Tuesday, April 21, 2026

TechGods Objectifying Everything


TechGods posit that restrictions in AI development/use by governmental entities are the modern day manifestation of the anti-Christ .  Therefore, constraints on AI are evil and must be fought at all costs.

AI is even posed as virtuous, moral and divine while it undresses images of clothed children and steers teens to addiction, suicide and hate.  

TechGod Peter Thiel and Lecturer on the Anti-Christ launched an AI arbiter of "Truth."  It is called Objection.  


The algorithm scores anonymous material unfavorably:
Under the platform’s rubric, primary records like regulatory filings and official emails carry the most weight, while anonymous whistleblower claims are ranked near the bottom.
It sounds like a hegemonic tool for the people already in power.  


Who needs this level of investigative knowledge unless the aim is to counter government leakers sourcing news stories?

Objection customers pay $2,000 per perceived factual inaccuracy. Their website states:
Our investigators have complete editorial independence. They use standard investigative reporting techniques, which are protected by the First Amendment. Once they take on a case, they gather all available evidence, regardless of whose interests are affected. They are like freelance investigative journalists hired by a newsroom.
So it's an Objection contract journalist vs. a media contract journalist cage match.

Here's the process:


Not sure what an AI tribunal is but it likely ends with "the TechGod tribe has spoken."  

Objection's manifesto is garbage, like much of AI.  


I worked with a local newspaper publisher who had one critical test before running anything.  Is it true?  

Objection is a tool of, by and for TechGods.  It will frame issues they wish to force upon the public via their numerous avenues into our computers, eyes and brains.  And to that I object!  

Friday, April 17, 2026

Lucky Palmer Shoots for $60 Billion Anduril Valuation


TechGods of War & Spying keep winning in the federal budget cash bonanza.  And they will to lie to our faces.

Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Joshua Kushner are the billionaire funders of firms living off the federal teat.  Thiel and Andreessen got in early when Anduril was valued at $1 billion.  Kushner got in later but has a double and a 6 bagger for Thrive's two investments.


The funding rounds are below:



Palmer is lucky to live in our world of fictions of fantasies where he (and other TechGods) can tell non-truths and deride others for knowing otherwise (that they are lying).  For many of us, it's rather confusing.

Some days it helps to realize:  Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.  

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Raise a PEU Glass to Nadia Partners


Nadia Partners is the latest private equity underwriter (PEU) to find West Texas attractive for investment.  Affiliate Beacon AI Centers will hold a public meeting this evening to talk about their AI data center in Dove Creek.  

I doubt any Nadia Partner will show.  They may be toasting from a considerable distance (Canada).  Beacon staff will entertain West Texans with their "massive scale."  Residents should be concerned about the scale of water usage and electrical power.  Will those be massive as well?  


Beacon's other projects use natural gas fired generators for power.  

According to ERCOT, two power projects are currently under development, Dove Creek Solar and Dove Creek Power.  It's not clear who is behind those, however Nadia has an affiliate that does both solar power and battery backup (Dromore Energy). 

Big money is behind Nadia, Beacon, Dromore and Nadia Partners' other affiliates (mostly AI).  Beacon's co-chair is a former Managing Partner and Chief Technology Officer for The Blackstone Group.


The State of Texas tilts toward corporations over citizens.  It's rules on surface water are a language in an of itself and favor water rights holders who regularly exercise those rights.  The only excess surface water in Texas is essentially flood water.  

Beacon's project is near two creeks, Spring Creek and Dove Creek.   Their land likely has water rights to Spring Creek and its Rust Reservoir.   

I wonder if Beacon executives realize downstream water users tend not to fare well, especially during our hot, dry summers when those rights are not accessible.  

That means punching a bunch of holes in the ground which can and likely will lower the water table.  Will it drop enough to stop all creek flow?  That's the worry. especially if the project doubles or triples the local population during building/power plant construction.

