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  • T-Borg's Great Leap Forward

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 17 11:03:54 2025
    In 2025, the T-Borg launched the Great Leap Forward into social,
    legal, and economic perils while Congressional Rs did nothing.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Apr 17 13:30:11 2025
    On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:03:54 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    In 2025, the T-Borg launched the Great Leap Forward into social,
    legal, and economic perils while Congressional Rs did nothing.


    Reminder: Congress is the entertainment wing of the military-industrial
    complex (--Frank Zappa). Their role is purely to preen in front of the cameras, rattle off stupid talking points, and shitpost to X.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Thu Apr 17 18:56:09 2025
    On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:30:11 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Reminder:

    Redux....but in regards to theT-Borg, who has been a failure for
    years...being bailed out via others' monies.

    AI Overview

    Yes, many historians and commentators have argued that some of
    President Kennedy's advisors displayed arrogance and overconfidence
    regarding the Vietnam War, particularly Secretary of Defense Robert
    McNamara. McNamara's belief in his own strategic abilities, coupled
    with the administration's underestimation of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese, contributed to a flawed approach to the conflic

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Apr 18 05:45:05 2025
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
    Reminder: Congress is the entertainment wing of the military-industrial complex (--Frank Zappa). Their role is purely to preen in front of the cameras, rattle off stupid talking points, and shitpost to X.

    The military-industrial complex is rapidly losing all of the external
    markets (arms sales to EU) and will be seeing supply costs soar under
    Trump's policies.

    Trump is not in the pocket of the military-industrial complex and the "entertainment wing", which may well be, is not being entertaining or
    helpful to the complex.

    Elijah
    ------
    does anyone think there's real money in war over Greenland?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to *@eli.users.panix.com on Fri Apr 18 07:00:05 2025
    On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:45:05 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    does anyone think there's real money in war over Greenland?

    Unknown to me what total amount/type of 'natural resources' exist
    there.

    It's the Oil, Stupid - On the second day of the invasion of Iraq, US
    commandos seized two Iraqi offshore oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, capturing their defenders without a fight. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/its-oil-stupid/

    OIL SECRETS BEHIND U.S. WAR ON AFGHANISTAN ???
    ==============================

    If Rs accept climate change, US's focus will change...I'm not aware of infrastructure and 'natural resources' needed to evaluate this change.

    Environmentalists are rethinking nuke power, and US and other
    countries could produce more electric power via solar/wind.

    US/China/Russia have used various means to get "this/that" from other countries.

    Greenland

    "Flood the zone with shit" ? Esprit de corps rhetoric ?

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to Eli the Bearded on Fri Apr 18 07:11:54 2025
    On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:45:05 -0000 (UTC)
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    The military-industrial complex is rapidly losing all of the external
    markets (arms sales to EU) and will be seeing supply costs soar under
    Trump's policies.

    Trump is not in the pocket of the military-industrial complex and the "entertainment wing", which may well be, is not being entertaining or
    helpful to the complex.

    All good points, and true.

    As usual, Trump seems to be working for no one but himself.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Apr 18 10:57:16 2025
    On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 07:11:54 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    As usual, Trump seems to be working for no one but himself.

    To fully understand tariff consequences requires a certain education
    level concerning social/economic implications, along with computer
    modeling.

    He doesn't "have the abstract/concrete reasoning cards" for
    understanding the longitudinal consequences of his decrees.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Fri Apr 18 20:02:31 2025
    On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 07:11:54 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Trump

    He's a modern day Snake Oil Salesperson....his essence.

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