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There might be parts of our cosmos which cannot be confirmed with evidence, but for now there’s no evidence of this so it can be safely ignored.

One possible counterpoint: The US for several years now has been telling Ukraine they CANNOT use US-supplied weapons inside of Russia for fear of provoking nuclear response.

This is perhaps a false dichotomy. It can be and IMO has been both. Putin has repeatedly suggested nuclear responses are being actively considered since his illegal incursion into Ukraine. This is on top of having his troops take control of nuclear power facilities and threatening to allow meltdowns.

An even greater chance after January 20

You should include something which looks at the last 20 years. George Bush was just starting his second term in 2005

If you go far enough, Russia is also west of Europe. Your thesis is ridiculous

And they've decided, by secret vote, to do exactly that https://abcnews.go.com/US/house-ethics-committee-expected-release-gaetz-report-sources/story?id=116044985

Absurd Also absurd The only thing it’s missing is invisible unicorns stealing gold from leprechauns

I don’t believe blike owns the site and tend to think of the arrangement more like renting / leasing (aka disallowed from changing any of the plumbing)

Device used matters here too

If the election was stolen, it likely happened through TikTok not ballot stuffing and bomb threats. The voters minds are being hacked and leading them to “voluntarily” cast their votes a certain way. Russia did this to Ukraine elections a few years ago, very likely had significant influence on American voters this election, and in fact Romania just annulled their election due to Russian interference through TikTok. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-attend-pro-european-rally-romania-ahead-presidential-run-off-vote-2024-12-06/ I’m sure that I’m not the only one who finds plausible the idea that Russia quite likely did exactly this to help get their useful idiot friend Trump reelected in the US, too. “Outgoing Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said the annulment was "the only correct solution after the declassification of the documents... which show that the result of the Romanians' vote was blatantly distorted as a result of Russia's intervention. <…> “This is one piece of a long-running, systematic, quite intentional program for Russia to reestablish control over what it calls its ‘near abroad,’” Paul Kolbe, a former senior CIA Intelligence Officer, previously said to The Cipher Brief.“

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Trump already replaced his White House lawyer. Also today his pick for DEA withdrew from consideration. My previous mention of Hegseth seems likely to be announced within the next 24-48 hours and the chatter suggests his primary opponent Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may be the SecDef replacement nominee (or Iowas Senator Joni Ernst).

But he will be before any investigation could find traction. By their nature, they take time. Maybe someone will investigate him in congress. Jamie Raskin comes to mind. I’m just not optimistic. Trump’s already beaten 2 impeachments, been convicted of 34 felonies, charged with national security crimes, described as unfit and dangerous by his former top aides and scores of people close to him, and yet here we are with him winning a second term and installing corrupt cronies to control the levers of power.

Don’t be so sure. Most people are working from a 2 year old perception of models that get logarithmically better by the hour, and now models can even fix edit and improve their own code. We’re basically monkeys with iPhones, mostly hairless apes getting fooled by mental heuristics that were previously useful in the savannas but which clearly aren’t well adapted nor suited for handling modern technology and info-cultural ecosystems.

You’re not wrong, but that’s a different topic

By who? Trump is in charge of the executive branch that does the investigations. He is installing completely subservient lackeys and cronies to head DoJ and FBI. He’s stacked the courts with favorable judges, including at the appellate levels. As a purely practical matter, given that republicans also won control of both houses of Congress, logistically who would own or drive (or even have authority to conduct) such an investigation? Maybe we can get Matlock on the case, or Perry Mason? Perhaps Columbo or the Hardy Boys?

That’s rather too simple and reductionist to be of much use as an answer IMO

I suspect SecDef nominee Hegseth will be next given stories of significant and serious alcoholism problems on top of stories about his own mother saying he was a horrible man (tho Trump a teetotaler himself looked passed drinking problems with Rudy Giuliani).

Will likely be simpler to name who will still be around at that time

They’re trying to get more returns on smaller investments. It costs less to pay the billionaires for access to their various rocket programs than it costs to fund government programs like NASA.

Check. Done and dusted. I was outvoted by the other side. What pray tell do you recommend I do next? I’ve already delivered on your previous recommendations yet here we are with the same problem still intact. Did you have a plan B?

Aligned with your broader points, but this may not have been the best example. Often those with severe depression say screw the meds and actively avoid treatment for various reasons. Anyway, back on topic… there’s a lot of suffering in nature. Finding healthy ways to lighten that load is a good thing. The question then becomes whether or not beliefs such as these are themselves net healthy.

Trumps also planning to revoke the $7,500 EV tax credit, a program which among other things helps more manufacturers get a foothold in the EV vehicle market. Knocking down upstarts in this way also benefits Tesla sales as an established player.

Free market capitalism for everyone else, crony capitalism funded by tax payer dollars via massive government contracts for him and his various companies. You notice the jump in stock prices there immediately after the election of Trump. The shareholders agree Musk is going to get special treatment and that he’ll have help from the US DOJ when attacking competitor companies in court and filing nuisance lawsuits.