So raise a glass of fracking fluids to Nadia, Blackstone other big name investors and their facilitator, the State of Texas.  That's what our wells may be producing in ten years.  

Update 4-16-26:  The community of Dove Creek expressed their near universal opposition to the Beacon AI data center.  County Commissioner Shawn Nanny closed public feedback by joining his constituents in opposing the project.  

Fictions of Fantasies

The seer said:

"Throughout the whole market structure, I have never seen so many fraudulent people make so much friggin' money off the valuation of companies that make no money and even lose tons.

So many just plain borrow to exist, whether it be the Trumpsters or the venture capitalists or the goose egg Private Credit/ Private Equity/money managers. 

The extraordinary numbers,  based on fictions of fantasies, put productive work/ labor/ salaried people on a vessel in the sea without the ability to escape the vortex of debasement. 

Every day it's cheered and no one has a clue how this ends."

My wise friend could not have said it better.

On another issue he offered:

The whole country will need an adrenaline shot to the heart to get us out of this stupidness
Now where to locate the USA's posterior?

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Saudi PIF May Push LIV to Curb for Lack of Green


The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) may drop LIV Golf.  Surely, they are tired of subsidizing "the product", which has failed to take hold.  

Also, there may be a message for Trump II after his disastrous war of choice on Iran.  LIV used Trump golf courses for a number of its U.S. events.  

An LIV event is scheduled for Trump National from May 7-10, 2026.  It is sponsored by a Saudi Mining Company.  Did Don Jr. or Eric get in on that deal?   They have dozens of their other ventures front-running Trump II's key strategies.

LIV, Golf but Louder.  

Trump II, Don but Mafia.  

Trump's protection racket may be disintegrating, like his frontal cortex.  Only the Crown Prince knows for sure.

General conclusion:  People don't like Louder or Mafia.  And they really don't like Loud Mafia, especially if the protection isn't there.  Take that to the bank.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Leaderboard Day $TRUMP Trading


Trump II brought down the price of VIP access for his $TRUMP meme-coin Dinner Extravaganza.  It dropped from roughly $3 million to $300,000 noted Decrypt.

Deflation exists after all.  

I'll be surprised if Trump II actually attends his event (luncheon on 4/25/26).  He has a war and a Pope to fight as well as the White House Correspondents Dinner that very evening, complete with corporate sponsorship (Boeing, Amazon and Meta).  

What's an Executive Branch Party (4/24/26) at the Executive Branch Club without the top guy with the hip-pity hop dance moves?  
Nelly is the featured performing artist.
Will Trump II don his doctor robes for any of these big events?  Stay tuned. 

Monday, April 13, 2026

$TRUMP Superstar Dinner for Flat Performance


Trump II's second memecoin competition nears the finish line as tomorrow is Leaderboard Day.  Winners get to dine with the President at Mar-a-Lago and "18 Superstars" of the crypto world.

Trump's memecoin received an initial pop from the competition announcement.  It nears the finish line with virtually no change in price.    


We close with the fine print on Trump II's memecoin website:
Trump Memes are intended to function as an expression of support for, and engagement with, the ideals and beliefs embodied by the symbol "$TRUMP" and the associated artwork, and are not intended to be, or to be the subject of, an investment opportunity, investment contract, or security of any type. GetTrumpMemes.com is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign or any political office or governmental agency. CIC Digital LLC, an affiliate of The Trump Organization, and Fight Fight Fight LLC collectively own 80% of the Trump Cards, subject to a 3-year unlocking schedule. CIC Digital LLC and Celebration Cards LLC, the owner of Fight Fight Fight LLC, will receive trading revenue derived from trading activities of Trump Meme Cards.
May the best "nonpolitical engagers" who desire to purchase political influence win!!!

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod/Cryptobro brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

"This Week's" Undisclosed PEU Guests


ABC's This Week interviewed General Joseph Votel this morning.  General Votel is Strategic Advisor and Board member for DC Capital Partners, a "sector-focused private equity firm that invests in middle market companies in the Government and Engineering markets."  It has one Ambassador and six Admiral/Generals on board.  

