It doesn’t matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it’s important to realize that whatever you’re doing, it’s your first attempt at it. ~ Wally Amos David Sacks, a genius, will be the AI and Crypto Czar and head up Science and Technology. It’s an enormous […] The post David Sacks, a Genius with a Huge Job appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Jeff Bezos said during an interview this week that he was excited about what President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office means for the economy and he looks forward to helping him. Bezos made the remarks during the annual New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday in New York City. “I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said. “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view, if I can help him do that, I’m going to help him because we do have too much regulation in this country. This country is so set up to grow.” “By the way, all of our problems, all of our economic problems, like if you look at the deficit and the national debt, and how gigantic it is as a portion of GDP — these are real problems, and they’re real long-term problems — and the way you get out of them is by outgrowing them,” he continued. “You’re going to solve the problem of the national debt by making it a smaller percentage of GDP, not by shrinking the national debt, but by growing the GDP. You have to grow the denominator. That means you have to grow GDP at 3%, 4%, 5% a year, and let the national debt grow slower than that. If you can do that, this is a very manageable problem.” Bezos said the U.S. needs “a growth orientation” and a “growth mindset” to remain on top. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “We are the luckiest country in the world,” he said. “We have all these natural resources, including energy independence. We have the best risk capital system in the world, by far.” Bezos said that America’s dominance in risk capital attracts big companies, investment, and entrepreneurial success to the U.S. “It’s not the banking system. We have a good banking system, but so does Europe,” he said. “What’s different here is that you can raise $50 million of seed capital to do something that only has a 10% chance of working. That’s crazy, but the people who are giving you that seed capital know that their expected value is still positive, in many cases — or they’re at least gambling that that’s true. That risk capital system we have in this country is turning out to be very hard for other countries to duplicate.” He added again on the subject that he was “super optimistic” about what Trump could do for deregulation. Bezos said that Trump has grown over the last eight years and believes he is now “calmer” and “more confident and more settled.” WATCH: NEW: Jeff Bezos says he’s ‘very optimistic’ about the incoming Trump administration, offering to help streamline regulations and dismissing concerns about Elon Musk leveraging government power against competitors. “I’m actually very optimistic this time around. He seems to have… pic.twitter.com/0FdTSRFVSc — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) December 5, 2024

The world is full of endless wonders. No matter where you live, the beauty of nature is always just around the corner. That said, one place that is especially known for its breathtaking views is Oregon. This state is full of some of the most amazing landscapes. In fact, Oregon is home to six national parks and eleven national forests! It’s no wonder so many photographers love to explore the area with their camera at the ready. Matt Swack is one of those photographers. You can purchase some of his work on his website. But you can also take in the beauty of his work for free in videos on his social media accounts. One of these videos showcases one of the most vivid blue waters around — plus, it’s located in a beautiful forest. See it for yourself in the stunning video below! @matt_swack The breathtakingly blue waters of the McKenzie River, where the vivid hues create a mesmerizing and unforgettable natural marvel #nature #outdoors #cinematic #calm #river ♬ original sound – Matt Swack “The breathtakingly blue waters of the McKenzie River,” Matt writes in the caption of his video, “where the vivid hues create a mesmerizing and unforgettable natural marvel.” This river is located in Willamette National Forest. It has been shaped by nearby volcanos, giving it unique areas for pools and waterfalls. As a result, it is quite a popular place for folks to go boating, fishing, and hiking. Talented Photographer Captures the Beauty of a Creek Flowing Through an Oregon Forest “Imagine gardening right next to that beauty,” someone points out in the comment section of the video, with another adding, “I can sense the peacefulness.” Want to admire this gorgeous river in person? One way to do so is by following the McKenzie River trail. This will guide you along the edges of the river, with many spots along the way for picture-perfect moments just like the one Matt captured! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Stunning Video Captures Vivid Blue Creek Flowing Through Lush Forest appeared first on InspireMore.

