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As Chris Hedges has posted we are now witnessing the fall of the American Empire.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...
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Not a scary photo at all. Not...at all...
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Reports of chatbots going off the rails seem increased since April, when OpenAI released a version of ChatGPT that was overly sycophantic. The update made the A.I. please users by “validating doubts, fueling anger, urging impulsive actions or reinforcing negative emotions,” the company wrote....
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I sure would go.
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Greenland is still an extension of Denmark. Denmark is in NATO. He'd have NATO to deal with militarily, far as I can see...
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back in 1989! Those were lively days.
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Or Trump may jsut ignore the ruling.
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THey really don't care. All they care about is what feels good to them in the moment. They do not think ahead.
There was a time but...we took that away from them...
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Sadly you overrate the perspicacity, the good taste, the decency, of at least half of American citizens today. If the last election is any measure...
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And he also realized the IRS could mysteriously choose to seriously audit him.
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He was advised that Trump could have him arrested--is my guess. For drug use for example.
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Compared to American evangelical protestants, most modern Catholics are relatively liberal about gays. But we have several super-right-wing Catholics on SCOTUS.
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Numerous people will die.
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The boss is stupid, the military leader is drunk and stupid. Also they're all effin' crazy.
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lot of LAPD cops are Trumpean