Re: Nebula Finalists 2016

On 5 Jan 2025 17:25:27 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On 4 Jan 2025 22:22:05 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
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Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/31/2024 10:21 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

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You mean "Musk Forever". He's running Trump now.

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Nobody runs Trump.  Appearances can be quite deceiving.

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Might be true.  The problem with Trump is that his opinions seem to be
those of the last person he spoke with,  So he'll seem to agree with
some member of his cabinet but then a week later be wildly in the
opposite direction.  It's a hell of a way to run a railroad.

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=46ortunately, he is so ineffective that it doesn't really matter what
he says. Or attempts. And I don't expect that to change.

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Not always.  He succeeded in eliminating most of the state department,
which was his specific aim and one he succeeded at.  He seemed to have
the notion that he could conduct diplomacy everywhere personally, and
unfortunately no man has enough time for that let alone skill.  So we
are left with skeleton staffs in some embassies which may be an adventure
if you find yourself needing help abroad.

As many Americans found when the pandemic hit. The people who were
supposed to be helping them and arranging flights home were ... no
longer there.

Every civilized nation (note that I do not so "every other civilized
nation") made efforts to recover those of the citizens stranded
abroad.

And he did force the FAA to ground the <whatever>Max when it started
flying itself into the ground. Also, Operation Warp Speed worked. But
two sucesses out of hundred (well, dozens anyway) of promises/attempts
is not a something to boast about.
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"