#Star Wars (SDI)
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garudabluffs · 1 year ago
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https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub › ushistory2 › chapter › the-new-right
The New Right - US History II: Gilded Age to Present
Ronald Reagan had been a B-list Hollywood actor before serving in a stateside public relations unit during World War II. Although originally a New Deal Democrat, Reagan became a Republican and cooperated with the HUAC investigations of the McCarthy era.
"Though Reagan’s policies toward Central America and the Middle East aroused protest, his policy on nuclear weapons generated the most controversy. Initially Reagan followed the examples of presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter by pursuing arms limitation talks with the Soviet Union. But the breakdown of these talks in 1983 led Reagan to proceed with plans to place Pershing II medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe to counter Soviet SS-20 missiles in Eastern Europe. Reagan went a step further in March 1983, when he announced plans for a Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a space-based system he claimed would be able to shoot down incoming Soviet missiles. Critics derided the program as a “Star Wars” fantasy, and even Reagan’s advisors harbored doubts. “We don’t have the technology to do this,” secretary of state George Shultz told aides. These aggressive policies fed a growing nuclear freeze movement throughout the world. In the United States, organizations like the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy organized protests that culminated in a June 1982 rally that drew almost a million people to New York City’s Central Park."
"...Reagan’s declaration that “America will never make concessions to the terrorists.”
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B-list bad actors? b stands for "BOMBARDMENT"
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tmarshconnors · 2 years ago
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"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 until 1960. 
Born: 6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, United States
Died: 5 June 2004, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States
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ptseti · 6 months ago
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IBRAHIM TRAORÉ EXPOSES U.S. DESTRUCTION OF USSR
Ibrahim Traoré continues to expose imperialism at every opportunity. During his 11 July address to the nation, the 36-year-old president used the US destruction of the Soviet Union as an example to warn his people to be cautious in the face of the imperialist system.
As he pointed out, the United States deployed multiple tactics during the 20th century’s Cold War, from economic destabilisation initiatives to backing the Afghan mujahideen in a war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This group would eventually form the basis of the Taliban that returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, almost 20 years after the US launched an invasion claiming the group was behind the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
President Ronald Reagan also set up the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which some opposition forces called the ‘Star Wars Program,’ to serve as a space-based missile defence program. Ultimately, the totality of these and other tactics led to the Soviet Union’s dissolution and the Western capitalist takeover of Russia’s economy in the 1990s.
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papsiguesss · 4 months ago
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As a history student, the fact that Reagan's SDI plan was ridiculed as 'Star Wars' was discussed during lectures last year multiple times. So obviously I had to make a Tarkin joke. I have had the shitpost idea for this for months now and I have finally written it down. Enjoy me shitposting about Wilhuff Tarkin ridiculing the living shit out of Ronald Reagan if you'd like to, I suppose
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dr-robert-chase-s-hair · 1 month ago
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wait, so Reagan, the actor, the idiot with SDI, the Star Wars programme, said this? If he can be this intelligent, then Trump is truly about as smart, as the dried-up gum on the underside of a school desk is.
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archangel-dormiens · 26 days ago
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(While teaching 7th graders about the Cold War and Reagan's "Star Wars/SDI Initiative") - "I'd like to live in the 80's. I could get a laser sword like I use in Fortnite!"
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outerspace-iiinnerspace · 3 months ago
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track 43 "operation desert storm" turns out to be about the coyote and roadrunner
track 30 "star wars" turns out to be about reagan and sdi
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renee00124 · 3 months ago
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"Dr. Gerold Yonas explains how he found himself thrust into a high stakes world of generals and politicians, international intrigue, multi-billion dollar budgets, laser beams and nuclear annihilation as he faced a mind-boggling assignment–creating a high-tech shield in space to defend America from attack. In this autobiographical narrative about the end of the Cold War, Yonas gives a firsthand account of the creation and evolution of the Star Wars beam weapon program. Having served as the first chief scientist and acting deputy director for Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the “Star Wars” program, Yonas traces the strange, ironic and humorous events of his career as “Reagan’s Ray Gun.” He offers insight into the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the political, military and scientific machinations taking place in the background. Exploring a time characterized by chaos and confusion, politics and public relations, delusions and deceptions, Yonas reflects on the modern lessons from this era and shares his unique perspective on what happens when science and politics collide..."
