With thanks to Jeff Rich Via the Burning Archive Read Tarik Cyril Amar’s article on “Mein AI: at https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears “Palantir’s manifesto, which embraces AI state surveillance of citizens along with national service in the USA, is either a parody of a RoboCop film, […]
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Oped from Asia Times written by Alfred McCoy For those who may not know the name? Alfred W McCoy is the Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of the now-classic book The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade, which probed the conjuncture of illicit […]
Excerpts from an article at AZnews Interesting information- quite contrary to western media presentation Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks on relations with Azerbaijan, delivered on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, became one of Moscow’s most notable regional signals. The Russian leader not only offered an emphatically positive assessment of bilateral ties […]
The proposal was, in my opinion, a public relations stunt. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed deeper peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a combative open letter on Thursday Mr. Zelenskyy floated direct negotiations hosted by Switzerland, Turkey or “countries of the Arab world,” adding that talks could not take place in Moscow or […]
Bloomberg– This is Trump pushing the technocracy The end game is audacious: High-tech company towns free from state law and most federal rules—including the Internal Revenue Code, major environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act; worker protections like the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act; […]
Trump doesn’t want a peace deal- Nor does Israel President Donald Trump has said Arab states, as well as Pakistan and Turkey, should join the Abraham Accords as part of any peace deal with Iran, an apparent new addition to already slow-moving peace talks between the United States and the country that could further complicate […]
*America’s LNG Boom– China enters the crisis from a greater energy resilience position *Oil Prices fall on hope for US Iran Ceasefire We wonder why it is we are unhealthy? Our fertilizer is derived from gas (Thinking about Gary, here) The war in Iran has done more than disrupt global hydrocarbon markets—it has quietly set […]
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US Media is calling the attacks “defensive” Iran said the U.S. strikes on Iran Monday were a “gross violation” of the fragile cease-fire between the two countries that began on April 8. “The United States committed a gross violation of the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region in the past 48 hours. … Iran holds the […]
Globe and Mail via Archive.ph The funniest thing keeps happening in the financial markets. Just before Donald Trump drops some bombshell news, a bunch of mysteriously well-timed bets are placed, paying off obscene amounts of money once the announcement lands. Suspicious trades have become a fixture of Mr. Trump’s major policy moves, whether they pertain […]