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[May 20, 2026 (14:30)] Thought readers would find this rather alarming. ArmstrongEconomics: The Grocery Store is Becoming a Surveillance Center                                    Why Does Best Buy Have Cameras in Their Price Tags?                                                             Image Credit: 9 Gagger Grocery stores are already building extensive consumer profiles using purchase histories, browsing activity, online searches, and third-party broker data to infer everything from your economic status to health conditions and family structure. The stores can categorize customers as “not price sensitive” or identify people based on lifestyle and purchasing behavior. Think carefully about what that means once artificial intelligence is con...

  [MAY 19, 2026 (21:30 PDT)] Earlier today, I promised to come back with election results on this race in Kentucky; surprisingly, I did not think Trump's influence would be weighing so strongly due to concerns about the economy, gas prices, and the unpopularity of the war--his popularity having taken a hit in the polls. However, this was a resounding defeat for Massie; accordingly, Trump carried this district by 24% in 2020 and 30% in 2024. Here is the concession speech still streaming live: YouTube/USA TODAY: FULL MASSIE CONCESSION SPEECH [21:00m-ago]  Politics over until our CA primary in two-weeks. One-and-done, Drake

[May 18, 2026 (13:00 PDT)] Still standing-by on the resumption of the Iran war, but plenty of other news to cover, critical thinkers, CNBC: Trump Holds Off Tuesday Attack at Behest of Middle Eastern Leaders Request s Reason.com: Samurai vs MethHead Squatters Filling Void of Government and Police Lack of Action  Indicting Fauci Opening Can of Worms: Hospitals Killing People for $39,000 Covid Money for One Image Credit: Economic Times  NY POST: Autopen Pardons Could be Invalid but Implication of Entire System Culpability a Heavy Lift JUST THE NEWS: CIA Employee Testifies Fauci Improperly Influenced Covid Origin Report Alright, see you soon, Drake (18:30 PDT) Back at you, critical thinkers, alexjoneslive.com: AG Blanch Says Lots of Evidence 2020 'Rigged' Investigations in Georgia Arizona . . . hmmm, not seeing this much of anywhere in the MSM (?) Tomorrows News: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) Faces Full Wrath of Trump NBC NEWS: 8-year Kentucky Libertarian Thorn in Side of Fellow Repu...

  [May 16 2026 (14:30 PDT)] Welcome back, critical thinkers, Thought I would park a few stories before coming back, tonight. AXIOS: More Bad News on Fertilizer Shortage If you want to take a deep-dive, there are plenty of hardy links to explore. As if we needed a second global transit route to worry about: Ships and oil tankers in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Singapore. Rex Wholster / Getty Images file NBC NEWS: The Strait of Malacca Carries Quarter of Global Trade Critical to Asian Markets Here is a really good info-graffic for context: An infographic showing global oil shipping routes, sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Muhammed Ali Yigit / Anadolu via Getty Images That is all for now, Drake

  [MAY 12, 2026 (19:00 PDT)] Returning to the keyboards, many of the stories emerging are rather bazaar, critical thinkers, You Cannot Make This Stuff Up Tried to find a clean outtake to no avail, so this was featured on Jesse Water's Fox Show & the Story Begins at :38s. . . . Oh Boy, wait 'til Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt Spins this One into His Next Ad! Who Has the Worse Drinking Problem: US Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) or FBI's Patel MEDIAite:  The Atlantic Dogs Patel Who Responds Senator Slings Margaritas with Gangbanger Rapist In the Wanning Days of Biden Presidency How did this story NOT get reported on? THE US SUN: Mystery of How Explosions Sunk Russian Ship Carrying 2 Nuke Reactors Headed to N Korea off Spain Finally, Trump is still in the air nearing Beijing for the summit with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and upon departure said . . . Insert Foot in Mouth: Trump Does Not Think Much About Economic Concerns of Americans  CNBC: NOT JUST IRAN & OIL PRICE...

  [MAY 8, 2026 (21:15 PDT)] Gearing up for tomorrow's post, I just wanted to park this viral Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor here, Image Courteous of: Wont Let Me Cut and Paste We have not talked much about AI at CT&Reasoning, but I think this ad and others Pratt has done on a shoestring budget avoid the ethical concerns about the technology and clearly come across as parody.  Queen Amaya Entertainment: AI Batman Campaign Ad for LA Mayor 2026 Be back to take a further look at this phenomenon and breaking news,  Drake