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04-02-25 pillz
| https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/ |
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04-02-25 panasonic
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk
Https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna198353 |
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04-02-25 panasonic
Vic, transformation is huge, and AI will make it even more drastic.
Trump defeated main stream media using social media campaign, historic.
The offer: USA can close borders and live in a safe and prosperous country...can be done? Have no idea, voters decided to go for it.
How it will play, only God knows.
Me, I prefer center..and less dramatic swings in power. |
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04-02-25 spal
n my op, dt doesnt favor anyone but himself. and uses everybody else.
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Yes, but he loves surrounding himself with rich people and he craves their adoration. |
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04-02-25 victor
spal..One of things I suspect is that Trump overly favors big tech.
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in my op, dt doesnt favor anyone but himself. and uses everybody else.
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Trump comunica a su círculo que Musk abandonará pronto su rol en el gobierno, según 'Politico'
El papel de Elon Musk al frente del Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental (DOGE) puede estar llegando a su fin. Según informa en exclusiva el medio Politico, Donald Trump habría comunicado a su círculo íntimo que apartará al hombre más rico del mundo de su rol como “empleado especial del gobierno”, un cargo que le ha evitado hacer públicos sus conflictos de interés al no tener que pasar por el Senado para confirmar su cargo.
El medio estadounidense cita a tres fuentes anónimas cercanas a Trump y relaciona la decisión con la contundente derrota en las elecciones al Tribunal Supremo de Wisconsin del juez al que el consejero delegado de Tesla había apoyado con donaciones de 25 millones de dólares y sorteando cheques de un millón entre sus votantes. El magnate, que impulsó la candidatura de Trump en noviembre, podría haberse vuelto un lastre político para la Administración.
Pero la decisión, meditada desde antes, también llega después de enfrentamientos entre varios miembros del gabinete y Musk, que en los últimos dos meses ha ordenado recortes en agencias de todos los departamentos, en muchas ocasiones sin un plan, ni la confirmación de los secretarios de quienes dependen dichos organismos. Un ejemplo de ello es el desmantelamiento de USAID, que provocó, según informaron varios medios, una riña con el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio en una reunión de gabinete el mes pasado.
Los demócratas han encontrado en Musk un antagonista, el villano perfecto para movilizar a sus bases, y eso pone en peligro la mayoría de los republicanos en las dos cámaras del Congreso, que se someterá a votación de nuevo el año que viene. También el activismo ha puesto en él la diana, como demuestran los carteles alzados en las protestas y el vandalismo contra los coches y concesionarios de Tesla, que la Administración ya investiga como actos terroristas.
Trump ha defendido públicamente sus recortes de programas sociales y despidos masivos de funcionarios, una función que desde el día que creó el DOGE dijo que tendría fecha de caducidad. Pero, según informa Politico, el presidente podría avanzar esa fecha, prevista inicialmente para este verano, y apartarlo de su cargo “en las próximas semanas”.
La decisión habría sido tomada entre ambos hombres. Las controversias de Musk, incluido su saludo nazi el día de la investidura de Trump y su apoyo a la extrema derecha europea, han desplomado las ventas de Tesla, así como su valor en bolsa. Poco después de conocerse la noticia, las acciones de la compañía de coches eléctricos han rebotado al alza.
Musk no solo ha encontrado oposición entre los demócratas, también en el sector nacional populista del trumpismo. El exasesor de Trump Steve Bannon, uno de los ideólogos de la corriente Make America Great Again, lo ha criticado desde el día que llegó a la Administración.
En su podcast War Room, le declaró abiertamente la guerra al magnate: “Me propuse como algo personal acabar con él. Antes, estaba dispuesto a tolerarlo porque ponía dinero; ya no”, señaló poco antes de la investidura de Trump. En esa ocasión, Bannon criticó la defensa que hizo Musk de los visados H-1B, para trabajadores cualificados, de los que dependen las tecnológicas para atraer a fuerza laboral barata y competente del extranjero.
Los comentarios de Musk defendiendo esos visados se consideró una traición al espíritu del movimiento, que busca priorizar el trabajo estadounidense. Bannon denunció a los “oligarcas de las grandes tecnológicas” y dijo que el programa de visados a trabajadores cualificados es una “total y completa estafa” que supone una “amenaza para la civilización occidental”. Desde esa disputa, en la que tachó a Musk de ser “un tipo verdaderamente malvado”, Bannon y otros miembros de la ultraderecha, como la activista Laura Loomer, no han escondido su rechazo al magnate.
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04-02-25 victor
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday revised President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on derivative aluminum products to include all beer and empty aluminum can imports. |
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04-02-25 victor
pana, tech is quickly breaking our way of life, no mercy.
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i am a bit slow. how is tech BREAKING our way of life?
you mean ai's impact on the job mkt?
and you think that breaks our way of life?
as some jobs go away, new industries should flourish.
are you saying that many people will find themselves with no jobs?
leading to protests, social unrest, people voting for extremists, etc?
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04-02-25 spal
spal, of course, that's how it should be across the usa, by default..
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Certainly agree. And wanted to make the point that I think people looked at this question on its merits. |
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04-02-25 spal
To slow AI progress and shield creative jobs, consider these practical steps:
😀 Aggressive Data Privacy Overhaul
Enact a US law tougher than GDPR: opt-in consent for AI data use, ban secondary data repurposing, and impose steep fines. This would limit AI’s data supply, slowing development and keeping it less competitive with human work.
Job Benefit: AI struggles to replace writers or artists, preserving demand.
😁 Copyright Lockdown
Scrap fair use for AI training, require licenses for copyrighted material, and mandate attribution with compensation. Costs and legal risks would rise, narrowing AI’s capabilities.
