shoebat--2020-09-30--Syrian Jihadists Are Terrified Of Fighting With The Armenians. One Jihadist Says: “The fighting isn’

Syrian Jihadists Are Terrified Of Fighting With The Armenians. One Jihadist Says: “The fighting isn’t like anything I have seen. It’s like a movie.”

Some of the Syrian jihadists who have been sent by Turkey to fight the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh ( within Azerbaijan ) , are reportedly terrified of the fighting against the Armenians , with one Syrian fighter saying : “ The fighting isn ’ t like anything I have seen .
It ’ s like a movie.
” As we read in a recent report written by Lindsey Snell : On September 22nd , I received several reports from sources inside the Syrian National Army ( SNA ) , the umbrella organization of all Syrian opposition factions backed by Turkey , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Azerbaijan had taken place .
For months before this , rumors that Turkey would be sending militants to Azerbaijans had been swirling among the SNA .
“ The men were taken to Turkey , forced to shave their beards and wear civilian clothes , and then they began their journey , ” a Hamza Division militant in Afrin said .
Days later , reports emerged that Syrians had been among those killed as the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area escalated .
“ They tricked us .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Turkish base .
Then we get here and it ’ s fighting , right away , it ’ s fighting .
The sons of bitches will not return us , ” said a Hamza Division militant in Azerbaijan .
“ The fighting isn ’ t like anything I have seen .
It ’ s like a movie .
It ’ s constant bombardment.
” It goes without saying that war is , by its very nature , intense and horrifying .
You can see footage of the fighting for yourself… Armenians and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another ethnic conflict that is dangerously reoccurring in the Eastern world , where land is held more sacred than human life .
So far dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded .
The two nations are fighting over a region called Nagorno-Karabakh which is within Azerbaijan and but mainly inhabited by Armenians .
Armenia lays claim to the region which is ruled under a de facto government called the Republic of Artsakh which is backed by Russia .
But this independence of the region is rejected by NATO and its allies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States , Turkey , Israel and Germany are backing Azerbaijan , while Russia and Iran support Armenia .
The ethnic conflict is a continuation of Cold War proxy conflicts where the world ’ s two superpowers — the US and Russia — are competing over influence through rival nations .
This is not just a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan , but a conflict between Turkey and Armenia , since the Turks are using the Azeris as proxies against their enemy .
The president of the de facto Republic of Artsakh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Turkey is sending in volunteer fighters from other regions in Armenia : “ It is not Azerbaijan that is fighting against Artsakh , it is Turkey that is fighting .
Not only drones , not only planes , but also military units , the military , and so on .
I am not talking about mercenaries , I am not talking about [ volunteers ] from other countries , ” the Artsakh President stressed .
The volunteers he is speaking of are fighters from the war in Syria .
Instead of fighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now being sent into Azerbaijan to fight their biggest enemies , the Christians .
This was confirmed by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army , General Ziyad Hajji Ubayd , who said : “ The fighters have to go to the conflict in Azerbaijan to provide for their families due to poor economic conditions …We are ready to fight everywhere for Turkey ’ s national interests and security .
We defend our interests to achieve our goals ” .
According to the Guardian , a month ago a private Turkish security company began hiring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between Armenia and Azerbaijan .
But now the Turks have sent in hundreds of Syrian rebels into the conflict zone , Nagorno-Karabakh , to fight the Armenians .
As the Arab publication , Ajel , reported : “ News reports confirmed that Turkey has recruited several hundred Syrian refugees to fight against Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in conflict with Azerbaijan , which is supported by Ankara.
” For years Ankara has been using Syrian rebels as proxies for its foreign policy and expansionism .
Turkey has sent Syrian rebels into Libya to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are mere proxies of the Russians and French .
So , since Turkey is backing the Azerbaijanis against the Armenians , it is not surprising that they would send Syrian mercenaries into Nagorno-Karabakh .
What we are witnessing is not just a proxy conflict , but the revival of the Turkish empire .
We see Turkey in conflict with Greece and Egypt as it encroaches into their maritime territories in the Eastern Mediterranean ; we see Turkey leading the fight against ( and dominating ) the forces of Haftar in Libya ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we see Turkey in Iraq and being heavily involved in leading Azerbaijan against Armenia .
Turkey is being militarily active in all the regions that she once controlled : in Libya , Syria , Iraq , in Greece ’ s maritime territory and in the Caucasus , all of these regions were once under the dominion of the Ottomans .
People within the Syrian National Army ( SNA ) have stated that up to “ 1,000 jihadists ” in their ranks have been deployed in Azerbaijan as mercenaries .
According to Turkish journalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have indeed been deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh .
According to Arab News : “ The Syrian mercenaries were reportedly recruited through an intermediary of the Turkish intelligence agency with a promised monthly wage of $ 2,000 , and transported via Turkish military cargo planes to the Azeri cities of Ganja and Baku using Georgian airspace.
” Elizabeth Tsurkov , a fellow at the Center for Global Policy , explained that Syrian fighters were signing up to go to Azerbaijan either through WhatsApp or at Turkish offices within Syria : “ About a month ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighters that they can register to go to Azerbaijan .
Many registered over WhatsApp , others apparently through offices in the Turkish-controlled areas .
The fighters registered due to the enticing rumored salaries of $ 2K- $ 2.5K ” .
The Idlib Post posted up a video on Twitter purportedly showing Syrian fighters on their way to Azerbaijan : The Idlib Post also posted up a photo purportedly showing a cargo transporter packed full of SNA fighters departing to Azerbaijan via Turkey : These fighters are from the al-Hamza division in Syria which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syrian Army back in 2013 .
They are backed by the Turkish government who use them as fighters in northern Syria , especially in Afrin .
Their presence in Afrin has been troublesome , as locals there and in Damascus have demanded their removal after it was reported how the mercenary group held naked women in Al-Hamza prisons .
There was even a fierce gun battle between al-Hamza and members of “ Ahrar al-Sham ” from Damascus ’ Al-Ghouta , in which the latter , in collaboration with other factions , were able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of al-Hamza and arrest its members .
These gunmen from the Damascus countryside , according to one Syrian report , freed detainees , including women held by Al-Hamza , from their headquarters after al-Hamza gunmen were expelled .
Imagine what these killers and sodomizers will do if they ever execute a reign of terror against Armenians .
Azerbaijan ’ s Defense Ministry accused Armenia of shelling the region of Dashkesan in Azerbaijan .
But Armenian officials accused Azerbaijan of opening fire on an Armenian military unit in the town of Vardenis ( which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border ) , setting a bus on fire and killing a civilian .
The Armenian government claims that the Azeris made the attack after misinformation was spread that Armenia shelled Dashkesan from Vardenis .
The Armenians have been quick to deny that they made any attack on Dashkesan , with Armenia ’ s Foreign Ministry affirming that Azerbaijan was “ expanding the geography of hostilities , including the aggression against the Republic of Armenia.
” Reports coming out of Armenia affirm that Azerbaijan attacked Vardenis using an orbiter , or an unmanned aerial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Public Radio of Armenia showing an orbiter being shot down by the Armenian military : In the midst of all of the chaos , there is now a report from the Armenian Ministry of Defense claiming that a Turkish F-16 shot down an Armenian SU-25 jet .
According to the Armenian Infocenter ( which is managed by the Armenian government ) , the Turkish F-16 departed from the Ganja Airbase in Azerbaijan at around 10:30 am local time , and bombed Armenian forces around the area of Vardenis .
Turkey ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troops of the Armenian Armed Forces around the area of Vardenis .
The Armenians then began to utilize anti-aircraft units against the F-16 , and a battle ensued between the Turkish jet and an Armenian SU-25 jet .
The Turkish fighter jet took out the SU-25 , killing the pilot .
“ Unfortunately , the pilot died heroically , ” the Armenian Unified Infocenter said .
“ The Turkish F16 was around 60km deep into Armenian territory and flying at an altitude of 8200 meters , ” the Infocenter added .
Both the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Turkish F-16 fought with Armenian forces .
But , it is a fact that two months ago Turkey parked F-16s in Azerbaijan and did joint air force training with the Azeris to scare the Armenians .
At that time the Armenian government stated that “ According to the plan , the situation is evaluated , combat missions are specified , reconnaissance of the area is carried out in real conditions ” .
The Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan , in response , warned the Azeris that “ provocations will not be unanswered ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Armenian troops “ do not shell civilian targets in Azerbaijan and only target the engineering infrastructure and technical facilities of the Azerbaijani armed forces ” .
The president of the de facto Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh , Arain Harutyunyan , admitted in a news conference that the F-16 story “ is not conclusively proven.
” But in the same conference he declared that this is not a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan , but between Armenia and Turkey , denoting the reality of proxy conflicts between NATO and Russia : ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army , or rather the main modern weapons and ammunition at hand , drones .
The same F-16s , which have been in Azerbaijan for more than a month under the name of regular or joint military exercises , have been used since this morning.
” He also pointed out that the Azeris “ mainly use modern Turkish drones , which Turkey has been proud of in recent months ” .
This is about Turkish control over the Caucasus , just as the Turkish military ’ s operations in Libya , the Mediterranean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ establishing control in former Ottoman territories .
Soon , there will be no more cold wars , and the masters of the puppets will war against one another .
Blood will flow from the mountains , red crimson from the heart of men .
The armies of Belial , the sons of Sodom , holding up their red flag emblazoned by the slicing blade of the crescent , will be bent on doing exactly what they have done in the history of forgone days — sodomizing , pillaging and massacring .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and to kill , and to destroy.
” ( John 10:10 )

