Octopus Overlords

Chaz wrote:

Defiant wrote:Starting January 20, Donald Drumpf Can Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages to the Entire Nation

While it’d be a true nightmare to get screeching alerts from your phone that “Loser Senate Democrats still won’t confirm great man Peter Thiel to Supreme Court. Sad!”, there are some checks and balances on this. While President-elect Drumpf hasn’t shown much impulse control when it comes to his favorite mass-messaging service, Twitter, the process for issuing a WEA isn’t as simple as typing out a 90-character alert from a presidential smartphone and hitting “Send.”

I'm willing to believe a lot of things about this administration, but fear that he's about to start abusing the emergency alert system just seems like over the top alarm. At least at this point.

‘I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally’

Defiant wrote:

Yes, that's the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

RunningMn9 wrote:

malchior wrote:I can't believe humanity could be this stupid but then again we elected Trump so all bets are off.

Apparently we live in a world where what you want to be true, is good enough.

We’re in post-accountability

Chaz wrote:I'm willing to believe a lot of things about this administration, but fear that he's about to start abusing the emergency alert system just seems like over the top alarm. At least at this point.

malchior wrote:

Chaz wrote:I'm willing to believe a lot of things about this administration, but fear that he's about to start abusing the emergency alert system just seems like over the top alarm. At least at this point.

In the grand scheme of powers I fear he is going to use - this has to rank towards the bottom.

Pyperkub wrote:

malchior wrote:

Chaz wrote:I'm willing to believe a lot of things about this administration, but fear that he's about to start abusing the emergency alert system just seems like over the top alarm. At least at this point.

In the grand scheme of powers I fear he is going to use - this has to rank towards the bottom.

Yup, it just won't scratch the ego itch in the same way that twitter does.

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported that the deal only covers 800 Carrier jobs in the Indianapolis furnace plant and an additional 300 research and development jobs that were not going to Mexico. Carrier parent company United Technologies still intends to move 1,300 jobs to Mexico.
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Using taxpayer dollars to bribe companies to stay in the US is always a bad deal, but the deal gets even worse when it keeps less than half of the at risk jobs in the country. Trump and Pence just threw away seven million dollars that Indiana taxpayers are going to have to pay for so that Carrier can keep a fraction of the jobs they were going to send to Mexico in the country.

Defiant wrote:Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism'

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the president of Taiwan by phone on Friday, in a move likely to infuriate Beijing and hinder US-China relations.

"President-elect Trump spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, who offered her congratulations," according to a readout of the call released by Trump's transition team.

"During the discussion, they noted the close economic, political, and security ties" between Taiwan and the United States, the statement continued. "President-elect Trump also congratulated President Tsai on becoming President of Taiwan earlier this year."

The call, first reported by the Financial Times, is the first time a US president has directly spoken with Taiwan's leadership in more than 30 years.

Defiant wrote:

Holman wrote:There's already a rumor that John Bolton (who met with Trump today) made the Taiwan call happen.

Rip wrote:

Holman wrote:There's already a rumor that John Bolton (who met with Trump today) made the Taiwan call happen.

If so.

This isn't a blunder, it is a calculated decision.

The Reagan approach of standing tall instead of the normal cowering.

Hopefully this means Bolton might also get SecState.

Rip wrote:Hopefully this means Bolton might also get SecState.

Rip wrote:

Holman wrote:There's already a rumor that John Bolton (who met with Trump today) made the Taiwan call happen.

If so.

This isn't a blunder, it is a calculated decision.

The Reagan approach of standing tall instead of the normal cowering.

Rip wrote:

Holman wrote:There's already a rumor that John Bolton (who met with Trump today) made the Taiwan call happen.

If so.

This isn't a blunder, it is a calculated decision.

The Reagan approach of standing tall instead of the normal cowering.

Hopefully this means Bolton might also get SecState.

Holman wrote:

Taiwanese press, meanwhile, is reporting that the call was arranged by Trump's team.

STANDING TALL!!

Chrisoc13 wrote:I'm willing to take a wait and see stance with the Taiwan issue. Just because something hasn't been done doesn't mean it is wrong. I hear similar gnashing of teeth when Obama upended the status quo with Cuba but that outrage was over the top.

If it was just winging it then it was a mistake. If it was a calculated decision then... Maybe we should wait and see. Taiwan is not part of China. We can put our heads in the sand and act like it is for diplomacy sake.but it's not reality.

Holman wrote:
But the the status quo in our relations with China and Taiwan is what PRESERVES Taiwan's independence. That's what all previous presidents (Reagan included) have understood. Dicking around with this threatens Taiwan way more than Beijing.

Slapping China across the face on this doesn't end with Taiwan powerful and China humiliated. It ends with Taiwan invaded and/or our economy in shambles.

Holman wrote:

Chrisoc13 wrote:I'm willing to take a wait and see stance with the Taiwan issue. Just because something hasn't been done doesn't mean it is wrong. I hear similar gnashing of teeth when Obama upended the status quo with Cuba but that outrage was over the top.

If it was just winging it then it was a mistake. If it was a calculated decision then... Maybe we should wait and see. Taiwan is not part of China. We can put our heads in the sand and act like it is for diplomacy sake.but it's not reality.

But the the status quo in our relations with China and Taiwan is what PRESERVES Taiwan's independence. That's what all previous presidents (Reagan included) have understood. Dicking around with this threatens Taiwan way more than Beijing.

Slapping China across the face on this doesn't end with Taiwan powerful and China humiliated. It ends with Taiwan invaded and/or our economy in shambles.

Rip wrote:China doesn't have the balls. Taiwan isn't just going to give in and that is a war that would be far more damaging to China than anyone. China has been getting more belligerent and this is the perfect play.

Holman wrote:

Rip wrote:China doesn't have the balls. Taiwan isn't just going to give in and that is a war that would be far more damaging to China than anyone. China has been getting more belligerent and this is the perfect play.

What's terrifying is that Steve Bannon is probably whispering this kind of asinine bullshit into Trump's ear right now.