American Politics

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3085262][URL]https://theconversation.com/what-have-the-democrats-achieved-in-trumps-first-100-days-255139[/URL][/QUOTE]The better question is, what have (or haven't) the MAGA Fuhrer and the Repubs Admin done?

To answer my own question, I would say, [B]less than nothing administratively,[/B] and are every bit the lame-duck administration, I knew they'd turnout to be. But then again, [U]they have done,[/U] everything politically possible, within their collective MAGA ideological power, to fuck-up, screw-up and mess-up America and turn it to a MAGA shit-wasteland.

Lest you forget, the (neither party is mine) MAGA Fuhrer and the shit-show Republican admin, are the ones in power (both houses).

Democratic opposition to crypto regulation is nearly universal across the party. Why is that?

[QUOTE]Bitcoin has surged to $86,000, continuing its upward trajectory despite the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate hike. The influx of nearly $1 billion into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds reflects robust investor confidence. Additionally, the CLARITY Act's failure to pass seems to have alleviated concerns, prompting a positive market reaction.[/QUOTE][URL]https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/bitcoin-price-today-how-did-btc-usd-hit-86000-after-999-million-bitcoin-etf-inflow-defied-fed-rate-hike-and-clarity-act-failure/articleshow/134420082.cms[/URL]

[I]Not a investment recommendation[/I]

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3085262][URL]https://theconversation.com/what-have-the-democrats-achieved-in-trumps-first-100-days-255139[/URL][/QUOTE]There are approximately 250,000,000 American citizens who were eligible to register and vote in 2016,2020 and 2024.

Yet only 67,000,000 of them were smart enough and patriotic enough to be registered and vote for Clinton in 2016 and only 75,000,000 of them were smart enough and patriotic enough to be registered and vote for Harris in 2024.

Sure, almost 3,000,000 more of them voted for Clinton than Trump. And, sure, they managed to reduce House seats for Repubs in 2024, but not enough to flip the House control to the Dems. Close, but not quite enough. And they managed to prevent the Repubs from winning a single Blue state Senate seat. Not bad for a "change" election year.

Otherwise, the number of Americans who voted for Clinton and Harris vs the number that COULD have voted for them suggests the majority of American adults is pretty damn stupid. Now they're crying like big dogs over why oh why haven't the Dems saved us from the crap results Repub Trump and his Party dumped on them in his first term and the now even bigger crap he and his Party are dumping on them in his 2nd term. Lolol.

For starters, instead of crying like big dogs over why oh why haven't the Dems who don't occupy the White House, don't control the House, don't control the Senate and don't control the SCOTUS save America from the utterly predictable crap results Repubs have been dumping on America every time Repubs are foolishly handed the levers of power for at least the past hundred years, what did those stay-at-home voters do in MI, PA and WI in 2024 while a relatively tiny handful of angry Muslims goaded into abandoning Harris by Netanyahu's decision to delay honoring that ceasefire until after the election decided the outcome of the presidential election?

The USA is in a World of Shit today because Americans who have or perhaps by now had the power to vote for the polar opposite outcome for themselves, their family and their friends didn't bother to do it. That isn't "the Democrats" fault. They were on the ballot. All it took was for less than a single percentage point of voters spread across the only 3 swing states that mattered, states that generally choose a president in sync with each other, to have swung their vote to Harris instead of somebody else.

But they didn't.

Oh well.

We tried.

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;3041942] ... Fossil fuels are in such demand for electricity the wait for natural gas turbines is like five years now. [b]The USA needs to double its electricity production to win the AI war ASAP[/b] and with new gas greatly slowed down, that means nukes and / or coal and in the USA with nukes, nothing ever happens fast. I would prefer nukes to coal any day but yeah, I expect electricity from coal use to skyrocket while everyone talks up the nuclear game while nothing gets done.
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And while you are giving Europe its props for its "electrostate" status, you fail to notice that their electric costs are so high, they are effectively priced out of the AI race so thank God [/QUOTE]Yes, you prefer coal and nuclear, while admitting nothing get done. And yet in subsequent debates, you've been arguing like a Mad Hatter, that [I]the U.S.[/I] is somehow winning (and will win) the AI race, ahead of China and Europe, because it has better electricity prices (and that fossil fuel generating electricity energy (or just energy in general), is the key to winning the AI race?