Job Benefit: Creators gain licensing revenue; AI content becomes less viable.
😆 Output Regulation
Label AI-generated content and restrict its commercial use (e.g., no AI articles without human oversight). Set quality thresholds for legal sale. This curbs AI scalability and deployment.
Job Benefit: Human oversight roles grow; AI can’t flood markets cheaply.
🤣 Tax and Incentive Shifts
Tax large-scale AI development heavily, redirecting funds to subsidize creative jobs (e.g., artist grants). Offer tax breaks for human labor over automation. This slows AI investment while supporting human industries.
Job Benefit: Creative professions stabilize against AI pressure.
😊 International Coordination
Secure a global treaty with the US, EU, and China to align on restrictions, preventing offshoring to lax regions. This ensures consistent AI constraints worldwide.
Job Benefit: Jobs stay protected globally, avoiding a race to the bottom.
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All good ideas.
Trump might not understand this. |
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04-02-25 spal
One of things I suspect is that Trump overly favors big tech. They have already won the game, but now it is all about ego, At the inauguration, tech overlords filled the front row - this was the sign that Trump strokes his own ego by thinking that he is as "good" as these guys. The game for all of them is now simply power. Their worst nightmare is to be no longer be trillionaires, merely billionaires. Thus they need Trump to push off antitrust and to ensure free access to data so that they can repackage it and sell it back to us. The extent to which he panders to them is the danger. He is driven by his need to feel as big as these guys and to impress them. That is the problem here.
Better would be antitrust laws and tighter laws on data privacy.
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04-02-25 panasonic
Spal, Vic..tech is quickly breaking our way of life, no mercy.
Political class under severe pressure and only thing we see is actions and reactions, a pinball machine.
Sadly people is siding with extremes to deal with what is inevitable.
Society will flood of info, less fine jobs and lots of spare time to "think". |
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04-02-25 spal
| We'll see, but it is hard to get past the extent to which at heart he is a grifter. I like immigration, but don't like it uncontrolled. I disliked mindless "wokeness", but support diversity of behavior and thought. I agree with a hard review on government activity, but believe in governance. I agree with having allies pay their share of the way, but not at the expense of these alliance etc. I am not doctrinaire and worry when I see acolytes running around. So some of it I like and some of it concerns me. |
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04-02-25 victor
| spal, why? what has changed? it's only been a few months. |
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04-02-25 spal
| Vic - yes and it may have been a mistake. |
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04-02-25 Merlino
| “Liberation Day”: Nothing matters more today than the tariff announcement this afternoon (expected at 4:00 p.m. ET), which promises to wreak havoc on this $33 trillion beast called global cross-border trade. While this is now being dubbed as an effort to “Make America Wealthy Again,” the cost for the world at large will be $1.4 trillion of lost GDP. Nobody wins in a trade war — wash, rinse, repeat. The United States wins but in a race to the bottom (European Defense stocks obviously are an exception)... |
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04-02-25 victor
spal, let me ask you a question:
did you vote for dt?
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04-02-25 ruspan
victor:"Alemania despliega sus primeras tropas de combate en el exterior desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial
El Gobierno alemán se ha comprometido a estacionar permanentemente en Lituania una unidad de combate compuesta por 5.000 soldados"
BS media :-)
German military troops were stationed in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, making it the Bundeswehr’s largest foreign deployment to date in terms of cost and soldiers involved. |
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04-02-25 victor
| spal, of course, that's how it should be across the usa, by default.. |
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04-02-25 spal
| I am asking you. What do you think? Yes or no. Straight question Vic. |
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04-02-25 victor
spal, ask that to some californians? :-))
https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1174
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04-02-25 spal
| Vic - does it make sense to properly identify yourself prior to voting? |
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04-02-25 victor
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04-02-25 spal
| Again no - I voted for it also. People are sensible first in Wisconsin. Political second. |
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04-02-25 victor
spal, but WI voted to pass the voter id, which dt wanted
so it wasn't entirely a FU to dt, i think |
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04-02-25 victor
| savo, i saw it, but i think it's just his usual exaggeration |
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04-02-25 spal
| Big FU from Wisconsin today ... happy to have helped. |
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04-02-25 savo
victor... they want to deport Jaime Bayly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jab9kI26q8 |
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04-02-25 victor
| looks like the gop won the 2 fl house seats, but lost wisconsin's supreme court seat. |
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04-02-25 victor
savo, it's obviously bad looking for the us..
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Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa
SAN JOSE, April 1 (Reuters) - Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."
Arias, 84, was president between 1986 and 1990 and again between 2006 and 2010. A self-declared pacifist, he won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in brokering peace during the Central American conflicts of the 1980s.
Arias also promoted a free trade agreement with the U.S. during his last term and in 2007 established diplomatic ties with China.
"I received an email from the U.S. government informing me that they have suspended the visa I have in my passport. The communication was very terse, it does not give reasons. One could have conjectures," Arias told reporters outside his home, without elaborating on his suspicions.
In February, Arias had on social media accused the current government of President Rodrigo Chaves of giving in to U.S. pressure, as the U.S. has sought to oppose China's influence in the region and deported migrants from third countries into Central America.
"It has never been easy for a small country to disagree with the U.S. government, and even less so, when its president behaves like a Roman emperor, telling the rest of the world what to do," he said on social media in February.
His statements came after the U.S. withdrew visas from three Costa Rican lawmakers who opposed Chaves' decision to exclude Chinese firms from participating in the development of 5G in the country, following U.S. demands. On Tuesday, another opposition lawmaker was also stripped of her U.S. visa.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had in early February visited Costa Rica and offered to help Chaves "punish" Costa Rican officials who collaborate with "foreign actors who pose a threat to the country's cybersecurity."
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