Some thoughts on the brutality of fascism in Minnesota, the absurdity of the "Board of Peace", and the challenge ahead of us in rebuilding international institutions.
With regard to Artificial Intelligence, I am of the opinion that when a company replaces a worker(s) with automation, the former employer should be obliged, in perpetuity, to pay/contribute an indexed fee/tax to a fund that provides a Guaranteed Minimum Income. Not as a penalty, but rather as a recognition of their responsibility/contribution to society as a whole.
Dearest Nate..the impact of my grandad's #3086 Amersfoort Transit Kamp on mom's side was very harsh and
also telling in my Canadian thoughts and my bring up by my dear family. Your sensitivity and sensibiity ring so well. Indeed, we can never nr should we "normalize" such behavior--ever.
I won't add much about the veritable Genocide, that is vividly still expanding -- and the 10-fold expansion this entails (270,000 killed as of last October; 2.5 million Homeless-- and destined to be "displaced" in favor of Trump's "Riviera..."); Nate has copiously articulated this, again, in his Sermon above.
And let's not forget that recent testimony in DC, again stated that Putin controls Trump!
Equally grotesque is Europe "backing down" from the counter action against Trump that it again fleetingly threatened. Ugh!
No wonder Nate feels Canada is the sole voice in this also Christian wilderness...
I have to respectfully disagree with classifying Israel with the g-word here. The term "genocide" has become heavily politicized in the past decade, not just against Israel but also against Russia, China, and Canada itself. The use of the g-word against Israel implies that Israel is killing Palestinians for the sake of killing Palestinians, whereas Israel is guilty of the real but lesser evil of trying to steal Palestinian land and engaging in a form of enslavement of the Palestinian population.
The International Criminal Court indictment against Netanyahu omits any accusation of genocide.
American evangelical Christianity has long since ceased to be about Christianity in the sense in which, say, Thomas Jefferson understood it when he compiled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, and instead it has become a political movement, largely fused with the Republican Party. I've seen this described as "the American heresy": https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3loqsfhswjk2r
As for "responsible AI", when it comes to generative AI, there is no such thing. The models are built on massive, flagrant copyright infringement, and the output, at least of the text generators, threatens human survival by poisoning intergenerational knowledge transfer. The most responsible thing that can be done with generative AI is to ban it.
(Even if AGI is eventually reached, which it is highly unlikely to be via current approaches, the nature of the problem simply changes. The goal of AGI, for those funding it, is to reintroduce slavery in a palatable form by not having it be humans who are enslaved. Not, of course, that we ever actually got rid of slavery; we simply rebranded it as wage labour.)
"In other words, Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In August, I wrote to Minister Anand to emphasize the need for action." A Canadian politician at their best.
I have to respectfully disagree with classifying Israel with the g-word here. The term "genocide" has become heavily politicized in the past decade, not just against Israel but also against Russia, China, and Canada itself. The use of the g-word against Israel implies that Israel is killing Palestinians for the sake of killing Palestinians, whereas Israel is guilty of the real but lesser evil of trying to steal Palestinian land and engaging in a form of enslavement of the Palestinian population.
The International Criminal Court indictment against Netanyahu omits any accusation of genocide.
Stefan, Got it that you position yourself as a contrarian. Laws are always evolving. In Canada, laws protecting children from sexual abuse originated with what one could and could not do with your own livestock. Nate nails it with where the world's sense of justice is moving.
I see you're still repeating ridiculous israeli propaganda about "october 7th" and promoting the lie that Palestinians should be denied a national defense force to defend their own nation from zionist israeli barbarism and genocidal terrorism from the IDF.
You are a spineless liberal through and through and I'm terribly happy I stopped voting for you long ago.
You are shameful, repeating lies about "innocent IDF soldiers" and the lie of "Palestinian terrorism". Pathetic.
the claim that Iran "killed 20k protesters" is essentially propaganda pushed by israel, the American neocons, and the excretable elements of the iranian "diaspora" who want to overthrow the revolutionary government in tehran and replace it with a Persian supremacist monarchy that allies with israel and sees the Arab world as a "shared enemy".
Spectacularly outrageous how a shrewd commenter here denies that Genocide was stated or implied in the ICCC ruling and issuing of Warrants for the Prime perpetrators!
