Donald Trump, US President #47, US President #45, convicted felon, twice impeached, four times indicted, liable of rape, convicted for financial fraud, guilty of hiding hush money payments to porn actress in attempt to influence 2016 elections

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#3353574 13-Mar-2025 14:13

Trump tarrifs Steel and Aluminium, not just Australia ?

Don't worry we have Tiwai Point.
Time for another round of electricity price discounts for them ?

While other industries have shuttered due to high electricity prices.
https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/sawmill-shutdown-due-to-high-energy-costs-latest-harbinger-of-manufacturing-slowdown

While we wait for what else Trump may decide to tariff.

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#3353575 13-Mar-2025 14:15

Republicans: "Wait a moment. Let's see where this goes."

Republicans quietly cede power to cancel Trump’s tariffs, avoiding a tough vote : New York Times

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

That would have forced Republicans — many of whom are opposed to tariffs as a matter of principle — to go on the record on the issue at a time when Mr. Trump’s commitment to tariffs has spooked the financial markets and spiked concerns of reigniting inflation.

But Republican leaders on Tuesday slipped language into a procedural measure that would prevent any resolution to end the tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China from receiving a vote this year. It passed on party lines
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#3353595 13-Mar-2025 15:30

In general that scenario is not unusual for USA. Congress stepping back from what they should be doing and in turn reserving the right to blame the President if/when things turn out badly so they can retain their seats in a congressional election.

The other side of the coin Presidential powers are frequently used to effectively without-either-party-saying-it override Congress.

and the other variation, the President blaming Congress, etc. Then all the many combinations of the above. Just for something different this time around the President and Congressional majority are from the same party.

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#3353763 13-Mar-2025 22:21

Dropkick Murphys describe their music style as a mix of Celtic punk, punk rock, and hardcore punk with strong influences from traditional Irish folk music. They've often referred to their sound as "working-class punk" or "street punk with a Celtic twist".

Dropkick Murphys' best-known song is arguably "I'm Shipping Up to Boston."

Dropkick Murphys vs. MAGA Wager

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#3353764 13-Mar-2025 22:26

A bit of dark humour. Could be a Trump appointee

A sociopath goes for a job interview

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#3353769 14-Mar-2025 00:15

kingdragonfly: Dropkick Murphys describe their music style as a mix of Celtic punk, punk rock, and hardcore punk with strong influences from traditional Irish folk music. They've often referred to their sound as "working-class punk" or "street punk with a Celtic twist".

Dropkick Murphys' best-known song is arguably "I'm Shipping Up to Boston."

They also wrote "Tessie", the anthem of some major Boston sportsball team which may be even better-known, at least in Boston. If anyone wants to get an idea of what they're liked I'd recommend starting with "The Warriors Code" album.

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#3353869 14-Mar-2025 06:33

The NY Times - The Trump administration must rehire thousands of fired workers, a judge rules.

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A federal judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of workers with probationary status who had been fired as part of President Trump’s government-gutting initiative.

Ruling from the bench, Judge William J. Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California went further than he had previously, finding that the Trump administration’s firing of probationary workers had essentially been done unlawfully and by fiat through the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources arm.

He directed the Treasury and the Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Interior Departments to comply with his order and offer to reinstate any employees who were improperly terminated.

His order stemmed from a lawsuit brought by employee unions who challenged the legality of the mass firings. ...

The judge's decision on Thursday, which also extends a restraining order last month blocking the Office of Personnel Management from orchestrating further mass firings, offered a temporary reprieve for federal workers unions who have resisted the Trump administration’s initiatives.

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#3353871 14-Mar-2025 07:02

Democrat Defends His Vote To Censure Al Green | HuffPost UK Life

when asked about those who argue that Trump himself doesn’t “play by the rules,” Bera told the cable news network that we need “radical civility.”

I can really see them just quietly queuing in line to the gas chambers. Perhaps if we were really really nice everyone else would stop being so horrid.

How did the US get independence? How was slavery abolished? How did blacks get their civil rights? I don't think it was radical civility.

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#3353889 14-Mar-2025 09:05

roobarb:

Democrat Defends His Vote To Censure Al Green | HuffPost UK Life

when asked about those who argue that Trump himself doesn’t “play by the rules,” Bera told the cable news network that we need “radical civility.”

I can really see them just quietly queuing in line to the gas chambers. Perhaps if we were really really nice everyone else would stop being so horrid.

How did the US get independence? How was slavery abolished? How did blacks get their civil rights? I don't think it was radical civility.

Nope - was more like "radical activity".

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Handsome Dan does not currently have a side hustle as the mascot for Yale

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#3353940 14-Mar-2025 14:04

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-frustrated-with-elon-musk-s-doge-cuts-new-poll-finds/ar-AA1ASr5q?cvid=fc916b69c78a464b9ad8caf7bca9e50d&ei=10

What a surprise! A majority of voters don't like what Musk (along with his bunch of DOGE kids) is doing to the Government, at all!

But hang on - no one voted for Musk! They voted for the orange buffoon!

Or did they???

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#3354083 14-Mar-2025 17:26

What a monkey stable.

- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter

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#3354085 14-Mar-2025 17:39

Interesting idiom: "monkey stable." Never heard it before.

I assume stable is associated with order and domesticated animals (like horses), while monkeys represent the opposite -- wildness, mischief, chaos.