To which I replied:

[QUOTE=Spidy;3042494]If the USA (under the MAGA Fuhrer) want to burn fossil fuels, be it coal or gas and build multi-billion dollar boondoggle unproven SMRs and money-pit nuclear reactors and ignore the low cost renewables, as the cheapest form of energy production today, then. GOOD LUCK with that! Not too mention, it has probably lost the AI race already, if we are to believe your cooked up "theory", that based on electricity prices, that will determine, who will win the AI race or be most successful.
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[B]Simply put, your electricity argument...[u]is an oversimplification[/u], of who will succeed.[/B] There will be many key factors, that make up which companies/countries will win the AI race. And while the price of electricity maybe a one key factor, among many, nothing you've said, leads me to believe, it is the prevailing key factor, above all others, that will determine success.[/QUOTE]Here is an update from Huang:

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently sat down on the All-In Summit 2026 (on September 14,2026) and shared a blunt, practical perspective on the global AI race, open-source technology, STEM talent pipelines, and domestic chip manufacturing and reiterated what he'd said in November 2025 and said again at the summit:
[LIST][b][i]"China is going to win the AI race"[/i][/b]

The reasons he explained were, [b](1) [/b]a massive AI talent pool, [b](2) [/b]energy and infrastructure advantages, [b](3) [/b]the pivot towards an robust home-grown independent domestic AI and semiconductor stack and ecosystem driven due to the impact of US sanctions and export controls, and [b](4) [/b]open-source and [b](5) [/b]their innovation velocity speed (aka. "China Speed")[/LIST]
Still remains to be seen, but how's that, Elvis 2008, on the clear clarification, as to why and who will win the AI race, from Jensen Huang himself, rather than the propagandized crap from MAGA and the fossil fuel industry.

[QUOTE=Spidy;3085294]Lest you forget, the (neither party is mine) MAGA Fuhrer and the shit-show Republican admin, are the ones in power (both houses).[/QUOTE]Read The Constitution of the United States of America.

[URL]https://www.tned.uscourts.gov/sites/tned/files/1023civics.pdf[/URL]

The Senate grants equal representation to each state regardless of population, allowing smaller states to check the will of larger, more populous states. Same goes for the power of the political parties in the Senate.

As noted in The Federalist Papers, while the will of the majority should generally prevail, it must be "reasonable" and cannot violate the "equal rights" of the minority. The system is a constitutional democracy, not a pure democracy, specifically engineered to ensure that majority rule does not become a tool for oppression.

The Democrats have failed as the [I]loyal opposition[/I].

[QUOTE]a minority party especially in a legislative body whose opposition to the party in power is constructive, responsible, and bounded by loyalty to fundamental interests and principles[/QUOTE]Neither Party is mine!

If the Democratic party flips the house in the midterms, what are they going to do about this?

[QUOTE]A week ago you could argue that was a one-and-done insurance move or a one and maybe December hike). Todays price action says investors no longer believe that, he added. Bottom line, you cant fool or hide in the bond market unless the Fed gets inflation under control the long end of the curve is going to continue to come under pressure.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/treasury-yields-oil-inflation-fed.html[/URL]

Trump's Approval vs Disapproval ratings in the demonstrably Winger-leaning RealClearPolitics' poll of polls has gotten worse and the preference for Dems to control Congress has gotten better since Trump offered to pay every American adult $5000 if they would vote in a way to prevent Dems from taking majority control in either house of Congress so he and his Party can continue to shit on America with ever bigger and wetter turds for the next two years. See screenshots below.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;3084860]Repub MAGAs rail against DEI hires while the only atrocious outcomes from diverse profile hires have been theirs.

Now they have finally broken that stubborn glass ceiling that made it so difficult for their bestiality proponents to produce atrocious results for the country.[/QUOTE]Are not these memes based on crude, racist stereotypes?

