Sunday Sunday coming down

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Aldous Huxley

So where do I start today?

How about the Trump grift? Today's New York Times has a very revealing article on chief yudnick Howard Lutnick, Lutnick Pushed to Weaken Chip Rules That Overlap With His Family Business.

These couple paragraphs say it all:

In its final weeks, the Biden administration issued global rules to restrict the ability of Chinese companies to remotely access U.S. chips. But President Trump revoked those rules when he came into office, arguing that they stifled American business and innovation.

Trump officials said they would introduce a new rule to replace the Biden ones. But they have struggled to reconcile competing views in the administration about how aggressive the rules should be.

Mr. Lutnick has been described as delaying or deferring these technology controls at several points in the past year, arguing that they could affect companies like Nvidia, or U.S. trade relations with China and other countries.

People familiar with the discussions say the Commerce Department has pushed for a more scaled-back version of the rule. The department has proposed applying regulations to a handful of countries — Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa and Norway. Others in the administration have wanted global coverage.

The Commerce Department proposal would also apply only to future shipments of advanced chips, exempting data centers already filled with American technology. Companies would need to notify the government if Chinese customers use their data centers to train A.I. models. But they would not automatically need to obtain a license.

The Commerce Department had also argued for the rules to kick in when companies are using a larger amount of computing power, meaning fewer activities by Chinese companies would be regulated.

Lutnick's kids took over his old firm, Cantor Fitzgerald and they are hip deep in Nvidia.

And this is how the Chinese commandeered our proprietary chip design and technology. The Mata hari spy, Alice Huang, who was one of the three women who got Jensen Huang to take his knickers down, is now safely back in Beijing. Interestingly, her own husband set up the cuckold arrangement with the chairman. Now that is love for the motherland.

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Is it just me or are you sick of John Fetterman threatening to leave the Democratic party if they cross one more line on Israel. Leave already, you are no longer electable bud, in any party. Your Joe Manchin card has been played out and no one will miss you.

You were a useful tool for the Republicans but you think the hoodie thing is going to play over there and that they will actually elect you. Get over yourself, maybe you can get a new job as Bill Maher's Ed McMahon.

I am a centrist who believes in nuance and policy and actually agree with Fetterman on some things but he seems to stand for nothing.

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Not wanting to waste a moment thinking about what might have been, ultra right adulterer Attorney General Ken Paxton has flown to Fiji with his mistress. See Ken Paxton spotted jetting off on yet another holiday with alleged mistress the day his divorce was finalized.  

Another evangelical grifter.

An investigation by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found that Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips since 2015 accompanied by a state-funded Department of Public Safety (DPS) security detail, costing taxpayers a total of $3.3 million.

Destinations for those excursions included Napa Valley, ski towns in the Rockies, the Caribbean, Disney World, and overseas destinations such as Italy, Greece, Iceland and Dubai. Of those 1,000 trips, researchers for the Tribune and ProPublica could connect only 138 to state business.

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Donald Trump has finally spoke about the airplane grounding and the response was so predictable.

"It is all Biden's fault. And give us more money."

At what point in the current two year old Trump administration will they hold themselves accountable for their ineptitude? If you said never, you win the prize today. A day in which two more planes collided in Florida. By the way, the FAA people in the know said that the administration was completely wrong regarding the causes of the breakdown. But they are incapable of ever admitting anything or taking responsibility.

And all this happened three days after they tried to overhaul the entire system using AI. Hmmm.

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If Mary Peltola indeed has a 50% plus majority in the Alaska Senate vote and her total lead is insurmountable, larger than her two challengers combined without enough voted left to make a difference, why are the networks not calling the race for her? Stick a fork in it, Alaska, it is over.

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I feel for the poor muni golfers who are going to lose their old golf course if the petulant 🟠 🤡 has his way. The current green fee is $48. Can you imagine what the Fazio course will cost, even at half price?

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Trump is so out of touch with the working people in this country, the people that don't own oil stocks or a 401k.

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Zelensky urges US and Musk to lift Starlink restrictions and be on 'right side of history.' Ralph sent me a SpaceX link the other day and I can't watch it. I loathe Elon Musk, can't stand his stupid trucks and am offended that a private citizen can play kingmaker and Putin stooge in international affairs.

Lock the son of a bitch up, send him to deep space, stick him in Paxton's suitcase and send him on a one way trip to Fiji, guy is such bad news.

Now Witkoff and Kushner are suggesting that Ukraine give up the Donbas for NATO membership. What a disaster these two.

Do you remember when we told Ukraine that we would protect them if they gave up their nuclear weapons? How did that work out?