Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 09:18 PM

I also read in a news article today that the TrumpMusk team is deciding which media outlets will have access to their press conferences.

Maybe the team should be called the TrumpPutinMusk team.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 08:59 PM

From a blog or site called "The Handbasket"

The full force of this administration’s destruction is about to hit
Once social security checks stop showing up, millions of Americans will finally understand the scope.

I recently told someone that being a journalist right now is like standing on the edge of a beach and watching a tsunami approaching. Other journalists, government workers and activists are on the shoreline with me, and we can all see it clear as day. And we agree we need to warn the others inland.

So we start making calls and telling people this catastrophic wave is about to hit, but the people inland still can’t see it and don’t believe us. Everything looks fine where they are; it’s dry and comfortable. “Let us know when it gets closer,” they say. We try to communicate that every moment of preparation counts, but it’s no use. They’ll only believe it when it’s crashing on their heads.

This week feels like the wave is about to crash.

Find the rest at the link.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 04:02 PM

Donuel, I think Billie Holiday says it best:

God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 03:39 PM

Christ with a migraine! Prez Cheeto just made immigration easy with a permanent green card that he calls the gold card. The gold card costs 5 million dollars.

GOOD LINK Stilly

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 11:27 AM

5calls.org. In the US? Go there, put in your zip code, get your reps names and a list of talking points to choose from so you can present facts in your call.

Subject: RE: Trump has crossed the Rubicon
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 08:20 AM

Now that Trump has eliminated law enforcement by firing watchdogs/inspector generals, investigations/FBI-CIA, and courts up to the supposedly nonpartisan Supreme Court. He has now removed law enforcement from the military by firing JAG officers and military judges.

He has crossed the Rubicon but has not yet unleashed the military from law to do despicable acts or attack Americans on American soil.
The racist right have dreamed of having a race war with the assistance of the military as they did in the Civil War. Already, there have been racist marches around black neighborhoods, hoping that they could instigate retaliation.

In his first term his orders to shoot black lives matter protesters were rebuffed. This time there may not be resistance to illegal orders.

Members of Congress are now being removed from the chamber by the Sgt at Arms if they accuse the President of wrongdoing, like selling his own cryptocurrency to foreigners, grift, or extortion. One can not criticize Trump in any way.

The liklihood of civil violence basically enacted by Trump is now considered to be 50 50 with the assistance of the military.

Subject: RE: MOAB's Daughter (of all BS) part 3
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Feb 25 - 06:52 AM

The first wealth of a nation is health.
The spending freeze and firings have jeopardized American health.
The new budget proposal will deeply wound Medicare.

The most simple way to see the American budget is that it is primarily a military budget with a health insurance policy including social security. Everything else is a skinny slice of the pie so small it is only seen by colorizing it.

Ending research in Alzheimers for example means losing the collected brain tissue which is an organic database. Turning off the freezer is a hell of a way to freeze spending.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 09:35 PM

Unless the Senate drinks spine growing juice.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 08:21 PM

Americans lost a trillion dollars of medicare tonight by a republican vote of 217 to 215

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 09:54 AM

Bewildered liberals are trying to define this Trump presidency as fascist, authoritarian, bromockracy, and patriocracy.

His criminal loyalty thing is just straight-up mafia rule.
He doesn't want records and bureaucracy like the Germans.
He wants to be the King Godfather with the power to fire/execute.
Everyone loyal to Trump does not have to be Sicilian but they do have to be white and male. He also wants law enforcement destroyed.

Trump rubbed shoulders with the mob in NY and NJ. Once upon a time, even I delivered a million-dollar van deal for Gambino in NY.
I lived one town over from Apalachin NY known for a historic summit of the American Mafia held at the home of mobster "Joe the Barber".

Subject: RE: MOAB's Daughter (of all BS) part 3
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 09:03 AM

Like his trading cards, the fake magazine cover has him wearing a golden crown. It appears to be gilded crap.
He has put himself on fake magazine covers before.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 08:48 AM

The bromance with Putin is heating up. What does Russia have that the US does not? Trump is certainly more cruel to the US than he is to Russia. Donnie will break up with Elon before he has a lovers quarrel with Vlad. Even Canada feels spurned and is seriously pissed off at Trump for blowing them off with tariff threats.

