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DOGE to Bring AI to the Fore?

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Category: AI
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2025-03-13

Elon Musk's DOGE may well have federal agencies on the run (and rightly so), but is there another reason for Elon's time to be invested in this enterprise?

Now as with all tools invented by man, they will be imperfect in various respects and may be used for good or for ill.

Our challenge is always to avoid the worst and to promote the best.

So if Elon is successful in remaking the federal agencies operations to his liking, that isn't necessarily a bad thing overall, but it would be sensible to have the best independent minds reviewing and monitoring to ensure that the worst is avoided and the best is promoted.

The best may well include least cost - provided (big proviso!) that the service provided is an improvement over that provided by human employees.

Given that the federal shake-up (shake-down if you prefer) is likely to be very far-reaching, a period of stability under (reduced levels of) human employment would seem necessary in order to (a) establish the size and shape shape of future operational procedures and (b) establish some sort of quality benchmark for operational outcomes.

AI could then be introduced in stages in a monitored and controlled fashion to ensure that the benchmark is improved upon.

Whether that is a likely turn of events is anybody's guess at the moment, but however this is approached, America is likely to set the standard for overt use of AI in governmental operations.

All you would have to worry about then is the opportunities for corruption, which as we now see has been endemic for years in federal agencies. Twas ever thus ... 

Will There / Won't There be a Ceasefire?

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Category: Free Citizen
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2025-03-13

EU-UK want "troops on the ground" in Ukraine for "peacekeeping", Russia wants peace on Russia's terms, Trump wants the war ended.

When is a conflict a "special military operation" rather than a "war"? Does it matter?

Scott Ritter reviews the situational developments ...

(if you're short of time, just watch the first 40 minutes - I think it's called "the Art of the Deal")

(2 hrs 14 mins)

 

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Powering The State of Texas ... and the UK

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Category: Green
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2025-03-11

It is reported that the State of Texas is looking at adding "the equivalent of 30 nuclear reactors by 2030" in order to meet the requirements to connect up new data centres to the grid.

A quick glance at relative population levels reveals that the UK has around twice the population of Texas, so if population size is indicative of power requirement, the UK may need up to 60 new "nuclear reactors" over the next 5 years.

The government seems to agree - at least on the need for data centres ...

.. but has anybody thought to tell Ed Miliband?

Zero Hedge reports.

 

All Eyes on Romania

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Category: Free Citizen
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2025-03-10

Romania, having annulled the election of Calin Georgescu on the grounds of (wait for it) "suspicions of Russian meddling", has now banned him from standing in the May election. 

So far, so "democratic".

Yet another country that cannot trust its own people to elect the right politicians. Or rmaybe the left politicians. It's all very confusing ...

Hello Citizens!

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Category: Free Citizen
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2025-03-10

An interesting little video has appeared, which purports to get to the bottom of the legal status of those who inhabit the British Isles, and it raises some interesting points. It may also validate the naming of this site!

After watching, we may remind ourselves that the US Military is sworn specifically to defend the Constitution of the United States (from enemies external and internal!). They were way ahead of us back in 1788 (or thereabouts - I'm not sure exactly when the military adopted their specific oath, but presumably it was after the Constitution was ratified).

Specific allegiances may appear arcane but are hugely important - they involve trust, and they can tell us whom we should be able and/or willing to trust.

(Disclaimer - I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice)

(26 minutes)

 

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