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Trump's Second Term

Tero said:
Posted an AI video promoting QAnon MedBed hospitals even though they’re not a real thing, and he never gave the speech in the video.
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Well of course they are a real thing, cause he says so! I take back every bad thing I've said about our beloved Supreme Leader. Now I see how truly benevolent he is, bringing Universal Health Care and a cure for all diseases and ailments through MedBed technology which he obtained from the aliens that his military has collaborated with.
He will go down in history as the man who gave us eternal life and happiness...the Second Coming of the Lord our Savior...Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! :) :unsure::ROFLMAO::sick:
 
I thought MedBed hospitals were a thing for the super rich (which is why they are so healthy), whereas we the common people have to make do with normal hospitals, but now some companies are offering MedBeds for private use for as little as $20,000.

Surely, Trump, being super rich, has already access to MedBed hospitals? Or is he jealous of the really super rich like Musk, who can afford MedBeds that Trump can only dream of?
 
shemp said:
Maybe Kash has had enough and wants to get fired?
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Maybe Trump babbled whichever crazy conspiracy theory just caught his eye and instead of going along and boosting it as usual, Kash realised he can't make it stand up to fact-checking because there are just too many agents involved who can document what they did and when.

This smells like the joke went too far and he panicked and had to reel it in.
 
Medbeds are sci-fi woo nonsense.
We as skeptics have be rational about what's really going.

Clearly, a "medbed" is a euthanasia device that uploads your brain while your body is being destroyed. Then that mind is downloaded in a newly decanted clone of yours.

See? The simplest explanation is usually the right one.
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I'm reminded of that old adage about people who can make you believe absurdities. Like 'kids will be forced to change their sex at school', and 'the blacks burned down whole cities'. Things that do not square with reality as we know it and that it's impossible to believe in if you think critically for just a single second. Says a lot about how bigoted they are.
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Don't forget "classroom have litter boxes for children who identify as cats".
 
Armitage72 said:
Don't forget "classroom have litter boxes for children who identify as cats".
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That one is particularly vile since the germ of truth at it's core was that some schools keep a container of cat litter in classrooms as an emergency toilet if young children had to shelter in place because of a school shooter.
 
lionking said:
I’ve said it before in this thread. Trump wants deference above all. What he can’t stand is people to stand up and ridicule him. As Governor Newsom and the Ryder Cup Team is now doing. Treat him like a clown. He just can’t stand it.
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I keep thinking of the Animaniacs episode "King Yakko", in which the Warners encounter a pompous dictator, assume he's a party clown based on his "uniform", and treat him appropriately.

"That ugly, baggy suit, the ridiculous makeup, the goofy looking hair? You must be a party clown "
 
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dudalb said:
Then there is the looming government shutdown........and this is happening when the Potus and both houses are from the same Party.....god, this country has become disfunctional.
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Every shut down so far has been because of the unreasonability and/or evil of the Republican Party as they try to make a power grab at the expense of the American public. In a way, it's not a surprise that the Republican Party might do so yet again while it has a trifecta.
 
Bruce Schneier on understanding digital threats

Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security

Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments...
www.schneier.com www.schneier.com

I was especially struck by this

Being Innocent Won’t Protect You​

This is vital to understand. Surveillance systems and sorting algorithms make mistakes. This is apparent in the fact that we are routinely served advertisements for products that don’t interest us at all. Those mistakes are relatively harmless—who cares about a poorly targeted ad?—but a similar mistake at an immigration hearing can get someone deported.

An authoritarian government doesn’t care. Mistakes are a feature and not a bug of authoritarian surveillance. If ICE targets only people it can go after legally, then everyone knows whether or not they need to fear ICE. If ICE occasionally makes mistakes by arresting Americans and deporting innocents, then everyone has to fear it. This is by design.
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dudalb said:
THe memo offered buyouts, aimed at those who work remotely.
A lot of exagerratoin and hyperbole in the past few pages. It is a universal Internet disease.


No one knows what the hell they mean by that.
And you will still have the problem with huge budget cuts you always have:
I want the government to cut spending but not that spending".
Self Preservatation by GOP members of congress are going to temper the budget cutting mania.
Their problem is to find a way of doing it wihtout seeming to go against Dear Leader. But they will probably manage.
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See, that's what I don't understand. Congresscritters are NOT beholden by the president. They are ONLY beholden by their own constituencies. And Yeah, I get that the POTUS has the bully pulpit. But its always a bad idea to put all of your eggs in one basket, by following everything the POTUS says and does. Any Congressperson who pins their entire political career on one man is taking an enormous risk. Especially one that is in his upper 80s, and is probably going to be a lame duck in a year anyway. Most presidents, when they are out of office after their second term, still have a platform and can still use that platform. As no doubt Trump would. But. Well. He doesn't have many year left on this earth. So pinning your future as a politician on a guy who is going to be dead soon.... probably not a good idea. I'm not sure that JD Vance or anyone would be able to keep the MAGAt movement going, much like how the Tea Party just kind of fizzeled out.
 
Nihilianth said:
See, that's what I don't understand. Congresscritters are NOT beholden by the president. They are ONLY beholden by their own constituencies. And Yeah, I get that the POTUS has the bully pulpit. But its always a bad idea to put all of your eggs in one basket, by following everything the POTUS says and does. Any Congressperson who pins their entire political career on one man is taking an enormous risk. Especially one that is in his upper 80s, and is probably going to be a lame duck in a year anyway. Most presidents, when they are out of office after their second term, still have a platform and can still use that platform. As no doubt Trump would. But. Well. He doesn't have many year left on this earth. So pinning your future as a politician on a guy who is going to be dead soon.... probably not a good idea. I'm not sure that JD Vance or anyone would be able to keep the MAGAt movement going, much like how the Tea Party just kind of fizzeled out.
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Did the Tea Party fizzle out or did they just infect the Republican party and took it over?
And Trump likes to act like a one-man band but it often looks like he's dancing to the tune of Miller and others. Hell I wouldn't be that surprised if Trump pops his clogs and MAGA policy is to pave the way for his return. They're beyond parody.
 
While Trump is still there it would be suicidal for any of them to step out of line. The moment he's gone we'll be in an era of "it's what he would have wanted", which will still be dangerous, but unpredictably so as factionalism and a fight for succession begin to take hold.
 
shemp said:
Maybe Kash has had enough and wants to get fired?
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It's entirely unlike FBEyeballs to say anything that contradicts trump.
I'm going to go ahead and assume that sycophants issue quiet corrections to some of the more bizarre assertions that make headlines in order to be able to later claim that the assertion was corrected, all the while knowing that the corrections won't often see the light of day.
 
Writer thinks it is just a publicity stunt. I expect it to be more. Direct orders by Hegseth.
If the president tries the same kind of speech he gave last week at the United Nations—veering into self-congratulation, derision of allies, and ridicule of adversaries in ways that play to a domestic political audience—the alarm inside that room will likely grow more palpable. These officers have sat across from NATO counterparts, briefed coalition partners in the Indo-Pacific, and negotiated with allies whose trust in America is essential. They will hear such rhetoric not as showmanship but as recklessness.

What should Americans prepare to see when they watch this event? I hope it is our senior officers showing they know how to adapt to any environment, even this one, by falling back on the real ethos and values that guides their every action. I hope they will not become props or pawns. And I hope the loudest message they send is no message at all—only that they have the quiet, disciplined silence of professionals who know their oath is to the Constitution, not to a man.
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www.thebulwark.com

What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals

This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.
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