Some of the Syrian jihadists who have been sent by Turkey to fight the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh (within Azerbaijan), are reportedly terrified of the fighting against the Armenians, with one Syrian fighter saying: “The fighting isn’t like anything I have seen. It’s like a movie.” As we read in a recent report written by Lindsey Snell:
On September 22nd, I received several reports from sources inside the Syrian National Army (SNA), the umbrella organization of all Syrian opposition factions backed by Turkey, that the first deployment of SNA men to Azerbaijan had taken place. For months before this, rumors that Turkey would be sending militants to Azerbaijans had been swirling among the SNA. “The men were taken to Turkey, forced to shave their beards and wear civilian clothes, and then they began their journey,” a Hamza Division militant in Afrin said. Days later, reports emerged that Syrians had been among those killed as the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area escalated. “They tricked us. They told us we were coming to guard a Turkish base. Then we get here and it’s fighting, right away, it’s fighting. The sons of bitches will not return us,” said a Hamza Division militant in Azerbaijan. “The fighting isn’t like anything I have seen. It’s like a movie. It’s constant bombardment.”
It goes without saying that war is, by its very nature, intense and horrifying. You can see footage of the fighting for yourself…
Armenians and Azerbaijanis are killing each other, in another ethnic conflict that is dangerously reoccurring in the Eastern world, where land is held more sacred than human life. So far dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded. The two nations are fighting over a region called Nagorno-Karabakh which is within Azerbaijan and but mainly inhabited by Armenians. Armenia lays claim to the region which is ruled under a de facto government called the Republic of Artsakh which is backed by Russia. But this independence of the region is rejected by NATO and its allies who support Azerbaijani sovereignty; thus why the United States, Turkey, Israel and Germany are backing Azerbaijan, while Russia and Iran support Armenia. The ethnic conflict is a continuation of Cold War proxy conflicts where the world’s two superpowers — the US and Russia — are competing over influence through rival nations.
This is not just a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but a conflict between Turkey and Armenia, since the Turks are using the Azeris as proxies against their enemy. The president of the de facto Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh, Arain Harutyunyan, affirmed that Turkey is sending in volunteer fighters from other regions in Armenia: “It is not Azerbaijan that is fighting against Artsakh, it is Turkey that is fighting. Not only drones, not only planes, but also military units, the military, and so on. I am not talking about mercenaries, I am not talking about [volunteers] from other countries,” the Artsakh President stressed. The volunteers he is speaking of are fighters from the war in Syria. Instead of fighting other Muslims in Syria, they are now being sent into Azerbaijan to fight their biggest enemies, the Christians. This was confirmed by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, General Ziyad Hajji Ubayd, who said:
“The fighters have to go to the conflict in Azerbaijan to provide for their families due to poor economic conditions …We are ready to fight everywhere for Turkey’s national interests and security. We defend our interests to achieve our goals”.
According to the Guardian, a month ago a private Turkish security company began hiring Syrian rebels to work as border guards between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But now the Turks have sent in hundreds of Syrian rebels into the conflict zone, Nagorno-Karabakh, to fight the Armenians. As the Arab publication, Ajel, reported:
“News reports confirmed that Turkey has recruited several hundred Syrian refugees to fight against Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in conflict with Azerbaijan, which is supported by Ankara.”
For years Ankara has been using Syrian rebels as proxies for its foreign policy and expansionism. Turkey has sent Syrian rebels into Libya to fight against the forces of Khalifa Haftar who are mere proxies of the Russians and French. So, since Turkey is backing the Azerbaijanis against the Armenians, it is not surprising that they would send Syrian mercenaries into Nagorno-Karabakh. What we are witnessing is not just a proxy conflict, but the revival of the Turkish empire. We see Turkey in conflict with Greece and Egypt as it encroaches into their maritime territories in the Eastern Mediterranean; we see Turkey leading the fight against (and dominating) the forces of Haftar in Libya ; we see Turkey expanding into Syria; we see Turkey in Iraq and being heavily involved in leading Azerbaijan against Armenia. Turkey is being militarily active in all the regions that she once controlled: in Libya, Syria, Iraq, in Greece’s maritime territory and in the Caucasus, all of these regions were once under the dominion of the Ottomans.
People within the Syrian National Army (SNA) have stated that up to “1,000 jihadists” in their ranks have been deployed in Azerbaijan as mercenaries. According to Turkish journalist Hikmet Durgun, fighters from the SNA have indeed been deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh. According to Arab News: “The Syrian mercenaries were reportedly recruited through an intermediary of the Turkish intelligence agency with a promised monthly wage of $2,000, and transported via Turkish military cargo planes to the Azeri cities of Ganja and Baku using Georgian airspace.” Elizabeth Tsurkov, a fellow at the Center for Global Policy, explained that Syrian fighters were signing up to go to Azerbaijan either through WhatsApp or at Turkish offices within Syria:
“About a month ago, rumors spread on WhatsApp among SNA fighters that they can register to go to Azerbaijan. Many registered over WhatsApp, others apparently through offices in the Turkish-controlled areas. The fighters registered due to the enticing rumored salaries of $2K-$2.5K”.
The Idlib Post posted up a video on Twitter purportedly showing Syrian fighters on their way to Azerbaijan:
Syrian fighters sent by Turkey to #Azerbaijan are advancing to the front lines to fight with the Azerbaijani army on the #Armenian border. pic.twitter.com/ipCKoGUZlK — IDLIB POST (@IdlibEn) September 27, 2020
The Idlib Post also posted up a photo purportedly showing a cargo transporter packed full of SNA fighters departing to Azerbaijan via Turkey:
Today, a batch of 300 fighters of #SNA left from the Syrian lands in the countryside of #Aleppo to #Azerbaijan via #Turkey. pic.twitter.com/jcDnum6TUM — IDLIB POST (@IdlibEn) September 22, 2020
From Hamza Division source. Supposedly these Hamza men arrived in Baku today via Ankara. pic.twitter.com/lgUcSl1Fkp — Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) September 22, 2020
These fighters are from the al-Hamza division in Syria which was originally a part of the Free Syrian Army back in 2013. They are backed by the Turkish government who use them as fighters in northern Syria, especially in Afrin. Their presence in Afrin has been troublesome, as locals there and in Damascus have demanded their removal after it was reported how the mercenary group held naked women in Al-Hamza prisons. There was even a fierce gun battle between al-Hamza and members of “Ahrar al-Sham” from Damascus’ Al-Ghouta, in which the latter, in collaboration with other factions, were able to take over one of the headquarters of al-Hamza and arrest its members. These gunmen from the Damascus countryside, according to one Syrian report, freed detainees, including women held by Al-Hamza, from their headquarters after al-Hamza gunmen were expelled. Imagine what these killers and sodomizers will do if they ever execute a reign of terror against Armenians.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry accused Armenia of shelling the region of Dashkesan in Azerbaijan. But Armenian officials accused Azerbaijan of opening fire on an Armenian military unit in the town of Vardenis (which lies between Lake Sevan and the Armenian-Azeri border), setting a bus on fire and killing a civilian. The Armenian government claims that the Azeris made the attack after misinformation was spread that Armenia shelled Dashkesan from Vardenis. The Armenians have been quick to deny that they made any attack on Dashkesan, with Armenia’s Foreign Ministry affirming that Azerbaijan was “expanding the geography of hostilities, including the aggression against the Republic of Armenia.” Reports coming out of Armenia affirm that Azerbaijan attacked Vardenis using an orbiter, or an unmanned aerial vehicle, and there is video footage by Public Radio of Armenia showing an orbiter being shot down by the Armenian military:
In the midst of all of the chaos, there is now a report from the Armenian Ministry of Defense claiming that a Turkish F-16 shot down an Armenian SU-25 jet.
#Armenian Su-25 was shot down by a #Turkish F-16 that took off from the Ganja airbase in Azerbaijan. @ArmeniaMODTeam — Government of Armenia (@armgov) September 29, 2020
According to the Armenian Infocenter (which is managed by the Armenian government), the Turkish F-16 departed from the Ganja Airbase in Azerbaijan at around 10:30 am local time, and bombed Armenian forces around the area of Vardenis.
Turkey’s F-16 fighter jet bombed settlements and ground troops of the Armenian Armed Forces around the area of Vardenis. The Armenians then began to utilize anti-aircraft units against the F-16, and a battle ensued between the Turkish jet and an Armenian SU-25 jet. The Turkish fighter jet took out the SU-25, killing the pilot. “Unfortunately, the pilot died heroically,” the Armenian Unified Infocenter said. “The Turkish F16 was around 60km deep into Armenian territory and flying at an altitude of 8200 meters,” the Infocenter added. Both the Turkish and Azeri governments have denied that a Turkish F-16 fought with Armenian forces. But, it is a fact that two months ago Turkey parked F-16s in Azerbaijan and did joint air force training with the Azeris to scare the Armenians. At that time the Armenian government stated that “According to the plan, the situation is evaluated, combat missions are specified, reconnaissance of the area is carried out in real conditions”. The Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, in response, warned the Azeris that “provocations will not be unanswered”. The Armenian defense minister also said that Armenian troops “do not shell civilian targets in Azerbaijan and only target the engineering infrastructure and technical facilities of the Azerbaijani armed forces”.
The president of the de facto Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh, Arain Harutyunyan, admitted in a news conference that the F-16 story “is not conclusively proven.” But in the same conference he declared that this is not a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but between Armenia and Turkey, denoting the reality of proxy conflicts between NATO and Russia: ”They use the presence of the Turkish army, or rather the main modern weapons and ammunition at hand, drones. The same F-16s, which have been in Azerbaijan for more than a month under the name of regular or joint military exercises , have been used since this morning.” He also pointed out that the Azeris “mainly use modern Turkish drones, which Turkey has been proud of in recent months”.
This is about Turkish control over the Caucasus, just as the Turkish military’s operations in Libya, the Mediterranean, Syria and Iraq, is about establishing control in former Ottoman territories. Soon, there will be no more cold wars, and the masters of the puppets will war against one another. Blood will flow from the mountains, red crimson from the heart of men. The armies of Belial, the sons of Sodom, holding up their red flag emblazoned by the slicing blade of the crescent, will be bent on doing exactly what they have done in the history of forgone days — sodomizing, pillaging and massacring. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10)
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shoebat--2020-09-30--Deep Fakes And The Future Of Epistemology