Trump's second favorite president after Jackson is President McKinley. Let's hope Trump's term resembles his.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 05:49 AM

On a lighter note, somebody appears to have taken appropriate action, as documented in The Register:

US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes

Visitors to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's headquarters in the capital got some unpleasant viewing on Monday morning after TV screens across the building began showing a deepfake video of President Trump kissing and sucking Elon Musk's toes.

The AI-generated footage had been circulating online over the weekend on social media, but the video was displayed on monitors at HUD on Monday morning, along with the message: "Long live the real king."

(For those who don't know, that's a reference to Republican President Trump yelling on state social media the other day "long live the king," referring to himself as a monarch. Elon, meanwhile, was recruited by Trump to, under the DOGE project, run through federal organizations to cut programs, contracts, and thousands of staff the Tesla tycoon doesn't approve of, and thus has been likened by some as the real president of the United States, especially given this earlier baffling press conference in the Oval Office.)

HUD staff reportedly resorted to unplugging the screens after failing to get the video removed from sight, and the agency is investigating.

"Another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources," HUD spokesperson Kasey Lovett told The Register. "Appropriate action will be taken for all involved."

The video is a pretty bad deepfake - Musk has two left feet for example, something not seen outside of comedy classic Best In Show. We've asked HUD for an explanation of how the video was spammed out to appear on the monitors, and will update as more information comes in.

[...]

Late Sunday, the SpaceX supremo shed some light on the alleged reasoning behind sending that demand, as push-back from officials grew and workers refused to participate or were ordered not to: Musk asked for the lists of accomplishments from millions of people because he wanted to see "who had a pulse and two working neurons." The billionaire seems to be under the impression fraudsters are collecting paychecks from the federal coffers for dead or ex-employees, and that some people aren't even checking their email.

Asking more than a million people, some handling sensitive subjects, to reply to an email about their past week might also be seen as not a particularly productive use of time.

[...]

I'm not at all sure whether "two left feet" shows that the deepfake is poor, or that it's an implied suggestion that he's too clumsy to dance.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 05:20 AM

> I think he might be the next president to be
> assassinated

To use a Billy Connolly punchline: Och, 's too late noo.

> He does not generally seem to be concerned
> with stopping wars

Suspect the runt's thinking: If Henry Kissinger can bomb Cambodia and get the Nobel Peace Prize ....

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 04:06 AM

I think he might be the next president to be assassinated
He is lining up China to be his next enemy.
His China tariff policy is likely to be a failure.
His foreign policy IMO seems to be an attempt to split Russia and China as allies.
He does not generally seem to be concerned with stopping wars

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 03:35 AM

Ukraine’s rare earth mineral wealth? It barely exists What we are seeing is ill-informed fools arguing over nothing

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 03:29 AM

If a deal is struck, what makes you think that trumuski will keep it?

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Feb 25 - 01:04 AM

Talking Points Memo discussed a Politico article and offered commentary:

Over recent weeks I’ve told you several times that while Democrats are shut out of power in Washington and few means of arresting the Trump-Musk spree of criminal conduct across the executive branch they do have two points of leverage: the need for a new “continuing resolution” to keep the government funded by March 14th and the need to raise the debt ceiling at some point in the coming months – the exact date on that isn’t clear. At present Republicans are on course to shut down the government on March 14th. Essentially the Freedom Caucus is holding them hostage demanding not the draconian budget cuts favored by most of the GOP caucus but draconian-plus cuts, the kind that they fear will get their members in swing districts defeated. So they’re coming to Democrats, hat in hand, asking for help. I’ve explained in probably a dozen posts over the last month that this is the line not just on policy and anti-constitutional actions but also a key moment in the drama of performative power between President Trump and the opposition that will have repercussions and reverberations for months and perhaps years to come. There are already plenty of signs the public is turning against Musk’s wilding spree of criminal conduct through the federal government. To put it in the vulgar and rapacious terms that are the only ones that do it justice, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have spent the last month slapping around like bitches the Constitution, federal workers, the Democrats and really the sovereignty of the American people. Democrats have this moment to decide whether they’ll not only arrest the damage but change the tone through the idiom of power.