This Week also had former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on its powerhouse roundtable.  McCarthy has his own private equity underwriter (PEU) ties with defense focused Albion River..


This Week failed to disclose either man's PEU ties.
Fun fact:  A former McCarthy aide now heads the PEU lobby, the American Investment Council.  
Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Smerconish Reveals Admiral's Day Job


For the first time since Trump II started his war of choice on Iran CNN host Michael Smerconish shared Admiral James Stavridis' day job as Vice Chairman for international activities and global strategy at The Carlyle Group, a politically connected private equity underwriter (PEU).  Smerconish disclosed this role when he introduced his guest and later in the program CNN showed it on screen.

Smerconish cited a Bloomberg article by Stavridis in their interview.  He did not mention a Semafor story.


Stavridis has been a regular on Smerconish.  I chronicled a number of their nondisclosures over the last six weeks and am glad to see the most basic declaration to have happened today.  I hope they keep it up.

Friday, April 10, 2026

PEU or PEW?

Much has been said and written about Tucker Carlson's interview with Nathan Apffel.  If nothing else, I am grateful it cited the possibility of the U.S. "ending" the Iranian civilization (Trump II's threat) via tactical nuclear bombs.  

The thought briefly entered my mind as I considered the President's social media threat but I discounted the idea as even too insane for Trump II.  The pair called it unChristian.  

They took some time to get to that conclusion, mostly via Christian theology combined with investigative journalism.  Tucker setup his guest:

Carlson began with discounting the Western corporate mantra, measurement matters and is nearly the only thing that does.  "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it" has always been bunk.  There is underlying management theory, just as there is theology.  Tucker and his guest tackled Christian theology.

The host made room for people being wrong but being in the right celestial/cognitive neighborhood.  (This is the spot in the interview where Peter Thiel came to mind with his recent anti-Christ views.)

The pair talked about Jesus' charge to his disciples to go into the world and spread the good news (what eventually became the Gospels in the Bible).  

Tucker Carlson cut his teeth inspiring revolutions, not necessarily the peaceful kind.  I wondered if this was an "announcer call" for committed followers.  If so, followers of what?  

The focus was on institutions, church and government.  It had a Grover Norquist/DOGE ring to it.  People are taking advantage of institutions for earthly gains and that should be stopped immediately.


Letting go is a key for individual religious transformation.  It may be key for corporations today pursuing AI, but corporations typically wish to control things vs. freeing them up.  TechGods are disruptors, regularly killing professions and whole industries.

Apffel cited globalism and competition for consumers as factors influencing nonprofits and religious institutions.  That has a familiar ring as private equity underwriters (PEU) sent U.S. jobs overseas (mostly to Asia)  while expanding internationally.  Pick a PEU and check out their global office locations.


The filmmaker noted that corrupt religious organizations usually have an appealing mission that brings in donor money and diverts attention from sketchy or unethical business practices.  Sam Bankman-Fried's "effective altruism" and Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein's "patriotic philanthropy" came to mind as Apffel spoke.

They delved into Christian Zionism and what drives that belief system.  Religions are not governments and governments aren't religions.  Conflating the two is problematic.   


The interview closed with talk of the anti-Christ.  Apffel suggested it would come as institutional power.  He located it in the church with the use of the word "pew."


To what are people chained to today?  Many things, but certainly our phones and social media apps stand at the top of the list.  People are also chained to their jobs, where executives and company investors seemingly have all the resources of the world.  I'd say the church has competition on many of these anti-Christ parameters.  

Each of these two men have every right to wrestle with the Good Book and its application to the present day.  I am not criticizing their theology.  My father, were he still alive, could have done that as an Episcopal minister who taught Clinical Pastoral Education at a major teaching hospital.

I can observe Tucker Carlson's addressing someone he found wrong in the past, religion wise.