Can you believe your eyes ?
Some say yes , and some say no , for if a picture is worth a thousand words , when happens when real pictures no longer can be distinguished from fake ones ?
Such is a question being asked by one author , in a way , discussing the rise of deep fakes and the effects they will have on politics and society .
We are entering an age where we can no longer believe our own eyes , a political commentator has warned .
Nina Schick ’ s new book Deepfakes : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ artificial intelligence -driven fake news will completely derail democracy .
She said : “ We are increasingly facing a future where media and content production is going to be made by AI.
” “ Some experts who I interviewed for my book said that within five to seven years ’ time 90 % of video content online is going to be synthetic .
She explained : “ The ability of AI to generate actual fake synthetic media is something that ’ s only been around for about two and a half years and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in deep learning over the last five years.
” ( source ) Now this article is from the UK Daily Star , and I generally am careful about reposting their materials because of the often questionable content found on the site , from exaggerated to just plain inaccurate things with , from what I have seen , no real self-corrective measures carefully taken .
That said , I found this piece interesting because it raises similar questions to those I have brought up about the future of AI and its use as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ link to the sites , but as I have written , there are some serious websites where people can learn how to make ‘ deep fakes.
’ Most of these are related to the production of pornography ( for reasons I have extensively discussed in the Shoebat archives ) , but the issue is really not about adult content , but what the developments in the industry will have for politics , government , and more .
When I first started writing on ‘ deep fakes ’ in January 2018 , I warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat for the future because they would be able to produce false evidence that will undermine real evidence and be used to let loose a reign of terror upon the world like it has never seen before .
If you have ever watched a show such as “ Cops ” or any other “ live action police ” type show , criminals often who are caught in the middle of committing a crime will say they are innocent and “ I didn ’ t do anything.
” However , the people who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the people are guilty in such cases is due to VIDEO evidence .
Without the video , many times these criminals ( regardless of race ) would not be caught because it would become a case of “ he-said-she-said.
” The video is what is used to convict these people in court because it provides incontrovertible evidence of their actions versus their stories .
In some cases , video is used to exonerate people accused of crimes because if clearly a person said he is not at a certain location and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do the crime .
This is now permanently changed due to this AI program….which is that AI could enable the expansion of crimes by the forging of video evidence in a way that will be available to all people , from the man-on-the-street to the upper levels of government , that has never existed before .
Now one might say that the police will be able to use digital forensics to detect if an alteration has been made .
This might work for early stages , but given how fast technology is advancing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they don ’ t understand how AI works , what is to say that it will not reach such a point that it will be nearly impossible to tell if forged evidence is actually forged without considerable , concentrated work on a project , perhaps more work than a defense attorney team will be able to have the time or money to afford to do ?
Now this is just for “ simple ” crimes .
What if this were to be taken to another level of severity ?
Say , for example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , where using advanced AI technology , a man can give the appearance that a foreign leader is speaking and giving commands or making statements against another nations that could cause a war , when the reality is otherwise ?
( source ) We can compare to what the Daily Star continues with , noting exactly what I warned about .
This is exactly what I find so concerning .
I have watched the development of this technology carefully , and it is at a point where a man can make videos using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indistinguishable from the actual videos .
What makes this very disturbing is that particular actions , which require interactions between persons that once upon a time could not be considered easy to carry out , are showing now that they can be done effectively by the average man .
Let ’ s take an example of this and recontextualize it for our purposes- the famous claims of Donald Trump and his ‘ interaction ’ with a Russian prostitute and certain acts that were allegedly performed .
I do not believe it is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in using deep fake technology at this point would be able to , using a video of the same actions taking place , to effectively replace the faces and have it so that it truly does appear that Trump did what some claim he did .
This is my opinion , and while you should do your own research and draw your own opinion , I can say that having witnessed the progress of the technology , I do not believe this is hyperbole , but a sobering reality whose consequences are truly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not think it is an exaggeration again to say that I believe Trump got lucky , and this is one of the last elections , if not the last Presidential election , where deep fakes will not be a serious issue , and for the future , there is a strong chance that they may become an issue , for just as the cycle of history so often turns in the same way , the tools created by man to liberate him are eventually turned against him in order to enslave him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before .
The reality of AI as a major trend for the future can not be overstated enough .
As I have warned and I will continue to warn , AI is part of another great ‘ industrial revolution ’ that with robotics , represents a threat to the human race like it has never before been seen in history , not because these tools are in themselves ‘ bad ’ , but because the potential evil which they can be used for is almost beyond comprehension , as I do not believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who he is or how educated he is , or how much foresight one has , can truly understand the magnitude of the changes this may have on the epistemology of ourselves and the world , and of which the effects may permanently scar the face of history .
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Can you believe your eyes? Some say yes, and some say no, for if a picture is worth a thousand words, when happens when real pictures no longer can be distinguished from fake ones? Such is a question being asked by one author, in a way, discussing the rise of deep fakes and the effects they will have on politics and society.
We are entering an age where we can no longer believe our own eyes, a political commentator has warned. Nina Schick’s new book Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse predicts the rise of sophisticated artificial intelligence -driven fake news will completely derail democracy. She said: “We are increasingly facing a future where media and content production is going to be made by AI.” “Some experts who I interviewed for my book said that within five to seven years’ time 90% of video content online is going to be synthetic. She explained: “The ability of AI to generate actual fake synthetic media is something that’s only been around for about two and a half years and can be traced back to the revolution in deep learning over the last five years.” (source)
Now this article is from the UK Daily Star, and I generally am careful about reposting their materials because of the often questionable content found on the site, from exaggerated to just plain inaccurate things with, from what I have seen, no real self-corrective measures carefully taken. That said, I found this piece interesting because it raises similar questions to those I have brought up about the future of AI and its use as a political propaganda tool.
I will not link to the sites, but as I have written, there are some serious websites where people can learn how to make ‘deep fakes.’ Most of these are related to the production of pornography (for reasons I have extensively discussed in the Shoebat archives), but the issue is really not about adult content, but what the developments in the industry will have for politics, government, and more.
When I first started writing on ‘deep fakes’ in January 2018, I warned explicitly that these programs represent an existential threat for the future because they would be able to produce false evidence that will undermine real evidence and be used to let loose a reign of terror upon the world like it has never seen before.
If you have ever watched a show such as “Cops” or any other “live action police” type show, criminals often who are caught in the middle of committing a crime will say they are innocent and “I didn’t do anything.” However, the people who are caught always get convicted and the proof that the people are guilty in such cases is due to VIDEO evidence. Without the video, many times these criminals (regardless of race) would not be caught because it would become a case of “he-said-she-said.” The video is what is used to convict these people in court because it provides incontrovertible evidence of their actions versus their stories. In some cases, video is used to exonerate people accused of crimes because if clearly a person said he is not at a certain location and he is not, then he did not do the crime. This is now permanently changed due to this AI program….which is that AI could enable the expansion of crimes by the forging of video evidence in a way that will be available to all people, from the man-on-the-street to the upper levels of government, that has never existed before. … Now one might say that the police will be able to use digital forensics to detect if an alteration has been made. This might work for early stages, but given how fast technology is advancing particularly with AI and how scientists admit they don’t understand how AI works, what is to say that it will not reach such a point that it will be nearly impossible to tell if forged evidence is actually forged without considerable, concentrated work on a project, perhaps more work than a defense attorney team will be able to have the time or money to afford to do? Now this is just for “simple” crimes. What if this were to be taken to another level of severity? Say, for example, of that of a foreign nation, where using advanced AI technology, a man can give the appearance that a foreign leader is speaking and giving commands or making statements against another nations that could cause a war, when the reality is otherwise? (source)
We can compare to what the Daily Star continues with, noting exactly what I warned about.
She told Express Online : “This is something that’s really, really cutting edge, really new, essentially a fake piece of media made by AI. “We are increasingly facing a future where media and content production is going to be made by AI. The technology to create a completely convincing video “puppet” was once limited to top-flight Hollywood studios but the day when a completely photorealistic “fake news” video can be created using a smartphone is less than five years away. Already smartphone apps such as ReFace enable the user to drop themselves into Hollywood movies or big budget music videos.
That technology represents a real threat to democracy, Ms Schick added.
This is exactly what I find so concerning.
I have watched the development of this technology carefully, and it is at a point where a man can make videos using peoples faces- adult content -that are completely indistinguishable from the actual videos. What makes this very disturbing is that particular actions, which require interactions between persons that once upon a time could not be considered easy to carry out, are showing now that they can be done effectively by the average man.
Let’s take an example of this and recontextualize it for our purposes- the famous claims of Donald Trump and his ‘interaction’ with a Russian prostitute and certain acts that were allegedly performed.
I do not believe it is an exaggeration to say that a person skilled in using deep fake technology at this point would be able to, using a video of the same actions taking place, to effectively replace the faces and have it so that it truly does appear that Trump did what some claim he did. This is my opinion, and while you should do your own research and draw your own opinion, I can say that having witnessed the progress of the technology, I do not believe this is hyperbole, but a sobering reality whose consequences are truly not understood in their totality.
She continued: “It can be used of course as a tool of political propaganda. “But the other thing about deep fakes that’s really important to politics is that in a world where anything can be faked, including video of you saying and doing things that you never did, everything can be denied.” A corrupt politician caught on camera doing or saying something that should end their career could just write it off as a deepfake and suffer no consequences, she said. “That’s the first adverse impact I think we’re going to see in politics before deepfakes and synthetic media even become ubiquitous,” she says. “You’re already starting to see that where authentic evidence is emerging of people having said or done something and it’s being dismissed as a deepfake. “So essentially deepfakes are a threat to liberal democracy because if you have no objective sense of what’s real and what’s not it’s very difficult to see how that isn’t an existential threat to liberal democracy. “Great for authoritarians, very bad for democracy.”
I do not think it is an exaggeration again to say that I believe Trump got lucky, and this is one of the last elections, if not the last Presidential election, where deep fakes will not be a serious issue, and for the future, there is a strong chance that they may become an issue, for just as the cycle of history so often turns in the same way, the tools created by man to liberate him are eventually turned against him in order to enslave him worse than what he has ever been before.
The reality of AI as a major trend for the future cannot be overstated enough. As I have warned and I will continue to warn, AI is part of another great ‘industrial revolution’ that with robotics, represents a threat to the human race like it has never before been seen in history, not because these tools are in themselves ‘bad’, but because the potential evil which they can be used for is almost beyond comprehension, as I do not believe any person at all, no matter who he is or how educated he is, or how much foresight one has, can truly understand the magnitude of the changes this may have on the epistemology of ourselves and the world, and of which the effects may permanently scar the face of history.
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shoebat--2020-09-30--Will There Be A Second Presidential Debate, Or Is There A Need For One?

