On 04/03/2025 21:51, Siri Cruise wrote:There is no power in Article II to designate an official language.
Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
What authority?
By the authority vested in Mr Trump as President by the Constitution and by the
electoral college.
On 3/4/2025 2:05 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
On 04/03/2025 21:51, Siri Cruise wrote:There is no power in Article II to designate an official language.
Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
What authority?
By the authority vested in Mr Trump as President by the
Constitution and by the electoral college.
On 2025-04-05, Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:
On 05/04/2025 05:46, Gronk wrote:
The US is not trusted anymore.
I think you may be pleasantly surprised by how quickly the rest
of the world will be ready to trust the USA again when it returns
to normal after its flirtation with despotism (although we may
never again be able to keep a straight face when you boast of
your Constitution's 'checks and balances'). The US has its share
of enemies, but it also has... or rather, /had/ many friends, and
most of those friends are ready to restore their friendship just
as soon as the States goes back on its meds.
The deals have already started.
No nation, not even China, wants tariffs but the key is to convince them
to even the playing field somewhat so it is fair.
Of course there is so much to it such as countries devaluing their currency,
slave labor wages,
do the raw materials need to be imported to make the product etc but tariffs orTrump said he will *never* negotiate. He says the tariffs are *permanent*.
the threat of tariffs is a start toward negotiations.
slave labor wages,
No such thing. Slaves earn *zero* wages. Employees in countries that
export to the U.S. are paid wages.
Here is a critical flaw in the free trade mentality. There is an
assumption that poor workers will rise up into better, more productive
You can see that while given the opportunity in free trade of building
better lives, most just wanted to keep the numb, monkey jobs they'd
always had so they could get along with their bread and circuses
undisturbed.
I do not chide people for being fat, dumb, and happy. But even
monkeys make the company profitable, so they deserve a share of
the profits.
*No* countries have devalued their currencies to boost exports.
You can see that while given the opportunity in free trade of building
better lives, most just wanted to keep the numb, monkey jobs they'd
always had so they could get along with their bread and circuses
undisturbed.
On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 11:48:08 +0100, Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net>
wrote:
On 06/04/2025 at 03:10, J Carlson wrote:
*No* countries have devalued their currencies to boost exports.
See: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/devaluation.asp
Devaluation Strategy
By devaluing its currency, a country makes its money cheaper and boosts
exports, rendering them more competitive in the global market.
Conversely, foreign products become more expensive, so the demand for
imports falls. Governments use devaluation to combat a trade imbalance
and have exports exceed imports.
Good way to start a war. So Slobbovia bought grain from you at an
agreed upon price for the next three years of three Slobbos a bushel.
Then Slobbovia devalues it's currency by fifty percent.
Suddenly, you're having to accept half price on your grain deal.
Yeah, this kind of stuff used to trigger wars. The US with it's
standard global currency and free trade direction does more to keep
the peace than all the guns we've EVER had.
Trump just threw that away and worse, badly damaged the trust our
allies had in us.
But all this is based on*trust* and Trump is doing everything he
can to destroy that trust. Just like he destroyed trust in media,
election systems, law enforcement and the justice system. He lies
on top of lies to create conflict then sits back and enjoys the
show.
Only this time, the other players are telling him to piss off.
Do you really want to be his entertainment? /rant
If there are any scientologists out there, would you agree he's a
two and a half percenter? A true anti-social personality?
I don't trust anything that scientologists say, but I did once
read an
article that claimed that about 5% of the population are sociopaths.
On 13 Apr 2025, Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid> posted some news:vti926$lp4m$1@dont-email.me:
gary schmidt wrote:
On 04 Apr 2025, Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid> posted some
Blue Lives Matter wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:19:20 -0600, Gronk
<invalide@invalid.invalid>
Blue Lives Matter wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:06:50 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
<OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
old fart wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
<snip>
"Yo! I'd agree wahth ya ta a certaahn extent. However, oh,
baby,
ahf ya wana converse ahn a cahvahlahzed geezerner a'
accomplahsh aythahng of value, fer shure, some
sta'ardahzatahon ahs necessary. Slap mah fro! To bechahll a >>>>>>>>> naturalahzed U.S. cahtahzen, ya must demonstrate a
understa'ahng of da Englahsh laguage, ahncludahng da abahlahty >>>>>>>>> ta read, wrahte, man, a' speak."
Is that S'urn English? Alabama? Mississippi? Joejah?
One big difference between conservatives and liberals is that
liberals are habitual complainers, (see above) while
conservatives either do
Meanwhile, #FELONDon does nothing but complain and
whine and rant...
Well no, he just imposed a tariff on cars not made in the USA.
And parts. Tariffs are taxes.
Democrats: "We've blown the budget again. We'll just increase taxes
on millionaires!" How many times have we heard that stupid bs line?
Started under Biden
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250306-drop-in-us-border-crossi
ngs-goes-deeper-than-trump
It started when
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