Yeah, "AI Buildings"? Who are the "we" who are building these buildings? The Federal government, Haliburton, Musk? Are these mysterious builders really going to build a 13 x 2 mile (approximate size of Manhattan island) building somewhere? The Boeing Everett factory is about 2 miles long.
...But this case is potentially about far more than tariffs. Trump justified his tariffs in the first place by issuing decrees over imaginary emergencies: the âfentanyl emergencyâ at our Northern border with Canada and the âtrade deficit emergencyâ with the rest of the world, which has been going on for decades.
Trumpâs attorneys argue that he, and only he, gets to decide what is an emergency. And if the radical Supreme Court majority agrees with him, it would set us on a fast track to autocratic rule in the U.S., where âemergency ruleâ becomes the norm, not the exception.
It should be an entertaining listen today.
In the perverse world we're in, I wonder if the SCOTUS going against Trump might actually help him/Republicans more than giving him a "win" and allowing him to add inflation and uncertainty with more tariffs?
...But this case is potentially about far more than tariffs. Trump justified his tariffs in the first place by issuing decrees over imaginary emergencies: the âfentanyl emergencyâ at our Northern border with Canada and the âtrade deficit emergencyâ with the rest of the world, which has been going on for decades.
Trumpâs attorneys argue that he, and only he, gets to decide what is an emergency. And if the radical Supreme Court majority agrees with him, it would set us on a fast track to autocratic rule in the U.S., where âemergency ruleâ becomes the norm, not the exception.
by your logic:
I don't make the rules. You basically made me be an asshole.
@Kurt: you might have had a point with your last post about Trump being upset with all he's been through "for the last ten years." But
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REPEATEDLY AND FLAGRANTLY BREAK THE LAW.
Sorry you can't admit that Trump's a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and a failed insurrectionist. And I guess you've conveniently forgotten that he was accused of a raft of other illegal activities—e.g. willfully retaining and hiding government documents, including Top Secret documents
THAT WERE NOT DECLASSIFIED.
Seriously, Kurt: if you're not getting paid to shill for Trump, you should be.
Well, there seemingly is some progress here. You seem to acknowledge that the Trump administration is engaging in conduct that will fuel this race to the bottom.
Yes, I have noticed a change in tone and tactics as well. It seems that these days patience has left the building. And IMHO, understandably so. Not that I agree or approve but I get that Trump and the entire administration is fed up to their ears with the endless abuse over 10 years. Trump is not running for reelection and has no ones ass he needs to kiss anymore.
It is now his way or the highway. What's the worst that can happen to him ? He gets shot again ?
Perhaps you might want to look at things through Trump's perspective. You don't have to agree with him to do that. But if you don't believe that he has anything to be upset about, then ... what ? He's just giving back all the shit that has been thrown at him over the past 10 years.
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Posted:
Nov 4, 2025 - 11:53am
kurtster wrote:
I don't make the rules.
I was just making an observation. Feel free to shoot me if it makes you happy.
I'll be dead and won't give a shit if you don't miss.
It's not a rule, and none of us - including you - have to follow it. Taking a strategy of blaming instead of helping just means folks just like to complain. Which really gets tiresome for some, although for others it's their only way of feeling smarter or superior to others.
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Posted:
Nov 4, 2025 - 10:45am
kurtster wrote:
Thanks for sparing me the trip.
I would call those legitimate grievances on their own.
What is left out is how we got to where we are that this is actually happening. This conduct did not originate in a vacuum or without precedent.
It is a reaction to what has come before. The bar was lowered by those that came before, from the other side of the aisle.
That our present administration is lowering itself to engage at the levels previously established is disheartening, but ...
Being nice and a pushover is also how we got here to where we are now. Taking the high road goes nowhere anymore; gets nothing done or accomplished.
We have been forced into a race to the bottom. Doesn't have to be that way, but that is the way it seems to be going presently.
Well, there seemingly is some progress here. You seem to acknowledge that the Trump administration is engaging in conduct that will fuel this race to the bottom.
