Monday, July 9, 2018

Big Brother China -- No Swimsuits at the Miss America Pageant? -- Can NATO Survive Trump?



With millions of cameras and billions of lines of code, China is building a high-tech authoritarian future. Beijing is embracing technologies like facial recognition and artificial intelligence to identify and track 1.4 billion people. It wants to assemble a vast and unprecedented national surveillance system, with crucial help from its thriving technology industry.
NYT

In China they know who you are,
though you're not a big movie star.
Technology tops
the way that the cops
can find you from near and afar.


Nearly half of Miss America’s board has quit or been forced to resign in the wake of the organization’s decision to eliminate the swimsuit competition from the contest, and 22 state pageant leaders are seeking to oust Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson over concerns about the pageant’s new direction.
WSJ

Of course I am for women's rights.
I'm glad when they're scaling the heights.
But I cannot fake
distaste for cheesecake
when swimsuits at what is at stake.



European Council President Donald Tusk warned European leaders last month that judging by Trump’s language, allies could no longer assume that NATO would endure.
Washington Post


One day Mr. Putin asked Trump
if NATO he might want to dump.
The Trumpster replied
"It's time they subside;
onto your bandwagon I'll jump!



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