An American tourist in Russia
The biopic about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival and is scheduled for release in the USA later this month. I of course cannot render full judgement until seeing the full movie, but the theatrical trailer is crammed with every Biden 2024 talking point, so let’s start with those.
According to Kiev, their great spring/summer/fall/winter offensive is “imminent.” Meanwhile, the “pro-Russia” commentators are chortling and dismissing the idea of a Ukrainian offensive… just like they did last time. I think not only are we in for another Ukrainian offensive, we’re in for another hysterical cycle of western bloggers doing their usual cycle of getting hysterical, demanding Putin “take the gloves off,” and panicking in general principle. Today I’ll go over what I’ve seen so far, the steps we can roughly expect from both sides. I consider the liberation of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) as the distinctive end of one phase of the conflict and the beginning of a new one.
On 2 May, 2014, dozens of people burned alive in the Odessa Trade Union House. A few escaped by leaping from the windows just to be beaten to death by the pro-Maidan mob outside. The police stood by and did nothing. From thecommunists.org: Nine years later, the survivors and the victims’ families are still seeking … Read more
I have been long convinced that AI doesn’t exist. What you call the AI, is a compiler/search engine that uses algorithms created by people who are not flawless or unbiased. Although some say AI defies algorithms by diving into data masses available online, mixing and matching those, it doesn’t. Mandelbrot sets, Julia sets, complex numbers, … Read more
