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    1. numerous people who have made a lot of money in the first rush and who don’t know much about the financial system say things like this. bubble fever.

  2. I just watched this very interesting movie, made in the Ukraine, discussing how it appears that the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion in 1986 was intentionally set off under the orders of a top Soviet Union official. He had been in charge of a major defense project right next door to the nuclear plant, and he knew that in just a few months his project would be exposed as a complete failure, and a total waste of Soviet Union money, thus potentially putting him in line to receive the death penalty.

    Here’s the trailer for the movie:

    https://youtu.be/q1poYZCO7qk

    In addition, if you’re a member of Amazon Prime, you can watch the movie for free right here:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B016Q1NFAI/ref=atv_mv_hom_1_c_yrvds_2_6?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_i=home&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2461274122&pf_rd_r=N0KCCFTGAE018NNVYPQB&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=12801

    1. Had not seen. Have watched a few – lots of courage on the part of the Russian general who lead the management and clean up. Sacrificed his life. What some men tear down, some men build up.

  3. This is a beyond bizarre article…..

    “Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot”

    http://www.arabnews.com/node/1183166/saudi-arabia

    What I can’t figure out is why any government would grant full citizenship to an AI….? What’s even more perplexing why Saudi Arabia? Islam is based on many things but the one central understanding of Islam is halal vs haram. Even though most westerners relate halal food, its deeper meaning is what is pure. Wouldn’t protecting humanity or putting humans first be closer to god and halal vs AI which is non human and haram? The Saudi regime are the gatekeepers of Islam so why would they put themselves in this position. It’s bizarre.

    The regime is playing a very stupid game and they are going to lose.

        1. At the conference Sophia fully exposed……. Maybe in Saudi she might have to dress according to code. Who knows…?

          This is so ridiculous. These people are truly nuts.

      2. Sure to westerners but to the Muslim world….?

        Deep in the Arab world they are not that modern in fact they’re quite backwards. It’s like going from zero to a thousand pushing an agenda. It’s just weird.

          1. Exactly, I can’t imagine the clerics supporting this unless they are being paid to do so.

            There has been some rumbles since the release of this article. Excluding the South Asian population, Saudi has a huge Arab Muslim expat community that has lived in the country for generations and because they are not natural citizens they can never acquire citizenship. So what does it say to them when they have worked to build they country and can’t get citizenship but the government is handing out citizenship to a robot and even more bizarre a female robot that is not in Muslim garb…? I understand Saudi’s PR push to seem progressive but would they want to project progressivism at risk to the control of the government?

            It’s a fine balance they have to work. So they are either incredibly stupid (which they are) or something stranger is going on.

    1. Beautiful! Tales of Hoffman on Tuesday at the Met was absolutely sublime! Tomorrow night, La Boheme.

  5. IMHO finally someone sees the Trump-Mueller dance that is going on, I call it Kabuki Theater. President Trump has always impressed me as an expert trapper. He sets a trap, puts out the bait and patiently waits for the his victim. Because of his style most people think he is only capable of playing checkers while he really his playing 3D chess.

    Plus he understands the most important thing in comedy and politics. Timing.

    So Catherine you may think I crazy, but I have felt this going on for several months.

    https://bigleaguepolitics.com/mueller-actually-working-trump/

    1. No President in his right mind allows a special prosecutor to look into his business if he can avoid. Too dangerous.

      1. My 2 cents is TPTB decided in July/August to stick with Trump and now the rest is playing out.

        1. The Kabuki Theater may be nothing but if “liberals” start demanding Mueller to end his investigation it’s time to go to the concession stand and get some popcorn with butter. It is my understanding that many of the attorneys that Mueller choose have been associated with the Clinton team. Where they chosen because they are Billary supporters or they know where to look for the dirt?

  6. Regarding Directed Energy Weapons (and this reminds me of the ’80’s satirical comic strip “Washingtoon” by Mark Alan Stamaty where a featured defense contractor was named Kil-tech), we shouldn’t be fooled that these whiz-bangs will *protect* us from anything–they are attack weapons. The time they take to lock onto a target makes their defensive capabilities readily defeated by overwhelming their tracking systems with too many live and cheap decoy incoming threats. They are probably great for knocking down fixed structures or small numbers of large moving objects, perhaps lighting fires or causing earthquakes, etc. The vehicles that support them are as vulnerable as any others. I guess the *good news* is they don’t leave behind too much chemical or radiation residue.

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