Everything Microsoft touches turns to shit. As I said back then, the execs at Nokia who went with Microsoft were either complete idiots or were traitors.

Hawking's scenario would only come true if it's decided we shouldn't grow the economy. In other words, in a stagnant, zero-growth economy, he's probably right. However, humanity can -- and must -- substantially upgrade the global economy where all people will have sophisticated jobs and will be needed despite AI and automation.

I've heard so many nefarious things about Bill over the years that I think his private bunker building prepping may be his selfish, zero-responsibility solution to a coming nuclear war. (Of course, if he were a selfless, responsible, good man, he would speak up against nuclear war -- like Elon Musk.) If I've missed something, please enlighten me.

New York City needs to overhaul everything concerning garbage. In my neighborhood, 5-10 different garbage trucks drive around in the night -- not one truck only because of ridiculous and stupid privatization. Those antiquated garbage trucks spew out horrible exhaust fumes. Anyway, In New York City, garbage is thrown on the sidewalk. Homeless people then open the bags to find refundable bottles and sometimes they forget to close the bags. People in New York City pretend to be environmentally aware or whatever, but the way they sort recyclables betrays them. My recommendation for New York is to install garbage and recycling stations on every block-or-so and have those stations manned by professionals that can guide and educate the people.

There should be a better train/subway system in LA. Currently, people are forced to use cars to get around.

But because of his contributions, countless companies have made, not just billions, but trillions.

I'd like to recommend the book "The Chilling Stars" by Svensmark and Calder. That book explains the role of cosmic rays in cloud formation and how more clouds cool down the planet. The amount of cosmic rays reaching Earth's lower atmosphere depends on our solar system's location in the Milky Way (if there are supernovae in the vicinity or if we're passing through a spiral arm of the galaxy) and the Sun's and Earth's magnetic activities. Magnetic fields repel the electrically charged cosmic rays. To cut it short, it doesn't matter what the CRU emails contained because the whole theory of CO2 being the driver of climate change is incompetent.

You didn't specify what you wanted me to give you references to.

On September 2, the 26-nation International Energy Agency agreed to make availabe to the U.S. 2 million barrels of oil per day, half petroleum and half gasoline. In other words, when the gasoline shipments start arriving from Europe in the next week or so, along with 1 million barrels per day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve the U.S. will be swimming in oil. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) estimates that $7 billion per month are stolen by the major oil companies. Also, the Department of Energy is aware of the fact that Saudi Arabia has significant refining capacity and could send a supertanker a day to the U.S. with 500,000 to 750,000 barrels of gasoline. The price of oil is being set by two institutions: the London-based International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). These two institutions is controled by the same oil cartel.

Most of what I originally wrote I think you can find in The New York Times. I know... it's hard to trust them too.

Regarding the paradigm shift in the U.S. politics I mentioned, just check out what some of the senators in Washington are saying. Harry Reid for instance.