Re: The joy of Linux

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 06/11/2024 17:59, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 11:31:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

And they voted for the Orange Jesus, because they were simply *bored of*
assholes telling them what to do and treating them like idiots.
 "When you follow the [Liberal progressive] herd all you see is
assholes."
"Donald may be an asshole, but you said that is what we were anyway, so
he is at least *our* asshole."

 I studiously avoided all the election night bullshit. My first hint was
when I looked at my email this morning. A conservative Catholic newsletter
had an article headlined 'Trump Wins: Let the Work Begin'.
 Looking at the state results was even better. Our three term Democratic
Senator lost by 13 points. Both Republican Representatives won handily, as
did the governor.
 To be honest, I didn't see it happening. Now to see if the Orange Jesus
learned from his last term and can avoid hiring backstabbers.

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I am of mixed mind., There are many good things a Republican administration will probably do as long as he doesn't get involved.
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And if it means the end of the 'progressive Liberal' social experiment, that's good too.
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But he will wreak revenge and I am seriously worried about Ukraine.

I wouldn't worry about it. Europe can outspend russia 15x and if europe cannot manufacture, europe will buy from other countries who can.
Trump is a businessman, so even if he does not send more money to Ukraine, he will definitely, 100% allow europe to buy weapons and ammunition from the US. US benefits, and Ukraine, and europe foots the bill, as it should be in the new Trumpian world.
I even imagine that he will send some token amounts or help out with non-monetary gifts, unless his 24 hour peace plan works out (which I doubt).

If that is allowed to fall, Europe is threatened. And Europe doesn't currently have the ability to churn out armaments at the scale needed by itself just yet.

It is an interesting question... how long time would it take for europes weapon companies to up the production?
I saw a mainstream news reports from a swedish weapons factury where they have already lowered the quality in order to up the quantity of their production line to help ukraine.