Stopping crime by helping SADs
You are already paying for the drug habits of people with substance abuse disorder. Why not treat addiction in a more humane way that reduces crime, defunds drug gangs, better helps the addicted people,...
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Blowback: Ten ways America’s aggressive foreign policy causes blowback and political instability
U.S. sanctions on oil-producing countries Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and Russia raise energy prices worldwide. U.S.-sponsored coups and proxy wars in Latin America overthrew democratically elected governments and provoked refugees to flee poverty and...
Blowback: Eight ways America’s aggressive foreign policy causes inflation and political instability
U.S. sanctions on oil-producing countries Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and Russia raise energy prices worldwide. U.S.-sponsored coups and proxy wars in Latin America overthrew democratically elected governments and provoked refugees to flee poverty and oppression....
AI-generated images making fun of Donald Trump
Using https://midjourney.com, a Deep Learning-based AI system that generates realistic images based on text prompts, I created the following images of Donald Trump. Some are quite clever. Some are grotesque. The AI technology is...
Why James Kirchick is wrong about the war in Ukraine
James Kirchick’s essay How the Anti-war Camp Went Intellectually Bankrupt in The Atlantic is a defense of U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine. The essay consists mostly of name-calling and of ridicule of...
Guilt by Association: How the Peace Movement is hindered by antiwar MAGA Republicans like Joe Kent
Tonight I went to a fundraiser for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who is running for Congress in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. Perez’s opponent is Joe “America First” Kent, a far right MAGA Republican endorsed by...
Imagining peace in Ukraine, with AI
The images below were generated by an AI program MidJourney, based on my prompts, shown at the bottom of the article. My aim was to get it to imagine a peace treaty between Biden...
An easy, money-saving way to stop crime
You are already paying for addicts’ drug habits. Why not treat addiction in a more humane way that reduces crime, defunds drug gangs, better helps the addicts, and saves society money? Lots of people...
Playing Russian Roulette in Ukraine
Four recent articles have similar, frightening messages about the risk of nuclear escalation in Ukraine. My member of Congress, Rep. Adam Smith (no relation), is playing a large role in sustaining that risk. The...
Summary and comments on Bruce Gagnon and Regis Tremblay video
Bruce Gagnon and Regis Tremblay discuss US EU Looming Crash, Billions of US $$ pouring into Ukraine, War between the US and Russia. The interview covers a lot of history and claims. Many of...