{"id":26259,"date":"2018-12-24T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=26259"},"modified":"2019-01-04T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T18:21:11","slug":"cold-war-radar-system-a-trillion-dollar-fraud-lester-ernest-on-rai-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2018\/12\/24\/cold-war-radar-system-a-trillion-dollar-fraud-lester-ernest-on-rai-1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud \u2013 Lester Ernest on RAI (1\/4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Real News Network <\/em>has the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/cold-war-radar-system-a-trillion-dollar-fraud-lester-ernest-on-rai-1-4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud \u2013 Lester Ernest on RAI (1\/4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nProfit and deception drove cold-war militarization, says Lester Ernest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford; Ernest says the anti-nuclear bomber SAGE radar system never worked and carried on for 25 years \u2013 Lester Ernest on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DYzcYCEmzu0\" style=\"border:thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre class=\"plain\">\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Having grown up in Massachusetts and having gone to MIT in the early 1960s, all these names and places are very familiar to me.  I never worked on any of the projects or companies mentioned in the interview.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>December 26, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The second part is called <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/military-industrial-congressional-frauds-lester-earnest-on-rai-2-4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Military-Industrial-Congressional Frauds \u2013 Lester Earnest on RAI (2\/4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nCorporations bribed politicians\u2014it\u2019s legal, it\u2019s called campaign contributions\u2014and they funded projects the Defense Department contracted out, giving the crooks a lot of money; that\u2019s still going strong today &#8211; says Lester Earnest, founder of the AI Lab at Stanford\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/E_rhC6QQuk4\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>December 28, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The third part is called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Um-Fii2fMOA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DOD Criterion for Success: Spend all Your Money by Year End \u2013 Lester Earnest on RAI (3\/4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAfter working on the MIT SAGE radar system and at the Joint Chiefs, Earnest concluded \u201cit\u2019s basically a money making system, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about and has nothing to do with real defense\u201d &#8211; Lester Earnest on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Um-Fii2fMOA\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>January 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The fourth part is called B<a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/billionaires-shouldnt-control-artificial-intelligence-lester-earnest-on-rai-4-5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">illionaires Shouldn\u2019t Control Artificial Intelligence \u2013 Lester Earnest on RAI (4\/5)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cPatents block progress\u201d  \u2013 says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This may be the most valuable part of the series.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ocSisLea2DA\" style=\"border:thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>January 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The fifth part is called <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/ai-should-improve-quality-of-life-not-make-capitalists-rich-lester-earnest-on-rai-5-5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI Should Improve Quality of Life, Not Make Capitalists Rich \u2013 Lester Earnest on RAI (5\/5)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nArtificial Intelligence can make the world better or be a tool for war \u2013 says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mmGNyeIiVJI\" style=\"border:thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real News Network has the interview Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud \u2013 Lester Ernest on RAI (1\/4). 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