Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 21:00:52 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/8/2024 4:10 PM, D wrote:

 
 
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
 

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 23:11:20 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 08:11:49 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
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On 11/7/24 04:34, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

Hey!
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Is anybody else out there?
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Or has the disaster that is the USA meant that they've already
started
trucking people off to the ovens???
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Only a few message from James and one from Lynn - well, apart from
the
people/bots that I filter, that is.

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    Well they haven't come for me yet.  However I twisted my ankle on
October 4 then on November 1 I walked too far and ended up in a
a fresh world of pain from the ankle. It is hard for me to read and
keep my foot elevated on an ice pack. I tend to fall asleep that
is and I have tp limit my time at the computer and doing chores.

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Here's hoping your ankle heals soon.
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    I am tired of responding to bigots of many persuasion who
rejoice in the appointment of a monarchial ruler by the people
who live in darkness of hate and fear.

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They don't know what darkness and fear is.
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As Trump himself has said, they won't need to vote for him again, if
only because of the term limit.
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But voting for him was their only value to him. And we know how Trump
treats those he does not need.
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    But the thought police have not come for me yet.

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Well, now the healing and rebuilding of the nation can start! =)

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As I noted in 2016 (not here but online elsewhere), at least with
Trump we would get many legal questions answered. And so we have. No
doubt this will continue.
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And I suppose it is possible that, freed from any obligation to his
supporters since he cannot run again, he /might/ try healing and
rebuilding. As opposed to dividing and destroying.
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One indicator might be if he actually pardons the Jan 6 folks. After
all, not only can they do nothing for him in the future even with
their right to vote restored, they failed in 2020. Why should he be
grateful to failure?
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Let' see! It will be a very interesting 4 years for sure! I'm super
excited about his proposed 24h ukraine fix. Personally I think he has
underestimated the complexity of the situation, but regardless, will be
interesting to see his attempt.

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I don't understand how anyone thinks he could actually do that. His
proposal, as I understand it, is basically to order Ukraine to
surrender the land, people, and treasure that Putin has already
stolen, disarm, and disavow ever joining NATO.
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Russia has to do nothing.
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Ukraine, and Europe, quite properly, would say 'Fuck that shit',
and continue the fight without US aid. It would be hard, and
expensive, but Russia is starting to run out of men and material,
despite North Korean aid.
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Trump doesn't have sufficient leverage to stop the war.

While I agree with you that he can't stop the war that way, a couple
of well-placed nukes would pretty much take care of the problem. So I
would say he /could/ do it, although the price might be rather high.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"