Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Lessons About the Failures of Socialism and the Success of Private Property and Capitalism — Mark J. Perry, American Enterprise Institute

The First Thanksgivings: A Lesson in Socialism and Private Property Rights — Reason

Cost of 11 items for Thanksgiving dinner in 1981 — Financial Dystopia, X via Citizen Free Press

Same items, this year: Brace yourself — Grok

Is Peace Between Russia And Ukraine Within Reach?

Will Vlad and Volod kiss and make up? — Don Surber, Substack

U.S., Ukraine move forward on peace deal, but Russian rejection is likely — Washington Post, via MSN

Europe Offers G8 Return to Russia for Ukraine Peace Deal — Newsweek

28-Point Plan Is Good Basis For Peace Talks — Niall Ferguson, X

The Dangerous, Unhinged Reaction to Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan — The American Conservative

COP 30 Climate Conference Ends In Failure (Again)

COP-30 Ends Without Agreement for Phasing Out Fossil Fuels — Vatican News, via Hot Air

COP-30 Misses the Point: Give Indigenous People Ownership, Not Handouts — The Daily Economy

Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Cold Weather Is Deadly — USA Today, via Committee to Unleash Prosperity

Why Did 6 Dems Urge Troops, Spies To ‘Defy’ Orders?

Political Stunt Endangers America — Francis P. Sempa, Real Clear Defense

Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Ariz. Sen. Mark Kelly — Roll Call

The Democrats’ reckless call for military disobedience — Washington Examiner

Venezuela On The Brink

Is the U.S. invading Venezuela? Or trying to make a deal? — L.A. Times, via Yahoo News

Christmas cancelled for US troops surrounding Venezuela — The Telegraph, via Yahoo News

The Skies Empty Over Caracas As the Dictator Dances — PJ Media

Can Trump Tame China?

Trump says he will visit China in April and host Xi Jinping later next year — NBC News

China and Japan Are in a Showdown, With Trump in the Middle — New York Times

New China Deal Buys U.S. a Reprieve in Race for Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements — Legal Insurrection

AI: Curse Or Blessing

AI could replace half of American jobs, says report — Times Of London, via Archive.today

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand — Ars Technica

The Problems of AI Are Now Being Exposed — Dohmen Capital Research, via Zero Hedge

Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics — Fortune

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .

The Future of Journalism — Brian C. Anderson, City Journal

A Farewell to Europe — Cheryl Benard, The National Interest

From lawfare to lawflop: Trump case dies, but could rise again — Jonathan Turley, Fox News

In these U.S. groups, deaths now exceed births. What’s happening? — Washington Post, via MSN

Kevin Hassett is now Fed chair frontrunner, Bloomberg reports — Yahoo Finance

Elon Musk exposes real foreign racists with based new X feature  — The Hill

Move aside Tokyo, the world has a new largest city — NBC News

Remember All The Illegals Sleeping In Airports? The Biden Administration Was Behind It All — Townhall, via Instapundit

Could Chile Be on the Cusp of a Second Economic Miracle? — Committee To Unleash Prosperity