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 In stunning sequence this Sunday morning, I got this from Bob Fertig , then the news of Prez Biden's withdrawal, then word that he gave Kamala Harris his strongest endorsement: "The best decision I made" in selecting her for V.P. 10 reasons why our next President will be Kamala Harris 1. She’s ready to be President For 4 years, Kamala Harris has been preparing to become President if anything happened to Biden. She has helped shape important policies, worked closely with Biden’s top advisors, presided over the Senate, campaigned across the country, and met with leaders around the world. The transition from Biden to Harris would be seamless. 2. She’s ready to be the Nominee Harris is the only Democrat who can take over the Biden-Harris campaign, and all the money it has raised. 3. She’s ready to defeat Trump At age 59, Harris has the energy, experience, and debating skills to go head-to-head against Trump – and beat him by enough to prevent another insurrection. 4. She’ll...

(I realize in the current Biden drama, policy isn't top of mind, but the search for Grand Strategies must not stop. To execute the idea below, big -- nay, huge -- changes must happen. We are in serious need of change. Read on...) UPDATE!   (I love saying that.) Yay, President Biden. Yay Veep Harris! Yay Democrats! Now you need a fresh super plank to overcome the blank stares when you point out what a fantastic job the Dems are doing. Coalesce all the Climate, Science, Health, Infrastructure, Economic and American Industry wins into a powerful umbrella platform. Give Kamala Harris a big new policy weapon... LIKE THIS ONE.  What Idea Will Appeal to the Most People? WE WILL OPTIMIZE THE WORKFORCE! THE WORKFORCE --  Definition:    All who work for wages -- salaries, commissions or hourly -- and for whom those wages are their primary source of income.   Not the billionaires; Not the "1%"; Not even the "5%" That leaves the 95%, us, thee and me. We are a varietous...

  A two-paragraph AI summary of a four page draft. and a guess at the plot It was (sorta) spot on.  Working on the sequel to Lucas 2.0, I'm sweating out a chapter that moves several currents of the story simultaneously,  and I'm having a tough time of it. Purely for distraction (i.e. procrastination), I decided to put the current draft up for a little AI commentary; it might confirm I'm getting the points over I want to. I've read that's the way some writers are using AI. This little exercise was done with  Copilot , MS Bing's version of ChatGPT 4.  I uploaded the chapter and used this prompt: " This is a segment of a chapter in a sci-fi novel. Please give a two-paragraph summary and briefly take a crack at what the premise of the book might be." Speed reading's my thing. Co-Pilot read the chapter, thought about it long and hard, wrote the summary I requested, and did a considered speculation on what the rest of the book might be about. All that i...

Talk About Production Volume! Check out these vast Chinese solar farms. (Almost) As Far as the Eye Can See. "Cover the hills with solar panels:" Xi MASSIVE PRODUCTION:   In2023, China installations of renewable energy included adding 216 gigawatts of solar capacity. 216 gigawatts added  in one year are more than the total of all solar power in the United States. Whew!   That's roughly 900 million (check my arithmetic) panels, manufactured  annually in China,  My favorite American solar manufacturer is Qcells . Their annual output is about 6 gigawatts. And that's 30% of the total American manufacturing capacity. In 2021, China's solar panel manufacturing capacity was estimated to be around 160 GW! Now that capacity and new sales barriers (tarriffs) plus murderous  competitive  urges have resulting in huge dumps at prices nobody can match.  They've wiped out several western panal manufacturfers - thus the tarriffs.* ALL IN ON THE LONG HAUL I'm ...