I was considering something like President TinMan, but Grok came up with PresidentBot and I promised it would get full credit for that. Gotta be nice to the new rulers if you know what’s good for you 🙂 Seriously, now, I’m so fed up with what’s going on in the world that I’ve been asking myself if we wouldn’t be better off with an AI supreme leader. Many of us watching the rise of AI are afraid we may come to a point where machines take over the world… So? How could it be worse?

…except fear itself. I had no idea it was FDR who said that in his inaugural address, but the idea was foremost on my mind today as I was walking home from yet another protest. I know I keep writing about local politics, but I guess if Elon Musk can post about Romania every day and Vice President Vance can warn about the attack on democracy in my country every other day, I am allowed to do the same.

Shock, dismay, disbelief and lots of impotent rage. That seems to be the mood today among European globalist leaders following bombshell news that Trump and Putin are already talking about ending the war in Ukraine. The Old Continent went to bed disgruntled and woke up determined to pretend that it still matters. Like an old lady putting on a low cut dress and heavy make-up hoping that she can still make heads turn.

The irony is that his clinging on to power was illegal under the Constitution, but disgraced Romanian president Klaus Iohannis announced today he was stepping down to save the country from becoming the “laughing stock of the whole world”. Maybe he should have thought of that two months ago when he had his henchmen at the Constitutional Court scrap the presidential elections mid-voting.

After spending a few days on a foreign trip, one feels the need to atone for certain sins even though we stayed well within our budget and did not buy any crap. For me, having a good time doesn’t involve staying in 5 star hotels or eating in fancy restaurants. Besides, who needs fancy places when you can have something so delicious in an ordinary cafe? Yes, the tartaleta tasted as good as it looks…

Seville strikes you as a very Catholic city and not just because of the many churches in the old historical part of the city. Many private dwellings display religious images hanging from their balconies, while some shops in the more touristy area of the city offer religious garments. And yet the influence of the city’s Muslim past is clearly visible.