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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
That hasn't passed, has it? Lots of dumbass bills get introduced and never make it out of committee.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The Michigan GOP name called Kid Rock as a contender for Senator Debbie Stabenow's seat.
Major security breach: Donald Trump’s personal phone is an outdated Fisher-Price model
This is major: after a campaign that focused relentlessly on Hillary Clinton’s use of an unsecured email server, it has now come to light that the president’s phone is an outdated Fisher-Price model that no longer receives security updates.
Although Trump primarily uses the phone for twitter, and to listen to the funny voices that come out of it, tech experts say such an old model is vulnerable to malware, hacking, and of course, phishing-Price emails.
But press secretary Sean Spicer has downplayed the risks, saying the Fisher-Price phones are actually quite safe, since they’re slightly too large to be a choking hazard.
Trump, who courted controversy this week after hanging up on the Prime Minister of Australia’s 2-year-old daughter, has also defended his choice of phone.
"These guys I’ve been talking to on this phone, they’re smart guys. One of them knows the alphabet- the entire alphabet! Another one- any animal, he knows the sound it makes. All ten animals, he knows every sound. Just let the hackers try and outsmart him. I’d like to see them try. I really would."
Nevertheless, questions remain about why the phone’s sound clips have recently switched to Russian.
This is the biggest communications-related threat to presidential security since 2007, when George W. Bush was hospitalized after slicing his face with a Motorola RAZR.
I figured that for a joke when they mentioned Fisher Price. Do they even make phones? (don't answer that, I'd be an idiot to even consider that a fucking toy company would make cell phones.)
ETA: There is no legitimacy at all. It's The Beaverton. Canada's answer to The Onion.
edited 15th Feb '17 12:22:19 PM by Journeyman
From my perspective I think Trump still sits in the asset column for Congressional Republicans. This is still early days in the administration: and from the perspective of the true believer these 'teething issues' is just proof that Trump is not of the establishment and he is the victim of the establishment being incredibly vindictive in the face of his outsider ways.
As mentioned above, he is yet to openly betray the promise of jobs to the rust belt: it will take time for disillusionment to take over on this issue. Ironically, the best attack line for Democrats might be the Wall, if there are no commitments to using American steel in its construction.
That having been said, I think Trump is almost certainly a liability for Senate Republicans. Given that the Senate appears to have more influence on the day to day running of the government this could be an interesting dynamic going forward.
Well, with Trump and Teflon, I suspect the reason why he's so bulletproof is that he was able to make the vitriol against him appear to be a positive. For example, being called "Deplorable" by Hillary Clinton is actually seen as a compliment to many Trump supporters, since clearly if Hillary doesn't like it must be good. The fact that so many people were so desperate to take Trump down meant he must be perfect.
Leviticus 19:34CIA Head Mike Pompeo met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 'secretly'
. Does the head of the CIA normally meet with Foreign Leaders?
edited 15th Feb '17 12:26:23 PM by DingoWalley1
Fisher-Price does make phones
, actually.
In more relevant news, Trump's Labor pick is reportedly going to drop out of consideration now that seven Republicans have voiced their opposition.
@Dingo Walley 1: That is extremely unusual, and suggests more damage control with the CIA trying to forestall a shooting war on the West Bank. Ugly, ugly, ugly.
x3 Lines between reality and satire became obsolete ever since November.
edited 15th Feb '17 12:36:55 PM by Reflextion
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.![]()
Not obvious enough, especially when it came right after serious discussion. Mood Whiplash, yo!
"'How much would it take to make Trump's base lose faith in him' in an askable question, though. Him looking Strong and actually succeeding at bringing back jobs are important."
Watch the unemployment rate for white working class men. That's all that matters. Everything else is a sideshow (from the Republican side, that is).
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.Sen. Bob Corker (R, TN) is demanding Flynn Testify in Congress over Russia Relations
, calls 'illegal leaks' a 'Sub-Issue'.
I applaud Corker for the move.
The Republicans can't really complain about leaks since they have been the ones benefiting from them during the election.
If they try to push the leak itself and the decisions based on it as something criminal, they are very well aware that could be politically used against them.
Inter arma enim silent legesIt was brought up a page or two ago. The biggest coal power plant in the western US (it's in Arizona), and it turns out that the plant is actually the sole customer of a nearby coal mine.
edited 15th Feb '17 1:28:32 PM by Zendervai
This is another thing that drives me nuts when I heard Trump say clean coal and bring coal back to the US while at the same time 'being the free market candidate.
Because those are mutually exclusive, it was the free market that killed coal in the US as other energy sources became cheaper and easily exploited. But hey you can lie through your teeth as long as you say what people want to hear.
Inter arma enim silent legesOh, the Navajo plant. That one has a colourful history, when back in the 60es they needed a powerplant to pump water from the Colorado into Arizona and environmentalists persuaded the Bureau of Reclamation not to flood the lower Grand Canyon with a hydropower plant, that powerstation was built instead.
Back then, climate change was not yet a topic of politics but even without that the plant was a huge mercury sling and a source of air pollution, driving up cancer rates in neighbouring Native communities. There is also the issue that the plant depends on the neighbouring Lake Powell for cooling water supply, and that lake's been drying for a long time.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

The EPA's days are officially numbered
.
"Yup. That tasted purple."