Lord, have mercy upon us all.  Help us to love our neighbor and love you, our God.  Some days it's darned hard given our neighbors.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Headlines Divert: Trump Boys' Drone Project


Prior to Trump II's Easter meltdown I found an interesting relationship in Aureus Greenway's March 23rd 8-K filing.  It stated:

On March 20, 2026, the Company entered into an Advisory/Consulting Services Agreement date March 1, 2026 (the “Consulting Agreement”) with C&H Capital Inc., a Georgia corporation (“C&H”), pursuant to which C&H was engaged to provide strategic investor relations, communications planning, and related advisory services to the Company in connection with the proposed Business Combination and the Company’s public company investor relations program. 

 Under the Consulting Agreement, C&H is entitled to a monthly cash fee of $5,000 for a 12-month term commencing March 1, 2026. In addition, the Company agreed to issue to C&H an aggregate of 200,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), as equity compensation over the course of two years, provided that the Consulting Agreement has not been earlier terminated for cause and C&H remains engaged through such date.

Dominari backed Aureus plans to merge with drone maker Powerus.  The Trump boys have huge stakes in Dominari and likely hold shares in Aureus.  They may even have a stake in Powerus as well (not confirmed as the company is private). 


It is C & H Capital's job to paint the series of insider political connections as "just normal" in America today.  The firm has done work for many companies and a smattering of them are shown in the image at the top of this piece.  Founder Jason Assad and C & H Capital are mostly absent from the internet, other than corporate press releases that show Jason as the company contact or SEC filings which show firms engaging his services.  

There is an interview by Jessica Starman, founder of Elev8 New Media, with Jason.  They discuss the services he provides and how he likes to work with management.


Both Starman and Assad speak frequently about integrity.  Two hundred thousand shares of stock in a Trump sons' backed drone project while Dad asks for a 50% increase in the Pentagon budget (outside the Iran War supplemental) sounds more like opportunity.  

I take it integrity has been redefined since I graduated from Commerce School at a university with a strong honor code.  

Business has been good for Starman, as well.  Elev8 New Media just opened a second office in New York City.  Their new associate is a former Fox News producer on "The Clayman Countdown."

Everybody has to make it in the world today.  Thank heaven I am retired as I could not digest the thin ethical gruel being served up by private equity underwriters (PEU), TechGods, their sponsored politicians and connected insiders, seemingly front-running everything.

I would have covered this sooner but Trump II's "F-in'" and "civilization ending" statements required focused attention, specifically an Easter letter to my Congressman and watching Tucker Carlson's interview with filmmaker Nathan Apffel.  Everybody has a role to play, especially the guys with television studios.

God bless us all.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Trump II to End Iranian Civilization: Fast or Slow?


Trump II latest savage whim offered Iran leaders the option of ending their civilization in one of two ways, fast or slow.  Fast from the exercise of military might.  

Slow from the toxic effects imposed by the private equity underwriter (PEU) ownership and TechGod products that disrupt real relationships and the acquisition/use of actual knowledge.  

PEUs are legendary for manipulating government and siphoning large amounts of cash from federal coffers.  TechGods awakened to this and are now deeply ensconced on the federal tit.

It's strange to think that a country's civilization can end in a special military operation, specifically "not a war" from the U.S. Department of War (Christian but expressly not Catholic version).  The Pentagon is headed by a number of former PEUs and has its own private equity initiative.  

The greed and leverage boys ended ethics in business dealings by being of both sides of deals, getting to value their holdings at whatever they wish and withholding the most basic information from investors and regulators.  PEU Apollo founder Leon Black funded Jeffrey Epstein in a major way for decades.

TechGods did their part to put children at risk.  Meta allowed child sex predators seventeen strikes according to a USA Today piece.  Tech founders know the damage their products do and restrict their own children's access.  

TechGods gave total loyalty and servitude to Trump II and this unholy alliance drives much of U.S. foreign policy.  Take Trump II's Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the State Department Jacob Helberg.  His ethics filing reveals conflicts that cannot be undone.    

