• Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 18 13:31:54 2021
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    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Lynn

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Nov 19 09:26:41 2021
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    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020,
    he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden
    the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Nov 19 20:11:12 2021
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    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020,
    he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden
    the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a
    long-term guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Dorothy J Heydt on Mon Nov 22 15:18:38 2021
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    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020,
    he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden
    the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a
    long-term guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad
    habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic then.

    Lynn

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue Nov 23 14:34:37 2021
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    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020,
    he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden
    the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a
    long-term guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad
    habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic then.

    Not putting former presidents in jail for criminal crimes is a very
    bad precedent. Nobody is above the law. Insurrection is not a political crime, it's a criminal act.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Tue Nov 23 09:00:18 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 2021-11-23 6:34 a.m., Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020,
    he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden
    the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a
    long-term guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad
    habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic then.

    Not putting former presidents in jail for criminal crimes is a very
    bad precedent. Nobody is above the law. Insurrection is not a political crime, it's a criminal act.


    The Trumpists really want to ignore that bit.

    There was an election and they lost...

    ...then some of them tried to overturn that election with violence and
    the threat of violence.

    Now that that plan has failed they want to claim it was just a
    "political" crime.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Alan on Wed Nov 24 08:48:10 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:00:18 -0800, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2021-11-23 6:34 a.m., Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in 2020, >>>>> he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of
    documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and Biden >>>>> the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them. Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a
    long-term guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad
    habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic then.

    Not putting former presidents in jail for criminal crimes is a very
    bad precedent. Nobody is above the law. Insurrection is not a political >> crime, it's a criminal act.


    The Trumpists really want to ignore that bit.

    There was an election and they lost...

    ...then some of them tried to overturn that election with violence and
    the threat of violence.

    Now that that plan has failed they want to claim it was just a
    "political" crime.

    Some of them seem to actually believe that claiming something is
    "political" some how makes it A-OK (if they do it) and Utterly Evil
    (if anyone else does it).

    The question here is, /when/ does something that could be political
    slip over into something people can be held accountable for?

    And I don't mean at the ballot box. I mean in court, civil or
    criminal, or both.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From Magewolf@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Wed Nov 24 20:13:20 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:48:10 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:00:18 -0800, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2021-11-23 6:34 a.m., Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in
    2020, he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of >>>>>> documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and
    Biden the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them.
    Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a long-term
    guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad
    habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic
    then.

    Not putting former presidents in jail for criminal crimes is a very
    bad precedent. Nobody is above the law. Insurrection is not a
    political crime, it's a criminal act.


    The Trumpists really want to ignore that bit.

    There was an election and they lost...

    ...then some of them tried to overturn that election with violence and
    the threat of violence.

    Now that that plan has failed they want to claim it was just a
    "political" crime.

    Some of them seem to actually believe that claiming something is
    "political" some how makes it A-OK (if they do it) and Utterly Evil (if anyone else does it).

    The question here is, /when/ does something that could be political slip
    over into something people can be held accountable for?

    And I don't mean at the ballot box. I mean in court, civil or criminal,
    or both.

    Well if you look at the number of peaceful protesters and Union
    soldiers(at least they seem to think they are with the attacks on any
    hint of the Confederacy) who walked away from felonies it all comes down
    to which party controls the DA, law be damn.

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Nov 24 17:17:51 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:13:20 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:48:10 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:00:18 -0800, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2021-11-23 6:34 a.m., Scott Lurndal wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    On 11/19/2021 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:31:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Over The Hedge: Watson, the Lame-O IBM Supercomputer Comedian
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/11/18

    I am beginning to think that he is not going to run in 2024.

    Sadly, I have not seen anything to suggest that.

    Well, unless he convinces himself that, having actually won in
    2020, he has had his two terms.

    I wonder if he realizes that his lawyers, in disputing Biden's
    decision to not allow him to claim Executive Privilege on a set of >>>>>>> documents /admitted/ that Trump was the /former/ President, and
    Biden the /current/ President.

    I suspect not, as, if he did, he would no doubt fire them.
    Publicly.

    Hope on, hope ever: maybe within two years he'll be a long-term
    guest of a different branch of the Federal Government.

    Or maybe he'll just ugly himself to death.

    Putting former presidents in jail for political crimes is a very bad >>>>> habit to start. Most people label that country a banana republic
    then.

    Not putting former presidents in jail for criminal crimes is a very
    bad precedent. Nobody is above the law. Insurrection is not a
    political crime, it's a criminal act.


    The Trumpists really want to ignore that bit.

    There was an election and they lost...

    ...then some of them tried to overturn that election with violence and >>>the threat of violence.

    Now that that plan has failed they want to claim it was just a >>>"political" crime.

    Some of them seem to actually believe that claiming something is
    "political" some how makes it A-OK (if they do it) and Utterly Evil (if
    anyone else does it).

    The question here is, /when/ does something that could be political slip
    over into something people can be held accountable for?

    And I don't mean at the ballot box. I mean in court, civil or criminal,
    or both.

    Well if you look at the number of peaceful protesters and Union
    soldiers(at least they seem to think they are with the attacks on any
    hint of the Confederacy) who walked away from felonies it all comes down
    to which party controls the DA, law be damn.

    Seems like the people who fought in a war generally have a better
    attitude toward the other side than do their descendants.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 25 09:26:05 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:13:20 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:48:10 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    <snippo, reference is certain politicians>>
    Some of them seem to actually believe that claiming something is
    "political" some how makes it A-OK (if they do it) and Utterly Evil (if
    anyone else does it).

    The question here is, /when/ does something that could be political slip
    over into something people can be held accountable for?

    And I don't mean at the ballot box. I mean in court, civil or criminal,
    or both.

    Well if you look at the number of peaceful protesters and Union
    soldiers(at least they seem to think they are with the attacks on any
    hint of the Confederacy) who walked away from felonies it all comes down
    to which party controls the DA, law be damn.

    This sounds very much like a Trump Talking Point. It is certainly
    incoherent enough to be one.

    What constitutes a felony depends on the local law. And bringing
    charges requires considering whether or not those charges can be
    proved beyond a reasonable doubt. We appear to have recently seen the
    result of /not/ taking that into account. Once again.

    A lot of 1/6 participants appear to have plead out with relatively
    minor penalties. Of course, they didn't do much, if anything, beyond trespassing.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Nov 25 09:29:00 2021
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    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:17:51 -0500, J. Clarke
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:13:20 -0000 (UTC), Magewolf
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:48:10 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    <snippo -- reference is to certain politicians>

    Some of them seem to actually believe that claiming something is
    "political" some how makes it A-OK (if they do it) and Utterly Evil (if
    anyone else does it).

    The question here is, /when/ does something that could be political slip >>> over into something people can be held accountable for?

    And I don't mean at the ballot box. I mean in court, civil or criminal,
    or both.

    Well if you look at the number of peaceful protesters and Union
    soldiers(at least they seem to think they are with the attacks on any
    hint of the Confederacy) who walked away from felonies it all comes down
    to which party controls the DA, law be damn.

    Seems like the people who fought in a war generally have a better
    attitude toward the other side than do their descendants.

    The film /The Outlaw Josey Wales/ explores that topic.

    Keep in mind that the reconciliation was both necessary to keep things
    peaceful and between white people. Times have changed.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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