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aktionfsa-blog-blog · 9 months ago
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KI in der Kriegsführung
KI fehlt in der Genfer Konvention
Während man bei der ersten KI Verordnung der Welt die möglichen Verzerrungen und Diskriminierungen bei ihrem Einsatz in Wirtschaft und im Geschäftsleben und möglichen Arbeitsplatzverluste mit Aufmerksamkeit betrachtet hat, wird der Einsatz von KI im militärischen Bereich dort überhaupt nicht erwähnt.
Cathy Mulligan weist jedoch bei Netzpolitik.org in einem Gastbeitrag auf folgendes hin: Automatisierte Entscheidungsfindung oder automatisierte Waffen automatisieren nicht nur den Krieg an sich, sondern sie können auch die Rollen der Bürger:innen innerhalb der Genfer Konventionen verändern und verschieben.
"Kriegsführung mit der Geschwindigkeit von Computern, nicht mit der Geschwindigkeit von Menschen"
... sagt Eric Schmidt, ehemaliger CEO von Google und nebenbei als Vorsitzender des Advisory Committee for the Department of Defense und der National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence tätig. Ihm ist es mit Blick auf das (militärische) Verhältnis zwischen den Inkas und den spanischen Konquistadores wichtig, einen vergleichbaren "Qualitätsunterschied" herzustellen, so dass die USA zu einer vollautomatischen Kriegsführung fähig sind.
SDI nach 40 Jahren realistisch
US Präsident Reagans Star Wars Pläne aus den 80-iger Jahren sind heute möglich, denn KI kann die Flugbahnen ballistischer Raketen im Voraus berechnen, um sie dann präventiv abzufangen oder umzulenken. In den Projekten Maven der USA und gemeinsamen Projekten wie AUKUS von Australien, den USA und Großbritannien wird seit einigen Jahren aktiv an der Entwicklung automatisierter robotischer Waffensysteme gearbeitet. Natürlich wird gleichzeitig an neuen Waffen, wie Hyperschallraketen gearbeitet, die wiederum diese Systeme austricksen sollen. 
Dieser Wettlauf ist nicht neu, jedoch ergibt sich eine neue Betrachtung bei einem Blick in die Genfer Konventionen und ihre Zusatzprotokolle, die den Kern des humanitären Völkerrechts bilden: "… eine Person, die sich direkt an den Feindseligkeiten beteiligt, wird als rechtmäßiges Ziel betrachtet." (Dabei wollen wir nicht die Leo-II-Diskussion vom vergangenen Jahr oder die Zielkoordinaten für Taurus aufleben lassen ...)
Entscheidender mit Blick auf die KI wird dann sein, wo liegen die (verteilten) KI Datenbanken und wer betreut diese. Nach obiger Defintion sind eventuell alle diese "Zivilisten" ein rechtmäßiges Ziel für den Gegner. Oft kommt es in kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen neuerdings auch zu Cyberangriffen. Dazu werden regelmäßig auch Computer von Zivilisten genutzt, die diese entweder für über KI koordinierte Distributed-Denial-of-Service-Angriffe (DDoS) zur Verfügung gestellt haben oder diese wurden durch Computerviren für diese Aktivitäten gehackt und genutzt.
Allein das Herumtragen eines Smartphones kann bereits durch die Bewegungsprofile "militärische Informationen" über Staus oder Fluchtbwegungen liefern und damit zu einem (eventuell bedeutenden) Dateninput für den Kriegsverlauf werden.
Human-in-the-Loop
Zurück zu dem Satz von Eric Schmidt, dieser macht den Unterschied zwischen KI-Kriegsführung und der Drohung mit Atombomben deutlich. Während ein interkontinentaler Atomraketenangriff noch eine Reaktionszeit von 20 Minuten lässt, kann die KI in Sekundenbruchteilen "entscheiden". Deshalb müssen, wie Cathy Muligan sagt, geschulte Entscheider an bestimmten Stellen in die KI-Prozesse einbezogen [werden], um sicherzustellen, dass ein Mensch die Entscheidungen trifft und nicht die Algorithmen selbst. Auf diese Weise soll sichergestellt werden, dass menschliche Ethik und Moral in die Entscheidungsprozesse einfließen und somit die Einhaltung des humanitären Völkerrechts gewährleistet ist.
