Surprises
Source: American Greatness
By Victor Davis Hanson
“Many narratives swirl around the U.S. war with Iran as the November 3 midterm elections loom. The Left is giddy with confidence that Democrats may take control of Congress. It is therefore planning a circus of impeachments, lawfare, and investigations to neuter the last two years of the Trump administration. High gas prices and the current unpopularity of the Iran conflict, coupled with the historical reality that the president’s party has lost seats in Congress in 39 of the last 41 midterm elections, have convinced Democrats that they could win enough seats to cut off funds for the war. Yet the elections are still seven weeks away, and the sheer number of known unknowns ensures an uncertain outcome. Every side is now gaming the midterms. The Democrats believe the unpopular war can at last halt Trump’s momentum and are already declaring it all but lost. The Iranian theocracy agrees.” (09/17/26)
https://amgreatness.com/2026/09/17/iran-the-midterms-and-october-surprises/
American buyers of Indian goods face 100% tariff threat over Russian oil after US House vote
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“For four years, India, one of the world’s biggest oil importers, has turned Russia’s war-driven disruption of global oil markets to its advantage. Russian crude, displaced from western markets after the invasion of Ukraine, has flowed instead to Indian refineries, often at attractive discounts. The arrangement has lowered the cost of one of India’s biggest imports and given its refiners an abundant source of crude. Now that bargain is becoming a source of geopolitical risk. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving President Donald Trump broad powers to impose sanctions on Russia and tariffs of up to 100% on [Americans who buy goods from] countries that buy Russian oil and gas. It will now go to Trump to be signed into law. [Americans who buy goods from] India and China are among those most exposed because both are major buyers of Russian oil.” (09/17/26)
Is a Desperate Trump Trying to Sell Out Ukraine to Get Russia’s Help on Iran?
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
“A visit by perennial Trump administration negotiators Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, followed immediately by one to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Donald Trump’s claim that a ceasefire in that war is imminent might make critics suspicious of another administration attempt to pressure Ukraine for major concessions to end that bloody war, this time in exchange for a Russian stand-down in helping Iran in the administration’s war with that country. Any such obvious mutually advantageous deal could help both Russia and the United States at Ukraine’s expense.” (09/17/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/16/trump-ukraine-russia-iran/
Argentina: Judge orders suspension of Falklands oil project
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“An Argentinian judge has ordered the suspension of a British-Israeli oil project near the Falkland Islands in a purely symbolic move as Argentina escalates its claim over the British-administered territory. Wednesday’s interim ruling issued by a court in Argentina’s southernmost province, Tierra del Fuego, follows a lawsuit filed by 1982 war veterans and environmental lawyers earlier this month. The plaintiffs sought to block Britain’s Rockhopper Exploration and Israel’s Navitas Petroleum from the Sea Lion oilfield, located about 220km (137 miles) from the islands. … London maintains the islands are British and rejects the jurisdiction of Argentinian courts in the Falklands. The islanders themselves voted overwhelmingly in 2013 to remain British.” (09/17/26)
Kibbe on Liberty, episode 404
Source: Free the People
“Gamifying Civics to Promote Liberty | Guest: Daniel ‘Free’ O’Connell.” (09/16/26)