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Patton’s Golden Rules and a Sprint Across France, Super Hornet Production Nears Exit, Scratch-Off Christmas Jackpot, Wholesale Inflation Up in December, Golden Globes Access Tease, Wisconsin Kid Juggling Record, Campus Education Political Fights, Minnesota Welfare Fraud Testimony, and Warnings on Powerful AI

Patton’s “Golden Rules” and the Third Army’s Sprint Across France

General George Patton’s preferred war recipe, speed, simplicity, and boldness, gets the highlight reel treatment via the U.S. Third Army’s rapid drive after the Normandy breakout, using armor, recon, and tactical airpower to punch through gaps in German lines. Then reality showed up, logistics, caution, and the Moselle River slowed the whole party down, because even swagger needs fuel.

Super Hornet Production Heads for the Exit

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is nearing the end of its production run. Northrop Grumman has completed the final aft and center fuselage sections and vertical tails for the last new-build aircraft, and a Navy order for 17 more jets stretched the timeline to 2027, but the conveyor belt is clearly approaching “turn off the lights” status.

Christmas Scratch-Off Tradition Pays Out

An Ohio man says his dad’s Christmas tradition of gifting scratch-off lottery tickets delivered a $100,000 win. For once, the family ritual was not just socks and forced smiles, it was a receipt from the universe that says, “Congrats, your luck showed up, briefly.”

Wholesale Inflation Ticks Up in December

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the Producer Price Index rose 0.5% in December, stirring fresh inflation worries. Nothing says “calm economic outlook” like prices climbing at the wholesale level while everyone pretends this will not boomerang into the stuff people actually buy.

Golden Globes Blind Item, Access Promised, Access Denied

A Golden Globes related blind item claims actress Skai Jackson slept with a man she believed would get her into the event and an after-party, and then reportedly did not get the promised access. If true, it is a bleak reminder that gatekeeping in Hollywood is not a door, it is a rigged carnival game.

Wisconsin Kid Sets Juggling World Record

An 11-year-old juggler from Wisconsin set a Guinness World Record by using a pindaloo to complete 51 rotations in under 30 seconds. Humanity is weird, yes, but sometimes in the best possible way.

Campus and Education Political Fights Multiply

A roundup of campus and education controversies includes Virginia Democrats criticized for threatening funding cuts to the Virginia Military Institute over DEI concerns, allegations that Idaho colleges tried to work around a new DEI law, and a Chicago teacher placed on leave after a pro-ICE social media post. Also in the mix, backlash over a VCU nurse fired after a video encouraging sabotage of ICE agents, disputes about student group recognition at St. John’s University, and criticism of a Chicago teachers union video targeting Target employees over ICE while test scores slide, because nothing says “mission focus” like culture-war improv during an academic faceplant.

Minnesota Leaders to Testify on Welfare Fraud Allegations

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed they will testify March 4 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee over allegations of welfare fraud and misuse of taxpayer funds in state social services programs. Oversight hearings are where political brands go to either die under fluorescent lights or rehearse their talking points like it is opening night on Broadway.

Warnings About “Powerful AI” and a Rough Technological Adolescence

A piece on future AI risks summarizes Dario Amodei’s warning that fast-moving “powerful AI” could shove humanity into a turbulent “technological adolescence,” featuring misaligned autonomous behavior, malicious bio or cyber use, AI-enabled authoritarian surveillance and propaganda, job displacement and wealth concentration, plus broader knock-on effects on human purpose and biology. Proposed mitigations include Constitutional AI, mechanistic interpretability, and targeted government steps like transparency requirements and chip export controls, which is sensible, provided regulators can move faster than a committee meeting about scheduling the next committee meeting.

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