DireWolfSpirit

I really have a hard time generating any empathy when listening to complaints about U.S. election interference when no other country has meddled in more elections in the history of World than yours truly Mr Blinken. Its become a case of what goes around come around. "Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral,’ China tells Blinken during Beijing trip" https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/world/stability-spiral-china-blinken-intl-hnk

To answer the thread question- For me, NO. AI generated is not art, I would classify it the same as maybe a glass pane, maybe decorative, but not an artistic creation. Now if a person were to turn around and depict the machine generated images, depict with thier own skills that is, then yes I could consider that an artistic act. But a machine generation is no more than the smoke off a vehicle muffler, its just a function or byproduct of that machine, some call it a widget.

Yes.

Columbia Univ. Jewish students having their Passover in the protest encampment- Video enclosed "Inside the Seder dinner on Columbia's Gaza protest encampment" https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/us/video/seder-passover-columbia-university-protests-ny-digvid

Im positive me and a busload from Chi-town were out there on one of those weekends with you. Marching, rallying, protests and picketing are relished memories from the those long 8 years that the "Bush The Lesser" regime occupied the White House. Whether it was opposing the Iraq invasion or fighting for a fair labor contract I had a bullhorn or home made picket sign ready to go. People saying its pointless is funny, it filled my esteem with light during those long dark days when Cheney and Rumsfield were bombing the shit out of the cradle of civilization. My conscious was clear in opposition and that was priceless to me, far from pointless.

Seasoned protesters recognize the Black Bloc Anarchists among them and understand they can draw a disproportionate amount of media attention. I usually tend to land heavily on the side of the street protestors, they arent driven to action till theyve been grievously wronged in the majority of instances. The fact that a few anarchists relish getting in on the ride and are seeking publicity doesnt dissuade me from seeing the overall good from standing up to and countering the power structures and misguided decision makers that have made the conditions necessary for the protests in the first place. In other words you have to leap over a shit ton of guilty party to point out or call out the protestors in a lot of cases. They get my benefit of doubt, few bad apples aside.

Damn straight it needs to eventually be handed over to the Ukranians, in the form of reparations for Putins war crimes.

I really think this ( stripping felons of SS protection) is a good idea that should be enacted. The DISGRACED Former Protectees Act would terminate Secret Service protection for individuals who otherwise qualify for it upon sentencing following conviction for a Federal or State felony. https://democrats-homeland.house.gov › ...

Im having a hard time seeing anything slowing the Celtics from reaching the Finals.

Okay I made up that last post Sue me!!!

Having soured on Kanye after his Kim K breakup, Trump has his eyes on a new hip-hop buddy. Apparently Trump has been strongly considering adding P-Diddy as his running mate based on Melania's affinity for his music. The pea brain runs strong in the Trump clan.

I was recently reading about some of that persecution of the Baha'i in Iran. They were bulldozing cemeteries and attempting to erase any cultural trace of some Baha'i communities.

Sure, but I think theres a plethora of terrible "modern" commercial building crud that is only designed to be economical, quick and durability, aesthetic beauty and artisan crafting is skipped for efficiency. Thats the big concern that people do not want, they are crimes to architecture when considering the care of something like a cathederal or castle restoration. We dont want sheets of shitty gypsum replacing plaster and spackel work, we dont want chinese pre-fabbed panels replacing master craft mason work, we dont want some shitty vinyl resplacing beautiful copper cornice entrances and julian awnings. You can go cheap or you can go correct with integrity. Im confident the cultural heirs of things like the Fredericksburg Castle will come to the correct conclusions and kindly ignore the efficiency over quality pressures. God I hope so anyway.

The simplest explanation to me for the red state Trump and Putin worshipers is that they hate America, they hate diversity, they hate the melting pot and they relish harm coming to 60% of the rest of country that arent MAGA mind diseased. They barely hide the harbored desire to just kill us off and be done with it. Given the mindset, the Putin/Trump lust makes perfect sense.

The disgraced Jontay Porter catches a well deserved lifetime ban.