What was the debate last night ?
Could it even be called a debate , or perhaps a three-ring circus ?
American debate is historically known for taking often a rancorous tone , an many times could scarcely be classified as a debate because of the lack of organization so widely accepted in it , for while argument is common to all debates , it should be orderly enough for people to listen and pay attention , and to stick to main issues .
All politicians try to divert from main topics to serve their most favorable interests , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As one person but put , it resembled more of two elderly men fighting violently over the last Jell-O cup in a nursing home while a third elderly man looked on and screamed at both to shut up .
As Wolf Blitzer well put it and was reported on by Wolf Blitzer , CNN ’ s Wolf Blitzer said on Tuesday the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden will “ raise a lot of questions ” about having future debates .
“ Clearly , this was the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Blitzer said after the debate .
“ I suspect most of you if not all have ever seen .
Most chaotic presidential debate .
It will certainly raise a lot of questions about the future of the presidential debate between these two candidates.
” “ I wouldn ’ t be surprised if this is the last presidential debate between the president of the United States and the former vice president of the United States , ” Blitzer said .
“ We shall see .
Fairly soon .
Joe Biden clearly showed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ head with the president of the United States , who was often put on the defensive interrupting the vice president repeatedly.
” ( source ) As much as I do not agree with or support many of his views , he is correct in his analysis so far .
What is the purpose of more debates ?
To watch two old men yell at each other ?
Personally , it would be more entertaining to watch the candidates hit each other with giant foam noodles while yelling insults , or poke each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can see at football games .
But as expected , and I as I have noted previously , this debate was nothing of note and did exactly what I suspected .
One can only imagine what he may or may not say at the debate .
At this point , all it would really take for Trump to win is just to gently troll Biden to get him to say or so something insane and Trump can simply avoid all political talk or even planning , but just focus on antagonizing Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that will get more attention than trying to explain his massive failures , plus will also have a better chance of securing him votes .
This is most likely why Trump has said he is not preparing , because even if he is going to do this , there is a likely chance the debate will NOT be about issues , but an entertainment festival exploiting Biden ’ s decline for his benefit .
( source ) At this point , it is likely that Trump will probably win the election , confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump may be annoying , but Biden was unable to mask his cognitive decline , and while neither candidate really gave clear answers to issues , Trump was able to troll his way to victory- a victory not by intelligence , order , or better skill , but because Biden is a clearly worse alternative .
The polls may say otherwise , but this debate has done more to benefit Trump than it did to present Biden as a viable alternative .
Of course , all things are subject to the events of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we can come away with is that Trump won the debate , Biden soundly lost ( the inflexion point at which the debate completely collapsed was the “ You ’ re the racist ” comment by Biden ) , and while I can not confirm it directly , Biden appeared ( based on personal experience with persons needing medication ) to show effects of being on medication and having his medication wear off as the “ debate ” , if it can be called that , progressed .
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What was the debate last night? Could it even be called a debate, or perhaps a three-ring circus? American debate is historically known for taking often a rancorous tone, an many times could scarcely be classified as a debate because of the lack of organization so widely accepted in it, for while argument is common to all debates, it should be orderly enough for people to listen and pay attention, and to stick to main issues.
All politicians try to divert from main topics to serve their most favorable interests, but last night’s debate was special. As one person but put, it resembled more of two elderly men fighting violently over the last Jell-O cup in a nursing home while a third elderly man looked on and screamed at both to shut up. As Wolf Blitzer well put it and was reported on by Wolf Blitzer,
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said on Tuesday the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden will “raise a lot of questions” about having future debates. “Clearly, this was the most chaotic presidential debate I have ever seen,” Blitzer said after the debate. “I suspect most of you if not all have ever seen. Most chaotic presidential debate. It will certainly raise a lot of questions about the future of the presidential debate between these two candidates.” “I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the last presidential debate between the president of the United States and the former vice president of the United States,” Blitzer said. “We shall see. Fairly soon. Joe Biden clearly showed up today. He went head to head with the president of the United States, who was often put on the defensive interrupting the vice president repeatedly.” (source)
As much as I do not agree with or support many of his views, he is correct in his analysis so far. What is the purpose of more debates? To watch two old men yell at each other?
Personally, it would be more entertaining to watch the candidates hit each other with giant foam noodles while yelling insults, or poke each other with those huge foam hands that one can see at football games.
But as expected, and I as I have noted previously, this debate was nothing of note and did exactly what I suspected.
One can only imagine what he may or may not say at the debate. At this point, all it would really take for Trump to win is just to gently troll Biden to get him to say or so something insane and Trump can simply avoid all political talk or even planning, but just focus on antagonizing Biden, because in the political reality show, that will get more attention than trying to explain his massive failures, plus will also have a better chance of securing him votes. This is most likely why Trump has said he is not preparing, because even if he is going to do this, there is a likely chance the debate will NOT be about issues, but an entertainment festival exploiting Biden’s decline for his benefit. (source)
At this point, it is likely that Trump will probably win the election, confirmed by the behaviors of the candidates. Trump may be annoying, but Biden was unable to mask his cognitive decline, and while neither candidate really gave clear answers to issues, Trump was able to troll his way to victory- a victory not by intelligence, order, or better skill, but because Biden is a clearly worse alternative. The polls may say otherwise, but this debate has done more to benefit Trump than it did to present Biden as a viable alternative.
Of course, all things are subject to the events of Election Day, but the clearest thing we can come away with is that Trump won the debate, Biden soundly lost (the inflexion point at which the debate completely collapsed was the “You’re the racist” comment by Biden), and while I cannot confirm it directly, Biden appeared (based on personal experience with persons needing medication) to show effects of being on medication and having his medication wear off as the “debate”, if it can be called that, progressed.
If there is a second debate, bring soda and pop corn, because who knows? Maybe the country and the world will have the pleasure of watching Biden try to ‘teach Trump a lesson’ just like what he did with Corn Pop…
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shoebat--2020-10-01--The Battle Rages On As Armenia Just Shot Down An Azerbaijani Ariel Vehicle Just 13 Miles Miles From

