How might AI respond to Biden's SOTU tomorrow?

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Monday February 06, 2023 · 2:49 PM PST

2023/02/06 · 14:49

Can we can feed the text of Biden’s SOTU into one of the popular AI apps? Then ask it to write the official political response from the perspective of an opposition Party and his own Party. Wonder how they’d compare.

I’m a newbie to GPT Chat and don’t know how to do this myself. I posted the same idea on Discord just now. Hoping someone smarter than me might pick it up, or coach me/us on this.

Can't Congress clear its slate and focus on Voting Rights? Ticking time bombs, anyone?

Radhika

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Sunday October 10, 2021 · 1:30 PM PDT

2021/10/10 · 13:30

Voting Rights needs to be America’s Super #1 Priority for Congress. Not sure Congress agrees, judging from the back-and-forth stalemate on Build Back Better and Infrastructure.

Here’s what I’d love to see — any thoughts from you all?

Decouple Infrastructure and Build Back Better Bills. Pass Infrastructure, fast. Tout its benefits.

Pass some version of BBB as a Dem-only version — inadequate as it may be. Let Manchin and Sinema pick whatever low-ball number they will agree to for now. Do it fast, the recent optics are not only chaotic, they are tedious. Promise to revisit in 2023 if the caucus grows.

Debate and pass Joe Manchin’s Voting Rights Bill. Both Stacy Abrams and Marc Elias support it. His ego will insist on it. Without Voting Rights, we can write off 2022, and may never get to have a free and fair election in our lifetimes.

Democrats love their policies. But we are in the middle of an insurrection and Civil War 2.0 is highly likely. Or am I the only one who see it?

Let's put John Bolton's upcoming book to good use...

Radhika

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Wednesday February 19, 2020 · 7:40 AM PST

2020/02/19 · 07:40

We gotta flip the Senate in 2020, regardless of who or which party wins the Presidency. Without that, nothing good will come from our efforts.

Here’s a thought.

We’re already planning to boycott coward John Bolton’s upcoming book. It’s pre-selling on Jeff Bezos’ Amazon for $22.75. Take that exact amount (for clarity) and donate it to unseat an incumbent Republican of your choice. Share online if you do this, make sure Bolton and Bezos both get it.

A rush of clearly flagged $22.75 donations might add buzz and focus to key Senate races.

btw: I’m boycotting two copies — one for Moscow Mitch, the other for Lindsay Lackey.

What’s missing from Kavanaugh’s HS calendars? Girls..as individual human beings

Radhika

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Friday September 28, 2018 · 2:12 PM PDT

2018/09/28 · 14:12

At least from the months on display.

We don’t see dating or activities referencing specific girls and young women that he related to. We learned at the hearing that girls attended the parties, but never saw their identities recorded on the famous calendar. Did he ever call girls up for dates, cultivate a relationship or just see who was showed up at house parties.

Have any HS or college girlfriends spoken up on how he was with them?

I used to say I'm glad my unionizing ancestors aren't alive to see this...

Radhika

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Wednesday June 27, 2018 · 10:20 AM PDT

2018/06/27 · 10:20

But not anymore.

I want them BACK, reincarnating the next generation of leaders. We need workers committed to rebuild the 21st century workforce — a no BS-crew with ownership options, well paid, safe conditions and hopes for the future.

As a child, I listened to stories from the ‘olden-days’ in PA coal-mining towns — fighting vs free riders (like Janus would allow), goons, scabs and physical courage. They made lives better for themselves and their families.

I was born into the world they fought to created. I took it for granted for far too long. Now it’s nearly gone with the wind.

newrepublic.com/...

Flag Day, Father's Day and Day of the Dead

Radhika

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Thursday June 14, 2018 · 4:57 PM PDT

2018/06/14 · 16:57

Somehow these all converged today.

My late dad was a Navy man, deployed in the Pacific. Post-war, the GI Bill let him fulfill the dream of college. He and mom both had fulfilling careers in the civil service, retired with pensions. He was proud to be part of the task force to implement Medicare in the 1960s. Patriotic, liberal minded, solid Democrat, believed in the promise of America.

Did any of you hear this story? When WW2 enemy soldiers were surrounded they gave themselves up to Americans. Americans would not torture or execute them summarily.

That was then. Now, America does indeed torture, imprison without trial in black sites and plans to continue doing it. The torture maven from Abu Ghraib runs the CIA. German and Italian combatants — who were fully engaged in killing Allies — were received with more decency and fairness than mothers and babies pleading for asylum at the US border.

About the Day of the Dead reference. When I’m working at home, I usually have something or other streaming absent-mindedly on the TV. Today, Netflix launched the Pixar animation ‘Coco’. The young Mexican protagonist Miguel visited the Land of the Dead to find the man he believed was his ancestor. Movie Miguel was treated with more love, respect and safety by spirits, than real world young Mexican boys are by the US government.

Three generations. That’s all it took to bring us to this point.

Somehow, I just started weeping and weeping. Shame and sorrow. And I heard myself blubbering out load to the spirits of my ancestors “I’m so sorry, We have become monsters.”

Broadway Decorum in the Age of Trump

Radhika

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Friday June 08, 2018 · 4:23 PM PDT

2018/06/08 · 16:23

Just in time for this weekend’s Tony Awards.

A friend of mine was visiting in NYC recently, taking in lots of Broadway shows and art events. During a performance of My Fair Lady, a man directly behind him was loudly and persistently chatting on his cell phone. After a bit, my friend turned around and mouthed 'please stop talking'.

