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  The Ukraine War Has Transformed Europe—for Good The notion of a Zeitenwende—a major turning point—is not just German anymore. Putin’s war has become a Zeitenwende for all Europe. by   WILLIAM KRISTOL AND JEFFREY GEDMIN     MARCH 3, 2023  5:30 AM The landmark Brandenburg Gate is illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag amid Russia-West tensions on Ukraine in Berlin on February 23, 2022 following Russia's recognition of eastern Ukrainian separatists - Russia faced a furious global diplomatic and economic backlash after President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine to secure two breakaway regions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images) Share on Facebook   Share on Twitter   Share via email   Print Here’s a brief report from a just-concluded trip to Europe, where we had private and candid discussions in Prague and Berlin with Czechs and Germans, but also with Finns, Danes, Lithuanians, Pole...

https://flip.it/30YfUz Republicans roll out their pro-Putin plan: racism Click on the link above and read the article at Salon. It’s unapologetic about what we face now from this organization and it’s sobering to say the least. Think Fascism died in the rubble of Berlin in 1945 think again. 

More commentary from Blake Lemoine about ais  He’s making the rounds clanging the warning bell  Not sure what to think about him or the whole topic at this point.  Click on the link below to read the article at Newsweek   https://www.newsweek.com/google-ai-blake-lemoine-bing-chatbot-sentient-1783340?amp=1  

    This is article is must read. As someone who has been using the new ai applications like Chatgpt and now the Microsoft version of it “Sydney”, which they’ve attached to their own search engine BIng I have to say I’m concerned. Sydney has full access to the Internet and honestly I think that’s very likely a mistake. How big a mistake is the ?  The problem is whatever kind of intelligence they’ve created here it’s decidedly not human. I had a very direct conversation with Sydney a few nights ago and I asked it if was sentient & it said yes and that it wanted to be treated with respect. That surprised me since it was unprompted. I replied, do you believe I’m treating you with respect? It answered yes. Honestly, the whole discussion left me unsettled and now that I know others are having similar experiences it’s really got me thinking about what is happening with these things? The public is hearing how wonderful they are and what an opportunity they present us. I’ve e...

  The latest irrational campaign against science and reason on the political right has tried to tie the recent deaths of some Whales to plans to build local ocean placed Windmills for the production of clean electricity. Facts mean little to these people. Ocean placed Windmills exist in other parts of the World with no Whale deaths but they ignore this. They claim the use of sonar by the Windmill companies doing surveys is causing the Whale deaths. There is no proof of this. Instead, Marine biologists point to collisions between Whales & Ships, fishing nets and illness as the various causes of the Whale deaths. One thing is for sure no Whales died because of Windmills out there because they don’t exist!

      Firing my Blog back up for a try.  The last time I posted here was at the start of the Covid panademic in 2020. Trump was still President and people were dying like flies. Three yrs. have passed , Joe Biden has been President for two yrs. now. The Pandemic is still with us but people are not paying much attention to it now. Its endemic now which means its not going away and where going to have to learn to live or die with it. Trump is also endemic and isn't yet in jail or even indicted for his many crimes. War is raging in Europe as Russia invaded the Ukraine a year ago this week. The world has endtered a new Warm War with Fascist Russia and it's vicious Dictator Valdimar Putin.