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Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 07 Mar 25 - 05:37 PM were gonna kick Canada's butt |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 08 Mar 25 - 05:59 AM Refugees from Ukraine have lost their protective status thanks to the Commander and Revenge King. Believe it or not, the latest victim of the DEI ban is the aircraft 'Enola Gay'. Images of the airplane are to be removed from all government facilities because of the word Gay. It's International Women's Day. The Pentagon, ironically, will remove pictures of women marines for breaking DEI policy. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Backwoodsman Date: 08 Mar 25 - 07:01 AM A piece from the FB Page of Alan Wechsler, reporting the speech in the French Senate by M. Claude Malhureta couple of days ago - M. Claude Malhuret, speech to the Senate of France As usual, to allow non-FB-ers of this forum to read this piece, I have C&Pd it below…apologies for its length, but I feel it is of such importance that it’s worth posting here. ”Transcript below of an incredibly powerful and deadly accurate speech in the French Senate two days ago by Mr. Claude Malhuret. This may some day take its rightful place alongside the best of Sir Winston Churchill and President John F Kennedy. Brace yourself: “President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dear colleagues, Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service. This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States. Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he will not defend you, he will impose more customs duties on you than on his enemies and will threaten to seize your territories while supporting the dictatorships that invade you. The king of the deal is showing what the art of the deal is all about. He thinks he will intimidate China by lying down before Putin, but Xi Jinping, faced with such a shipwreck, is probably accelerating preparations for the invasion of Taiwan. Never in history has a President of the United States capitulated to the enemy. Never has anyone supported an aggressor against an ally. Never has anyone trampled on the American Constitution, issued so many illegal decrees, dismissed judges who could have prevented him from doing so, dismissed the military general staff in one fell swoop, weakened all checks and balances, and taken control of social media. This is not an illiberal drift, it is the beginning of the confiscation of democracy. Let us remember that it took only one month, three weeks and two days to bring down the Weimar Republic and its Constitution. I have faith in the strength of American democracy, and the country is already protesting. But in one month, Trump has done more harm to America than in four years of his last presidency. We were at war with a dictator, now we are fighting a dictator backed by a traitor. Eight days ago, at the very moment that Trump was rubbing Macron’s back in the White House, the United States voted at the UN with Russia and North Korea against the Europeans demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops. Two days later, in the Oval Office, the military service shirker was giving war hero Zelensky lessons in morality and strategy before dismissing him like a groom, ordering him to submit or resign. Tonight, he took another step into infamy by stopping the delivery of weapons that had been promised. What to do in the face of this betrayal? The answer is simple: face it. And first of all, let’s not be mistaken. The defeat of Ukraine would be the defeat of Europe. The Baltic States, Georgia, Moldova are already on the list. Putin’s goal is to return to Yalta, where half the continent was ceded to Stalin. The countries of the South are waiting for the outcome of the conflict to decide whether they should continue to respect Europe or whether they are now free to trample on it. What Putin wants is the end of the order put in place by the United States and its allies 80 years ago, with its first principle being the prohibition of acquiring territory by force. This idea is at the very source of the UN, where today Americans vote in favor of the aggressor and against the attacked, because the Trumpian vision coincides with that of Putin: a return to spheres of influence, the great powers dictating the fate of small countries. Mine is Greenland, Panama and Canada, you are Ukraine, the Baltics and Eastern Europe, he is Taiwan and the China Sea. At the parties of the oligarchs of the Gulf of Mar-a-Lago, this is called “diplomatic realism.” So we are alone. But the talk that Putin cannot be resisted is false. Contrary to the Kremlin’s propaganda, Russia is in bad shape. In three years, the so-called second largest army in the world has managed to grab only crumbs from a country three times less populated. Interest rates at 25%, the collapse of foreign exchange and gold reserves, the demographic collapse show that it is on the brink of the abyss. The American helping hand to Putin is the biggest strategic mistake ever made in a war. The shock is violent, but it has a virtue. Europeans are coming out of denial. They understood in one day in Munich that the survival of Ukraine and