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US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports (1 Viewer)

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If there's ever another Depression era Democratic surge, the new government might consider seizing space edolf and edolf link and absorbing them into NASA or some other agency. I mean, that's apparently the way we're doing things now, so turnabout is fair play. Also, it's not like we won't have already paid him for those companies with our retirements and their tariff looting, so it's not really theft.
 
I'll head up the operation after the new president appoints me by executive order. It will be called Operation Clawback. I'll go on TV (except faux) and make serious faces and say serious things. Might be fun. I also won't wear a stupid ball cap.

Actually, I take that back. I'll run it from the shadows, and make someone else the face of it. I don't really want to be on TV that much.
 
If there's ever another Depression era Democratic surge, the new government might consider seizing space edolf and edolf link and absorbing them into NASA or some other agency. I mean, that's apparently the way we're doing things now, so turnabout is fair play. Also, it's not like we won't have already paid him for those companies with our retirements and their tariff looting, so it's not really theft.
We should be nationalizing a lot of industries and put them under democratic control.
 
Turns out the Trump Presidency is the biggest pay to play setup in the entire modern era. And that is saying something.
Long dead turn of the century titans of industry are in Hell kicking themselves for being so naive as to pretend they weren’t buying the government.

They could have just done it out in the open and apparently no one would have cared.
 
We should be nationalizing a lot of industries and put them under democratic control.
Nah, we should be careful about that. However, isn't space edolf largely taxpayer funded anyway? We won't call it nationalization. We'll call it "rent to own." We might have paid five thousand bucks for it, but that sofa is finally ours.
 
I'll head up the operation after the new president appoints me by executive order. It will be called Operation Clawback. I'll go on TV (except faux) and make serious faces and say serious things. Might be fun. I also won't wear a stupid ball cap.

Actually, I take that back. I'll run it from the shadows, and make someone else the face of it. I don't really want to be on TV that much.

While you have this Unlimited Power can you also ban skin bronzer for men. Also a combover longer than 12 inches gets a person a one way trip to the Cecot Hilton.

Just for fun.
 
Long dead turn of the century titans of industry are in Hell kicking themselves for being so naive as to pretend they weren’t buying the government.

They could have just done it out in the open and apparently no one would have cared.

Agreed with you, on several counts. Before it was all kinda hush hush on the corruption part, now it appears to be a badge of honor.
 
Turns out the Trump Presidency is the biggest pay to play setup in the entire modern era. And that is saying something.
Didn't we just endure 4 years of Republicans feigning outrage over the idea that somehow Joe Biden made a few million dollars from the Ukrainians, the Chinese through Hunter. First, they investigated this for years and found nothing; second, the dates of these alleged crimes were when Biden was not in government and third, the amounts were comparatively paltry. Nonetheless, we got plenty of self-righteous indignation from Trump voters.

Now that we have actual corruption right in our faces for all to see, with much greater amounts of money involved, the self righteous Trump voters are showing their true colors --- they actually have no moral floor. They just don't like Democrats.
 
Didn't we just endure 4 years of Republicans feigning outrage over the idea that somehow Joe Biden made a few million dollars from the Ukrainians, the Chinese through Hunter. First, they investigated this for years and found nothing; second, the dates of these alleged crimes were when Biden was not in government and third, the amounts were comparatively paltry. Nonetheless, we got plenty of self-righteous indignation from Trump voters.

Now that we have actual corruption right in our faces for all to see, with much greater amounts of money involved, the self righteous Trump voters are showing their true colors --- they actually have no moral floor. They just don't like Democrats.

Shhhhhhhhhh! (Don't **** it up, no whataboutism forgiveness outs for MAGAs supporting Trump's blatant corruption.)
 
While you have this Unlimited Power can you also ban skin bronzer for men. Also a combover longer than 12 inches gets a person a one way trip to the Cecot Hilton.

Just for fun.
Fun for me would be making shit better for workers.

Right to work for less? Whoosh. Gone.
Fire at will for any reason or for no reason at all? Gone.
Pretending that your full time workers are just contractors who are there to paint the fence? Gone.
Compulsory non-compete at point of hire? Banned.

And if they automate and AI everything in response? Prepare for GBI paid for by taxes on the rich enacted by executive order. Unconstitutional? Totally. However, the new kangaroo SCOTUS can rubber stamp it. How do we get rid of the old one?

Why, by executive order, of course.

This, of course, is partially meant in jest, but this kind of shit is exactly what they are currently doing.
 
Well well, it seems Musk still has power in the Trump admin.




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I would say another day, another example of corruption, but it seems to be multiple times per each day with this admin.


Rubio is as corrupt as the rest of them. Worst Sec of State that I can remember. Nothing more than a Trump/Vance/Stephen Miller lap dog.
 
Well well, it seems Musk still has power in the Trump admin.




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I would say another day, another example of corruption, but it seems to be multiple times per each day with this admin.

The corruption of crony capitalism. First Trump decimates a loyalist's supply chain and to make some amends, ties his trade policy to helping his crony.

This how this particular chaotic Godfather works, although I am sure Luciano would have done a more coherent and less attention-seeking job at it.
 
The corruption of crony capitalism. First Trump decimates a loyalist's supply chain and to make some amends, ties his trade policy to helping his crony.

This how this particular chaotic Godfather works, although I am sure Luciano would have done a more coherent and less attention-seeking job at it.
The President of the United States created a job in government for his friend, the richest man in the world. The job involves scrutiny of government department and agency budgets, the man does billions of dollars business with government departments and agencies
And the President made it so this man could do this job in secrecy- by bringing him under the umbrella of the Presidential Records Act.
Corruption doesn't begin to describe it.
 
Well, well, well...



Grok:

Based on available information, Starlink, operated by SpaceX, reached agreements with several foreign governments or entities during the Biden administration (January 20, 2021, to January 20, 2025).
 

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