The future of the US

[JoeWeber 2,760]

2 hours ago, David Wang said:

Will do!

David,

You are the future and you are right for the task. When you actually have the real ability to change things most of us here will be long gone. Please take that responsibility seriously.

Joe

[kallend 2,056]

8 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Nigel,

Re:   how the military may be reluctant to disobey illegal orders

Hegseth [ Trump ] is replacing generals right & left.  I am very sure the new people will not consider those to be illegal orders.

 

Welcome to the World of Trump 2.0.

 

Just fired the first female Chief of Naval Operations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html

 

[JoeWeber 2,760]

7 hours ago, kallend said:

Just fired the first female Chief of Naval Operations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html

 

John, what a relief to know you are still with us in these troubled times. Especially now when DEI principles are under attack from every direction do you think someone here should extend an olive branch and an invitation to Brent?

[JerryBaumchen 1,384]

9 hours ago, kallend said:

Just fired the first female Chief of Naval Operations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html

 

Hi John,

That'll teach her to be a woman.

Jerry Baumchen

[normiss 814]

On 2/20/2025 at 9:18 PM, JoeWeber said:

That and more. We need a good, swift, kick in the ass. Trump is impenetrable. The only hope is waking up some of our Congress people and Senators and best of luck with that.

What we need is someone who can make both ears bleed.

[kallend 2,056]

The Washington Post no longer has editorial independence, but must now toe the billionaire (Bezos) line.

I find it hard to remain optimistic.

[jakee 1,528]

And the Republicans will still tell you that silicon valley is a nest of subversive ultra-liberals.

[nigel99 521]

https://youtu.be/9oF4mf5pIzg?si=9BQLnk81M7TMJj4g

This could be interesting. Could be the start of a digital civil war.

[nigel99 521]

I can’t stand the fact that news anchors refer to trump as the leader of the free world (msnbc). I think you’d struggle to find a western country as dysfunctional and a large number of third world countries are more stable and democratic than the USA 

[kallend 2,056]

I guess 'Mericans will have to learn to speak and spell proper now that English is the official language of the USA.

I think all official documents should be written in Cockney dialect.

[normiss 814]

2 hours ago, kallend said:

I guess 'Mericans will have to learn to speak and spell proper now that English is the official language of the USA.

I think all official documents should be written in Cockney dialect.

I'm reminded of needing a book to read a book. The Third Policeman. 

I really should make time to read again.

 

[nigel99 521]

https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-brands-us-vice-president-a-knob-20250304-p5lgth.html

Our premiere has called JD Vance a knob.

Trump said the world was laughing at the US, well we sure are now. Global leaders are starting to publicly correct him and slowly starting to take the piss.

[jakee 1,528]

2 hours ago, nigel99 said:

https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-premier-brands-us-vice-president-a-knob-20250304-p5lgth.html

Our premiere has called JD Vance a knob.

Trump said the world was laughing at the US, well we sure are now. Global leaders are starting to publicly correct him and slowly starting to take the piss.

He is at least a knob. JD accused Zelensky of disrespecting the USA by lecturing then about conditions in Ukraine. A couple of weeks ago JD came to Munich and disrespected the entire European community by lecturing us on how to run our own internal political systems. A guy who has spoken extensively about the need to replace US democracy with a single far right leader accused Europe of betraying democracy if they we don’t invite the far right into government. The shallowest of hypocrites. 
 

As for Trump - dis anyone ever think we’d see an American President display such weakness on the world stage? It is now blanket administration policy to not even acknowledge that Russia invaded Ukraine in the first place in case the Kremlin takes offence at the truth. Alongside dismantling protections against Russian cyber warfare, halting aid to Ukraine and proposing the lifting of all sanctions on Russia and the Russians it seems that the White House believes it’s only ploy in these ‘negotiations’ is to give Putin absolutely every single thing he could ever want and hope he decides to throw them a bone in return.

[kallend 2,056]

One has to wonder what kompromat Putin has on Donald.

