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The video on 'Lavender" is chilling and a description of what is coming for all of us.

The Guardian had an interesting piece on a new book: "Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse: Exclusive: Yossi Sariel unmasked as head of Unit 8200 and architect of AI strategy after book written under pen name reveals his Google account"

The story of how the author's name was revealed is rather humorous, though the topic and the implications of where AI warfare around the world is going is terrifying. I want to read the book, but wait to find a used copy. I try to avoid sending money to war criminals whenever possible. As an American, I do more than enough of that just paying my taxes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/top-israeli-spy-chief-exposes-his-true-identity-in-online-security-lapse

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Brilliant moment. We finally have something to thank Jeff Bezos for.

Note The Guardian article behind paywall but we can go with the fun and read about it in Iran - https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/06/723172/Palestine-Israel-Unit-8200-AI-Yossi-Sariel-Gaza

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No paywall. Just ad to sign-up was huge but small print allows one to bypass it.

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Such a large amount of news! Well still supply arms to Israel, no matter what they say at the UN. It's wonderfully sad,of course, but fat red necks love Israel so much they even give money to the "Buy a jew a bomb shelter" fund. So I live in a world filled with these kind of idiots.

As for the Lavender program, I can see it being used world wide to take out rebellion leaders.

As the Southwest is filled with plenty of holes in the ground,the resistance will have to live like Prarie Dogs on order to survive.

I'm somewhat looking forward to my new phase as a subtreerainian. Marmots and such are too playful to use as a resistance mascot,. I'll stick with a buzzard wearing a mineing helmet ⛑️

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The Pentagon always has a black box. If nobody holds them accountable for their worst audits in the world, then there's no chance at democracy.

I don't know if moles are happy or don't care, but their life sounds good.

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As I see it the bottom line in all this is going to come when Israel’s enemies surrounding it decide to really commit to ending it. I mean really commit…not just endless rhetoric. Israel is a small country and though it has technology, others have technology too. Because of its small landmass area Israel could be overwhelmed. Hell Hamas got their “stickman” missiles through the iron dome. Russia has shown in Ukraine how to overwhelm the defense systems. Such an act would cause much death and destruction.

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It's similar to what Russia is doing in Ukraine, going slow so that NATO makes a fool of itself. Hamas' version of going slow is getting killed for as long as possible so that Israel makes a fool of itself.

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Sad but true

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O Brien doing what he does best. He has an audience of thousands, so it’s worth it. For me, with a tiny audience, responding to Israel supporters isn’t. There is no getting through to them, by appeal to facts or humanity. Many still repeat the mass rape and beheaded babies rubbish. Also seeing American racists coming out of the woodwork. Not so much supporting Israel as cheering the mass murder of “dirty desert rats” like me. What makes it heavy on the heart is how obvious it is that Israel is not a friend of humanity. Your average Palestinian in their ancient olive grove is…or was.

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O'Brien's skill is to remember the points of the whole conversation and be able to return to them.

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