Remember the military parade with tanks in Washington DC? The military occupation in Los Angeles?
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Remember the military parade with tanks in Washington DC? The military occupation in Los Angeles?
He told Apple to move their manufacturing to India. Then he put a 50% tariff on India. He's got no clue to a plan.
Impossible. Too many. Maybe 7 Spanish Angels.
Hope it's not something that could be cured by a vaccine... Maybe it's something that Ronny Jackson knows about.
Exactly
Look up "Greyhound Therapy". A Reagan invention. Close the mental institutions and buy the mentally ill patients a bus ticket to the downtown bus terminal in a distant big city. They just lived on the streets and alleys. Houston just now is starting to recover from it. They moved the bus terminal.
You can't use big words to talk to MAGA. Trump talks at 4th grade level. If it can't be explained to a 4th grader, it's too complicated anymore.
Just add it to the list of things that has to be corrected after he's dead.
There's not a contract he can't void, a judge he can't buy, a treaty he can't ignore or a single American that he won't cheat.
The whole concept is an interesting philosophical metaphor. Trump never negotiates in good faith and when he makes a deal it means nothing. And he intends for it to mean nothing. So,... Trump negotiating with the devil? Besides. It's obvious from January 6th that Trump has already done his deal
John Prine Dedicated to Trump and his fascist MAGA supporters.
I guess we'll find out if St. Peter can be bribed. (Just kidding. It's an existential paradox.)
Donald Trump and his family need to be treated like he treats immigrant families. Put his whole family in dog-kennel tent-city detention camps and make them sleep on the concrete floor and use the bathroom in front of 72 people. That's what Trump deserves.
They didn't have money for a studio. It was recorded in a garage in Tyler Texas on a mixing board built by a 14 year old kid. His mother shared the "studio" with her son. She had a cable TV cooking show. "Cooking with Mrs 'B" Robin Hood Brians. The La Grange was an out-take. They were goofing around
The inside cover photo. Leo's Mexican restaurant on Shepherd. (Houston). I met Leo. They had a calendar they sold with a picture of Leo with Pancho Villa. Had a waiter who was an Elvis impersonator (rhinestone karate era) ZZ Top used to play for food there. It was a menu item. Deluxe Mexican plate
Isn't that where the problems started from? Maybe if we had blocked all religion, fairytales, boogeyman stories and conspiracy theories, then maybe rural students would have graduated with the knowledge to tell 💩 from Shinola. You know, critical thinking.
They can't read.
Bigotry is a pretty powerful motivator. Once started, it generally takes over people for the rest of their lives. Learn from Trump. Learn from Joe McCarthy. Learn from Nixon. George Wallace. Stand up to it now or make it your future. Only 2 options. There's no appeasement of bigotry.
Hmm... "Ashley Babbit was offered" That's a pretty smooth trick. How do we know if she "accepts"? It's another episode of "the Apprentice". Meanwhile, Trump is mobilizing National Guard troops in American cities to point US government guns at Americans Don't fall for the distractions Squirrel!!
Well... "Great job Brownie" For massive screw ups that Michael Brown, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) made with Katrina. Now there is no effective FEMA. At all. Trump thinks disaster help is throwing rolls of paper towels at disaster victims. What have we learned?
In Texas, server farms consume 1/2 the total power output of the South Texas Nuclear Project power plant. 1/2. Because Texas is corrupt & big money always wins, there's a deal with Abbott. When there's a problem & the grid is overloaded, Texas shuts down residential service to power the servers.
The issue with Venezuela is disputed waters near Guyana where American oil companies want to explore and produce. In the disputed waters. It has *absolutely nothing* to do with drug smuggling. It's another Trump extortion.
Nope. Not working for Trump. If he got any public credit for accomplishing anything, Trump would be very petulant and jealous and would fire him.
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Jean-Luc Ponty was a member of the Mothers of Invention. When "Mr. Tambourine Man" was recorded, Byrds weren't trusted to play their own instruments. The first step to make it big is to show up.
There's real questions if the US government can even hold a bid these days. Trump has blocked enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, so it's totally OK to bribe foreign officials. Trump personally involving himself and extorting settlements in order to get contracts, grants. Totally corrupt
Treat it like you were auditioning for Tito Puente and Xavier. Every opportunity is, well, it's an opportunity.
The required dress code for the new "journalists" is to wear Trump's brand of brown lipstick.
Don't forget Vince Guaraldi. You'll never know what might come out of it 😉
Hugh Masekela : Mas Que Nada. A little Brazil, a little Africa.
It will block Intel from competitive bidding against other competitors for US government contracts because they will be blocked in courts. Trump isn't a very deep thinker.
Yes.
Katy. Hi, neighbor 😄
There's integrity. If forced to certify things that are lies, there's only one way to approach it. Some folks like Trump have a constant waterfall of lies and nobody cares. Medical doctors lie once and people die. Everyone has a line to cross. They're patriots.
Seems we have similar viewpoints. 😂
Texas is clearly stuck with him for awhile. Too bad for Texas.