the future of Europe are in their hands and that they have three imperatives. Accelerate military aid to Ukraine to compensate for the American abandonment, so that it holds, and of course to impose its presence and that of Europe in any negotiation. This will be expensive. It will be necessary to end the taboo of the use of frozen Russian assets. It will be necessary to circumvent Moscow’s accomplices within Europe itself by a coalition of only the willing countries, with of course the United Kingdom. Second, demand that any agreement be accompanied by the return of kidnapped children, prisoners and absolute security guarantees. After Budapest, Georgia and Minsk, we know what agreements with Putin are worth. These guarantees require sufficient military force to prevent a new invasion. Finally, and this is the most urgent, because it is what will take the most time, we must build the neglected European defence, to the benefit of the American umbrella since 1945 and scuttled since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a Herculean task, but it is on its success or failure that the leaders of today’s democratic Europe will be judged in the history books. Friedrich Merz has just declared that Europe needs its own military alliance. This is to recognize that France has been right for decades in arguing for strategic autonomy. It remains to be built. It will be necessary to invest massively, to strengthen the European Defence Fund outside the Maastricht debt criteria, to harmonize weapons and munitions systems, to accelerate the entry into the Union of Ukraine, which is today the leading European army, to rethink the place and conditions of nuclear deterrence based on French and British capabilities, to relaunch the anti-missile shield and satellite programs. The plan announced yesterday by Ursula von der Leyen is a very good starting point. And much more will be needed. Europe will only become a military power again by becoming an industrial power again. In a word, the Draghi report will have to be implemented. For good. But the real rearmament of Europe is its moral rearmament. We must convince public opinion in the face of war weariness and fear, and especially in the face of Putin’s cronies, the extreme right and the extreme left. They argued again yesterday in the National Assembly, Mr Prime Minister, before you, against European unity, against European defence. They say they want peace. What neither they nor Trump say is that their peace is capitulation, the peace of defeat, the replacement of de Gaulle Zelensky by a Ukrainian Pétain at the beck and call of Putin. Peace for the collaborators who have refused any aid to the Ukrainians for three years. Is this the end of the Atlantic Alliance? The risk is great. But in the last few days, the public humiliation of Zelensky and all the crazy decisions taken in the last month have finally made the Americans react. Polls are falling. Republican lawmakers are being greeted by hostile crowds in their constituencies. Even Fox News is becoming critical. The Trumpists are no longer in their majesty. They control the executive, the Parliament, the Supreme Court and social networks. But in American history, the freedom fighters have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their heads. The fate of Ukraine is being played out in the trenches, but it also depends on those in the United States who want to defend democracy, and here on our ability to unite Europeans, to find the means for their common defense, and to make Europe the power that it once was in history and that it hesitates to become again. Our parents defeated fascism and communism at great cost. The task of our generation is to defeat the totalitarianisms of the 21st century. Long live free Ukraine, long live democratic Europe.” -Claude Malhuret speaking to the French Senate Tuesday March 4 2025. You have just read the transcript of a speech that will live forever in the history books. |
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Subject: RE: Orange Jesus for Peace Prize? From: Mr Red Date: 08 Mar 25 - 07:17 AM I did post half in jest but half in dread in this parish. This thread & Now there are videos mentioning Trump & Nobel in the same headline. Also half in............... & half ......... We are living in interesting times. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Mar 25 - 12:02 PM Those long posts aren't necessary. Capture the first sentence or two of the transcribed text (or the name of the speaker and date) then drop it in your search engine and nine times out of ten you'll land on a site with the transcript or the video (with subtitles) such as this. That video has a link to the full transcript in a Google doc. