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1. Trustworthy is the operative word in all world affairs. For the moment not many know the word let allone the meaning. As an european, we are about to find out very soon. I agree with Catherine’s assesment that the Ukraine war must go on and expand to a head on Russian confrontation to contain the european peoples so the eu parasites can survive what they have done being psycho parasites.

   Sadly, where I live not much foresight to what is coming. People don’t like to talk about it either and deflect positing positive thinking is a far better way to deal with realities and not deal with realities head on directly!

   As brainwashed and or numbness due to fear, I don’t see much appetite for all out war by the population at large. I think chances are what the psycho parasites of Brussels want, might backfire.

   Coming back to europe? Arent’t you afraid to get stuck “again” in europe?

2. Catherine, I try to avoid using AI as much as possible but there are times I use it. I am working on an online course to teach others how to publish their own print magazine – as I’ve said before in comments that I publish my own magazine as a main spoke of the marketing wheel for my business. Everyone, including consultants I hired, pushed me to only do digital marketing but I thought there was value in print. Turns out I was right. But back to the story, I needed a professional photo of my magazine to use for this course I am developing. I uploaded a pdf of the cover of a few of my issues to Chat GPT and asked it to make a professional graphic that I could use for marketing my course. It generated a picture of me, sitting at a desk with the magazines laid out across the desk. I didn’t ask it to put me in the picture. If you know me, you can tell that it is not actually me but it looks really close. I’ve never uploaded a picture of myself to Chat GPT or any AI software. My picture is posted online so I assumed Chat GPT used photos from online. So I asked it “where did you find a photo of me to use to make this graphic?” Chat GPT replied “I didn’t actually identify or retrieve a real photo of you from anywhere. The image model generated a fictional professional-looking person based on the overall context of a luxury real estate professional. Since you hadn’t uploaded a portrait of yourself, the system created an original person for the composition. If you want the graphic to feature you specifically, upload a professional photo or headshot and I can create a much more accurate and polished version using your actual likeness.” There’s no way it just created a “general fictional person” because it looks almost exactly like me. Not only did Chat GPT lie but it intentionally used a photo of me from somewhere and edited “my image” ever so slightly to create, in its own words, an “original person”. This demonstrates an intent to deceive. What else will it copy with minor tweaks and claim as its own original? This reminds me of the story of the musician who had AI copyright her music.

   1. I am not tech savy and barely can use a computer. From what I understand AI models run and contained on a local system can be usefull. Currently some models are free to download and use. A better idea then sharing with an online AI?
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5EFLq7KXo

3. For anyone interested in how a 3 lock banking system (and 3 lock everything system) works in practice, i can recommend “The breaking dawn” by Paul Rosenberg (2016). An excellent sci-fi novel from someone who is very tech savvy and talking about such things for decades.

4. Early in the broadcast- 6:49 and following. I nearly spit out my coffee when I heard Pulte. The connection hit me just before Catherine explained more fully. In the Houston, TX area in the 70’s and 80’s they were one of the big builders for so called “middle class homes”.

   Comparison to Christian Bale in the Am Psycho – appropo!
   Must get back to listening!

5. This podcast puts forward some interesting takes on the power structure, including the trumpster and massive. I have digested it all, but heard things I’ve rarely heard or have never heard.

   BTC Session: bonds, stocks and commodities collapse at once?
   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqQ5l2zZxrA

   1. Sorry, typo, not massive, Massie

      1. Plus haven’t digested it all… 2x sorry. What happened to the edit button?

6. Thank you.
   I’m not sure if this has made it on that (sabotage/accident) list but Mississippi River down 28% per PBS news story approx 9 days ago. Some business has halted that use that waterway. I can’t find list on site.
   I also read a story about the technocrats/brats buying land on islands and other places that once or twice served as a military base which those lands include underground tunnels and bunkers. I bring this up because my brain tells me they will all go underground, put AI in charge and start eliminating much of us on the surface. A dangerous idea but if so , how many of us will even know it is all being ai run.
   Also, gardening is a great idea and I have been growing each year. Weather issues wreak havoc and I’ fairly certain some of us are having unfriendly gardening bugs dumped overhead.

   1. I never thought of a garden bug dump. I live in Palm Beach County Florida. I moved here about 4 years ago and my garden was fine until this year. Everything has been dying and it seems like my garden has every disease and pest in the world. I am trying to identify them all, even the Univ. of Florida, Master Gardeners can’t figure them all out.

      They are trying to put in a huge AI Data Center (now I heard they are planning a 2nd one) in a rural area near me. We have been really opposing it – massive push back. If there is a pest dump, it might be a way to get everyone out. There are a lot of plant/tree nurseries and small farms in the area. The odd thing is that Larry Ellison bought Lion County Safari, which is in the same area. I hate to think what he is going to use it for.

      1. I’m going to one of the nurseries next week and I’ll check out if they’re having problems or if it’s just my bad luck.

         You never know, what I thought was cutworm damage, I now believe is the weed wacker from my lawn service.

         1. A friend was over yesterday who lives in the area of the planned AI Center. He does not have a new pest problems, just aphids that he always has. Looks like it is just my problem.

7. As we are discussing the fusion of Israeli military forces with US armed Forces, I received an email from Rob Wittman, my representative, and congressman for the 1st district in Virginia
   for whom he always says he is working. Wittman is vice chairman of the House committee on Armed Services and chairman of the subcommittee on Tactical and Land Forces(TAL) He says: “I was proud to vote in favor of the committee’s passage of the National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA) of fiscal year 2027 (FY27) ” He is always proud of every thing he does as he works all the time forVirginians of the 1st District. He sends emails daily telling us that so it must be true. Just think how it will help shipbuilding in Norfolk. No mention of the Israeli and US forces fusing their military.

   1. Yes, he sends so many self congratulatory emails, and works so hard for his constituents, he closed his local office in the Northern Neck….where he got his start in politics.🙁 He is a great example of how disconnected our politicians have become from their constituents! Recently I looked up his AIPAC donations and he was not high on the list, but he’s well supported by the defense industry.

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