[feuergnom 29]

31 minutes ago, kallend said:

One has to wonder what kompromat Putin has on Donald.

More pissing hookers?

[wmw999 2,475]

15 minutes ago, feuergnom said:

More pissing hookers?

That was sure my first thought.

Wendy P.

[JoeWeber 2,760]

1 hour ago, wmw999 said:

That was sure my first thought.

Wendy P.

Whatever it is, Putin isn't taking any chances that another four years goes by and he doesn't get full value. 

[JerryBaumchen 1,384]

45 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

Whatever it is, Putin isn't taking any chances that another four years goes by and he doesn't get full value. 

Hi Joe,

The other day, I was thinking about Trump & Putin.

Trump has never met a parade, whatever, where he could keep his mouth shut.

Putin, OTOH, a veteran KGB-type is a very cool character.

One can only guess who would win in a stare-down. 

IMO it would not be the Trumper.

IMO Putin is playing the end game; something Trump does not even understand.

Jerry Baumchen

[JerryBaumchen 1,384]

Hi folks,

Here is one 'future' that nobody wanted:  That rally had been built largely on hopes for policies from Trump that would strengthen the U.S. economy and businesses. 

The S&P 500 fell 1.7% . . . The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed . . . . 1.7% . . . The Nasdaq composite fell 1.5%

Stocks tumble as Trump’s tariffs kick in, erasing post-election gains - oregonlive.com

The Art of the Deal my ass.

You get what you vote for.

Jerry Baumchen

[JoeWeber 2,760]

2 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Joe,

The other day, I was thinking about Trump & Putin.

Trump has never met a parade, whatever, where he could keep his mouth shut.

Putin, OTOH, a veteran KGB-type is a very cool character.

One can only guess who would win in a stare-down. 

IMO it would not be the Trumper.

IMO Putin is playing the end game; something Trump does not even understand.

Jerry Baumchen

I'm half convinced the knucklehead is thinking it would work to divide the world up three ways with Putin and Xi. His ludicrous Canada for a 51st state, buy Greenland, rename the Gulf of Mexico etc. seems like his usual telegraphing. Of course South AMERICA is already well named and we only need a Middle AMERICA.  Cutting off Ukraine just gets Putin a few steps closer to his end of the deal: Europe. and who could be surprised if Taiwan falls to Xi in the next couple of years. Sadly, our (former) NATO partners went on the cheap spending on defense (I'm looking at you 1.37% of GDP Canada) and may not be able to muster enough will or material to thwart Putin now. It's a real mess, that's a fact.

[wmw999 2,475]

1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

'm half convinced the knucklehead is thinking it would work to divide the world up three ways with Putin and Xi.

My brother’s been saying the same thing since the inauguration.

Wendy P. 

[JoeWeber 2,760]

41 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

My brother’s been saying the same thing since the inauguration.

Wendy P. 

The beautiful thing is we're not talking about the cataclysmic destruction of world democracy that will eventually result in the Chinese taking it all, he's just making a deal! How innocent is that?

[jakee 1,528]

23 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

The beautiful thing is we're not talking about the cataclysmic destruction of world democracy that will eventually result in the Chinese taking it all, he's just making a deal! How innocent is that?

It was a beautiful deal, a perfect deal! Everybody says so.

[kallend 2,056]

“Beijing is positioned to capitalize on the ‘rapid disintegration of the West’ that legitimizes ‘Beijing’s vision for a post-American world order.’”  South China Morning Post

[JoeWeber 2,760]

7 hours ago, kallend said:

“Beijing is positioned to capitalize on the ‘rapid disintegration of the West’ that legitimizes ‘Beijing’s vision for a post-American world order.’”  South China Morning Post

Probably there isn't anything now that will stop China from taking Taiwan, the Spratley's, or anything else they want. We can only hope that Europe can keep the front lines in Ukraine steady to keep Russia from re-arming while all of Europe gets their military capabilities up to speed. What a shit show. Trump is giving Europe to Putin and Republicans in Congress are standing up and applauding him while he's doing it. Unbelievable.