Re: Nebula Finalists 2016

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 12:54:34 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 1/5/2025 11:32 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On 4 Jan 2025 22:22:05 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
 

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.

 
Fortunately, 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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He was ineffective last time.
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This time, he's surrounded by a lot of smart, effective people
who see him as the means to enact their agendas.
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Its going to be a weird four years.

Each and every one of which will be fired as soon as he/she crosses
Trump in any way. High turnover is a Trump Presidency trademark.

I agree, BTW, with an article I read suggesting that the Dems stop
helping the Republicans pass continuing resolutions/debt limit
increases, as this is reaching the point where the Dems are appearing
to be co-dependents/enablers. /Let/ the Republicans fail. And then
blame /them/ for the result.

After all, all the Republicans have to do to avoid this is -- their
job.

I would go farther: the Dems should vote to confirm whoever Trump
nominates to the Executive Branch, if necessary in the face of massive
Republican opposition. /Let/ Trump put them in; let them mess up; then
blame Trump, who (after all) got who he wanted.

After all, all Trump has to do to avoid this is -- his job.

For Judges, they could be a bit more selective, keeping in mind that a
judicial conservative may be a good judge, as this is not the same
thing as being a social conservative, Tea Party member, or MAGA
fanatic. But then, the Republicans should be able to confirm those on
their own, if they want to.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"