Well, now we appear to be at the crunch moment.

Politico released a short piece this evening under the headline “Government funding deal ‘very close’ as negotiations hinge on Trump power struggle”. In other words, they’re on the verge of an agreement right now. Patty Murray says, “we’re making good progress.” Democrats, according to Politico, want to “curb[] the president’s ability to withhold federal money.” Later the article makes clear that this is about “impoundment.” That’s kinda sorta what this is all about: whether the President can unilaterally decide to ignore the federal budget and simply not spend the money the budget says he has to spend. But in itself it certainly sounds like a thin version of the demand, which really needs to be an end to all the criminal conduct. Maybe they’re driving a harder line than this Politico article suggests. But hope is not a plan.

Republicans are coming to the Democrats hat in hand: We’re about to shut down the government. Help us prevent our extremists from doing that. Dems have to name their price. That’s presumably or should be no help until the criminal conduct stops. But according to Politico the Republicans are saying something like, ‘Be reasonable. Trump will never agree to that.’

Others may differ but I think the only reasonable position is “no help with your problem unless and until the criminal conduct stops.” And any deal needs to be enforceable.

I want to keep this brief. If you want your voice to be part of this negotiation the time to make your voice heard is tomorrow morning. It may be the last chance you have.

Josh Marshall

We all have our assignment, it's crystal clear.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 10:00 PM

As the Trump now want's reparations for USA high cost's compared to Europe with a grab of Ukraine minerals. These are perhaps another lie as he joins the Putin club. European countries have provided €132 billion in aid (military, financial and humanitarian) as of December 2024, and the United States has provided €114 billion. Most of the US funding supports American industries who produce weapons and military equipment. In previous wars the agressor pays and not to the liar who perhaps has agreed the carve up of an invaded country before legitimate negotiation. I hope politican's don't join the Trump brown nose club ??

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 06:57 PM

The philosopher king of Elon Musk is Curtis Yarvin. Look him up.
The New York Times has the best recent interview but any info should be illuminating.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 06:48 PM

I restate opinions of the actual scientists involved as well as the popular news which is usually dumbed down.
I have hope that Sandman learns to listen. Ego is not our amigo.

Tech billionaires are the ruling elite. I have been leaving AI breadcrumb warnings for a decade or more but it is the powerful immortal corporations that are seeking power and tax free status at any cost.
They are not the disrupters or reformers as much as they are the ultimate greed machine. Corporate Monarchy is the new improved fascism.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Lighter
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 03:25 PM

Save America! Join DOGE! Cash goes straight to Prez !

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-selling-official-doge-membership-182037002.html

The best forty-seven clams you'll ever spend for America! Act Now Before They're Gone!!

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 02:43 PM

Yes, scary! George Orwell's 1984 on AI generated steroids.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 02:14 PM

Instagram link with a TikTok video about what this scientist thinks Musk is doing with all of the federal data they want to hoover up.

It's downright scary.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 01:12 PM

The Sandman, I think you are barking up the wrong tree.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 12:29 PM

Donuel you believe too much propaganda that is disguised as news.I bet you never listen to Chinese or Russian news
Hardly surprising you have your views, HARDLY SURPRISING TRUMP IS IN POWER you are insular in your outlook, and just spout whatever you see in USA NEWS
or what you want to believe on internet media, like a lot of USA voters

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 12:21 PM

--- Ah! thanks, SPB: now I know where They got that "sack 10%" figure from. People almost invariably get decimation wrong, and think it means only one in ten is left afterwards; sadly, the oikerati seem to be applying this erroneous meaning.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 10:59 AM

https://www.mediamatters.org/dan-bongino/dan-bongino-praises-and-promotes-qanon-influencer

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 10:56 AM

15 years ago I brought my satirical protest sign to a DC protest event.
It said 'Cut out the middleman-elect corporations'.


Kash Patel promised he would appoint an existing FBI agent as deputy director.
Today he appointed Dan Bongino a pod casting shock jock for the extreme right as deputy director. Bongino was never with the FBI.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 08:11 AM

on a serious note, this takes on the appearance of trying to decimate public services to such an extent that they are no longer viable and ripe for farming out to corporations.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 07:41 AM

how would HR feel when they get detailed descriptions encounters with the HR director's spouse? (stop it SPB you are just being mischievous!).

