The Real timschochet

If you truly think that Trump is doing a good job negotiating here then you are somebody I would like to make a deal with.

No I’m serious. What was his point? The next human genius, the guy who changes the world, (think Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein or Bill Gates) could come from anywhere, any culture. Maybe the kid deported was that genius. Maybe the fact that this kid has to go back to a sh!thole country without the opportunities we have here will doom him or her and humanity will have lost what could have been. It’s something to think about.

It IS sad. No matter what happens from here, the result of the 2024 Presidential election will be a low point in our history. But I am optimistic about the future.

He’s right.

99% of conspiracy theories are bullsh!t.

He had a high opinion of Republicans and constantly assured me that they were far too good to ever nominate a man like Donald Trump. Then he believed that the American people were far too decent to ever elect a man like Donald Trump. He suffered two great betrayals that year.

@TrailGuy seems reasonable to me. He’s offering the same criticism that a lot of the nation is offering. He and I are in the minority here for sure but not necessarily in the general public. I sense a lot of buyer’s remorse is starting to take place. People voted for Trump to lower prices and secure the border, not all this other stuff.

Not sure what the farm bill will do but I do know that the tariffs on Mexico and Canada are coming shortly and I expect all supermarket prices to rise further and rapidly.

No he’s right. We really have no idea. I didn’t make that assumption with Hunter Biden so I shouldn’t be doing it now.

But @jerryskids criticism of me was correct in this instance. I had no special knowledge that Musk or DOGE was involved (certainly I was unaware of what you have described) and I shouldn’t have assumed.

OK fair enough. I never bought into the Hunter Biden stuff so I can buy into the idea that this was done by the FAA without any connection to DOGE and perhaps Starlink is simply cheaper or more efficient or whatever. Thats reasonable and I can accept it. Truth be told I don’t usually buy into corruption stories. (I do think that Jared Kushner-Saudi was major corruption however). That being said, the timing is unfortunate. It’s not a good look.

I‘m not seeing much of a difference here. Do you really think I deliberately lied, like Musk did about Ebola?

DOGE is going to terminate a 2.4 billion dollar contract between the FAA and Verizon and replace it with a new contract with…:Musk’s company Starlink. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/ Someone will have to explain how this is being done for government efficiency because, to my untrained mind, it looks a lot like pure corruption.

Well gee maybe that’s true. Maybe it isn’t. We really don’t know because it’s impossible to verify anything DOGE says until a few days later and very often it turns out to be a lie (which is why Fox was careful to title the article “Doge says”. They might as well have titled it “Simon says”. But even if it it’s true, why did you post it in reponse to the lie about Ebola? What does one have to do with the other?

You’re right she didn’t say they should all be fired. But what she said was pretty dumb anyhow don’t you think? Or do you agree with her implication that most federal employees are lazy and worthless and don’t work “real” jobs?

Another lie: yesterday Musk said that he made a mistake canceling the USAID work on Ebola; it was quickly restored and “there was no interruption”.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/elon-musk-ebola-prevention-usaid-doge/ It’s been completely shut down and hasn’t restarted. How long before you guys realize what a fraud this dude is? .

Just unbelievable. They’re such liars.

You guys are mocking the only person who is making sense here, who is suggesting we should not cut funding for vaccine research? Incredible. All of you should be embarrassed.

I can’t speak for you seafoam1. Somehow, despite the fact that you share the political views of most of the folks here you manage to get voted the most annoying poster on a consistent basis. That’s an extraordinary accomplishment- one would figure that it should be one of us libs, but somehow you always seem to beat us out.

I believed her after I watched her testify in public before millions of people. If this whistleblower is ready to do the same I will watch and let you know,

Trump said today that Zelensky is coming on Friday to sign an agreement to give up most of their rare earth minerals for the USA. But he also said that we would not guarantee Ukraine’s security and that as far as Ukraine joining NATO they could “forget about it.” Logically, why would Zelensky agree to this? Is he hoping that maybe just the presence of American workers on the ground in Ukraine would itself become a security guarantee? Maybe that’s it, and maybe that’s enough. But if I were him I sure as hell wouldn’t give away my country’s most valuable resources without more of a promise than that.

I see. So you don’t believe the medical experts who warn us that this particular flu, if it spreads to humans, could become a deadly pandemic much worse than Covid-19? That doesn’t concern you at all?

I’m glad you don’t want people to die. Can you explain what you meant when you wrote “good”? Why at this time is it good to cut funding for developing a vaccine for the bird flu?

I can speak for you too if you’d like. I know exactly what you will say on just about any subject.

Unfortunately this is not the only incident. Musk said today he’s received several death threats. In addition there was talk of ICE agents being doxxed. This crap needs to stop. Unacceptable no matter who does it.