Wie auch Frau Mulligan, sehen wir darin jedoch keine Lösung, denn diese geschulten Entscheider werden je nach ihrer Entscheidung und nach Ausgang des Konflikts von der einen oder andern Seite als Kriegsverbrecher an die Wand gestellt. Kein Mensch kann den auf ihn einstürmenden Wust an Daten im richtigen Augenblick sinnvoll bewerten. Eine Lösung kann nur in einer Rückkehr zu nachprüfbaren Abrüstungsvereinbarungen im Rahmen der UNO liegen und nie in Kriegen oder angeblich überlegener Kriegstechnik.
Das wollte schon Tucholsky mit seinen Worten "Soldaten sind Mörder" ausdrücken - KI-Unterstützung macht das Morden nicht besser - und damit bleibt uns allen nur eine Konsequenz bleibt: Nie wieder Krieg!
Mehr dazu bei https://netzpolitik.org/2024/kuenstliche-intelligenz-automatisierte-kriegsfuehrung-und-die-genfer-konvention/
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bestevents · 1 year ago
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"Ronald Reagan Saves the World" is not an actual event or historical occurrence. It appears to be a phrase used in a figurative or fictional context, rather than a specific event or accomplishment attributed to Ronald Reagan during his presidency.
However, Ronald Reagan's presidency was marked by several significant events and policies that had a global impact. Some notable aspects of his presidency include:
Cold War and Soviet Union: Reagan's administration took a strong anti-communist stance and implemented policies aimed at pressuring the Soviet Union, leading to increased tensions during the later years of the Cold War. His famous "Tear down this wall!" speech in Berlin in 1987 symbolized his determination to see the end of the division of Germany and the fall of communism.
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): Reagan proposed the SDI, often referred to as "Star Wars," which aimed to develop a missile defense system to protect the United States from potential nuclear attacks. While the program was not fully realized, it had a significant impact on global discussions surrounding arms control and defense.
Economic Policies: Reagan implemented a series of economic policies known as Reaganomics, which included tax cuts, deregulation, and a focus on free-market principles. These policies had a lasting impact on the American economy and shaped domestic and international economic debates.
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whatisonthemoon · 2 years ago
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“The Moonies Target Europe” (1986)
From anarchist newspaper Black Flag: For Anarchist Resistance (May 26, 1987)
CAUSA — the political wing of the Unific­ation Church and headed by Rev. Moon follower Bo Hi Pak — recently organised a conference in London on the Strategic Defence Initiative (Star Wars).
The conference was co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation. The main address was given by Henry Mohr, former member of the USAF General Staff. Other prominent guests included Vice Admiral Sir John Ruxborough (former NATO commander oi Polaris forces) and Sir John Risdale MP (Conservative) and vice president of the North Atlantic Assembly, an international lobby that includes a variety of members across the political spectrum people like right wing trade unionists Frank Chapple (former head of EETPU, the British elect­ ricians union) and Jo Grimmond, the form­er British Liberal Party leader.
A less prominent guest at the conference was David Hoile, of the Federation of Conservative Students. Speakers at the conference raised the issue of SDI taking on a European dimension. It was revealed that a European dimension (SDI) was not just a possibility but a reality with plans already well underway. CAUSA, with over 22 branches worldwide, is busily organizing its UK lobby through retired military officers and parliamentarians such as Sir Nigel Henderson (ex­-chairman of NATO’s military committee) and Sir Anthony Buck MP, current chairman of the Parliamentary Defence Committee, who both helped out on the public relations for the conference.
They are in ‘good’ company: board members of CAUSA International include Philip Sanchez (former Nixon ambassador to Honduras) and Lt. Col. (ret.) David Graham of the US Defence Intelligence Agency. Bit by bit, the Moonies, through CAUSA, the World Anti-Communist League and organizations within which they have influence, are buying up influential people or putting their own people into positions of real influence. Their object is total control of military policy and strategy in the USA and its satellites in Europe, South America, and elsewhere.