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Feb 25 - 06:15 AM

MAGA bomb threats hit a Republican alternative convention in DC with speakers like Christy and Bolton.

If every single government worker were fired, the saving would be 3.3%
but at what cost?
People with 30 years of experience and expertise hold things together.
Without them starting over would take many years. Doing without S.S. or the IRS alone would be a disaster for the nation and the debt.

Losing the database for research can actually set back science a generation or more.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 04:45 PM

Clive tells enough lies to stretch to Uranus and back.

We are advised not to respond to the absurd email that would be judged by AI.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 04:11 PM

Yes, keb, it could be Hieronymous Bosch. He certainly created weird, disturbing images which are probably increasingly relevant in today's weird, disturbing world. :-)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 03:36 PM

Helen, that last image reminds me of Hieronymus Bosch,
probably an image of hell.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 03:20 PM

I watched that TV show segment again. The trumpet reference is to a very rich, very annoying political idiot called Clive Palmer who has decided to reinvent his very annoying political party and he has named it Trumpet of Patriots, and his slogan is Make Australia Great Again.

He is also trying to convince another very annoying politician, Pauline Hanson, from another very annoying political party to join forces with him. That is just sad because the reasoning behind joining forces with each other is that neither party has had very much success over the years in getting many candidates elected. BooHoo!! :-(

One of the cartoons is by Warren Brown and it shows Trump on the left, then Palmer blowing a trumpet, and then the word trumpette to indicate Clive Palmer farting.

The other cartoon by Stilgherian looks like a straight copy of an old Mediaeval image: a man with a very long trumpet coming out of his backside and a flag - I'm not sure what it is supposed to represent - hanging from the trumpet.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 01:04 PM

That's a funny coincidence, SRS, because I watched a segment of an Oz political analysis TV show on the weekend where they talk about political cartoons in newspapers during the week and two of them referred to Trump farting, in a political sense.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 11:04 AM

The email stunt is something Musk apparently did to the Twitter folks also. I've seen reference to it but haven't read about it in detail.

When I came into the office to work the dogs followed me, and one of them just farted. It occurs to me that Trump and Musk are like a huge fart lobbed at the nation - it stinks, it lingers, and it changes in the smell and intensity.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Helen
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 01:00 AM

What I did last week: did the weekly shopping, washed the floors, did the laundry, cooked a few dinners, played some music.

I'm sure some of the respondents will introduce a bit of wry humour, especially if the question is not very specific. :-D

Or how about: woke up early, drove to work, had a coffee, checked emails, processed some work files.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Feb 25 - 12:37 AM

Musk sent out a post telling all federal employees to write to their supervisor and CC to OPM by midnight Monday. They're to send a bulleted list of five things they did last week. Send it to [e-mail].

There are a lot of people sending OPM a list of what they did last week. I sent one (pulled out my really old Yahoo email, I figure they are such yahoos I might as well make a statement that way as well.)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 22 Feb 25 - 05:16 PM

King Trump's luck will run out as sure as the price of eggs shall rise


Lord, I was born a gamblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
And when it's time for stealin
I know you'll understand
That I was born a gamblin' man
Well, my father was a gambler way up in Queens
And he wound up on the extreme right for the whites
And I was born into millions from shitty rentals
In courtrooms day and night
Lord, I was born a gamblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
And when it's time for stealin'
I know you are a fan
That I was born a gamblin' man
Alright
I'm on my way to the White House this mornin'
Leaving on my jet, in Florida
They're always having a good time in Mara Lago
Lord, and hot porn women think the world of me
Lord, I was born a gamblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and stealin' the best I can
And when it's time for stealin'
I know you are a fan
That I was born a gamblin' man

Until my god damn luck runs out

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 22 Feb 25 - 03:33 PM

The turnip's blethering on at length at some extremist rally, and being carried live on both 24h news channels in the UK, when Herself wants to see news about the Pope's declining health. She keeps asking "Is he winding down yet?" "No," says I, "he's winding up; it's all he ever does."