The man was irate, insisted my friend was the disturbance and told him to shut up. The guy continued on for a bit. Then....when his call was finally done, he leaned forward and hissed in my friend's ear "And you're probably a Democrat".

Seriously, on Broadway, In nice seats. Hopefully, he’s from out-of-town.

New trend? 'Closet' Trumpers are coming out around me

Radhika

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Thursday May 24, 2018 · 3:30 PM PDT

2018/05/24 · 15:30

This is something I’ve been quietly observing for a few weeks.

I belong to several non-political online groups — arts, alternative spirituality (metaphysics) and culture. We have no visible/audible rabid types, no racist or fascistic statements ever appeared. Participants simply exchange thoughts on various subjects tied to the group. We’ve been linked for years, so there are no bots.

Well, guess what?

Little by little, I’m seeing anecdotes about being a ‘closeted’ Trump supporter in Deep Blue area, and getting the courage to ‘come out’. They kept their politics under wraps, not wanting to alienate customers and co-workers. This is the terminology they authentically chose.

They got lots of online support and agreement.

Trump’s war vs Mueller is working. His poll numbers are rising. Respect for the investigation is eroding. It’s starting to feel ‘safe’ to admit their support for Trump. And they fully expect him to be around for a long time.

New CDC Director's past positions on HIV/AIDS has not escaped the attention of the community

Radhika

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Friday March 30, 2018 · 12:06 PM PDT

2018/03/30 · 12:06

Trump appointed HIV/AIDS and opiate addiction researcher Robert Redfield Jr, MD as the new director of the CDC.

His bio seems appropriate. Redfield is a professor at the U of Maryland Medical School and has overseen clinical care for thousands of patients both in United States and abroad. He is also a retired US Army Major who was based at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In Redfield’s opening address to staff, he affirmed support for data-driven science and medically-based care for opiod addiction. Good news, especially with Trump all hot for more death penalties.

So why the controversy?

Much comes comes from past positions on HIV/AIDS and ties to conservative health organizations promoting abstinence only. In the days before effective treatments and no LGBT protections, he crafted the the military’s original policies on mandatory screening — without confidentiality. Here’s a straightforward article in WaPo that outlines his experience but does not sidestep the concerns raised by activists.

www.washingtonpost.com/...

More intensity emerges from Foreign Policy Magazine. The headline calls him as a homophobe, mostly from his days at Walter Reed. Bitterness over thousands of recruits exposed without confidentiality then ejected from the military remains.

foreignpolicy.com/…

I am prepared to watch and see what unfolds.

I would so love an ICE Documentary, wouldn't you?

Radhika

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Wednesday March 28, 2018 · 4:29 PM PDT

2018/03/28 · 16:29

Yes, yes, yes!

ICE has a legitimate purpose. A nation has to protect it’s borders. Common sense to deport dangerous and violent felons.

But ICE’s zeal and savagery — off the charts! Mothers pulled from cars at intersections with their kids present. Fathers — with no criminal history and good job — deported one week before a daughter graduates from med school. Hospitalized folks, single parents of young children, hospitalized patients on transplant lists. Doctors, DACA signatories. On a plane before they can even call a lawyer. Bullying, shows of strength and textbook anti-Blue State authoritarianism.

Who are the ICE people? What makes them tick? How is the agenda being set?

I'm done calling Evangelism a religion..it's Fascism. Period.

Radhika

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Friday March 09, 2018 · 8:22 AM PST

2018/03/09 · 08:22

I use the term Fascist-X. I want to call them what they are, not what they wish to pose as.

No more ‘conservative Christians’ or ’values voters’. Evangelism is a orchestrated, rich, activist operation within right wing politics. X-Fascists fully intend no good for any part of the nation — or the world — that does not directly serve their billionaires and obedient zealots.

This statement — one of literally dozens from (mainly White) Fascist-X pastors — is no anomaly. That’s the problem. But it was the cap on my iceberg today.

www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Dems are tying their brand to sexual harassment ...since it worked so well in 2016

Radhika

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Friday December 08, 2017 · 11:06 AM PST

2017/12/08 · 11:06

I am a feminist. I have mixed feelings about the Al Franken. But here’s my take away for today.

In 2016, DNC and liberal media rode the ‘pussy grabber’ train over the cliff. The assumption was that even conservative women would flip with ‘outrage’. You know, the decorum thing. It didn’t work.

Right wing/evangelical women did not flee the Big Orange Oaf. They weren’t all that outraged. I doubt the pee tape would have worked either — but I’d love to watch it. Red States preach the loudest but order the most porn. They know their tribe (white, religious, NRA loving, immigrant hating and racist) and stand with it. (Doug Jones is not of the tribe; he betrayed the tribe when he brought the KKK to justice).

Left/liberal women long since tired of patriarchal crap, are not shocked by pussy matters and crude jokes not tied to power relations. Women of Color and immigrants had bigger fish to fry. Here in Progressive California, we wanted economic and racial justice. That theme was best carried in 2016 by Bernie Sanders, whose base was seen by the DNC as a invading species to be neutralized. Jill Stein drew others since Hillary was, you know, so neo-liberal.

Corporate Dems (Pelosi-Schumer-Perez) still think they can re-brand with zero-tolerance on harassment. How convenient. They will continue recruit self-funding candidates, keep old leaders in control, stage purer-than-thou displays but never take on the entrenched economic interests that really call the shots.

Sad times.

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