[akwoo]

jillybean, on 2025-February-24, 11:36, said:

AI
"In Canada, treason is an indictable offense that can result in life in prison. The Criminal Code defines treason as the act of attempting to overthrow the Canadian government or using violence to do so."

What a ridiculous piece of AI gibberish. "X is doing A or using B to do A." How is "using B to do A" not already "doing A"? Isn't that a completely superfluous phrase?

[benellis58]

The USA needs to get out of its collective stupor and realize that its clownish, ignorant crybaby-in-chief is far closer in character and in ambition to the world's worst dictators than he is to anything resembling a decent human being. It's both comical and tragic that a buffoon like Trump could be elected to the highest office in the land, but it is ONLY tragic (and definitely NOT comical) to see how he is destroying his country and making it an object of pity, scorn, hatred, and laughter in all the nations of the world that remain decent. The man is not only an incompetent failure as a leader - he is also an incompetent failure as a human being.

[barmar]

Half the country voted for him, and most of them seem to be applauding what he's been doing in his first month back in the job. They've totally drunk his and Musk's "waste, fraud, and abuse" Kool-Aid that they use to justify what DOGE has been doing. He seems to be a "man of action", and that's what they voted for.

Until it's their job or Social Security/Medicare benefits that are affected, they'll probably continue to be happy.

[shyams]

Agree with barmar. It's the fault of the voters, esp. those "idiot" MAGA voters.

It simply can't be the fault of the politicians who lost, the party whose "vision" and "manifesto" the voters refused to buy, the "chosen" Presidential candidate who was sadly found lacking, the sitting President who won the primaries but somehow lost his nomination, or the "waste, fraud, and abuse" of Dem donor funds (reportedly in excess of $ 1 billion).

No no no, it is the "idiot" voters. Each and every one of them! Until their brainwashing is cured, there is sadly nothing that the Dem Party can do. Absolutely nothing!



PS: For anyone with impaired s.r.a.m filters, [/s]

[mycroft]

I'm watching (from Mueller, She Wrote, Emptywheel, and others) the passage of several lawsuits around Memeboy's Minions.

All of the "orders to show" and "orders to refrain" are great, but "or what?" "Or what?" needs to be stated, and then enforced. How to do that when the enforcement officials by and large are run by the people being told to "stop doing this"; but I just wish once for "Oh, you can not provide information about this? Okay, 10 minute recess, after which you're going to jail for contempt until someone who *can* shows up and *does*, under oath. I recommend you use the recess to make some calls."

[thepossum]

Looking close to an end of the war
Business is business

Edit..Don't get me wrong but what kind of world is this

[kenberg]

shyams, on 2025-February-25, 20:16, said:

Agree with barmar. It's the fault of the voters, esp. those "idiot" MAGA voters.

It simply can't be the fault of the politicians who lost, the party whose "vision" and "manifesto" the voters refused to buy, the "chosen" Presidential candidate who was sadly found lacking, the sitting President who won the primaries but somehow lost his nomination, or the "waste, fraud, and abuse" of Dem donor funds (reportedly in excess of $ 1 billion).

No no no, it is the "idiot" voters. Each and every one of them! Until their brainwashing is cured, there is sadly nothing that the Dem Party can do. Absolutely nothing!



PS: For anyone with impaired s.r.a.m filters, [/s]

Help a guy out? I caught the sarcasm but then ou said "PS: For anyone with impaired s.r.a.m filters, [/s]". I Googled s.r.a.m. and it said "standard random access memory". Probably not what you intended. I learn much from the various posts.

As to your overall (sarcastic) point I agree, at least somewhat. My views in brief: 1. Trump was always an egotistical con man and is now an egotistical con man who is losing his marbles. 2. The Democratic Party can be very frustrating.

Party leaders and strategists are supposed to understand what makes sense to voters. Sure, it would be good if voters had a thorough understanding of economics, history and foreign policy. I come up short. And my father, a typical voter as I was growing up in the 50s, had finished eighth grade, enjoyed hunting and fishing, belonged to the carpenter;s union, like most unions it usually supported the Dems, so my fathe usually voted Dem, excpept in 1952 whe the Korean War was dragging on, and Eisenhower seemed like the right guy to fix that, so my dad "liked Ike" in 52. I think he went back to Dem voiting (Stevenson) in 56. I think, or at least I like to think, that my fathe would not have been swayed by DT but he would have had some trouble with the current Democratic Party. As do I. But that's a long way from Trump. Some jokes just are not funny.

I'll work on my s.r.a.m. filter as soon as I learn what it is.

[shyams]

kenberg, on 2025-February-26, 08:21, said:

Help a guy out? I caught the sarcasm but then ou said "PS: For anyone with impaired s.r.a.m filters, [/s]". I Googled s.r.a.m. and it said "standard random access memory". Probably not what you intended. I learn much from the various posts.

S(a)r( c)a(s)m. Alternate letters replaced by dots. Maybe should have used dashes.