The one breakthrough piece of news this morning is that Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order for the White House to allow banned news organization to regain their passes. The White House responded by declaring that access had been restored as of 9:55AM EDT this morning. But this will hardly be the end of this story. Otherwise, read my posting of yesterday regarding the scheduled meetings, dinner and such between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. In other words, nothing much will happen, except this economic "truce" will be extended into January 2027. Similarly, to be Hurricane Nolo threatening Hawaii is now following model projections, and what I said yesterday also prevails today. Here is the morning news about this storm from the local Star-Advertiser. Otherwise, Episode 55 of Kilauea Volcano, which on September 10, two weeks ago, I predicted should occur while our Silver Whisper was docked in Hilo....had not yet re-erupted. How do I know...
Today is sci-tech day, but the only topic of much interest has to do with President Donald Trump and artificial intelligence. In a wide-ranging rant at the UN General Assembly in New York City yesterday, he suggested that AI be instead called superintelligence . Of course, he had a few other remarks . President Donald Trump said he was considering whether to “annihilate” Iran, called the U.S. economy “the envy of the world” and suggested a name change for AI, in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. The wide-ranging speech came ahead of several anticipated meetings on the sidelines with world leaders, including his first with Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, since the administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump to talk trade, Taiwan and A I. Trump later said U.S. envoys met with Iranian officials for three hours on the sidelines of the gat...