Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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finesse said:
I've linked stuff from the Cato Institute a number of times about the fentanyl smuggling. Something over 85% of the people are American citizens using legal entry points. Almost all comes through legal entries in total because most of it comes in such small quantities ( 10 to 20 lbs on the average) that it's easy to conceal. There's nothing really happening at the border that greatly concerns the cartels. There's definitely nothing worth starting a shooting war.
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My assumption is the cartels probably view the facile military theater as a welcome distraction from POE.
 
nycfan said:
Sometimes he says stuff that is out of left field and I don’t even know where to put it.



“[says you can’t have multiple companies run ATC, system, it must be one company] … there are some countries that have unbelievable air controller systems and they bells would have gone off [for helicopter altitude in DC crash] but bells and whistles would have gone off, they have them where they can virtually turn the thing around it just would have never happened if we had the right equipment. [we need a bill to built the best control system]

… When I land in my plane, privately, I use a system from another country because my captain tells me, I’m landing in New York, I won't tell you what country, but I use a system from another country because the captain says the thing is so bad. … so we’re going to have the best system, it’s a lot of money but it’s not that much money …”

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I don’t actually think they can use a foreign system to land at a US airport, but would be curious what foreign country he trusts to track his plane.
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I'm positive they can't use a foreign system to land at a US airport. How would that even work? There's nothing but the US in radio distance of most of the US, and you can't use Starlink for these purposes (or any satellite provider) because of latency.
 
superrific said:
I'm positive they can't use a foreign system to land at a US airport. How would that even work? There's nothing but the US in radio distance of most of the US, and you can't use Starlink for these purposes (or any satellite provider) because of latency.
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A TON of people say whatever Trump wants to hear to get him off their asses and shut him up. I'm sure his pilot is one of those.
 
nycfan said:
I suspect part of it may be as protest against being asked not to wish for violence or murder on this platform, but maybe there is just an increasingly violent outlook.
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You have a seven figure income, adult children and a country estate. What do you have to be angry about? Does any of this bullshit actually affect you?

My wife comes home from work in tears because her trans patients are scared as hell, with no visibility into their future or even if they can continue to get medical care. In 20 years, she'd lost one kid to suicide, which is a remarkable record. She almost lost another over the weekend. Meanwhile, her trans niece has been disowned by her parents.

My autistic kids are scared as shit. The administrators are scared as shit, because they have no idea if they will continue to get the federal dollars on which special ed programs rely. Bullying has gone through the roof. Last week, one of my boys was targeted by bullies making fun of him because he's a white kid but his mom is brown. Said that she would be deported.

So yeah, there's a lot of fucking anger.
 
superrific said:
You have a seven figure income, adult children and a country estate. What do you have to be angry about? Does any of this bullshit actually affect you?

My wife comes home from work in tears because her trans patients are scared as hell, with no visibility into their future or even if they can continue to get medical care. In 20 years, she'd lost one kid to suicide, which is a remarkable record. She almost lost another over the weekend. Meanwhile, her trans niece has been disowned by her parents.

My autistic kids are scared as shit. The administrators are scared as shit, because they have no idea if they will continue to get the federal dollars on which special ed programs rely. Bullying has gone through the roof. Last week, one of my boys was targeted by bullies making fun of him because he's a white kid but his mom is brown. Said that she would be deported.

So yeah, there's a lot of fucking anger.
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I have a lot of empathy for your wife and your kids. That said, your personal attack on me is deeply uninformed and uncalled for, but fine.

I never asked you not to be angry.

You were asked in a particular case not to cross into hoping for violence or assassinations using this platform.

Other posters have been asked to do the same and seem reasonably understanding despite their own justifiable outrage.
 
nycfan said:
I have a lot of empathy for your wife and your kids. That said, your personal attack on me is deeply uninformed and uncalled for, but fine.
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Personal attack? In what universe is "you have a great life" a personal attack? Everything is upside down, I guess.

Let's do this: I did not mean it as a personal attack. I didn't think it was controversial to note that people with less skin in the game find it easier to urge restraint.
 
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