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 08 Mar 25 - 12:16 PM SRS, I usually pick out a paragraph here and there which gets to the heart of the article but I try to keep it brief and add the link for anyone who wants to read the whole article. BWM, it was worth reading and the end of the speech was especially relevant, starting with: "But in American history, the freedom fighters have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their heads...." |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 08 Mar 25 - 03:28 PM Is there a valid reason why the 538 Trump favorability polls website address reverts to the ABC News (US) site? Or has it been hijacked by Trump's cyber cronies to stop people finding out how low his popularity rating is at present? |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Mar 25 - 08:04 PM It took a little bit of searching, but it appears to be a Disney/ABC casualty. From The Guardian: Political poll news site 538 to close amid larger shuttering across ABC and Disney Disney is reportedly cutting staff across ABC News Group and its entertainment network as media layoffs continue The popular political poll news and analysis website, 538, is being shut down as part of a broader shuttering effort across ABC News and Disney Entertainment, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday night. You may recall that Disney paid a settlement to Trump for a Stephanopoulos interview and they must be feeling gun-shy. Trump is a litigious fellow. That's one way he earns his billions these days. I was able to see past page captures on the Wayback Machine. The links are all pointed to a generic ABC page now. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 08 Mar 25 - 08:16 PM Thanks SRS. Every way I tried to get into the 538 page took me back to the ABC page, with no explanation for the magical mystery tour. I tried to find other reliable polling sites but at least one looked skewed in favour of Trump. This article shows a popularity polling graph and provides some commentary: Brookings: Trump’s first 5 weeks in the polls Also I'm halfway through watching a documentary called Adolf Hitler: Decoding a Dictator It is scarily similar to Trump's rise to power. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: The Sandman Date: 09 Mar 25 - 04:28 AM Trump is attempting to split Russia AND China, from USA point of view a smart move |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 09 Mar 25 - 07:20 AM > Trump is attempting to split Russia AND China .... and said leaders are laughing at the Dunning-Kruger sufferer behind his back. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 09 Mar 25 - 08:01 AM Sandman sometimes says things that have no evidence. Guesswork is fine, but when Trump's brainstorms become policy without further thought, the cyclones can be disastrous. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 09 Mar 25 - 08:34 AM Dunning Kruger is a theory based upon obvious observation and has obvious acceptance. I have a sociological theory regarding a persistent observation of 20% of a human population that is innately low in empathy and without the ability to think from someone else's perspective. What exacerbates the effect that leads to cruelty, narcissism, and criminal behavior is an early upbringing of physical and mental abuse. This combination of nature and nurture in creating individuals that range from psychopaths to those without the ability to fully empathize needs to be investigated further to determine if this effect can be mitigated, If a name for this is required I would call it the Cruel index. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 09 Mar 25 - 09:03 AM It is obvious that a person high on the cruelty index is less likely to enter nursing and might rather join the police or military Exceptions do, fortunately, exist. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: gillymor Date: 09 Mar 25 - 09:03 AM If Trump did do something smart it was purely by accident. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 09 Mar 25 - 11:09 AM My posts that do point out correct Trump/Elon accidental positives are removed by Stilly possibly out of knee jerk bias. They were not the brain droppings comparable to 'diddums', but that's just my POV. Even a blind squirrel might find a nut or two. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Dave the Gnome Date: 09 Mar 25 - 12:35 PM Did you really just say "Sandman sometimes says things that have no evidence", Don? Does a phrase involving kettles and pans spring to mind? |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 09 Mar 25 - 12:53 PM I thin out the worst of it, and some of the rest of you if you respond to either Don or Dick's droppings may find the responses disappear also. Consider me the person with the shovel and wheelbarrow following the parade. No one needs to step in that stuff. Just step past it and move on. Right after Maine's governor pushed back at Trump publicly, he decided to play a dirty trick and cancel the contract in Maine (they exist in all 50 states) with the state agency that arranges for newborns to receive a Social Security number when they register for their child's birth certificate. It would have added a lot of work to the process when those numbers are needed soon for registering for services, for filing taxes (listing dependents), etc. They would have to travel with the child to one of the offices around the state to do the same thing. After a lot of complaining the feds reversed the order. Trump is as malign (adjective, not verb) a character as could ever have ended up in a position that requires a huge amount of empathy and intellect. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Backwoodsman Date: 09 Mar 25 - 02:37 PM ”Trump is as malign (adjective, not verb) a character as could ever have ended up in a position that requires a huge amount of empathy and intellect.” So, so true. He displays a child-like vindictiveness and vengefulness. He is repulsive in both his appearance and character, and I’ve never been able to figure how he attracts either voters or the opposite sex. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 09 Mar 25 - 04:14 PM I’ve never been able to figure how he attracts either voters or the opposite sex. - Kissinger when asked if power is the ultimate aphrodisiac said yes To make America great, Donald Trump is undoing its greatness as global stock markets fall ...Trump frequently talks about standing for a third term. But he'll be 82 in 2028, and while you can't count him out, he probably won't take on the constitution to that extent at that age. But by then his administration should be in full control of the electoral machinery, as well as social media. So Trump will able to install a successor — maybe JD Vance, or perhaps start an imperial dynasty: Donald Trump Jnr, followed by the now 18-year-old Barron. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Mr Red Date: 09 Mar 25 - 05:06 PM Trump Dynasty? Apparently Homer Simpson was drawn with a "Ivanka 2028" badge in one short scene. Half in jest, half in dread - I posit. There have been precedents - worldwide. Indira Gandhi and even the Italian born widow in the clan, Sandra Gandhi. Parties get desperate after they have run out of popularity. How else did a game show host become president? And don't forget, all those government employees sacked then re-instated. Which ones were re-hired? Would it have been Card Carrying Members? Whiteish ones maybe? My understanding of the electoral system in the US is that a lot of people declare their allegiance in the primaries and "the party" has the list of CCMs? A recipe ripe for corruption IMNSHO. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 09 Mar 25 - 06:10 PM Sandra, the second and third episodes of Adolf Hitler: Decoding a Dictator will be on SBS TV on Saturday and Sunday this week at 5.30 pm. The similarities to Trump are chilling. I think there might only be three episodes in the series but they are available to view online on SBS On Demand. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 09 Mar 25 - 07:16 PM Mr. Red, we're hoping to get all of them reinstated eventually. Those that took the Musk offer of a buyout may have been at retirement age and hoping to get a bonus payment (chances are he will stiff them on that.) We're still working on this. Pushing back, and it mostly seems to be through the courts. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 09 Mar 25 - 09:29 PM I watched PBS Washington Week with the Atlantic yesterday. One of the commentators was speculating that Democrats and some Republicans may be building a counter-attack against Trump, or they may be sitting in the background waiting for him to shoot himself in the foot, politically and strategically, and then jump into the ring and take control. I still believe that there are a lot of people working behind the scenes to restore democracy. I also don't think Trump's dictatorship has the same odds of being successful as those political situations in countries like Russia where the real people have less political power to create positive change. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Richard Atkins Date: 09 Mar 25 - 10:50 PM Good luck to Mark Carney as now president of Canada. At least there is one that's not head case the other side of the pond ! |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Backwoodsman Date: 09 Mar 25 - 11:38 PM Canada doesn’t have a President. Mark Carney will become the Prime Minister, apparently within the next few days. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Mar 25 - 12:41 AM Helen, they may be sitting in the background waiting for him to shoot himself in the foot, politically and strategically, For any other American president many of the things Trump has already done would have gotten them impeached and out of office. The Teflon Don needs a different solution. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 10 Mar 25 - 12:55 AM Yes, well, I'm not allowed to say what I *hope* the solution is, am I? I already got told off for saying it before. :-D Repeater round and not single shot next time, please. I especially like some of the placards shown in the photos in this article: Elon Musk's foray into politics met with protest that's hurting Tesla worldwide The fourth photo - the one after the video - shows two that I like: "Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds" then a photo of F*Elon Musk doing the Heil Hitler salute while standing up in the sun roof of a Tesla, then the words "Tesla Swasticar" below that. And the other placard says, "Send Musk to Mars. Leave Washington DC". When I saw F*Elon Musk on TV announcing that someone would plant a flag on Mars, my first thought was, "Well why don't you do it. You probably won't make it back alive". He's happy to send cannon fodder off to Mars and it is neither-here-nor-there to him whether they survive the trip because it's just another money-making stunt to him, but it would be very apt if he went to Mars and didn't come back. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 10 Mar 25 - 05:45 AM It's sad that he wasn't on board his company's SpaceX rocket this week. SpaceX again loses its Starship rocket on test flight after explosion during previous attempt There was also an explosion in an attempted launch in mid-January. "After SpaceX’s Starship megarocket exploded during a test flight in January, the company had hoped for a better outcome when it attempted a launch on Thursday. "But once more, the mission was cut short after controllers lost contact with the upper-stage vehicle." ... "After [the January] accident, the FAA launched an investigation. Although it subsequently cleared Starship for Thursday’s test flight, the investigation is ongoing. "The FAA is one of many federal agencies the Trump administration has targeted for budget and personnel cuts. It’s unclear, though, whether workers with the Department of Government Efficiency, led by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, have had a presence within the FAA’s commercial spaceflight division, which oversees private companies like SpaceX." ... |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 10 Mar 25 - 12:13 PM I really hope you're right, Helen. I saw this in Security Quote of the Week in the Feb 27th issue of Linux Weekly News, excerpted from an article in Techdirt about the acute paralysis in Congress:
It reminds me of the old joke "Pro is to Con as Progress is to ...." Hopefully, they're taking the time to grind exceeding small. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 10 Mar 25 - 04:42 PM Oh, Diddums! :-D Elon Musk says X outages the result of a cyber attack and investigations are underway to determine who's behind it "Elon Musk says there is a 'massive cyberattack' underway against his platform X, formerly Twitter. "He posted on Monday, local time, that 'We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. "'Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved,' he wrote. "He added that the company was 'tracing' who was behind the attack." .... |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 10 Mar 25 - 04:47 PM Maybe the cyber attacker is the young man who was fired when he was outed for racism after gathering the data from the IRS on behalf of DOGE. He would have the skills, I'm sure, and the motivation. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Bill D Date: 10 Mar 25 - 05:13 PM As we all cringe and remark on #47, remember that he and his cronies have committed themselves to becoming a multi-decade Reich. *IF* they lose Congress in 2026, and/or the presidency in 2028, many of them will be liable for criminal prosecution. Therefore, one of their necessary goals must be to NOT have elections..or to have elections so tied up that they can't lose. Smarter people than me are thinking about how to avoid sliding into a dictatorship, and I certainly hope they have some good ideas. At my age, I'm not sure I'll see what happens by 2028, but I hate leaving my son and younger friends this situation. My current semi-concern is Musk now trying to take over Social Security-- my only income. I have some savings and a place to live... but... We'll see. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 10 Mar 25 - 06:08 PM Hans Frank instituted a legal system for the 3rd Reich that made all lawyers only advocate for the State, much like Trump, who singles out law firms that take a position antithetical to Trumpism or against a criminal act by Trump himself. Hans made it so that if a law firm argued against the State, the law firm would be guilty of treasonous acts. While Trump has not gone that far, he has chilled many law firms to risk taking certain cases. Finding top lawyers has now become more problematic if advocacy for their client is detrimental for Trump or if their is a conflict of interests to a billionaire class client. The legal system is drastically changed from what we had a couple months ago. PS Braindroppings is the title of one of George Carlin's better books. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 10 Mar 25 - 06:23 PM Wall Street appears to have taken a dive ("US shares fall sharply and uncertainty in American economy", saith the Sky News ticker), for some reason. Dow Jones is down 900 points, amongst other things. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 10 Mar 25 - 07:10 PM Its a two year setback for the market but if tariffs really begin it will take at least 2 more years of market and public chaos for any benefits to appear with more new factories and other American based facilities. That is IF any benefits do occur. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 10 Mar 25 - 07:22 PM I've noticed it took 5 years to build a Wegman's grocery store so building new factories for chip building and other things will probably take more than 5 years during a possible Trump recession. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 11 Mar 25 - 06:16 AM In DC they are not just painting over 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' on the street but removing 8 inches of pavement and repaving the plaza to comply with anti DEI decrees. The 6 week project is demonstrably symbolic. To silence university protests, Trump seized a Palestinian student at Columbia, canceled his visa, removed his legal green card and is deported to Louisiana so far. This is like practice at disappearing protestors and limiting free speech. Elon has grabbed the 3rd rail in both hands and is destroying Social Security internally and calls it a Ponzi scheme. There is no evidence of waste fraud and abuse in SS so they will have to manufacture some. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 11 Mar 25 - 11:10 AM From The Register: Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole? Dare mighty things ... as long as we can afford it