Indeed, the commenter assumes that while he/she shrewdly downplays this more egregious charge (and conviction), by offering the lesser charge of "displacing," readers won't recall the precise wording stated by the Court:
"With regard to the crimes, the Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the relevant conduct, and Mr Gallant, born on 8 November 1958, Minister of Defence of Israel at the time of the alleged conduct, each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.
The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant each bear criminal responsibility as civilian superiors for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population..."
Whew! Are most readers expected to be ignorant with this writer's claim that "starvation." "Crimes against Humanity," and "intentionally directing attacks against civilians," (among others) do not constitute "Genocide?"
What next? Hitler's extermination of the Jewish populace was just "enslavement" in those veritable Death Camps?
And the two victims in Minneapolis were "terrorrisks?"
Ugh! Are you a Manchurian troll here? There are plenty of other low-intel forums where you will feel more intellectual.
Carney's take was spot-on, but nothing he said is news.
You talk about Canada (once again) leading and rallying with like-minded countries to do this and that. If you sat next to the British PM during the speech you would have seen him clapping in between texting King Spineless to ask if he'd do another Trump state dinner to head off more tariffs for Britain.
Perhaps Germany and Japan will step up, but Canada has no standing as a leader in the world - we are not the ones who can set a path for others to follow. As articulate as Carney is, it's just all talk (like you do). Other countries with the ability to make a difference in this positioning have weak leaders. Winston Churchill British toughness is gone, at least for now.
Canada cannot afford to waste any time, money or energy hoping to change what's beyond our borders and control. We must move with the greatest urgency to stand on guard for thee. We can start by telling the grocery store that Canadian companies make great soup and to send the Campbells back to Trump.
Summary: You love to orate but you're orating to an audience who cannot get you from your current mandate as a watchdog keeping his own party in check (in a moment of crises), to a leadership position of a sad sack organization called the Liberal Party of Ontario. My god, young fella, you are stubborn to a fault.
PS. There was no good reason for Carney to include the agreement made with China in his speech. By all means do it, but using what is a hard/fast facist state with no tolerance for protest as your example of being less dependent on the US was grandstanding and unnecessary.
With regard to Artificial Intelligence, I am of the opinion that when a company replaces a worker(s) with automation, the former employer should be obliged, in perpetuity, to pay/contribute an indexed fee/tax to a fund that provides a Guaranteed Minimum Income. Not as a penalty, but rather as a recognition of their responsibility/contribution to society as a whole.
Dearest Nate..the impact of my grandad's #3086 Amersfoort Transit Kamp on mom's side was very harsh and
also telling in my Canadian thoughts and my bring up by my dear family. Your sensitivity and sensibiity ring so well. Indeed, we can never nr should we "normalize" such behavior--ever.
I thank you for that amazing writing. Irvin
I won't add much about the veritable Genocide, that is vividly still expanding -- and the 10-fold expansion this entails (270,000 killed as of last October; 2.5 million Homeless-- and destined to be "displaced" in favor of Trump's "Riviera..."); Nate has copiously articulated this, again, in his Sermon above.
And let's not forget that recent testimony in DC, again stated that Putin controls Trump!
Equally grotesque is Europe "backing down" from the counter action against Trump that it again fleetingly threatened. Ugh!
No wonder Nate feels Canada is the sole voice in this also Christian wilderness...
I have to respectfully disagree with classifying Israel with the g-word here. The term "genocide" has become heavily politicized in the past decade, not just against Israel but also against Russia, China, and Canada itself. The use of the g-word against Israel implies that Israel is killing Palestinians for the sake of killing Palestinians, whereas Israel is guilty of the real but lesser evil of trying to steal Palestinian land and engaging in a form of enslavement of the Palestinian population.
The International Criminal Court indictment against Netanyahu omits any accusation of genocide.
israel is indeed killing Palestinians because they're Palestinians.
That's what zionism is all about. Most of the pro israel people you know, Stefan, want every Palestinian exterminated.
American evangelical Christianity has long since ceased to be about Christianity in the sense in which, say, Thomas Jefferson understood it when he compiled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, and instead it has become a political movement, largely fused with the Republican Party. I've seen this described as "the American heresy": https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3loqsfhswjk2r
As for "responsible AI", when it comes to generative AI, there is no such thing. The models are built on massive, flagrant copyright infringement, and the output, at least of the text generators, threatens human survival by poisoning intergenerational knowledge transfer. The most responsible thing that can be done with generative AI is to ban it.