The Battle Rages On As Armenia Just Shot Down An Azerbaijani Ariel Vehicle Just 13 Miles Miles From Yerevan, While Azerbaijan Just Bombed Two Different Towns In Armenia

The battle continues to rage on between Armenia and Azerbaijan .
Some noticeable events just recently occurred .
Armenia shot down an Azerbaijani unmanned just 13 miles away from Yerevan ( Armenia ’ s capital city ) .
According to the Armenian publication , Aysor : An enemy unmanned aerial vehicle was damaged by the air defense forces in the air borders of the RA Kotayk region .
Ministry of Defense : An enemy drone was shot down by the air defense forces in the air borders of the Kotayk region of Armenia , Shushan Stepanyan , spokeswoman for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government of Armenia is also reporting that two different Armenian towns , Shatvan and Mets Mastrik , were hit by Azerbaijani artillery , killing one civilian and wounding two others : This was also reported by the Armenian newspaper , Asbarez , which stated : The same publication detailed that there were four drones which had infiltrated Armenian airspace in the provinces of Kotayk and Ghegharkunik , and that all four of them were shot down by the Armenian military .
The Public Radio of Armenia also reported that “ The air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UAVs in Gegharkunik region , including the drone that fired a missile at Mets Masrik.
” What is quite significant is that Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ( CSTO ) —a Russia-led security alliance .
Armenia could activate its mutual defense treaty with Russia , and thus could pull Russia to intervene in the conflict .
Whether or not this could happen is yet to be seen .
Viktor Biyagov , Armenia ’ s representative at the CSTO , has expressed concerned over Turkey ’ s involvement in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Armenia ’ s Foreign Ministry ) : “ We ’ re especially concerned by Turkey ’ s unconditional military and political support for Azerbaijan , which contributes to further destabilization in the CSTO responsibility area , and poses a serious threat to the peoples in the region .
Turkish military specialists fight in the ranks of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan , and Turkish weapons are employed , including drones and military aircraft ” According to the New York Times , “ Armenia has a mutual defense treaty with Russia but has not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fighting .
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By Theodore Shoebat
The battle continues to rage on between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Some noticeable events just recently occurred. Armenia shot down an Azerbaijani unmanned just 13 miles away from Yerevan (Armenia’s capital city).
According to the Armenian publication, Aysor:
An enemy unmanned aerial vehicle was damaged by the air defense forces in the air borders of the RA Kotayk region. Ministry of Defense: An enemy drone was shot down by the air defense forces in the air borders of the Kotayk region of Armenia, Shushan Stepanyan, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defense, said.
Four of the adversary’s UAVs have appeared in #Armenia’n airspace above the provinces of Kotayk and Gegharkunik. Armenian air defense forces have already eliminated three of them. @NikolPashinyan — Government of Armenia (@armgov) October 1, 2020
The adversary's UAV in #Kotayk region (very close to capital #Yerevan) was downed by the Air Defense Forces of #Armenia. #StopAzerbaijaniAggression — Government of Armenia (@armgov) October 1, 2020
Meanwhile the government of Armenia is also reporting that two different Armenian towns, Shatvan and Mets Mastrik, were hit by Azerbaijani artillery, killing one civilian and wounding two others:
An Azerbaijani artillery strike on village of Shatvan in #Armenia’s Gegharkunik province followed by an Air strike on nearby town of Mets Masrik. One civilian was killed,two were wounded. Air defence units intercepted 3 other missiles, and shot down UAV responsible for the strike — Government of Armenia (@armgov) October 1, 2020
This was also reported by the Armenian newspaper, Asbarez, which stated:
Armenia’s Air Defense Forces downed an “enemy” drone flying over the Kotayk Province, some 13 miles away from Yerevan, Armenia’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said late Thursday local time.
The same publication detailed that there were four drones which had infiltrated Armenian airspace in the provinces of Kotayk and Ghegharkunik, and that all four of them were shot down by the Armenian military. The Public Radio of Armenia also reported that “The air defense forces of Armenia have destroyed three UAVs in Gegharkunik region, including the drone that fired a missile at Mets Masrik.” What is quite significant is that Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)—a Russia-led security alliance. Armenia could activate its mutual defense treaty with Russia, and thus could pull Russia to intervene in the conflict. Whether or not this could happen is yet to be seen. Viktor Biyagov, Armenia’s representative at the CSTO, has expressed concerned over Turkey’s involvement in the conflict, stating (as quoted by Armenia’s Foreign Ministry):
“We’re especially concerned by Turkey’s unconditional military and political support for Azerbaijan, which contributes to further destabilization in the CSTO responsibility area, and poses a serious threat to the peoples in the region. Turkish military specialists fight in the ranks of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, and Turkish weapons are employed, including drones and military aircraft”
According to the New York Times, “Armenia has a mutual defense treaty with Russia but has not asked that it be activated because of the fighting.”
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shoebat--2020-10-01--European News Magazine Reports: “Turkish Air Force F-16s Were Deployed Against Armenia And Shot Down

European News Magazine Reports: “Turkish Air Force F-16s Were Deployed Against Armenia And Shot Down An Armenian Military Aircraft”

A reputable European news magazine , Modern Diplomacy , has affirmed that Turkey has been denying : that Turkish F16s were deployed against Armenia and took out an Armenian aircraft .
The report , written by The red line has been crossed .
Turkish Air Force F-16s were deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh .
For the first time after the 1920 Armenian-Turkish war , Turkey is explicitly and directly involved in the war against Armenia .
Turkey is still denying that this ever happened .
But this is expected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ F16s against Armenia , then it would prove itself to be a party directly involved in the war , and that it is not just a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan , but also Armenia and Turkey .
Such a narrative Turkey does not need at the moment as Ankara is backing Azerbaijan behind the curtains of the war theater .
But , the Armenian media just recently released photos of ( as the report claims ) the remnants of the destroyed Armenian war jet : To give further info I would like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Armenian Azeri conflict : Why do the heathen rage ?
( Psalm 2 ) The forces of the old dragon which had been buried underneath the ground are now digging themselves up from underneath the surface .

