When an FBI confidential informant met with Burisma executives in Austria in 2016, he strongly advised them against plans to buy a U.S. oil company – chiefly because the controversial Ukrainian energy firm with Hunter Biden on its board was under investigation in Ukraine.
He further suggested that Burisma first spend about $50,000 litigating the corruption investigation in Ukraine.
Then-Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky laughed, according to a newly released, unclassified FBI document. He wasn’t laughing because the number was so small, the informant said. Rather, he laughed because the suggestion had the number five in it.
“It costs 5 (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another Biden,” the unclassified 1023 form quotes Zlochevsky saying at the 2016 meeting, a reference to then-Vice President Joe Biden and to son Hunter Biden, who was serving on the board of Burisma.
Who is in charge of your children? That has been a perennial question that has grown in importance over the last few years. When I was a child, it was understood that, with rare exceptions, parents were in charge of a child’s upbringing. This included medical, religious, and educational decisions. However, over the last few decades, the role of the parent in these decisions has been replaced by experts. What happens when the goal of the experts differs from those of the parents? Who decides the future of the rising generations? It was understood that the state acted in loco parentis, in place of the parents, only for the safety of the child. A recent case in U.S. District Court shows that be it health departments, child services, schools, or even the courts. Government not only believes they know better than the parents, they are more than willing to act in loco parentis tyrannis.
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With the release of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications, there has been a lot of speculation and downright assertions about our future. With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), not more than a passing understanding of AIs, I've come to the conclusion that much of what I've heard is more science fiction than fact. A recent court case decided in the D.C. District Court revolved around one very important question. Do AIs have rights?
In this third installment of the three-part series on the branches of government, we look at the role of the third and weakest branch. At least that is what our Founding Fathers thought of it. What is the role of the federal judiciary? What are the extent of their powers, how do they related to the other two branches of government, and why is a proper understanding of the role of the judiciary critical if the United States is to remain a constitutional republic?
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Thomas Jefferson once said, “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper.” Today, that could be said about all corporate media. This leads to the modern saying, “It’s only a conspiracy theory for 3-6 months, then we find out it’s the truth all along.” How can We the People consent to a government without accurate information about what it is doing? How can we pursue happiness if we cannot trust the information we use to choose our path? What can We the People do about this? While you may not like the answer, at least for me, it has worked wonders. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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During the recent D-Day remembrances, a WWII veteran recounted joining up at the tender age of 16 and fighting on Iwo Jima. Imagine the changes he’s seen over the years. How much different must America look today than the day he enlisted. When asked what he thought about the state of America today, this 96-year old veteran said “I feel like a foreigner in my own country at times”. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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We live in an age of incredible information. Think about it, when I needed to do a report in school I had two choices, an encyclopedia or go to the library. I had to learn how to use those tools to find the information I was looking for, and frequently it took days or weeks just to get the book or article I needed. Then there were hours of study in order to write my report. Today, most of us can access the entirety of human knowledge from the phone in our hand. We can even ask an AI bot to write our report for us. Things have certainly changed. But as with all new technologies, there are problems as well.
The worst part of the information age is the overwhelming amount of information we have access to. While our access to information has grown exponentially, our ability to sift through it to find the truth seems to have atrophied. It seems we are more interested in finding people who agree with us than in finding the truth. It’s not the fact that we have different opinions that I see ...