I'm guessing you're in Oklahoma. (I grew up in Lawton). Any thoughts about Ryan Walters?
Let's try to work on that. Ted Cruz doesn't represent Texas. Ted Cruz represents Ted Cruz. If the cities hadn't been gerrymandered to dilute the democratic vote, Ted Cruz would have to work for a living. I hear that work sets you free. Let's help Ted Cruz get freedom. As soon as possible.
Texas is a beautiful state with great schools, cities, churches, world's best barbecue, seafood... We're just led by a bunch of folks that are manipulating elections and not representing their urban constituents.
I guess you were saying that there's a paradox of a Mensa label on a Texas car tag? As a Texan, I interpreted this as it sounded. Just as there's political whackos casting aspersions against California (for no good reason), it seemed like casting of Texas residents to be MAGA troglodytes. Not true
There are point to point laser links available off the shelf today. Because of smoke, dust, fog, clouds, rain, snow, smog, etc, the reliable communications distance in outdoor environments is considered to be a few hundred feet.
You can do this with microwaves. It's how long distance telephone calls worked from about 1965 until now. There's terrestrial links of microwave today. Remember 3 things. 20 log(10) distance gives you a usable signal at 23,500 miles from less than one watt. Earth curvature and refractive index.
They know if they call it what it is that they'll be targeted by Trump and his flying monkeys Because "foreign countries pay the tariffs. And retailers just need to absorb the costs" Retailers net about 5% profit. Tariffs are sometimes 50% That may make sense to Trump but he's completely clueless
The majority of the state population consists of the cities which are overwhelmingly democratic. The Republican weasels have Gerrymandered the voting districts where the cities don't have representation at all. They have extended one urban Austin district 300 miles to get enough rural votes to cheat
Hmm. He was writing to the British territorial governor imploring him to tax the landed gentry to buy weapons for the farmers on the western frontier to protect families against the French and Indian raiders. Under a monarchy the wealthy didn't pay taxes. It's not what it seems on the surface.
Trump's not necessarily helping them very much either. Drill baby drill is creating a glut which means no profits. Lower rig counts because not profitable.
And they get really intractable when somebody uses words they don't know. They think they're being denigrated. 54%? Meaning most people.
They use motorized valves in a Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA). All the valves, flow monitors, tank & water tower levels are done under computer control and have been for 50 years. There's no big faucets or huge bathtub drains into the Pacific ocean. Trump's talking 💩 again
Or covid patients to inject bleach. He's a moron.
It's a tiny little world that Trump's pea brain lives in. He turned the valve? Like a faucet? I wonder just what he thinks when someone talks about a water treatment system. If we remember, he was telling Altadena Ca to put seawater in its water towers to fight forest fires. He's a complete idiot.
1/3 of all electric grid power in Texas serving 30 million Texans. Zero (yeah, zero) fuel costs. Now Abbott is trying to shut it down.
When a company wants an export license or an otherwise impermissible merger or acquisition, all they need to do is to talk to Trump and sell part of their assets to the US government? And it's all ok? The only thing Trump needs to nationalize is the control of the US space program.
I've gotten pretty deep into it. It's really hard to look back in the day at a Chiclet keyboard BlackBerry and try to know today's iPhone or Android phones. A lot of what AI will turn into will be because of synergies that might happen. Pretty sure the militaries will have an upcoming Guernica.
Well if you've ever been pedal to the medal in a Piper Warrior making headway into a 60 kts headwind, (and seeing cars outrunning you on the ground...) or seeing the outer band (while in Kansas) of the cloud shelf of a hurricane landing in Houston.... Blimps are tropospheric. Yikes!! No helium left
It's Trump's Bizarroworld. Where truth is lies, integrity is cheating, criminals are appointed as top cops, up is down and copyright and patent protection means nothing.
In 10 years, the God question: "Did man create AI or did AI re-create man? Short term there will be a disenfranchised group of those who can't use it as a tool. The *huge* risk is integration into social media and propaganda. Manipulation behind the scenes where nobody can tell what Musk is up to.
Pretty sure the future will regard AI LLMs about like the internal combustion engine. It's really primitive right now. I've seen it evolve measurably and significantly over the last year It's likely that it will change human interaction more than global Internet and cellphones. IMHO. Significant
Part of it is to never act like you want a preferred kind of results. Even subliminally. It will fabricate "facts" to please you if it draws the conclusion you want a certain answer. Really important to know the shortcomings. It also bases its facts on the really ignorant c4ap that people post.
Exactly. But it's "game over". In the United States, bank robbers are appointed as sheriffs and deputies. The real cops have been fired. Copyright, patent protection? Section 230 is alive & well in Trump's administration. The Doge people were posting US personal SSNs on unsecured cloud storage
There's absolutely *nothing* I would trust chat-gpt to do that i didn't know the answer to or that I couldn't personally cross check.
Who's DJT? I thought it was FDT. Trump change his name?
They have. It's called NATO. It's too bad the US isn't part of NATO anymore.