By Theodore Shoebat
A reputable European news magazine, Modern Diplomacy, has affirmed that Turkey has been denying: that Turkish F16s were deployed against Armenia and took out an Armenian aircraft. The report, written by
The red line has been crossed. Turkish Air Force F-16s were deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh. For the first time after the 1920 Armenian-Turkish war, Turkey is explicitly and directly involved in the war against Armenia.
Turkey is still denying that this ever happened. But this is expected, because if Turkey admits to using F16s against Armenia, then it would prove itself to be a party directly involved in the war, and that it is not just a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also Armenia and Turkey. Such a narrative Turkey does not need at the moment as Ankara is backing Azerbaijan behind the curtains of the war theater. But, the Armenian media just recently released photos of (as the report claims) the remnants of the destroyed Armenian war jet:
To give further info I would like to repost my latest video which is on the Armenian Azeri conflict:
Why do the heathen rage? (Psalm 2) The forces of the old dragon which had been buried underneath the ground are now digging themselves up from underneath the surface.
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shoebat--2020-10-01--Trump, Putin And Macron Call For Peace Between Armenia And Azerbaijan, But Erdogan Rejects Calls For

Trump, Putin And Macron Call For Peace Between Armenia And Azerbaijan, But Erdogan Rejects Calls For Peace And Wants The Fighting To Continue

President Trump , the President of France , Emmanuel Macron , And the President of Russia , Vladimir Putin , have exhorted both the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to cease their fighting which has , so far , led to the deaths of about hundred people and hundreds more getting wounded .
But , both Armenia and Azerbaijan refuse to end their warring and Turkey has also objected to the calls for peace .
In their joint statement , Trump , Putin and Macron stated : Erdogan has rejected such an exhortation to peace , arguing that the fighting will only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” within Azerbaijan .
He was referring to Nagorno-Karabakh , which is the region that Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over .
While Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as being a part of Azerbaijan , it is mainly inhabited by Armenians who live under the de facto Republic of Artsakh which , while not internationally recognized , is governing the region to the ire of Azerbaijan and its allies .
“ Given that the USA , Russia and France have neglected this problem for nearly 30 years , it is unacceptable that they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Erdogan said .
The fighting in the South Caucasus is convenient for Turkey ; for as long as the fighting continues Ankara has an excuse to expand its influence into the Caucasus , both governmentally and militarily speaking ( Turkey has been parking its F16s in Azerbaijan and conducting joint military training with the Azeris to scare the Armenians ) ; this military influence is reflected by reports coming out of Armenia about how a Turkish F16 destroyed an Armenian SU-25 , the photographs of the remnants of which have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long as the conflict continues , Turkey can pursue its efforts of entrenching its geopolitical influence in Azerbaijan , using the country as a proxy against Armenia , which is a proxy for the Russians .
The Russians , on the other hand , are backing the Armenians against the Turkish ally , Azerbaijan .
So , both superpowers — Turkey and Russia — have interests in establishing political leverage in the Caucasus .
Russia has been pushing for peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan which it would mediate .
As the Moscow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is prepared to mediate peace talks between ex-Soviet rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan after fighting escalated along their shared border.
” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Putin and Russia ’ s Security Council : “ emphasized an urgent need for the parties to adhere to a ceasefire , and voiced a readiness to mediate efforts ” .
According to Russia ’ s Foreign Ministry , Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed in a phone call on the need to create a “ favorable atmosphere ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The ministers have declared in favour of the adoption of measures to create a favourable atmosphere that will facilitate the effectiveness of the dialogue on the implementation of agreements in support of the Syrian settlement and other issues on the agenda of Russian-Turkish relations , ” the ministry said .
However , both agreed that peace talks will not be an easy task .
Both Russia and Turkey have historically held control over the Caucasus , and it makes sense that both countries are involved in the conflict , for it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take advantage of to the advancement of the proxies ’ rulers .
The wicked nation of Turkey still denies that it committed a genocide against the Armenians in the first half of the 20th century .
Yet , it is still at war against Armenia .
Imagine if Turkey ever invades Armenia ; the rivers of blood will cry for justice .

By Theodore Shoebat
President Trump, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, And the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, have exhorted both the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to cease their fighting which has, so far, led to the deaths of about hundred people and hundreds more getting wounded. But, both Armenia and Azerbaijan refuse to end their warring and Turkey has also objected to the calls for peace. In their joint statement, Trump, Putin and Macron stated:
“We also call on the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately commit themselves to resume negotiations on the substance of the settlement in good faith and without preconditions”
Erdogan has rejected such an exhortation to peace, arguing that the fighting will only stop if Armenia ceases its “occupation” within Azerbaijan. He was referring to Nagorno-Karabakh, which is the region that Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over. While Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as being a part of Azerbaijan, it is mainly inhabited by Armenians who live under the de facto Republic of Artsakh which, while not internationally recognized, is governing the region to the ire of Azerbaijan and its allies. “Given that the USA, Russia and France have neglected this problem for nearly 30 years, it is unacceptable that they are involved in a search for a ceasefire,” Erdogan said.
The fighting in the South Caucasus is convenient for Turkey; for as long as the fighting continues Ankara has an excuse to expand its influence into the Caucasus, both governmentally and militarily speaking (Turkey has been parking its F16s in Azerbaijan and conducting joint military training with the Azeris to scare the Armenians); this military influence is reflected by reports coming out of Armenia about how a Turkish F16 destroyed an Armenian SU-25, the photographs of the remnants of which have been recently published by Armenian media.
As long as the conflict continues, Turkey can pursue its efforts of entrenching its geopolitical influence in Azerbaijan, using the country as a proxy against Armenia, which is a proxy for the Russians. The Russians, on the other hand, are backing the Armenians against the Turkish ally, Azerbaijan. So, both superpowers — Turkey and Russia — have interests in establishing political leverage in the Caucasus. Russia has been pushing for peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan which it would mediate. As the Moscow Times reports: “Russia said Friday it is prepared to mediate peace talks between ex-Soviet rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan after fighting escalated along their shared border.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Putin and Russia’s Security Council: “emphasized an urgent need for the parties to adhere to a ceasefire, and voiced a readiness to mediate efforts”. According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed in a phone call on the need to create a “favorable atmosphere” to improve working relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “The ministers have declared in favour of the adoption of measures to create a favourable atmosphere that will facilitate the effectiveness of the dialogue on the implementation of agreements in support of the Syrian settlement and other issues on the agenda of Russian-Turkish relations,” the ministry said. However, both agreed that peace talks will not be an easy task. Both Russia and Turkey have historically held control over the Caucasus, and it makes sense that both countries are involved in the conflict, for it is a chaos that can be easily take advantage of to the advancement of the proxies’ rulers. The wicked nation of Turkey still denies that it committed a genocide against the Armenians in the first half of the 20th century. Yet, it is still at war against Armenia. Imagine if Turkey ever invades Armenia; the rivers of blood will cry for justice.
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shoebat--2020-10-01--The Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict Is A Proxy War Between Turkey And Russia. Turkey Is Using The War To

The Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict Is A Proxy War Between Turkey And Russia. Turkey Is Using The War To Revive The Ottoman Empire

The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a proxy war between Turkey and Russia :

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shoebat--2020-10-02--Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19

Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19

Has the October Surprise we have been wondering about arrived ?
Or perhaps one of several surprises ?
According to Yahoo !
News and a series of other news sources , President Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for COVID-19 .
President Trump announced on Twitter early Friday morning that he and First Lady Melania Trump have “ tested positive for COVID 19.
” “ Tonight , @ FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19 .
We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately .
We will get through this TOGETHER !
” Trump wrote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ after he said that he and the first lady were “ waiting for our test results ” following the news that Hope Hicks , a top White House aide with whom they had recently traveled on Air Force One , had tested positive .
“ Hope Hicks , who has been working so hard without even taking a small break , has just tested positive for Covid 19 , ” Trump wrote .
“ Terrible !
The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results .
In the meantime , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the total number of people in the president ’ s inner circle and staff who may also have been infected with the disease , which , as of Friday morning , has killed at least 207,789 Americans .
A spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence did not immediately respond to requests for comment about whether he was tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours .
At 74 years of age , Trump is at increased risk for serious complications from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
His testing positive could also have major implications for the presidential election , which is just 32 days away .
Trump ’ s doctor , Sean Conley , said in a statement that “ the President and the First Lady are both well at this time , and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.
” Trump , who trails former Vice President Joe Biden in most national and key swing state polls , had planned numerous campaign events in the coming days .
Sickness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from attending the next scheduled debate with Biden on Oct. 15 , or from campaigning in the final stretch .
( source )

Has the October Surprise we have been wondering about arrived? Or perhaps one of several surprises? According to Yahoo! News and a series of other news sources, President Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for COVID-19.
President Trump announced on Twitter early Friday morning that he and First Lady Melania Trump have “tested positive for COVID 19.”
“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump wrote.
Trump made the announcement about two hours after he said that he and the first lady were “waiting for our test results” following the news that Hope Hicks, a top White House aide with whom they had recently traveled on Air Force One, had tested positive.
“Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19,” Trump wrote. “Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!”
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the total number of people in the president’s inner circle and staff who may also have been infected with the disease, which, as of Friday morning, has killed at least 207,789 Americans.
A spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence did not immediately respond to requests for comment about whether he was tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
At 74 years of age, Trump is at increased risk for serious complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. His testing positive could also have major implications for the presidential election, which is just 32 days away.
Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley, said in a statement that “the President and the First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
Trump, who trails former Vice President Joe Biden in most national and key swing state polls, had planned numerous campaign events in the coming days. Sickness or a lengthy quarantine could prevent Trump from attending the next scheduled debate with Biden on Oct. 15, or from campaigning in the final stretch. (source)


shoebat--2020-10-02--Sure Enough, A Band Of Migrants Start To Walk Toward The US From Honduras

