From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> But maybe stupidity would have been better than Trump's narcissism.   
   >> (Probably not.)   
      
   Heh, Harris was manifestly *not* stupid. You left off Trump's   
   unprecedented level of corruption, btw.   
      
   > Autopen Biden?   
      
   From an AI summary:   
      
       The technology dates back to Thomas Jefferson, who used an   
       early version known as a "polygraph" (a pantograph-based   
       machine, not a lie detector) to duplicate his letters. The   
       modern, patented "Autopen" became commonplace in the 1940s.   
      
       In 2011, Barack Obama became the first president to sign a   
       bill into law (an extension of the Patriot Act) using an   
       autopen while in France.   
      
       2005 Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel   
       (OLC) opinion concluded that the President does not have to   
       personally perform the physical act of signing a bill, but   
       may direct a subordinate to use an autopen to sign on their   
       behalf.   
      
       (The Biden "controversy")   
      
       Summary of Key Presidential Users   
      
       Thomas Jefferson: Used early "polygraph" to copy letters.   
       Harry Truman: Rumored to be the first to use the modern,   
           powered autopen regularly.   
       John F. Kennedy: Used the device extensively for correspondence.   
       Lyndon B. Johnson: Publicized its use via The National Enquirer.   
       Barack Obama: First to use it to sign legislation (2011).   
       Donald Trump: Used for routine, low-level correspondence.   
       Joe Biden: Used for a wide range of documents, including pardons.   
      
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   A:	You do all of the work and the fat guy in the suit   
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