MAIN TOPIC: Describing United and Independent's focus going forward and the national problems that will be discussed. Making the case that the mere re-registration as Political Independents can bring dramatic changes in the current extreme positions of the two parties.

DIGRESSION: An article in the WSJ discusses the projected speed of AI surpassing human intellegence indicated to be within the next few years by Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and others, and the arguments against that timetable by equally knowledgeable and experienced AI experts.

MAIN TOIC: Joe Liberman's death and NO LABELS inability to secure noted politicians to run on their presidential ticket. Discussion of remaining possible candidates, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his new Vice President ticket mate, Nicole Shanahan, also the state of all the potential Vice President choices, and challenging the definition of winning that NO LABELS and the candidates that refused NO LABELS' approach.

DIGRESSION: Proposing a new strategy for NO LABELS going forward based on an expanded definition of "Winning" that could change the political landscape., and convince significant numbers of voters to vote Independent.

MAIN TOPIC: In discusing the problems in our Educational system, we challenge the notion that more dollars create a better outcome for the students by comparing the amount spent on education by the top ten states vs the top ten states on the SAT.

We also, announce that this is the last podcast describing a hypothetical ticket. The development of the hypothetical ticket has been paused because the four prominent possible candidates have all announced they are not running. In doing so, several of the canidates indicated they are not running because they didn't see a path to win which of course meant not winning the Presidency.

DIGRESSION: The argument is presented that their definition of winning is too narrow. An exspanded definition of winning is based on the notion that winning can be claimed if enough voters vote for a ticket with a centrist position signifying that a significant portion of the voting public does not want extremism from either party. That notion is explained by describing the effects of obtaining certain levels of the popular vote for President.

MAIN TOPIC: The 3rd national problem that United and Independent's hypothetical ticket was to concentrate on is discussed including the 2% goal for inflation, the "preferred" inflation statistic of the Fed,and the bogus reason why the Fed does not include food or fuel in their "preferred" inflation calculation, and the missing component needed: The national debt limit of the USA, and discussion of who should be responsible for raising the issue of overspending to the public, Congress and the President.

DIGRESSION: Dicussing the NO LABELS group who are trying to creat a 3rd party ticket of a Democrat and a Republican to run in the 2024 presidential election, including the number of states where they are qualified currently to be on the ballot, some of the potential candidates they have approached, and their upcoming online convention.

Main Tpoic: Continuing discussion of two of the four major problems that the Political Independent ticket is concentrating on: The Border and Ukraine. Some of the questions discussed were what actions should the Biden Administration take to stem the tide of new immigrants, and what is Biden actually doing. On Ukraine, the discussion centers on the aid to Ukraine, and the why we should continue supporting them.

Digression: Comments on what appears to be a concerted effort to demonize Elon by the national press, and the false or misleading columns in the WSJ over a recent 3 to 4 day period. The Host comments of the falsity of the statements and logic applied to Musk.

Diversion from MAIN TOPIC based on article about Nikki Haley's New Hampshire primary campagin where majority of the voters were Political Independents, revealing the large increase in Political Independents nationally.

DIGRESSION 1: marvelous discussion on AI about the goods and bads of AI in answering ordinary people's concerns.

DIGRESSION 2: Finding possible previously undisclosed intrigue reguarding the coming presidential election in Ukraine.

The Main Topic is a presentation of the purpose of United and Independent, the "Host"s" background, and his argument why Political Independents who comprise the largest % of registered voters in the US (38%) shoud "Unite" to become the Kingmakers in the upcoming Presidential election. To make the argument he creates a "Hypothetical" Ticket of 2 candidates: one of which is Democratic, and one of which is Republican, and suggests how that ticket could win the Presidential election in 2026.

The "Digression or Diversion" Topic discusses a poterntial major problem in AI and how to keep incorrect or slanted discussions by AI in check.