Unattended Baggage Show Notes 04/26/2025
Episode #291: How we learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Alex’s fare locates Elvis, Adrian picks the new Pope after JD Vance offs the old one (maybe), Peter Thiel gets the government credit card, AI takes over UAE legislature and US schools, Legal Barbie outlaws judges, warrants and reporters, Epstein’s whistleblower didn’t kill herself (also maybe), and why nothing this administration does actually matters.
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Adrian Pope Prediction is Pietro Parolin
Remember how I said that Peter Thiel and friends were trying to take over the government? This is how you start.
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury - TPM
And of course, he’s paying to play: The Return of Peter Thiel
The first test of the AI world government in Dubai
UAE Cabinet approves first-of-its-kind AI regulatory ecosystem
“This new legislative system, powered by artificial intelligence, will change how we create laws, making the process faster and more precise.” - UAE Prime Minister
Oh, this is why they disbanded the Department of Education
Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth – The White House
“Sec. 6. Improving Education Through Artificial Intelligence. (a) To provide resources for K-12 AI education, agencies represented on the Task Force shall seek to establish public-private partnerships with leading AI industry organizations, academic institutions, nonprofit entities, and other organizations with expertise in AI and computer science education to collaboratively develop online resources focused on teaching K-12 students foundational AI literacy and critical thinking skills. The Task Force shall promptly announce such public-private partnerships on a rolling basis as they are formed.”
And it won’t be under our control for long…and that’s not just Adrian talking
Former Google CEO Warns That AI Is About to Escape Human Control
JD Vance visits Pope. Pope is dead hours later. Probably coincidental, but fuck it – let’s speculate anyway.
JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration | AP News
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
Judges being arrested, right out of the 1930’s Germany playbook
No more warrants
ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says
Another major US security breach
Included her DHS access badge, apartment keys, DL, passport
Yet ANOTHER major US security breach
Pete Hegseth shared information ahead of Yemen strikes in a Signal chat with wife and brother
Enhancing America’s military readiness
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - CBS News
Nations forced to choose between trading with US or China
China warns countries against striking trade deals with US at its expense
Tariffs may mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them? | AllSides
Approved by whom?
Experiments to dim the Sun will be approved within weeks
How to get doxxed in 3 minutes
Florida lawmakers consider bill to keep secret their home addresses, phone numbers | Orlando
Harvard University Should Emulate Hillsdale College and Cut Ties With the Government
Harvard University should emulate Hillsdale College and cut ties with the government
Israel is getting it on, and it shows in the polling
Israel Deploying Unmanned Bulldozers In Gaza For Large-Scale Warfare | ZeroHedge
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
Trump's Actions Contradict His Avowed Commitment to First Amendment Rights
Trump's actions contradict his avowed commitment to First Amendment rights
Trump says he is ‘entitled’ to deport people without trials – as it happened
How Trump moved swiftly to punish perceived foes in his first 100 days
No more free press
Scoop: Pam Bondi rescinds Garland DOJ policy against subpoenaing journalists
They finally got her – one way or another
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
CIA in Ukraine
Palin loses
The New York Times didn't libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, jury finds
New Electric Truck
Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla | TechCrunch
Tesla Odometers
A lawsuit accuses Tesla of juicing odometers. So do these drivers.
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