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 22 Feb 25 - 08:29 AM

Posted this is the wrong thread... Interesting that someone said on any questions that trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize,

Subject: RE: BS: Long Night in Ukraine - Feb. 23, 2022
From: SPB-Cooperator - PM
Date: 20 Feb 25 - 01:37 PM

How much of pressurising Ukraine to capitulate to Putin so he can broker 'that deal' is a kickback as a result of the turnip having been previously overlooked for the Nobel Peace prize which it feels it is entitled to.

---

Tidied up the other thread. ---mudelf

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Hrothgar
Date: 22 Feb 25 - 07:17 AM

If the Ukraine has to surrender territory to Russia, can Mexico take back California and Texas?

Arizona and New Mexico would be minor bargaining points.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Feb 25 - 06:41 AM

As many of you on here know, I am a fan of superhero films. Just seen a recent DC animated TV show called "Creature Commandos". In it there is a character called GI Robot that is an android built to fight Nazis in WW2. Programmed into him was the intelligence to recognise Nazis and Nazi actions.

They decided he had gone rogue and locked him up when he went of a spree killing recognisable Nazis at a right wing rally in the fictional US "Hub City".

Art reflecting reality of vice-versa? :-D

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Feb 25 - 06:49 PM

How Trump resembles Nero

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Feb 25 - 05:39 PM

stirring speech from Illinois

Fritz makes laugh. I laugh even harder that he was right in his science and personal opinions.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 21 Feb 25 - 04:25 PM

”THOUGHTS ON UKRAINE

I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me and some of you will find it disappointing: not what you were looking for... But the recent reversal of our support for the Ukrainian resistance to Putin’s invasion motivates me to cross that line.

Were we wrong about Zelensky, the hero of Ukraine?

Were we wrong to feel the brotherhood of freedom in their struggle to resist the unprovoked attack upon their young nation?

When they fought the bully Putin to a standstill with righteous resistance.

When they stood up to the tyrant and stoically paid the price in patriots’ blood, were we not thrilled at their courage?

How do we now turn away? To stand by, mute and cowed, as the men who would be king: Putin, Trump and Musk, huddle in their fortress and decide the fate of nations, shutting out the people they betray?

Is this what has become of the cradle of liberty, …and the home of the brave..? That we slide the hidden dagger in the back of those who were our champions? While our allies in the defeat of Hitler and Stalin witness our betrayal in disbelief…"

~ James Taylor: singer, songwriter, musician. On his FB Page today.

Wise words, and well spoken.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 21 Feb 25 - 09:58 AM

This is probably repeating something said above, but, from The Register:

National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future

An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more

With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs, concerns are growing over the impact on America's role in scientific and technological research.

And it's not just outside observers raising the alarm - both former and remaining NSF employees we spoke to expressed deep concerns following Tuesday's terminations. The cuts affected about 10 percent of the agency's workforce, with many blindsided by the move, which some say may have violated federal regulations.

The blessed Liz Truss (remember her?) was said to had a mantra, which she said she'd got from a businessman: Whenever entering a new job in charge of anybody, 10% of the staff are deadwood, and can be fired. That, and her total inability to realise she needed to learn what she was doing, worked out well for the UK when she became PM.

"And so it begins," said Ambassador Kosh.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47th President/ Musk Coup
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 21 Feb 25 - 08:20 AM

Courtesy last week's Linux Weekly News:

From a Linux-related e-mail list:

I *am* very wary of Benevolent Entities, because we have too many very recent examples of companies "realigning priorities" when political winds shift. Programs and initiatives that have until recently been poster board examples of progress and benevolence are shuttered and defunded. I am concerned that we're only a couple of mood swings away from someone deciding that free
software should not be allowed to exist because it benefits America's foes. Many of us remember all too well when large tech giants treated Linux as a "cancer" to be opposed, and I can certainly see that idea easily re-entering some Big Brain in Charge.

It's started. From the Codeberg development forge blog:

Extreme right forces actively target members of our communities and discriminate based on ethnicity and gender, political background, sexual orientation, disabilities, nationality and faith. However diversity is an important asset in free/libre software communities and it is what makes our software great and development productive.

By targetting some of our most active translators, nicest designers, best developers and all other motivated contributors, they are hurting the free/libre software ecosystem as a whole.

Spherical bastards ....