Trump is pushing an alleged $15B steel mill to be built in Iowa. Iron ore will come from mines in Minnesota. No indication why the steel mill is not being located closer to the iron mine. Also, Iowa is landlocked. Also, Iowa is a long way from Detroit. Nothing against Iowa but I have questions
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradenslen/98326294","date_published":"2026-09-28T19:51:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 19:51","date_timestamp":1790625082,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98315382","content_html":"A huge amount of single family homes are being bought up, very quickly for cash. Not just locally but across the country and the scale is staggering. Who is buying and why?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/28/a-huge-amount-of-single.html","date_published":"2026-09-28T16:09:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 16:09","date_timestamp":1790611779,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117349534124607387","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwlp7t7umh2i"]}},{"id":"98314907","content_html":"Over the decades, I have watched Colossus: The Forbin Project many times. This makes me an expert on the dangers of AI. It won’t end well.
\nSafeguards, limitations, kill switches should have been built in to AI from the beginning.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/27/somebody-needs-to-make-an.html","date_published":"2026-09-27T16:51:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 16:51","date_timestamp":1790527910,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117344038499027278","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwjb4pce5p2j"]}},{"id":"98226150","content_html":"We need more Art Deco.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/26/we-need-more-art-deco.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T20:40:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 20:40","date_timestamp":1790455217,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117339273842896731","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwh5fyxjmg2o"]}},{"id":"98220527","content_html":"Sorry, I can’t talk to you right now, I have to go check the “Best used by…” dates on my food.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/26/sorry-i-cant-talk-to.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T17:55:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 17:55","date_timestamp":1790445301,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117338625272627753","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwgu72rdn32o"]}},{"id":"98219205","content_html":"@gnaddrig You said that so well. It will take years to fix what has been broken, but I’d like some reassurance that somebody in the Democrats has a plan to sort things out, beyond just getting themselves reelected.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradenslen/98219205","date_published":"2026-09-26T17:27:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 17:27","date_timestamp":1790443657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98198009","content_html":"Good morning.
\n\nThe thing that bothers me about Democrats is they appear to have no plan for what to do after Trump is gone. None. If they just want to return to the pre-Trump status quo that is unacceptable.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/26/good-morning-the-thing-that.html","date_published":"2026-09-26T07:56:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 07:56","date_timestamp":1790409375,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117336270260218229","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwfsq4ow322j"]}},{"id":"98164822","content_html":"Is it my imagination or have Youtube on the fly captions gotten worse? Seems like the error rate has gone up recently after, well, years of slow incremental improvement.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/25/is-it-my-imagination-or.html","date_published":"2026-09-25T17:03:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 17:03","date_timestamp":1790355823,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117332768579556048","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mweaxqfwgw2n"]}},{"id":"98080920","content_html":"Good morning.
\n\nTrump already allowed the import of beef from Argentina. Now his Big Plan is to import more beef from Brazil cos he’s finally worried about crazy high beef prices.
\n\nWhat the heck has happened to the US cattle industry? Seems like this has been going on for years.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/24/good-morning-trump-already-allowed.html","date_published":"2026-09-24T08:42:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-24 08:42","date_timestamp":1790239356,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117325128193493647","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mwaufcgjhl25"]}},{"id":"97972891","content_html":"Good morning.