While TechGods are new to the overt political influence game, they are a quick study, learning from their PEU mentors.  Both would love access to Iran's economy and its 92 million people.

Admiral and Carlyle Group Vice Chairman James Stavridis (PEU) told Semafor:

There’s always been a sense that there’s a looming tower of Iran out there and there was a sense of, “we’re going to invest anyway.” I think that tower’s been knocked down. Iran could still do damage, they could use terrorism, they could use cyber, they could continue to close the strait. But their capability is reduced to a point where, as an investor, I continue to be comfortable in getting into the region. 

And all of this, I think, ultimately is going to move the Israelis and the Gulf Arab states closer together. Put those two things together, I think the Gulf remains highly investable.

I believe firmly that the people of Iran, in the next two or three years, are going to flip this regime. It’s going to be done internally. You can just feel the discontent. If that happens, the investment opportunities in a post conflict Iran are very high. It’s three times the size of Texas, full of oil and gas, a highly educated population, and a deep sense of history.

Private equity underwriters are not known for their sensing capabilities when it comes to little people.  I worked for several PEU affiliates and employee dissatisfaction soared after we were taken over by TPG and another private equity firm.  The new operating model ignored poor patient feedback and often could not provide the most basic service, like an answerable telephone system or patient supplies for the home.  It also ripped off staff in the area of pay for time worked and reimbursement for miles driven.

PEU sponsors crapified industry after industry.  TechGod customer service is a misnomer.  They are deep inside federal departments with their garbage in-garbage out LLMs.  Employing people is no longer a primary aim.  

So Iran, which will it be?  Civilization destruction today or a protracted adoption of unethical business practices where insiders take all the spoils?  

Trump II the Usurper and his gang of PEUs/TechGods have plans.  

Update 4-8-26:  Tucker Carlson finally got that Trump has been usurping Christianity as a self appointed global monarch who possesses the only set of magic keys to our earthly kingdom.  

Tucker noted the possible use of a nuclear weapon on Iranian civilization, the very people Trump II "intended" to free in his special military conflict.  Freeing "from life" is very different than freeing "to live."   

Trump spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast numerous times and never mentioned Jesus' name.  He stole equity from a large tech company.  Trump II bore false witness to the leader of South Africa.  Applying Christ's gospels to Trump II for five minutes would create a scroll-length list of incongruences for pastoral coaching.  Trump would not tolerate such gross insubordination.  

After Carlson's warning, which likely arose from powerful Christian elements within the Red Team, Trump agreed to a two week cease fire.  

This morning Trump II noted there is "big money to be made" in the Persian Gulf.  We'll see if the "slow loss" of Iranian civilization under the TechGod Age holds or if Trump returns to his prior fast "Stone Age/Civilization Ending" position.  

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Vance: Trump's New Fraud Czar


Trump II gave Vice President J.D. Vance a highly whittled down job, fraud czar.  Serious fraudsters received Presidential pardon after pardon in the last year.  Trump II's "Just Us" department carved out white collar and corporate crime for special treatment.  They did after dropping thousands of fraud/white collar crime cases to focus on immigration.

This assignment comes after Iran asked for Vance to negotiate on ending Trump's/Netanyahu's war of opportunity on Iran.  Anything that takes attention away from Trump II is detested and must be countered.  

Vance got his V.P. job after Trump dined with David Sacks and fellow TechGods.  Vance worked for TechGod Peter Thiel before starting his own firm Narya Capital, a private equity underwriter (PEU).

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren, but love affairs come with spats.  Trump II may be the spatiest of them all.  If you think it's tedious watching from the outside, it's sheer hell on the inside.  

Trump is the bringer of carnage, the destroyer of human connection and the thief of even the smallest item of value.  And that is his good side.

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Bondi Has PEU Shoulder to Cry On


Loyalty is the one over-riding demand from Trump II and that was not enough to save Pam Bondi's job (Attorney General).  Women fare poorly in Trump world and Pam became the second female cabinet member to be let go.  