(Even if AGI is eventually reached, which it is highly unlikely to be via current approaches, the nature of the problem simply changes. The goal of AGI, for those funding it, is to reintroduce slavery in a palatable form by not having it be humans who are enslaved. Not, of course, that we ever actually got rid of slavery; we simply rebranded it as wage labour.)
Well said . Showing leadership
"In other words, Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In August, I wrote to Minister Anand to emphasize the need for action." A Canadian politician at their best.
I have to respectfully disagree with classifying Israel with the g-word here. The term "genocide" has become heavily politicized in the past decade, not just against Israel but also against Russia, China, and Canada itself. The use of the g-word against Israel implies that Israel is killing Palestinians for the sake of killing Palestinians, whereas Israel is guilty of the real but lesser evil of trying to steal Palestinian land and engaging in a form of enslavement of the Palestinian population.
The International Criminal Court indictment against Netanyahu omits any accusation of genocide.
Stefan, Got it that you position yourself as a contrarian. Laws are always evolving. In Canada, laws protecting children from sexual abuse originated with what one could and could not do with your own livestock. Nate nails it with where the world's sense of justice is moving.
I see you're still repeating ridiculous israeli propaganda about "october 7th" and promoting the lie that Palestinians should be denied a national defense force to defend their own nation from zionist israeli barbarism and genocidal terrorism from the IDF.
You are a spineless liberal through and through and I'm terribly happy I stopped voting for you long ago.
You are shameful, repeating lies about "innocent IDF soldiers" and the lie of "Palestinian terrorism". Pathetic.
the claim that Iran "killed 20k protesters" is essentially propaganda pushed by israel, the American neocons, and the excretable elements of the iranian "diaspora" who want to overthrow the revolutionary government in tehran and replace it with a Persian supremacist monarchy that allies with israel and sees the Arab world as a "shared enemy".
Spectacularly outrageous how a shrewd commenter here denies that Genocide was stated or implied in the ICCC ruling and issuing of Warrants for the Prime perpetrators!
Indeed, the commenter assumes that while he/she shrewdly downplays this more egregious charge (and conviction), by offering the lesser charge of "displacing," readers won't recall the precise wording stated by the Court:
"With regard to the crimes, the Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the relevant conduct, and Mr Gallant, born on 8 November 1958, Minister of Defence of Israel at the time of the alleged conduct, each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.
The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant each bear criminal responsibility as civilian superiors for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population..."
Whew! Are most readers expected to be ignorant with this writer's claim that "starvation." "Crimes against Humanity," and "intentionally directing attacks against civilians," (among others) do not constitute "Genocide?"
What next? Hitler's extermination of the Jewish populace was just "enslavement" in those veritable Death Camps?
And the two victims in Minneapolis were "terrorrisks?"
Ugh! Are you a Manchurian troll here? There are plenty of other low-intel forums where you will feel more intellectual.
Excellent Speech at the United Church!
Shared Values, and Shared Purpose!
Carney's take was spot-on, but nothing he said is news.
You talk about Canada (once again) leading and rallying with like-minded countries to do this and that. If you sat next to the British PM during the speech you would have seen him clapping in between texting King Spineless to ask if he'd do another Trump state dinner to head off more tariffs for Britain.
Perhaps Germany and Japan will step up, but Canada has no standing as a leader in the world - we are not the ones who can set a path for others to follow. As articulate as Carney is, it's just all talk (like you do). Other countries with the ability to make a difference in this positioning have weak leaders. Winston Churchill British toughness is gone, at least for now.
Canada cannot afford to waste any time, money or energy hoping to change what's beyond our borders and control. We must move with the greatest urgency to stand on guard for thee. We can start by telling the grocery store that Canadian companies make great soup and to send the Campbells back to Trump.
Summary: You love to orate but you're orating to an audience who cannot get you from your current mandate as a watchdog keeping his own party in check (in a moment of crises), to a leadership position of a sad sack organization called the Liberal Party of Ontario. My god, young fella, you are stubborn to a fault.
PS. There was no good reason for Carney to include the agreement made with China in his speech. By all means do it, but using what is a hard/fast facist state with no tolerance for protest as your example of being less dependent on the US was grandstanding and unnecessary.