A troubled alliance

It's Probably Nothing There Goes The Narrative 43 Comments

What exactly are western taxpayers getting for the trouble of emptying their treasuries and their own military stores to keep the Ukrainian government afloat? So far, a lot of looting by higher ups in the government. At this rate, how long will it be until western powers feel compelled to directly intervene to direct the course of governance there?

A top adviser, four deputy ministers and five regional governors left their posts on Tuesday. Their departures come as Ukraine launches a broad anti-corruption drive. Recently, authorities have seen bribery claims, reports of officials buying food at inflated prices and one figure accused of living a lavish lifestyle.

Deputy Defence Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov also resigned, following reports he oversaw the purchase of military food supplies at inflated prices from a relatively unknown firm. The department called this a “technical mistake” and claimed no money had changed hands.

 

Was The Pope Catholic?

Groomers 63 Comments

Yes, yes he was: Secret Pope Benedict book is published blasting progressive Pope Francis, reveals US Catholic seminaries are havens of ‘gay clubs’

In a book by the late Pope Benedict XVI, published posthumously, the pontiff wrote that homosexual clubs openly operate in Catholic seminaries, which prepare candidates to become priests. Much of this activity is specifically in the United States, he wrote. 

Benedict’s posthumous writings also heavily criticize current Pope Francis, who Benedict says is pushing a progressive agenda. Benedict, who died on December 31 at 95, wrote that the church was on the verge of “collapse” and said that priests and bishops were being permitted to watch porn at the seminaries.

The current one, not so much.

Riding Mass Transit Is Like Inviting 30 Random Hitchhikers Into Your Car

Roadkill 31 Comments

CBC;

A woman in her 20s has been stabbed multiple times on a Toronto streetcar, police say.

Toronto police say they were called to the area of Spadina and Sussex avenues around 2 p.m. 

A suspect was arrested on scene, police said in a tweet. The woman has been taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say they don’t believe the victim and attacker knew one another. […]

The stabbing comes a day after two transit workers were hurt in what police have called a “swarming” assault by 10 to 15 youth on a bus in Scarborough, three days after a TTC operator was shot with a BB gun, and after a string of other recent, violent incidents against passengers.

I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

Surveillance State Tech 15 Comments

John Robb; (paywalled, but this much should do.)

ChatGPT and a handful of other social AIs are making a big splash. They are unreasonably good at many tasks and are already used to generate real-world work. However, these systems didn’t get this good based on the code written by the people building them. They got this good by using data strip-mined from the Web — social networking posts, images, etc. — and by employing low-paid ‘AI Turks.’ Recently, it was disclosed that ChatGPT is employing workers in Kenya, making $2 an hour, to train the system (currently valued at $29 billion and climbing fast).

Robb is a good follow.

Related: ChatGPT CAN pass US Medical Licensing Exam and the Bar…

When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

Claws of the Panda Drain The Swamp Russiagate 5 Comments

It was a life-or-death call. The Chinese government had been systematically picking off American spies in China, dismantling a network that had taken the CIA years to build. A mole hunt was underway, and the former officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, was the prime suspect.

The FBI could have arrested him on the spot for possessing classified information. But inside a secretive government task force, investigators argued against it, former U.S. officials recalled.

@wretchardthecat: Guess who (wait for it…) ran the investigation?

Tuesday On Turtle Island

Turtle Island 9 Comments

Biden’s America:  Leftists blame white supremacy.  The Biden document scandal.  How George Soros is changing America.  The other revolution.  The financial success of Adam Schiff.  Something very dark is happening.  Your morning meme.

Island Prison Of New Zealand:  Why did Ardern really resign?  The first Covid tyrant to fall.

Trudeau’s Canada:  A job announcement.  Teaching racism in Canadian universities.  Rex Murphy trashes Trudeau over his politics of division.  Fewer than half of Canadians trust the government.

Global Warming Scam News:  Did Greta really get arrested?  Woke Europe:  Is white paint racist?

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