It happened in the midst of Trump II's flailing in his horrific war of choice on Iran.  Pam's boyfriend has a substantial shoulder to cry on.  As a private equity underwriter (PEU), John Wakefiled is a member of the elite financial class that sponsors politicians, writes laws/regulations, ensures preferential tax rates and taps Uncle Sam's wallet for massive sums.  

Let's reminisce about Pam's good days with Trump.  The Trump Foundation gave Bondi's political campaign $25,000 as the Florida Attorney General considered whether to bring criminal charges in conjunction with the failed Trump University.  Foundations are barred from making political donations, but Trump did it anyway as rules and laws do not apply to him.

Pam advised Trump Media & Technology Group for a handsome sum, $3 million.  TMTG is in the midst of going nuclear and that may be the private sector job calling Pam so badly.  Trump likes his chess pieces (people) to stay on the board even if they've gone from Queen to pawn.

Trump has usurped law in the U.S. such that his savage whims constitute same.  Pam Bondi did her part willingly.  Now it's her PEU boyfriend's job to reassemble the shell of person that remains.  

A redemption path exists but that takes courage, brutal honesty, the removal of masks/fake language and dropping attachment to earthly things.  It requires placing the relationship with our maker at the very top.  

Pam would have to drop Trump II, the slimy dealmaker who ditched her, the one who entangled her with his demands, financial strings, and damning by feint praise.  He loves you Pam but only in the private sector.  

Friday, April 3, 2026

Carlyle Co-Founder Power100 Honoree


PRNewswire
 ran the following:
Power100 is proud to announce a featured fireside chat at the 2026 Power100 Honoree Dinner with David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group and host of Bloomberg Presents: The David Rubenstein Show. The conversation will be led by Ken Kencel, Chief Executive Officer of Churchill Asset Management. 
The Power100 Honoree Dinner will take place on May 3, 2026, at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. The dinner is invite-only and attended by a curated group of leaders from across the investment ecosystem who gather to reflect, connect, and emerge as a collective force in shaping the investment management industry. 
Each year, the event is oversubscribed and attended by more than 150 allocators and consultants overseeing collectively over $10 trillion in assets. Yet the numbers only begin to tell the story. What truly defines the room is the convergence of intellect, resilience, and vision demonstrated by the allocators, asset managers, advisors, and industry leaders who participate in the weekend's events.

The last time Rubenstein and Ken Kencel appeared in PEUReport was in regard to Elle Rubenstein's implosion as a board member for the Alaska Permanent Fund titled "PEU Arrogance Beyond Comprehension:  Alaska Big."   

Since then another Rubenstein daughter, Alexa, started Hobe Mountain Partners in Palm Beach, Florida.  Hobe Mountain is a spin off from Dad's Declaration Partners, his home office and Carlyle Group conflict of interest.  

Ken Kencel left Carlyle during a turbulent time (leadership turnover) but remains a friend and admirer of Mr. Rubenstein.  Power100 included a picture of Rubenstein with President Joe Biden.  Biden stayed at Rubenstein's Nantucket estate over Thanksgiving for many years (over a decade).

Remember who else loves private equity underwriters (PEU)?  Our curated group of elected officials, politicians Red & Blue.  They have the intellect, resilience and vision to keep supporting the greed and leverage boys to the detriment of the common person.  

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Trump Drone News


The Trump boys plan to usurp Ukraine's drone technology and sell it to the U.S. military (WSJ).  They also are targeting the UAE (Bloomberg).  

And they added another General to their Advisory Board, Lt. General Keith Kellogg, Trump II's former Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia (Defense One).  

Trump II will address the nation this evening.  I expect him to drone on and on.  Will it be another front-running opportunity for his kids?  Highly likely.

TechGods Go Firing: Oracle Up to 30,000?


 



TechGods, CryptoBros and PEUs (private equity underwriters), oh my!  Beloved by politicians (who increasingly are one).