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It's doubtful actual military commanders would obey orders to launch a full-scale nuclear attack, and certainly not any nuclear attack on US soil, even if the order was confirmed with the codes.
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's doubtful actual military commanders would obey orders to launch a full-scale nuclear attack, and certainly not any nuclear attack on US soil, even if the order was confirmed with the codes.
We're monsters.
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We're monsters.
True, Trump is very good at making people angry. Still, two-thirds majorities in both Houses would require the Democrats to find young, compelling candidates able to activate nonvoters, perhaps even more effectively than Trump does.
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
True, Trump is very good at making people angry. Still, two-thirds majorities in both Houses would require the Democrats to find young, compelling candidates able to activate nonvoters, perhaps even more effectively than Trump does.
This time, they're insane. I'm not quite clear on why that's so popular.
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This time, they're insane. I'm not quite clear on why that's so popular.
In 2024, 77.3M voted for Trump, 75.0M for Harris, and 88.4M didn't vote. Biden got 81.3M votes in 2020, and 84.3M didn't vote. Just those same active(ish) Democrats won't be enough to make a huge difference. I hope a good number of the 84-88M nonvoters are given good candidates to choose from.
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
In 2024, 77.3M voted for Trump, 75.0M for Harris, and 88.4M didn't vote. Biden got 81.3M votes in 2020, and 84.3M didn't vote. Just those same active(ish) Democrats won't be enough to make a huge difference. I hope a good number of the 84-88M nonvoters are given good candidates to choose from.
Only after they tried to take on every major military power, including the USA and the Soviet Union.
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Only after they tried to take on every major military power, including the USA and the Soviet Union.
And two thirds or more of the Republican Congress would decide to convict?
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
And two thirds or more of the Republican Congress would decide to convict?
I tried ChatGPT during a little weekend getaway with old friends, and it was phenomenally stupid. I've been using Gemini Pro all this time, and ChatGPT is a bad joke by comparison. I don't see Europeans catching up with Gemini Pro anytime soon, unfortunately.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I tried ChatGPT during a little weekend getaway with old friends, and it was phenomenally stupid. I've been using Gemini Pro all this time, and ChatGPT is a bad joke by comparison. I don't see Europeans catching up with Gemini Pro anytime soon, unfortunately.
The one thing Trump and Musk may enjoy more than being thought of as all-powerful geniuses is dragging Democrats down to believing in exactly the same baseless, paranoid conspiracy nonsense the dumbest Trump voters did after 2020. And it didn't cost them a cent.
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The one thing Trump and Musk may enjoy more than being thought of as all-powerful geniuses is dragging Democrats down to believing in exactly the same baseless, paranoid conspiracy nonsense the dumbest Trump voters did after 2020. And it didn't cost them a cent.
He may have granted his entire administration preemptive blanket pardons already for everything they may do while in office. It'd explain why they're putting themselves in such obvious legal jeopardy: they aren't.
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
He may have granted his entire administration preemptive blanket pardons already for everything they may do while in office. It'd explain why they're putting themselves in such obvious legal jeopardy: they aren't.
I don't believe the current two-party system would ever agree to adequate safeguards. With or without Trump, they're too power hungry. I expect the old, toxic system will give way to some form of digital democracy over the next 10-25 years, permanently moving past the failures of the old system.
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don't believe the current two-party system would ever agree to adequate safeguards. With or without Trump, they're too power hungry. I expect the old, toxic system will give way to some form of digital democracy over the next 10-25 years, permanently moving past the failures of the old system.
The pardon wouldn't get them off the hook for a state-level murder charge.
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The pardon wouldn't get them off the hook for a state-level murder charge.
An amendment would require 75% of the states to ratify it. That's 38 states. I don't know what would motivate red states to join in breaking one of their favourite toys.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
An amendment would require 75% of the states to ratify it. That's 38 states. I don't know what would motivate red states to join in breaking one of their favourite toys.
*free to pardon
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
*free to pardon
No. The president is free pardon them for murder under federal law. Presidents and even queens and kings in other developed countries don't have such an unchecked pardon power. Dictatorships do.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
No. The president is free pardon them for murder under federal law. Presidents and even queens and kings in other developed countries don't have such an unchecked pardon power. Dictatorships do.
Why would anyone expect the MAGA Congress to impeach, let alone convict their own..?
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Why would anyone expect the MAGA Congress to impeach, let alone convict their own..?
Also, did you have an explanation for Trump cancelling his tariffs for beef, coffee, bananas, etc, if the *import* tariffs are somehow mystically paid ultimately by anyone other than the American consumer of those products, for whom the *importer* imports them?
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Also, did you have an explanation for Trump cancelling his tariffs for beef, coffee, bananas, etc, if the *import* tariffs are somehow mystically paid ultimately by anyone other than the American consumer of those products, for whom the *importer* imports them?
The US has the filibuster because of the polarisation inherent to a two-party system. How exactly are you thinking Trump has made billions (not millions) more in less than a year of his current term?
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The US has the filibuster because of the polarisation inherent to a two-party system. How exactly are you thinking Trump has made billions (not millions) more in less than a year of his current term?
So, what is the reason the Republicans joined the Democrats in signing the conclusions of the investigation? Congress has full subpoena power, and the Republican members were free to speak out if they thought something was being misrepresented.
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
So, what is the reason the Republicans joined the Democrats in signing the conclusions of the investigation? Congress has full subpoena power, and the Republican members were free to speak out if they thought something was being misrepresented.
Do I understand correctly that you want healthcare, which people are able to use, to be taken from those who can't afford it on their own? The point I keep making is people should receive the healthcare they need, not to fix ever facet of the envy-based political and economic systems of the US.
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Do I understand correctly that you want healthcare, which people are able to use, to be taken from those who can't afford it on their own? The point I keep making is people should receive the healthcare they need, not to fix ever facet of the envy-based political and economic systems of the US.
I'm saying Americans should get to keep healthcare they can afford, whichever way it can be provided. You're arguing for taking it away. You or I won't be deciding it, and the people I care about are comfortable, so this is just idle chit chat, but I'd like all legal citizens to receive healthcare.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm saying Americans should get to keep healthcare they can afford, whichever way it can be provided. You're arguing for taking it away. You or I won't be deciding it, and the people I care about are comfortable, so this is just idle chit chat, but I'd like all legal citizens to receive healthcare.
Did the preemptive pardons get issued before or after Trump vowed he'd go after his political opponents if elected? The Russian interference investigation by the Senate was signed by both Democrats and Republicans, finding that Russia was guilty of actively interfering with the election.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Did the preemptive pardons get issued before or after Trump vowed he'd go after his political opponents if elected? The Russian interference investigation by the Senate was signed by both Democrats and Republicans, finding that Russia was guilty of actively interfering with the election.
Remind me. Did the DOJ/FBI do any of that before Jan 6 and his taking top secret government documents to a resort where Russian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern representatives frequent? Or did everything happen after or as a consequence of those events? I'm not sure what you think the CIA did.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Remind me. Did the DOJ/FBI do any of that before Jan 6 and his taking top secret government documents to a resort where Russian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern representatives frequent? Or did everything happen after or as a consequence of those events? I'm not sure what you think the CIA did.
The US is all but hardwired to be either a deeply divided nation or an outright dictatorship. MAGA is trying the latter for the first time in the modern era.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The US is all but hardwired to be either a deeply divided nation or an outright dictatorship. MAGA is trying the latter for the first time in the modern era.