State leaders around the world are recognizing the fate of America is now in the hands of a suspiciously wealthy German whose parents immediately fled to America after WWII ended and never had to account for Nazism (or Apartheid, where they also worked). Here’s former Ambassador Harri Tiido’s take: …the more important figure behind the … Continue reading Estonia Warns That Peter Thiel is Destroying American Democracy
Welcome to the Stupidity of AI-Powered Policy: When Governance is Reduced to One-Move Chess A profound shift in American governance has been signaled by three recent “AI” developments in the news. First, the BBC says that United Nations aid agencies have received a dubious 36-question form from the US Office of Management and Budget asking … Continue reading Rogue AI in US Gov Fires Off Yes/No “Are You Communist” Email to UN Leaders
Let’s just call this “trained vulnerability,” the kind usually found in authoritarian regimes that demand suicide as a loyalty test. Recent policy changes at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are trying to condition federal employees to step on a landmine (fall victim to common attack patterns). No, really. Two federal employees are suing the … Continue reading Trained Vulnerability: Trump Demands Federal Staff Fall Victim to Attacks
The history of warfare teaches us one lesson repeatedly: fixed defenses fail catastrophically if they can’t address mobility of opponents. If you thought “build a wall” ended in corrupt failure (it did) here we are in 2025 watching the same characters prepare to pour $500 billion into the “gate” – a massive fixed AI infrastructure … Continue reading Is Stargate a $500 Billion Digital Maginot Line? Strategic Missteps in History of War