Sometimes things in life are co-incidences .
They just happen for reasons that are not fully explainable , but the circumstances are just questionable .
For example , as CBS News reports , a migrant caravan has just set off from Honduras , scarcely a month before the Presidential elections .
Hundreds of migrants began walking Wednesday night from [ San Pedro Sula ] in northern Honduras toward the Guatemala border , testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the novel coronavirus .
Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave from the San Pedro Sula bus station @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media for weeks .
The caravan comes just two weeks after Guatemala reopened its borders after keeping them sealed for months to slow the spread of COVID-19 .
But the majority of the migrants who gathered Wednesday decided not to wait for October , instead setting out in the dark of night carrying knapsacks and many wearing masks .
( source ) For those who are not aware , a quick search reveals that San Pedro Sula has been known for decades as the murder capitol of the world .
While naturally such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emigrants ( who wants to stay there ? )
, and while it is natural to mention places in stories , the name and images it could conjure up at the current time- a month before an election -is very interesting .
We know for a fact that migrant caravans have been coming to the US for years , one after the other .
Therefore , this news in and of itself as a singular item is not special .
What makes it so interesting is the timing .
One may remember back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ migrant caravan ” from Central America heading to the US- something that is very common -resulted in a fire-filled political campaign as Marsha Blackburn .
who was running for Senate in Tennessee , attacked the people coming as possible “ gang members , known criminals , people from the Middle East ( yes , this phrase was used ) and possibly even terrorists ” .
The advertisement speaks for itself .
There were many questions about the ‘ caravan ’ , but perhaps the most interesting one was the timing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this now ?
The answer , while not really given , is that it seems it is being used for political purposes .
I am not saying that the caravan intentionally left for political reasons .
I am saying that this particular caravan just may have been in the ‘ right place at the right time ’ , if that makes sense , for political usefulness .
The groups quickly strung out along the highway with some catching rides while others continued to walk toward the Guatemala border .
Late Wednesday , Guatemala @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement that its counterpart in Honduras said about 900 migrants were in the city of Choloma and were headed to the border crossing at Corinto .
Governments throughout the region made it known they were watching Wednesday .
Mexico ’ s immigration agency said in a statement that it would enforce “ safe , orderly and legal ” migration and not do anything to promote the formation of a migrant caravan .
The U.S. Embassy in Honduras said via Twitter Wednesday that migration to the U.S. was more difficult than ever right now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It should be noted that the reason why these people travel in “ caravans ” is not because of some attempt to “ invade ” the US and “ storm ” the border , but because there is safety in numbers .
The journey for migrants to the US is extremely dangerous .
Because of the lack of law and order ( effectively speaking ) in many parts of Central America , these people are regularly attacked and even tortured or murdered , and sometimes have their organs harvested .
Governments often do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so they are left to fend for themselves .
But the push factors driving migrants from Central America certainly haven ’ t eased during the pandemic .
The lack of jobs and struggle for families to put food on the table have only worsened .
The U.N. ’ s International Labour Organization said Wednesday that at least 34 million jobs have been lost in Latin America due to the coronavirus pandemic .
The ILO lists Latin America and the Caribbean as the worst-hit region in the world in terms of lost working hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the first three quarters of the year .
The flow of migrants north from Central America had slowed dramatically during the pandemic as countries throughout the region closed their borders .
Most migrant shelters along the principle routes north through Mexico closed their doors to new arrivals as they tried to keep the virus from spreading to vulnerable migrant populations .
Mexico and the United States deported hundreds of migrants back to their home countries to try to empty detention centers .
This is a very true statement .
The rate of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowed a lot of the migrant flow down .
However , migration is not going to stop , and since the US holds much greater job prospects than does really any nation in Latin America owing to her size , power , influence , and most importantly , proximity , she is going to be a destination for migrants as always from all parts of Central America .
After all , if , as I have noted , the journey from remote parts of Guatemala to Texas is basically a road trip from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms of miles , and that the furthest travel from Interamericana , Panama ( essentially the road end border in Panama before Colombia ) to San Antonio is shorter than a drive from New York City to San Francisco , as long as those nations are destabilized , there will be people willing to risk the journey .
The real question here , trend-wise , is whether or not migration is going to pick up again ( in terms of numbers of migrants coming ) , and if so , how much ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the rate is yet to be seen , since that would depend most likely on political factors , and not related to the 2020 election , but more importantly , to 2024 , since if Trump wins ( the likely scenario ) , an ascendant Democrat in 2024 could either intensify migration , or perhaps , take a “ southern Democrat ” type route and actually push to limit immigration while liberalizing other issues , using the Democrat Hispanic base that will have more progressively “ Americanized ” at that point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more susceptible to the same manipulation seen among “ native ” ( meaning “ those who have lived in the US for multiple generations ) Americans .
We do not know what will happen .
However , we can say that migration is sure to be an issue .
As far as this election , however , this “ caravan ” is most likely not the fantasy of Marsha Blackburn ’ s 2018 campaign , but is filled with poor , hungry , desperate people , whose choice time of departure was just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month until the election passes .
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Sometimes things in life are co-incidences. They just happen for reasons that are not fully explainable, but the circumstances are just questionable. For example, as CBS News reports, a migrant caravan has just set off from Honduras, scarcely a month before the Presidential elections.
Hundreds of migrants began walking Wednesday night from [San Pedro Sula] in northern Honduras toward the Guatemala border, testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the novel coronavirus. Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave from the San Pedro Sula bus station October 1 had been circulating on social media for weeks. The caravan comes just two weeks after Guatemala reopened its borders after keeping them sealed for months to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the majority of the migrants who gathered Wednesday decided not to wait for October, instead setting out in the dark of night carrying knapsacks and many wearing masks. (source)
For those who are not aware, a quick search reveals that San Pedro Sula has been known for decades as the murder capitol of the world. While naturally such a city would have a lot of emigrants (who wants to stay there?), and while it is natural to mention places in stories, the name and images it could conjure up at the current time- a month before an election -is very interesting.
We know for a fact that migrant caravans have been coming to the US for years, one after the other. Therefore, this news in and of itself as a singular item is not special. What makes it so interesting is the timing.
One may remember back in 2018 during the election cycle when the “migrant caravan” from Central America heading to the US- something that is very common -resulted in a fire-filled political campaign as Marsha Blackburn. who was running for Senate in Tennessee, attacked the people coming as possible “gang members, known criminals, people from the Middle East (yes, this phrase was used) and possibly even terrorists”. The advertisement speaks for itself.
There were many questions about the ‘caravan’, but perhaps the most interesting one was the timing. Why this one? Why report on this now? The answer, while not really given, is that it seems it is being used for political purposes.
I am not saying that the caravan intentionally left for political reasons. I am saying that this particular caravan just may have been in the ‘right place at the right time’, if that makes sense, for political usefulness.
The groups quickly strung out along the highway with some catching rides while others continued to walk toward the Guatemala border. Late Wednesday, Guatemala’s immigration agency said in a statement that its counterpart in Honduras said about 900 migrants were in the city of Choloma and were headed to the border crossing at Corinto. Governments throughout the region made it known they were watching Wednesday. Mexico’s immigration agency said in a statement that it would enforce “safe, orderly and legal” migration and not do anything to promote the formation of a migrant caravan. The U.S. Embassy in Honduras said via Twitter Wednesday that migration to the U.S. was more difficult than ever right now and more dangerous because of COVID-19.
It should be noted that the reason why these people travel in “caravans” is not because of some attempt to “invade” the US and “storm” the border, but because there is safety in numbers.
The journey for migrants to the US is extremely dangerous. Because of the lack of law and order (effectively speaking) in many parts of Central America, these people are regularly attacked and even tortured or murdered, and sometimes have their organs harvested. Governments often do not care about their welfare, and so they are left to fend for themselves.
But the push factors driving migrants from Central America certainly haven’t eased during the pandemic. The lack of jobs and struggle for families to put food on the table have only worsened. The U.N.’s International Labour Organization said Wednesday that at least 34 million jobs have been lost in Latin America due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ILO lists Latin America and the Caribbean as the worst-hit region in the world in terms of lost working hours, with a drop of 20.9% in the first three quarters of the year. The flow of migrants north from Central America had slowed dramatically during the pandemic as countries throughout the region closed their borders. Most migrant shelters along the principle routes north through Mexico closed their doors to new arrivals as they tried to keep the virus from spreading to vulnerable migrant populations. Mexico and the United States deported hundreds of migrants back to their home countries to try to empty detention centers.
This is a very true statement. The rate of migration, especially with COVID-19, has slowed a lot of the migrant flow down. However, migration is not going to stop, and since the US holds much greater job prospects than does really any nation in Latin America owing to her size, power, influence, and most importantly, proximity, she is going to be a destination for migrants as always from all parts of Central America. After all, if, as I have noted, the journey from remote parts of Guatemala to Texas is basically a road trip from New York to the Colorado-Nebraska border in terms of miles, and that the furthest travel from Interamericana, Panama (essentially the road end border in Panama before Colombia) to San Antonio is shorter than a drive from New York City to San Francisco, as long as those nations are destabilized, there will be people willing to risk the journey.
The real question here, trend-wise, is whether or not migration is going to pick up again (in terms of numbers of migrants coming), and if so, how much? It is likely that it will return, but the rate is yet to be seen, since that would depend most likely on political factors, and not related to the 2020 election, but more importantly, to 2024, since if Trump wins (the likely scenario), an ascendant Democrat in 2024 could either intensify migration, or perhaps, take a “southern Democrat” type route and actually push to limit immigration while liberalizing other issues, using the Democrat Hispanic base that will have more progressively “Americanized” at that point to the level where they would be more susceptible to the same manipulation seen among “native” (meaning “those who have lived in the US for multiple generations) Americans.
We do not know what will happen. However, we can say that migration is sure to be an issue. As far as this election, however, this “caravan” is most likely not the fantasy of Marsha Blackburn’s 2018 campaign, but is filled with poor, hungry, desperate people, whose choice time of departure was just too ideal to exploit for the next month until the election passes.
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shoebat--2020-10-02--Deepfakes: “I Told You So”