There seems to be a curious inability here to distinguish between scalpels and sledgehammers. (As usual, the Comments section is worth reading.) |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 11 Mar 25 - 12:53 PM Oh, and about that alleged cyberattack on Xitter, here's something from a sidebar to a separate story in The Register:
That sounds like a Distributed Denial-Of-Service attack to me. There's multiple ways to cause Ukrainian IP addresses to be used, including using a botnet of compromised Ukranian systems, or a botnet where its bots are programmed to send packets with faked Ukrainian IP addresses; the location of the botnet controller remains hidden in either case. But that wouldn't be sufficiently newsworthy for Agent X, and digging further would require thought and nontrivial effort .... y'know, the sort of thing that was being done in hot pursuit of those active hostile incursions into the US govt's computers before the pursuers got abruptly DOGE'd. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 11 Mar 25 - 01:47 PM MaJoC, I have heard Chinese names starting with "Xi" pronounced "Shi" so does that mean that "Xitter" is pronounced "Shi...."? |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 11 Mar 25 - 02:37 PM --- Ah! *that*'s why ElReg uses that nom de site. Thanks (rotfl). |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Mar 25 - 07:11 PM There was a Tesla stunt at the White House today. As stock prices slump there were several vehicles pulled up in front for Trump to try out, he is supposedly going to buy one. Musk handed him notes about the prices and features. Daily Beast. Donald Trump was quite literally handed a scripted sales pitch by Elon Musk during his Tesla-buying stunt Tuesday, part of a desperate attempt to boost the flagging electric car manufacturer as angry customers revolt against the CEO’s involvement in a chaotic restructuring of the federal government. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Dave the Gnome Date: 12 Mar 25 - 03:59 AM Surely the Turnip would make a better used car salesman |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 12 Mar 25 - 07:16 AM In the meantime Kleenex sales are up in DC. Some people go through a whole box some days because of crying. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 12 Mar 25 - 07:41 AM Thankfully, Trump makes a pathetic Hitler. Trump has started his reign of terror by firing everyone. Hitler began his leadership career with the greatest hiring program, comparable to Roosevelt's CDC. The murders came later in earnest after the night of the long knives. Trump will be known as the Bankruptcy King, you can Count on it. Vun bankruptcy, do bankruptcy, tree bankruptcy... |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Helen Date: 12 Mar 25 - 11:55 AM With the tariffs imposed on imports including food, I'm wondering whether the political tipping point will be when the prices at McDonalds spiral upwards and start affecting everyday people, combined with the sharp rise in unemployment due to Trump's & Musk's job cuts. |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: SPB-Cooperator Date: 12 Mar 25 - 12:25 PM If I was i US then I would be more concerned about Federal Aid budgets being cut to fund the efficiency dividend. Does that mean that when the next weather disinter happens the $5,000 will be enough to pay for any repairs or buy a new home? |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 12 Mar 25 - 12:52 PM Meanwhile, back at the sack-the-world desk, ElReg has two articles, the second demonstrating why the action detailed in the first is unwise. They're a bit long to include as-is (esp in one post), and mere extracts wouldn't do justice to them, so please read both in full; the Comments on the second are wonderfully appropriate. CISA worker says 100-strong red team fired after DOGE cancelled contract Election infosec advisory agency also shuttered This is the FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network Power utility GM talks to El Reg about getting that call [in 2023] and what happened next MaJoC's €0.02: Anybody would think someone's as frightened about the possible discovery of electoral tampering as he is about the possible discovery of "platelets". |
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Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup From: Donuel Date: 13 Mar 25 - 05:13 AM Thank you sir, may we have another? |
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