From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 07/01/2026 06:41, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 08:41:54 -0700, John Ames wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> ... even as they propose to unilaterally replace an existing system ...   
   >>   
   >> Gee, I wonder who gave them the power to do that?   
   >   
   > Dunno, but they're going to run it until something satisfactory   
   > comes along...   
   >   
   >      For might makes right   
   >      And 'til they've seen the light   
   >      They've got to be protected   
   >      All their rights respected   
   >      'Til somebody who we like can get elected.   
   >        -- Tom Lehrer: Send the Marines (1965)   
   >   
   "He may be a son of a bitch but he is *our* son of a bitch"   
      
   Let's say they are going to try and run it in the hope that someone   
   satisfactory comes along.   
      
   By threatening the next figurehead.   
      
   Getting rid of Donald Trump doesn't get rid of JD Vance or we would have   
   arrested him on the last state visit ...   
      
   ...and the people of Venezuela are not as dumb as Americans.   
   I mean who is going to invest in Venezuela with it in civil turmoil and   
   the prospect of any continuity of policy post Trump or Maduro...   
      
   We always knew the US electorate was pretty naive, but we didn't realise   
   how far that extended to MAGA in general.   
      
      
     --   
   “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the   
   other is to refuse to believe what is true.”   
      
   —Soren Kierkegaard   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)