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Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the Left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, D.C./New York political, media, and corporate nexus. But that is precisely the point—to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent, and weaponized government who are not part of it. Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, is already drawing severe criticism. Patel’s furious enemies cannot go after his resume, since he has spent a lifetime in private, congressional, and executive billets, both in investigations and intelligence. Instead, they claim he is too vindictive and does not reflect the ethos of the FBI. But what will Patel not do as the new director? He will not serially lie under oath to federal investigators, as did interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a current Patel critic. He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon and agency lawyer Kevin Clinesmith. He will not claim amnesia 245 times under congressional oath to evade embarrassing admissions, as did former FBI Director James Comey. He will not partner with a foreign national to collect dirt and subvert a presidential campaign as the FBI did with Christopher Steele in 2016. He will not use the FBI to draft social media to suppress news unfavorable to a presidential candidate on the eve of an election. He would not have suppressed FBI knowledge that Hunter Biden‘s laptop was genuine—to allow the lie to spread that it was “Russian disinformation” on the eve of the 2020 election. He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, surveil Catholics, monitor parents at school board meetings, or go after peaceful, pro-life protesters. Decorated combat veteran Pete Hegseth is another controversial nominee for secretary of defense. What will Hegseth likely not do? Go AWOL without notifying the president of a serious medical procedure as did current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin? Install race and gender criteria for promotion and mandate training in diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI? Insinuate falsely that cabals of white supremacists had infiltrated the military—only to alienate that entire demographic and thus ensure the Pentagon came up 40,000 recruits short? Oversee the scramble from Kabul, Afghanistan, that saw $50 billion in U.S. military equipment abandoned to Taliban terrorists? Watch passively as a Chinese spy balloon traversed the continental United States for a week? Allow the chairman of the Joint Chiefs to promise his Chinese communist counterpart that the People’s Liberation Army would first be informed if the president of the United States was felt to issue a dangerous order? Rotate into the Pentagon from a defense contractor boardship and then leave office to rotate back there to leverage procurement decisions? Oversee the Pentagon’s serial flunking of fiscal audits? Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, is certainly a maverick. He may earn the most Democratic hits, given his former liberal credentials. But what will RFK also not do as HHS secretary? Oversee his agencies’ circumventing of U.S. law by transferring money to Communist China to help it produce lethal gain-of-function viruses of the COVID-19 sort—in the manner of Dr. Anthony Fauci? Organize scientists to go after critics of mandatory masking and defame them? Give pharmaceutical companies near-lifetime exemptions from legal jeopardy for rushing into production mRNA vaccines not traditionally vetted and tested? Leave office to monetize his HHS expertise and thus make millions from the pharmaceutical companies? Trump’s nominee for national intelligence director, former House member and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard, will soon be defamed in congressional hearings. But what has Gabbard not done? Joined “51 former intelligence authorities” to lie on the eve of the 2020 election that the Hunter Biden laptop “had all the hallmarks” of a Russian information/disinformation operation”—in an effort to swing the election to Joe Biden? Lied under congressional oath like former DNI James Clapper, who claimed he gave only the “least untruthful answer” in congressional testimony? Encourage the FBI to monitor a presidential campaign in efforts to discredit it—in the manner of former CIA Director John Brennan, who lied not once but twice under oath? Fail to foresee the American meltdown in Kabul, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, or the Houthis’ takeover of the Red Sea? We are going to hear some outrageous things in the upcoming congressional confirmation hearings. But one thing we will not hear about are the crimes, deceptions, and utter incompetence of prior and current government grandees. The current Biden-Harris crew, not their proposed Trump replacements, prompted the sick and tired American people to demand different people. Voters want novel approaches to reform a government that they not only no longer trust but also now deeply fear. (C) 2024 Tribune Content Agency LLC We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post What the Trump Nominees Have Not Done—and Will Not Do appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Riot Games – the US games developer and publisher (but owned by China’s Tencent) that publishes titles including League of Legends and Valorant, has updated its terms of service to give itself the right to punish users for what it calls “off-platform conduct.” Creators must align their content with the new ToS, which includes this rule, by January 3, 2025. Riot is “defining” what off-platform conduct can occur in the usual, for the wider tech industry, broad terms that are open to interpretation: “The various places that touch (users’) gaming experience.” It is added that Riot will not scour social media, but is instead depending on gamers reporting each other, even when “hateful slurs” are not happening in-game. Much of the ToS changes refer to Valorant. This game’s director Joe Ziegler has said that the goal is to prevent “the sort of toxicity seen in League of Legends.” Eligible for punishment could be a live stream with a Riot game appearing as “the background of the content produced.” Penalties range from suspensions to “Riot-wide” bans, and those penalties will be handed down “as if that behavior occurred in-game,” the new ToS states. If a gamer is violating this or other similar rules, their Riot accounts can get permanently banned. More vague language can be found in the company’s threat of hitting users with bans and penalties for a violation that’s “seriously egregious,” represents “something painful,” not to mention, “problematic” behavior. It’s not only the latest version of the ToS, but Riot execs, too, that “speak like it’s 2021” – Senior Vice President Anna Donlon was caught talking about Riot needing to “do better,” players not needing to “grow a thicker skin,” and such. Riot showed a little more character in a separate statement – although some gamers might easily find it to be, let’s say, “most seriously egregious, and painful:” “Evil statements under the guise of shit talk (are) not welcome here,” the company said. Riot does seem to be doing a lot, if not “better,” to present itself as a company complying with the gaming-centric censorship that has been burgeoning in recent years, and at times spilling outside the confines of games themselves. With in-game infractions of ToS that are seen as particularly grave – as Riot chooses to interpret that – users can even expect hardware bans. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Gaming Giant Riot Expands the Rules to Police Player Behavior Everywhere appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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2024 has been a great year for roguelikes all around, but one of my favorites has been Ravenswatch. At first look, you might be forgiven for thinking it’s in the Hades mold, and there are certainly some similarities, but developer Passtech Games has built a much more open-ended ARPG with character-driven combat reminiscent of games like Diablo. Filled with a fantastic cast of immediately recognizable fairytale faces, Ravenswatch has won itself a ‘very positive’ Steam rating so far, and it’s about to get even better in 2025 with the addition of not one but two new heroes coming as free DLC. Continue reading Free Ravenswatch DLC will bring a pair of new characters to the Steam roguelike MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Best RPG games, Best roguelike games