Deepfakes: “I Told You So”

I am going to take a more informal tone as I write this piece , because I believe the story and the context to the story warrant such .
Some people like what I write .
Some hate it .
This does not concern me save for the essence of the message in question , since my purpose in looking at global , national , regional , economic , cultural , and social trends and more of all types is to help to give the greatest possible understanding of the world around us .
I am gravely concerned about many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when the time comes , if there is a serious trend that I have noted that comes up , and for which I have received significant trouble for discussing it , I am going to note the story and respond with “ I told you so ” .
It was my hope this would not happen , because many of these trends are about war , conflict , and other things that are not good .
One does not want to be right if it means that another person may potentially be seriously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement has come .
Since January 2018 , I have been aggressively warning about AI developments I saw as posing a grave threat to the integrity of reality around us .
This was in the development of AI used for “ deep fakes ” .
A political organization has released two deepfake videos featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an effort to “ save the election.
” The videos , released this week by RepresentUS , a non-profit and non-partisan group focused on political corruption , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not foreign interference but instead voter suppression .
In the advertisement featuring the North Korean leader , viewers are warned that “ if the election fails , there is no democracy.
” “ I don ’ t have to do anything .
You ’ re doing it to yourselves , ” the fake Kim Jong Un says .
“ The people are divided .
Your voting districts are manipulated .
Voting locations are closing so millions cant vote.
” RepresentUs The advertisement featuring Putin sends a similar message , with the digitally-created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ America , you blame me for interfering with your democracy , but I don ’ t have to , ” the Putin character says .
“ You are doing it to yourselves .
Polling stations are closing .
You dont know who to trust .
You are divided , There are strings we can pull , but we dont have to .
You are pulling them for us.
” “ This footage is not real , but the threat is , ” a disclaimer at the end of both videos states .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ links to six steps viewers can take to help ensure the integrity of the 2020 presidential election .
“ We created this ‘ deepfake ’ ad to show just how dangerous the attacks on American democracy are , ” RepresentUS says .
“ The video was faked , but the message is real : If our election fails , our democracy will fail.
” ( source ) You can see the footage below .
Now it is clear that there are some ‘ bugs ’ that need to be worked out .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most .
I have been warning about this for years .
Instead , my research turned into a discussion about completely unrelated matters from people , because as I noted , this trend began in the adult industry , was driven by people in adult entertainment , and I said that it is a trend that must be watched because one of the most important lessons of history that I learned from the chair of a history department at a well-known university who is also a personal friend for many years , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( or the equivalent in a society ) will likely become a major social force at some point .
After having to defend myself from these accusations , I maintained that if these concerns were not addressed , they would move far beyond the adult industry because the trend is not about that segment of society , but rather how it is often a gateway to larger social changes .
The concern isn ’ t about unclad women engaged in lewd behavior , but about a future where manufacturing evidence , destroying evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be used to exonerate the guilty , imprison the innocent , and start wars , and will become one in which the very fundamental means by which we understand and process reality and are able to distinguish between truth versus falsehood is inverted to the point of being useless .
So here we are , almost three years later , and the very thing that I warned about is starting to come true .
We are seeing , through this story , tangible echoes of what I warned about .
Yet where are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
What do they have to say ?
I ’ ll wait for the haters to respond over the chirping of the crickets .
I warned about this trend .
I said to be aware of it , but in typical ( and often very American ) style , the accents were focused upon rather than the broader message , and attempts were made to turn the message into the accents .
What good did it do ?
It accomplished nothing except to waste time , and now we are here with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to so much silence at a time when speech matters .
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I am going to take a more informal tone as I write this piece, because I believe the story and the context to the story warrant such.
Some people like what I write. Some hate it. This does not concern me save for the essence of the message in question, since my purpose in looking at global, national, regional, economic, cultural, and social trends and more of all types is to help to give the greatest possible understanding of the world around us.
I am gravely concerned about many issues, and I have said that when the time comes, if there is a serious trend that I have noted that comes up, and for which I have received significant trouble for discussing it, I am going to note the story and respond with “I told you so”. It was my hope this would not happen, because many of these trends are about war, conflict, and other things that are not good. One does not want to be right if it means that another person may potentially be seriously hurt.
The time to make the statement has come.
Since January 2018, I have been aggressively warning about AI developments I saw as posing a grave threat to the integrity of reality around us. This was in the development of AI used for “deep fakes”.
A political organization has released two deepfake videos featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an effort to “save the election.” The videos, released this week by RepresentUS, a non-profit and non-partisan group focused on political corruption, assert that the greatest threat to democracy is not foreign interference but instead voter suppression. In the advertisement featuring the North Korean leader, viewers are warned that “if the election fails, there is no democracy.” “I don’t have to do anything. You’re doing it to yourselves,” the fake Kim Jong Un says. “The people are divided. Your voting districts are manipulated. Voting locations are closing so millions cant vote.”
RepresentUs The advertisement featuring Putin sends a similar message, with the digitally-created leader highlighting the current political divide. “America, you blame me for interfering with your democracy, but I don’t have to,” the Putin character says. “You are doing it to yourselves. Polling stations are closing. You dont know who to trust. You are divided, There are strings we can pull, but we dont have to. You are pulling them for us.” “This footage is not real, but the threat is,” a disclaimer at the end of both videos states. “Join us.”
Both videos include links to six steps viewers can take to help ensure the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. “We created this ‘deepfake’ ad to show just how dangerous the attacks on American democracy are,” RepresentUS says. “The video was faked, but the message is real: If our election fails, our democracy will fail.” (source)
You can see the footage below.
It’s not hard for democracy to collapse. All you have to do is nothing. Find out the 6 things you can do to save the election at https://t.co/nW9EPPgGh7 #SaveTheVote This footage isn’t real but the threat is. pic.twitter.com/n6tkrGY98X — RepresentUs (@representus) September 29, 2020
Now it is clear that there are some ‘bugs’ that need to be worked out. However, it is the concept that matters most.
I have been warning about this for years. Instead, my research turned into a discussion about completely unrelated matters from people, because as I noted, this trend began in the adult industry, was driven by people in adult entertainment, and I said that it is a trend that must be watched because one of the most important lessons of history that I learned from the chair of a history department at a well-known university who is also a personal friend for many years, he said that what the adult industry adopts (or the equivalent in a society) will likely become a major social force at some point.
After having to defend myself from these accusations, I maintained that if these concerns were not addressed, they would move far beyond the adult industry because the trend is not about that segment of society, but rather how it is often a gateway to larger social changes. The concern isn’t about unclad women engaged in lewd behavior, but about a future where manufacturing evidence, destroying evidence, or creating false witness that WILL be used to exonerate the guilty, imprison the innocent, and start wars, and will become one in which the very fundamental means by which we understand and process reality and are able to distinguish between truth versus falsehood is inverted to the point of being useless.
So here we are, almost three years later, and the very thing that I warned about is starting to come true. We are seeing, through this story, tangible echoes of what I warned about.
Yet where are all the people who gave me trouble? What do they have to say?
I’ll wait for the haters to respond over the chirping of the crickets.
I warned about this trend. I said to be aware of it, but in typical (and often very American) style, the accents were focused upon rather than the broader message, and attempts were made to turn the message into the accents.
What good did it do? It accomplished nothing except to waste time, and now we are here with the process of subverting reality started, and to so much silence at a time when speech matters.
I told you so.
.
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