\nBreaking Donut Update: I bought donuts from the Strack and Van Til supermarket and they were wonderful. 100 times better than Dunkin donuts IMO. These were made right here, local, by ladies with hair nets.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/22/good-morning-breaking-donut-update.html","date_published":"2026-09-22T13:19:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-22 13:19","date_timestamp":1790083176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117314892153120787","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mw4cwicgig2e"]}},{"id":"97902902","content_html":"See: US National Debt Clock | Real Time
\n\nScary, scary. Scroll over for details.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/21/see-us-national-debt-clock.html","date_published":"2026-09-21T08:02:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-21 08:02","date_timestamp":1789977751,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117307982823882140","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvzaqi6dw32k"]}},{"id":"97875297","content_html":"I forget now who had them, but whatever happened to those giant space lasers, everybody was sure about?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/20/i-forget-now-who-had.html","date_published":"2026-09-20T17:43:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-20 17:43","date_timestamp":1789926188,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117304603231075294","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvxqpmote224"]}},{"id":"97874807","content_html":"Next week President for Life Trump will want to botox his arch. Just saying.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/20/next-week-president-for-life.html","date_published":"2026-09-20T17:33:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-20 17:33","date_timestamp":1789925620,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117304566272020924","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvxq6sq3rj2l"]}},{"id":"97874556","content_html":"Read: Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers | The Wash. Post
\nMore of Trump turning the reality distortion knob up to 11.
\nAlso, the renderings I’m seeing of this arch all make it look very - ugly. YMMV.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/20/looking-for-ebook-mysteries-at.html","date_published":"2026-09-20T16:49:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-20 16:49","date_timestamp":1789922980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117304394146253426","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvxnqkp3zs2i"]}},{"id":"97835671","content_html":"Denmark/Greenland, All I have to say is, don’t trust him.
\nRussian oligarch with ties to Putin, pays for Junior’s extravagant wedding for no reason. Keep repeating that to yourself.
\nEpstein Files still missing.
\nRFK, Jr and Dr Oz are on the job. Is your food safe?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/19/denmarkgreenland-all-i-have-to.html","date_published":"2026-09-19T22:08:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 22:08","date_timestamp":1789855680,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117299982885057821","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvvp2k5bpm2j"]}},{"id":"97802729","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin As it turned out, I went to a Dunkin (fka Dunkin Donuts) drive thru and bought a couple. Their donuts did not impress me. Disappointing Donut Fail (DDF).
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bradenslen/97802729","date_published":"2026-09-19T07:11:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 07:11","date_timestamp":1789801869,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97766498","content_html":"“Surveys” are the new txt spam.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/18/surveys-are-the-new-txt.html","date_published":"2026-09-18T15:49:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 15:49","date_timestamp":1789746566,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117292831682400051","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvsjgjxlqh2f"]}},{"id":"97766350","content_html":"Headlines: It would appear Canada’s flirting with the EU has taken Trump by complete surprise and he’s having a fit. What did you expect Canada to do after you treated them like sh*t? I’m sure that Canada has lots of products the EU really needs. Trump is the worse negotiator ever.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/18/headlines-it-would-appear-canadas.html","date_published":"2026-09-18T15:46:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 15:46","date_timestamp":1789746387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117292820371928824","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvsjbfj6se2l"]}},{"id":"97765936","content_html":"Good morning.
\n\nThe Big Question of the day is, do I buy donuts of not. That is all.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/18/good-morning-the-big-question.html","date_published":"2026-09-18T15:40:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 15:40","date_timestamp":1789746001,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117292795643388343","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvsiw5o4e324"]}},{"id":"97563918","content_html":"Trump will claim immunity for his crimes.
\n\nI say:
\n\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/2026/09/15/trump-will-claim-immunity-for.html","date_published":"2026-09-15T09:09:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Enslen ","url":"https://ramblinggit.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F08%2F8742.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradenslen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 09:09","date_timestamp":1789463390,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@bradenslen/117274274973779124","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cisej7mll4x4ff33ip4g7kgo/post/3mvkbpwmp232e"]}},{"id":"97474981","content_html":"Amos 5:24 NIV\nBut let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
\n
I think the calls to slow down on AI development are very wise.
\n\nI don’t trust the leaders of the companies developing AI. I think they are all rat bastards.
There is no hurry, we’ve gotten along just fine for well over 10,000 years without AI and a delay of a few more years is no big deal.
I won’t hand my smartphone to my very elderly Mother to show her things, because she holds it in a death grip pressing all the buttons on the edges and the screen at the same time, which brings on the End Times
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\nThey lied to us.
\nJars of jelly contain NO jellyfish.
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