I’m surprised people are surprised. Big Tech is pushing AI into everything. The developers have been pretty open about the notion that their fabulous new invention will put people out of work, possibly by the millions. People, as it happens, aren’t as impressed with that idea as the billionaire tech bosses. People are looking forward to getting jobs and living their lives. Every job AI replaces is one less for a person to do, and, obviously, that’s the whole point.

That’s why I’m surprised people are surprised. It’s as if people are just now discovering that “employers” don’t like employees and have wanted to eliminate them going back as far as time. If employers can get the benefits of the work without having to pay someone to do the work, they will. Previously, the best business model for “employers” was slavery, where the master got to keep all the surplus the slaves produced. He had to maintain them (kind of) but he didn’t have to pay him.

People seem to think employers employ people out of some altruistic impulse. That IS a story, of sorts, that gets sold in America. It’s called ‘The Benevolent Employer.’ It’s a fictional story about how people hire others for the good of the community and to do beneficial things in society. I don’t know why people cling to the story.

Everything we’ve seen in this world says otherwise. Capitalists hire because they have no choice. They don’t LIKE employees. Capitalists want profit, period. If they can increase profit with employees, that’s what they’ll do. If they can increase profit without employees, they’ll do that, too. And AI has them licking their chops they may have finally found a way to get revenues without suffering employees to do the work.

I mention it because college commencements are taking place around the country and people have noticed a phenomenon. Every time someone mentions AI, the crowd erupts into boos and cat-calls. The masters want us all to embrace AI as it destroys our futures. We’re not properly enthusiastic about it. In fact, it turns out we’re all a little angry about the implications. I think that, alone, is a good reason to pump the brakes a little. But I also think that ain’t gonna happen…

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Well, like everything else he touches, 47 seems to have put his curse on the World Cup. In fairness, it’s not ALL him. FIFA is a greedy and corrupt organization, trying to squeeze every nickle out of every penny regardless of what that might do to their product. Trump is a greedy and corrupt individual. Between the two allegedly criminal entities, people either can’t afford to go to the games or they don’t feel safe showing up.

The truth is, the masses WILL pay big bucks to attend a sporting event like this one. We see it at the Stupid Bowl every year. As long as people have credit cards, they’ll show up to these things. Well, unless the economy is struggling and everyone is worried about what happens tomorrow. THEN they tend to close their wallets. The point is, I think the high prices are having LESS impact on the World Cup.

But deploying ICEholes to the games? The thing we know is that the story about rounding up dangerous illegals is now and always has been bunk. They’re rounding up brown people, legal and otherwise. Would you spend all the money FIFA is asking just to show up and be detained by ICE? People have televisions. They can watch the matches in the comfort and safety of their homes without ever once being hassled by ICEholes. There was a lot of economic investment for this event and now it looks more and more like it’s going to be a bust…

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They’re calling it the ‘Great American State Fair.’ It was supposed to have a bunch of musical acts but as the acts realized they were being recruited to sing at a trump event, they cancelled. Whiny little bitch trump said he’d just give an epic speech, instead. He is, after all, more famous than Elvis – at least according to him and his overactive ego.

In an effort to suck up to the object of his affection, a Tennessee Representative named Tim Burchett has come up with a plan, an effort to “save” the ‘Great American State Fair.’ Burchett’s idea is to bring in unknowns, has-beens, and never-weres. If they sing patriotic songs, they should be in, whether anybody has ever heard of them or not. Also, there’s always Kid Rock, who I was a little surprised wasn’t on the original bill in the first place.

Burchett might be on to something. People already understand this is a political event. Team Evil tried to downplay that idea and it didn’t work, largely because most people aren’t as stupid as Team Evil thinks. But MAGA? Well, as we know, they can’t be fixed. So embrace the MAGA angle. Get Lee Greenwood to come in and croak out that song he has. Good thinking, Burchett. If they can’t get anybody good, get somebody MAGA…

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The LAST time 47 infested the White House, some contractor stole a bunch of records from the IRS and released them to the public. Donny’s tax returns were among them. So, Donny decided to sue the irresponsible government that allowed such a thing to happen, his own. That is, Donny sued himself over his own failure. He thinks that might be worth $10 billion dollars.

The whole thing came down to a settlement in which the trump family would be protected from prosecution for all time and a fund to pay off J6 rioters would be established, instead. Now the judge in the case, Judge Kathleen Williams, has decided to reopen the case. She said she wants to investigate some “grievous allegations,” suggesting that the hasty deal to resolve the case was “premised on deception.” She ordered Trump’s lawyers to tell her by June 12 whether the lawsuit should be formally reopened because “the court was the victim of a fraud.”

Thirty-five former federal judges urged Williams to reopen the case so she could examine the details of the settlement. They pointed out that the basic suit doesn’t represent an issue of controversy since The Drumpfster is at both ends of it. THAT, they conclude, constitutes a fraud on the court. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

Donny may slither out of legal danger – after all, Satan takes care of his own – but he may not get to sue himself and he might not even get his J6 slush fund. That would be a nice change, something decent…