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The last desperate thrashings of a defeated regime.

@Mik said:

@Renauda said:

It’s more than trolling. It’s building his own desired legacy through enforcing his personal sense of entitlement and empowerment to build public works in his name. He is by no means unique among autocrats in this regard.

Spit.

Absolutely. He aspires to be a great president. In another time he might have been. Time will tell. But today we know our public figures so much better than in the past. If he can legitimately defang Iran it will be a huge feather in his cap, but it don’t imagine we’ll be adding his head to Rushmore.

Clearly from a personality perspective Trump is an outlier among presidents. I don't believe I can think of any other Western leader so obsessed with self-aggrandizement.

@Horace said:

It's already a done deal that Trump will eventually declare victory, and his opposition will say we lost.

Defeat isn't something that Donald Trump understands, which is easy to understand when you consider that he has never lost anything in his entire life. From the instant he exited his mother's birth canal and immediately negotiated a really great deal with the magi from the east who came to honor him his entire existence has been one glorious triumph after another.

Defeat is the only thing in the entire universe that he doesn't know more about than anybody else.

@Andrea-B said:

Did you blame Trump?

America sneezes and the world catches a cold.

My entire family know both my phone and Mrs. Phibes' numbers. My kids are somewhat more secretive with theirs. All the finances are common between the pair of us - apart from anything else, if one of us gets hit by a bus the other one will still need to pay the bills.

@Andrea-B said:

Some douchewagon on Twitter

Well that certainly narrows it down

It seems like it's not just the word 'troll' that needs redefining. 'Presidential' has taken on a whole new meaning of late.

This is really sad news. I met up with them both a few times, both in Mass. and in San Diego, they're a lovely couple.

@jon-nyc said:

Remember when he broke all presidential norms with that tan suit?

A low point in the history of America's gravitas.

@Horace said:

@Doctor-Phibes said:

At least he's not a complete fucking douchebag.

Better to be a douchebag than yet another heterosexual cisgender breeder. Sorry, but - those people have had their chance - and they've destroyed the entire world. It's time for change. And hope.

I remember when conservatives used to criticise Obama's narcissism. Thank God that kind of thing's being stamped out.

At least he's not a complete fucking douchebag.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

@jon-nyc said:

It seems weird in that it’s not really enforceable because if I do share your confidential information with AI and there’s leakage you’d never know the source.

Putting in a clause which will probably stop honest folk from doing something they might do otherwise is probably the best they can hope for.

@NobodySock said:

I’m beginning to wonder if there is a vibe in here where people of a more liberal mindset are forced to keep the peace in their mind by soft playing their rebuttals to things

I don't really have an interest in constantly fighting with people. What's the point? It's not like anybody's going to say 'Shit, Phibes, you've been right all along, I am an asshole!'

We sign thousands of NDA's - we also use AI, but it's a restricted version that stays inside the company - presumably that will help with this sort of situation.

Hell no. The drive from work past Gillette will be awful enough without adding to the misery

The scene where the woman kept playing funny chords and he identified them was hilarious.

@Tom-K said:

Best jazz sax solo EveAH!!!

WTF, dude. Why not just post Kenny G videos and be done with it?

If I had the skill I'd put one of those on my throat. If nothing else it would be a good conversation starter.

@jon-nyc said:

‘Rescued’? From himself?

He works with rattlesnakes in much the same manner that his boss works with the Iranians.