[Cyberyeti]

barmar, on 2026-March-13, 10:23, said:

I think Cyberyeti's point is that there's lots of overlap in the US in the US. You'd normally expect oligarchs in a democracy to be intelligent, as that's usually a prerequisite to become really successful (even super-villians are usually geniuses). But Trump defies that expectation. He has strong people skills, making him a successful charlatan, and he used this to parlay family money into a successful career in real estate and now politics. And he's surrounded himself with other *****s who are basically riding his coattails.

I'm thinking of people like Kennedy, Hegseth, Noem and Bondi

[thepossum]

Zelandakh, on 2026-March-12, 13:37, said:

I'm guessing the only acceptable form of government for da possum is anarchy.

I believe in self rule and respect for human rights
Some anarchists just want trouble
To my understanding of Greek I am an autocrat
Libertarian perhaps

[thepossum]

Cyberyeti, on 2026-March-12, 14:14, said:

But the US has a kakistocracy, and certain sectors seem to rejoice in that

Funny thing. A few days ago I asked AI what rule by the worst was called. This zeitgeist thing

[thepossum]

Cyberyeti, on 2026-March-16, 07:43, said:

I'm thinking of people like Kennedy, Hegseth, Noem and Bondi

Stand out models of democracy

[WasWinM]

If Democrats manage to take the House and Senate in the midterms, is it possible that enough Republicans are fed up with Trump to convict and remove him in the Senate after the House impeaches him?

[johnu]

WasWinM, on 2026-March-20, 10:28, said:

If Democrats manage to take the House and Senate in the midterms, is it possible that enough Republicans are fed up with Trump to convict and remove him in the Senate after the House impeaches him?

Well it depends on how many MAGA senators are planning to retire after their current term expires. And even then, most will be too scared of threats and physical violence from very angry MAGAts to vote to convict.

[a_user]

WasWinM, on 2026-March-20, 10:28, said:

If Democrats manage to take the House and Senate in the midterms, is it possible that enough Republicans are fed up with Trump to convict and remove him in the Senate after the House impeaches him?

Sadly no.
Requires 67 out of 100.
Never going to happen.

[thepossum]

Never going to happen and the rest of the world has to put up with the manipulation and control over their whole lives. Most of us do not even have a vote

He can **** up the whole world any time he pleases to impress the ignorant MAGA

I did not know ex FBI chief Mueller but are there not even any Federal niceties anymore for ex servants

No more gold watches and polite eulogies

Is POTUS still expecting the peace prize..it is meaningless based on prior recipients so maybe this globally destructive adventure could clinch it

[PassedOut]

thepossum, on 2026-March-22, 04:16, said:

I did not know ex FBI chief Mueller but are there not even any Federal niceties anymore for ex servants

Mueller became director of the FBI a week before the 9/11/2001 attack on the US. A registered Republican and decorated Marine Corps officer, Mueller was appointed director by then President Bush who assigned him the task of correcting the deficiencies in the FBI that had resulted in overlooking intelligence the FBI had gained about preparations for the 9/11 attack. By all accounts, Mueller did an excellent job, eventually resulting in his 10-year term as director being extended by two years--the only time that has happened--while Obama, a Democrat, was President.

Folks of all political persuasions recognized Mueller as an impeccably honest and non-partisan lawyer, and he left the FBI with a much-improved organization and high morale. That's why he was later appointed by Trump's Justice Department to the very sensitive position of Special Counsel in charge of investigating interference by Russia in the 2016 election of President Trump.

And, no doubt, those very traits earned him the eternal hatred of the perpetually childish Donald Trump.

[WasWinM]

thepossum, on 2026-March-22, 04:16, said:

Never going to happen and the rest of the world has to put up with the manipulation and control over their whole lives. Most of us do not even have a vote

He can **** up the whole world any time he pleases to impress the ignorant MAGA

I did not know ex FBI chief Mueller but are there not even any Federal niceties anymore for ex servants

No more gold watches and polite eulogies

Is POTUS still expecting the peace prize..it is meaningless based on prior recipients so maybe this globally destructive adventure could clinch it

The U.S. is turning rapidly into a cadre of Christian Nationalists intent on re-recreating the hierarchy of their religion where one god sits on top who can't be challenged or questioned.

[barmar]

thepossum, on 2026-March-22, 04:16, said:

Is POTUS still expecting the peace prize..it is meaningless based on prior recipients so maybe this globally destructive adventure could clinch it

He said a week or two ago that he's not interested in the peace prize any more. Coincidentally, that was about a week after he and Netanyahu started a war with Iran.

Maybe he'll go back to expecting the prize after he stops the war he started.

[shyams]

barmar, on 2026-March-23, 13:25, said:

He said a week or two ago that he's not interested in the peace prize any more. Coincidentally, that was about a week after he and Netanyahu started a war with Iran.

Maybe he'll go back to expecting the prize after he stops the war he started.

In the meantime, if media reports are to be believed, he and/or his family were busy making hundreds of millions of dollars trading on Index Futures and Oil Futures before he "Truth"ed about a peace negotiation. A negotiation that was promptly denied by Iran to ever have occurred.

[WasWinM]

shyams, on 2026-March-24, 16:20, said:

In the meantime, if media reports are to be believed, he and/or his family were busy making hundreds of millions of dollars trading on Index Futures and Oil Futures before he "Truth"ed about a peace negotiation. A negotiation that was promptly denied by Iran to ever have occurred.

Corruption on a magnitude only a few South American countries have seen before. And still 40% approve. It's sick.

[thepossum]

WasWinM, on 2026-March-24, 20:14, said:

Corruption on a magnitude only a few South American countries have seen before. And still 40% approve. It's sick.

The only thing I can say in this administration's favour is that it is all out in the open - not all or the futures market would collapse

I actually came here because I just saw a preview of the HHS Show - maybe the latest episode. We get shows a few seasons late here

[thepossum]

 barmar, on 2026-March-23, 13:25, said:

Maybe he'll go back to expecting the prize after he stops the war he started.

It's one approach

[WasWinM]

Only Trump could be so stupid as to stop the oil sanctions on Russia, a country giving advice to Iran about military targets, and Iran, the country we're actively fighting, because he hates how gasoline prices make him look bad.