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kramlabs · 5 years ago
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rachelvp9 · 2 years ago
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EL ÚLTIMO TAKE: UN PODCAST CON MUCHAS VOCES
Si te gusta la locución o el doblaje seguramente te interese escuchar el podcast “El Último Take” Aquí podrás encontrar las mejores voces que han pasado por los estudios de grabación en nuestro país. La intención que tiene es la de enseñar a la gente que el mundo de la locución y el doblaje no es tan sencillo como se llega a pensar.
Los presentadores que ponen voz a este podcast son ni más ni menos que Claudio Serrano y Álvaro Reina. Son dos profesionales de la voz con muchos años de experiencia y que hemos podido escuchar en series, películas o anuncios de radio y televisión.  Ambos han interpretado entre otros muchos personajes a Otto en Los Simpson, Desmond en Perdidos, Bruce Wayne en Batman, Will Weaton en The Big Bang Theory, en el caso de Claudio y a Bran Stark en Juego de Tronos, Sam Evans en Glee, Henry Danger en Kid Danger o Ezra en Star Wars Rebels, en caso de Álvaro.
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El inicio de este podcast coincidió con el confinamiento total en España en marzo del año pasado, y hasta la fecha se han publicado 52 episodios que en los últimos meses se han ido convirtiendo en esporádicos.
La duración de cada episodio ronda los 60 minutos, o al menos esa es la media. Y la manera de hacerlo es con un diálogo muy distendido, poco encorsetado ya que todos los involucrados en cada episodio se conocen o conocen su trabajo. Suelen charlar y compartir  sus experiencias con la de otros compañeros de su profesión. Tratan temas como por ejemplo el hecho de cómo les trata la industria, cómo les ha afectado la pandemia, qué formación debe seguir alguien que quiere dedicarse a la locución profesional, cómo el paso de los años trata al actor de doblaje o la línea tan fina que hay entre un locutor de radio, un locutor de publicidad o un actor de doblaje.
 Pero no todos los entrevistados son actores o directores de doblaje, también hay técnicos o ingenieros de sonido o por ejemplo, un saxofonista que vende cabinas de locución para que puedas tener tu propio estudio de grabación en un rincón de tu casa. 
Voy a destacar el episodio 48 "ELÍAS RODRÍGUEZ - LA VOZ DE DISNEY". Elías es considerado uno de los mejores narradores y comunicadores del país. Proveniente de la radio, durante décadas su voz fue omnipresente en la publicidad tanto de radio como de televisión. En este episodio, Elías nos habla de su experiencia como locutor y como empresario, ya que fue uno de los fundadores del estudio de doblaje Abaira, actual SDI.
Si he conseguido que te entre un poco la curiosidad sobre este mundillo de la voz, y quieres empezar a oír este podcast. (Cosa que te recomiendo profundamente, porque aparte de descubrir muchas cosas del sector del doblaje también pasarás un buen rato escuchándolos) Puede hacerlo a través de Spotify, Podimo, Youtube o Apple Podcast.
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painless-innit-colourful · 3 years ago
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tired: Tommy’ll take a side in the burger restaurant cold war
wired: Tommy’ll diffuse the conflict because he doesn’t want to see his friends fight
hired: Tommy’ll pull a Ronald Reagan, build essentially the Death Star above Las Nevadas/the burger van and threaten to zap both sides
(context: during the cold war, ronald reagan boasted they had this system called the ‘Strategic Defense Initiative’ or SDI which were satellites that could shoot down enemy missiles with lasers. it was likened to the death star.)
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brucesterling · 4 years ago
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) aka the ”Star Wars” Missile Defense Program
*In case you think that high-tech fake news was invented yesterday 
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littlemisspascal · 4 years ago
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Ok, so I am a history major so I know the Star Wars program (SDI) and the Star Wars film franchise are two completely unrelated things. 
That being said...
In WW84, did anyone else laugh out loud when the president references Star Wars in Pedro Pascal’s presence? 
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