George Rebane
All sorts of news outlets, save the lamest of the lamestream, today report that Fidel has written Obama an ‘up yours’ letter subsequent to our president’s obsequious visit to Cuba. You can bet that this from-the-sidelines message was Raul’s idea. Add to that his Tango Trip to Argentina, is there no one in the celestial pantheon willing to give this man even a smidgeon of a foreign policy accomplishment that the rest of us can put in the plus column?
Speaking of letters, someone wrote a letter on a Chinese news website suggesting that President Xijiping should resign. As a result over ten people have simply disappeared as Chinese authorities hunt for the letter writer (more here). It’s always good to remember that we are dealing with Red China when considering them as a partner for mutual benefit in any international effort. No matter their recent ‘liberalization’, China is still a very fearful totalitarian regime that finds it hard to hide its true colors (from all except our progressives).
As if more evidence were needed to confirm – Government is an intrinsically evil collective, cynically organized, incompetently operated, and staffed by people not all of whom are evil. For this reason alone, citizens must keep their governments small and always on a short leash. – please examine this long festering atrocity detailed in ‘Why Americans Hate Government’. Beware of those among us who seek to enlarge the Leviathan; their numbers continue to grow.
A Taliban Easter present to Christians was delivered this weekend in a Lahore park where over 70 celebrants were killed and hundreds wounded (more here). The local raghead organization took credit in the name of spreading the religion of peace. To keep track of how this religion inspires hundreds of thousands to murder and more millions to (sometime not so) quietly nod in approval you can visit a non-partisan website that keeps track of the daily murders. Anyone keeping track of how America kowtows to Islam? Anyone not keeping track?
[update] On the matter of consciousness Kurzweil opines that “We do have essential questions. Is the brain a computer? Does it process or generate conscious information as output? When, where, and how did consciousness evolve? Can we have free will, or are we just “go along for the ride?” … Will consciousness be reproduced through brain mapping, transhumanism and/or artificial intelligence? Or, does the brain “tune into” and organize consciousness or its precursors existing naturally in the universe? What are the implications of either view on the nature of existence, and treatment of mental and cognitive disorders?
The Science of Consciousness has now emerged as a recognized field of enquiry that unites scientists and philosophers in an uneasy cooperative. All of this will be hashed out at this year’s April conference in Arizona. Meanwhile ‘Testing to Start for Computer With Chips Inspired by the Human Brain’. More here and here.
[29mar16 update] Our president speaks to the world.
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