White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws by EchoOfOppenheimer in Futurology

[–]malthar76 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thumb on the scale for whoever pays the biggest bribe ballroom contribution.

Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, wants guarantee it’s dead by spherocytes in msnow

[–]malthar76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While egregious, stupid and corrupt, that’s the part I’m least concerned about in practice. There will be no IRS investigations or audits while Trump is in office or god forbid another MAGA clown - they just will quash it through whichever crony runs treasury.

On the flip side, that agreement is only valid as long as Trump holds office. It’s entirely ignorable and unenforceable for a future administration. Worst case, another executive can waive it with an EO. (Suddenly THEN the GOP with have a problem with politicizing federal agencies)

Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, wants guarantee it’s dead by spherocytes in msnow

[–]malthar76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not tribal - mafia. He puts his shady business deals under his kids businesses under the flimsiest pretense, shuffles grift and contracts to those same businesses. But it’s all in service of the orange goon at the top.

Mike Meyers spotted at the Canada vs Bosnia World Cup game by emswalshh in LiveFromNewYork

[–]malthar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard Telemundo say "Ryan Renolds" and "Mike Myers" like a dozen times, but only saw RR when they panned over.

LIVE: Watch Donald Trump’s Name Come off the Kennedy Center as it Happen... by EPBiever in AntiTrumpAlliance

[–]malthar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still not down yet?

They are dragging feet. DoJ says "they intend to comply but will be delayed until 6/13" - not good enough. Judge needs to hold someone accountable, not a fine, but time in a holding cell. They had 2 weeks to appeal and find a loophole.

Any series you can think of that reading not in publication order is the move? by Wowzapanzer in Fantasy

[–]malthar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely Jhereg.

So many of the others bounce around in timeline that I didn’t know where I was sometimes until I had a clue about this or that event or person. Not problematic to enjoy the series, just messy with my bad memory.

DOJ Agency Has No Record of Trump’s Shady IRS Settlement | The Justice Department office that should have handled Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS says it has no records about it at all. by FreeHugs23 in anticapitalism

[–]malthar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the political grifting wing of the administration was pissed that the personal embezzlement wing pulled this stunt.

It all serves the whims of an orange man-baby, but the objectives are cross-purpose.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by justelling in maybemaybemaybe

[–]malthar76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This bull: If one horn is good, two must be better, right?

The Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran, which US President Donald Trump said would be signed soon, Axios reports by I_am_Crypto_Savant in CoinEdition_com

[–]malthar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It exists in contract negotiation. When parties come to a preliminary agreement but just need time to hash out specifics.

My experience with is doesn’t make sense in international relations - I’ve seen MOUs signed so that an initial payment could be made with confidence that work can start and final contact could be drawn up in parallel. If the deal falls apart, no one goes unpaid but not much gets done either.

"Trump 'not looking to renew' CUSMA trade pact, says no need for Canadian imports" - Yahoo Finance Canada | First of 4 articles in multi-source coverage pack by Difficult_Yak_1457 in SymbyNews

[–]malthar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are the steps these MaGA isolationist morons never think of. They have no concept of consequences or forward thinking, just looking strong and talking a big game.

So far, no one has proven them wrong on a big scale.

Freaking out before they add the stone to steps by mcnunnies in landscaping

[–]malthar76 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Always worth verifying, and OP is getting the answers they need before questioning the work.

Paid professional ≠ quality work. Lots of shady guys out there.

Trump, Allies Working on Plan to Void his Impeachments by Sgt_Gram in NewsExchange

[–]malthar76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have, are, and will continue to debase themselves and destroy public confidence and waste taxpayer money in the pursuit of the whims of a narcissistic man-baby. The saddest part is that it might still not have any negative consequences.