Lee Courtney

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

I usually wait until I finish a book before commenting on it, but I'm going out on a limb and say that this one is very good and spot on. Glad we don't live in Silicon Valley any longer.

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THanks Larry - this was very good.

Exactly.

"a sniveling jerk"

Spot on, but you misspelled "coward."

Is this the point where the oligarchs realize that maybe Hitler 2.0 was such a great bet after all? (Well all except Peter Thiel and Musk of course.)

Coincidence? Ha, ha, ha - NO.

[3/3]Do we have to wait until mid-terms and if a rational Congress is able to impeach, convict, and remove the President. If the V-P is just as bad will we need to impeach him in addition?

We're in a pickle. Trump/Vance/Musk/Thiel/Vought are actively working to break our American democracy.

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2. My second take-away: America is in trouble. What do we do when we have a totally incompetent and inept President and V-P? Especially when we have a Congress that is under the control of the President, and a Cabinet stacked with loyalists that will never invoke the 25th amendment.

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1. Ukraine is in trouble. And I apologize for that, Trump and Vance are incompetent and inept.

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘The actual number is $120B, not $350B’: Rattner debunks Trump’s Ukraine aid claims

Rattner debunks Trump’s Ukraine aid claims: ‘The actual number is $120B, not $350B’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxR8...

Aside from the fact that Trump/Vance are doing Putin's dirty work and screwing Ukraine, how doesAmerica deal with a President and an administration that is at best incompetent and at worst actively working to subvert America?

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

I’m supposed to reach across the aisle and work with these people?

Hard pass.

And above the fold! F'ing AMAZING!

I thought that we weren't supposed to lick banana slugs? 🤪

Oh I ❤️❤️❤️ these guys and gals. When we lived in the SF Bay area they were all over the Santa Cruz Mtns. We had a redwood tree in our backyard with a family living around it. Even stumbled across a nusery full of eggs once. Lucky you!

She has a good point, there are people we need that are listening to Trump, think Musk is a genius, and are confused. Dems need to stop calling Trump names, holding indignant pressers, and start talking about real kitchen table problems. (But still do everything they're doing now - lawsuits etc.)

Haven't watched, but my wife did and said she thought they would sound sane and appeal to independent voters. She is very concerned Trump/Musk/GOP are using Fox to sane-wash all the Project-2025 nonsense going down.

*We* know what's going on, but Trump et al will use Fox etc./. to confuse. :-/

Ok that made me laugh

I like the lawsuit idea, but the idea of boycotting the Oval Office/WH Briefing Room/Air Force One is a non-starter. Trump/Musk/GOP mouthpieces will then be the only channel for information. A dilemma I don;t have solution to.

Costco membership - same, I support businesses that treat their workers well.

Retired after 45+ years in tech (Intel, HP, GM, numerous start-ups). Musk's Padwans will "move fast and break things." As competent, experienced stewards of that data and processes are forced out, we will suffer real injury, and unfortunately in some cases, death. :-/

Picked up my "Golden Ticket" at yesterdays stewards winter check-in meeting. Anytime, anywhere access in Deschutes NF and Three Sisters (and Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Washington) Wilderness. Mandatory adventure for me and Katy is to sprinkle some of Maverick's ashes at the summit of South Sister. ❤️🐕‍🦺

My emoji is flying every day until Trump/GOP/Musk is out of office.

Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms

Here:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Fort Worth. Texas. Not surprising. That area (I am from Arlington which is next to Fort Worth) is one of the most regressive, Trump-cult areas in the country.

Still doesn't make it right...