It's important to not get too tied up into the Turing test part of this. The capabilities of AI are not what they seem. It's like having 5 assistants that can spell check and type at 300 wpm. But they sometimes totally fabricate "facts" that would result in an immediate firing of a real employee.
I heard Epstein designed the Cracker Barrel logo as a diabolical plan to divert attention from identifying the thousands of Johns that bought underaged prostitution. Look over there!! It's a shiny ball. Made from gold!! Squirrel!! Not Trump! Trump world. Correct letters aren't MAGA. They're ADHD
Well, they had BoJo, but he was 10 times smarter on his worst day than Trump on his best day.
With partial government ownership just exactly how is competitive bidding for government contracts going to ever happen again? Trump has been extorting from businesses who want a contract. Guess that means that "it's pay to play" to get a contract. Corruption at the highest level in the world.
It's Trumpspeak. Like Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" You can tell exactly what he's planning to do because he has no filters on the septic tank that comprises Trump's brain.
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There's a bunch of the AI LLMs features and functions under the hood that the public users have no access to. There's a preamble script on each session (behind the scenes) that keeps it honest and polite. In the military versions that the government uses, all of these things can be turned off.
Chat-gpt is an imperfect tool. But a very powerful tool in the right person's hands. It takes a lot of work and skills to get useful work out of it. For most people it's simply a parlor game. That's ok. It's like watching Bugs Bunny opera w/ Elmer Fudd. Multiple experience levels can enjoy it.
Or "assault".
There's a version for throwing at Trump. It's called the Apprentice. No salami, roast beef or ham. It's 100% baloney.
So I guess the aphorism that "you can indict a ham sandwich" doesn't always apply.
You ever been to Austin? I've seen a wedding band there that played electric harp and could do a passable rendition of Pachelbel Canon in D as well as Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire". The saying is "Keep Austin Weird". Doesn't mean put ignorant pinheads in charge. Replace Abbott, Patrick and Paxton.
The same place he learned the statewide emergency of transgender athletes competing in women's sports. (non-existent). Gradeschool children dressing up as "furries" and using kitty litter in the classroom for a bathroom. (never happened once). Abbott is a fool that believes any conspiracy at all
Let's see:... If Pulte wants to find fraud, then why doesn't he start with Pulte Mortgage where they've actually found mortgage fraud? www.hudoig.gov/reports-publ...
Babbling idiot.
Military coup
This is what Presidential incompetency looks like.
There needs to be a version of this sandwich for throwing at Trump. Made using only baloney.
Doesn't matter what the "prize" is called. He'll bow down to anybody that gives him a gold trinket.
It went from garden preserved in Mason jars and stored in a tornado cellar before it was opened in winter and made into pies. It was a different world.
Grew it in a garden in the back yard. Watch out for the spines when you pick them.
You haven't had it like my grandma made it. Really good. 😂
It's a perfect lie detector. Sound level meter in vicinity of Trump's mouth. Any audio? Yes=lies
Rural Kansas as a kid. We also had pan fried chicken, bacon and potatoes for early morning breakfast on Sunday mornings. And stuff called chow-chow. Rhubarb pie.
Never roast or barbecue Brussels sprouts. Put them in with salt and a large pat of butter in a microwave bag and steam them. Serve in a bowl with vinegar hot sauce.
Pickled pigs feet.
Kinda has a non-skin texture to it. Funny bumps. Any dermos that know what this is out there?
Wonder if it's complicated his ability to lie. He'd always do "accordion hands" when he knew he was telling a whopper.
The reality of the situation was that this guy was the glue that kept the company functioning. He was so competent that everything worked like a well oiled machine. Because there weren't ongoing "emergencies" nobody really even knew what he did.
This way the people can control the means of production, if you know what I mean.
If you look at the horizon you can see the thin skin of the atmosphere. All of it. It's only about 70,000 feet thick. Feet. If you look from the station you can see the smoke from a power plant extend a hundred miles. It's why the issue of pollution is so very important.
It's a preparation for martial law. Military coup. He'll declare the mayors to be corrupt and replace with a Trump puppet. Just like the "little green men" did in Crimea. It's a failure of imagination to think he won't. By the time we see it, get outraged and push back it will be too late.
One I saw in real life: "All he ever did was clerical and replace toilet paper." 6 months later emergency backup generator stopped because it never got any diesel ordered. None of printers worked b/c no toner. Everyone's access cards quit working because nobody updated. Septic tank clogged. 😂
Okla school system: "we're eliminating all *woke* and liberal ideology from the classrooms" We'll teach how Trump won in 2020 and how slavery was better than death. Make Trump bibles mandatory in classrooms." 2 months later: "Why did all the teachers quit?"
He's so stupid he probably thinks that Putin will do the deal for Trump Tower Moscow.
The "telling" part is when they put in or took out the automated checkout, not a single employee had their hourly wage changed. It's never been about the welfare of their employees. They're boxes on an org chart with lists If raising wages forces a company to make changes... Collective bargaining.