Kash Patel isn't even Arab.

I know you are angry, but you are better than this.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3085262][URL]https://theconversation.com/what-have-the-democrats-achieved-in-trumps-first-100-days-255139[/URL][/QUOTE]The Republicans control both houses of Congress and the Executive. They are running the country into the ground like Trump did with the Taj Mahal.

[QUOTE=IguanaSix;3085355]Are not these memes based on crude, racist stereotypes?

Kash Patel isn't even Arab.

I know you are angry, but you are better than this.[/QUOTE]I'm not angry. If Kash met her / him and they fell in love who am I to judge? His new rules for FBI agent acceptance is all about tolerance of diversity in who you love. His partner apparently doesn't mind that he is not an Arab. Why should we?

There are so few less than disastrous things to say about the Trump Cabinet and Administration. Let's at least give them credit for this.

A new favorite:

[QUOTE=DwayneJohnson;3085165]It's hard for outside observers to follow who is liberal and who is conservative these days. MAGA leadership seems very liberal when it comes to sex with beasts, inanimate objects, kids and marriage with sex workers. They are also great at inflation game so prostitution could flourish. All that remains is for Americans to stop paying onlyfans e-girls.[/QUOTE]Apologies for posting your great meme worth repeating!

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3085186]Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 [U]white[/U] South African refugees.

[URL]https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/22/trump-white-south-african-refugees/[/URL][/QUOTE]Because the Afrikaners are being persecuted and victims of genocide in South Africa.

I applaud President Trump for his courage to take this excellent decision.

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;3085152][URL]https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/strait-of-hormuz-crisis--fertilizer-scarcity-will-affect-next-harvests-and-food-supplies--fao-warns/en[/URL]

[B]Chokepoint: How the War with Iran Threatens Global Food Security[/B]

[URL]https://www.csis.org/analysis/chokepoint-how-war-iran-threatens-global-food-security[/URL]

If the Republicans are willing to do this, what makes anyone think they care about you as citizen of the Dis United States of America?

Thomas Massie (KY) on September 15,2026, who introduced eight articles accusing Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution, conducting extrajudicial killings, and illegally retaliating against critics.

[URL]https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/articles_of_impeachment_sec._hegseth.pdf[/URL]

Massie invoked House Rule IX to force a vote, though Speaker Mike Johnson adjourned Congress to delay it until after the midterms.

In my opinion, there is at least one (1) Republican trying to do the right thing.[/QUOTE]I'm sorry but you have to get your facts straight, it's the Iranian regime that's terrorizing the Strait of Hormusz and they are the sole reason of why 100 million people might face starvation.

This is in the interest of the Iranian regime, President Trump and his administration are obviously against this Iranian terrorism and the consequences that might arise from it.

[QUOTE=ShooBree;3085404]I'm sorry but you have to get your facts straight[/QUOTE]The 2026 Iran war was initiated by the United States and Israel on February 28,2026, through joint airstrikes codenamed Operation Epic Fury (US) and Operation Roaring Lion (Israel).

[QUOTE]On February 28, 2026, U.S. forces launched Operation Epic Fury (OEF) as a U.S.-Israeli partnered campaign to destroy Irans ability to project military power in the region by striking Iranian nuclear, missile, naval, and regime security targets.*[/QUOTE][URL]https://news.usni.org/2026/09/16/pentagon-inspector-general-report-on-operation-epic-fury[/URL]

I ask again, what facts do I need to get straight? Feel free to present some of them yourself instead pretending your opinions are facts.

[QUOTE]White House blames big banks for killing the CLARITY Act over fears stablecoins would drain their deposits. White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says opposition to the bill was "a wildfire that was started by larger banks that ultimately spread to community banks." He says Trump was willing to divest his crypto or place it in a blind trust, calling it the most restrictive ethics provision "that has ever been agreed to by any president." Witt called the attacks on Trump "somewhat ironic," given that "a lot of senators on banking committees" actively trade stocks in the financial companies they regulate.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.kucoin.com/news/insight/USDT/6ab46d2874fd460007c51a18[/URL]