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Comment Re: Sovereignty, but for who? (Score 1) 30

The Secretary of X and Supreme Court judges in the US are all "unelected" as well. In principle PROTUS is "unelected" by that difinition. But they are all appointed by someone elected.

Uh, what?

"The Secretary of X"? What are you on about? Is this an anti-Musk thing, or are you referring generically to all cabinet members in the US gov't?

"Supreme Court judges in the US are all "unelected" - Uh, yeah - do you really want the people to vote in Supreme Court Justices? Yeah, major decisions involving serious issues should be decided by someone that hires campaign consultants, takes polls, and makes decisions to win voter support, not based on actual laws - sounds awesome. Every SCOTUS decision should really be a popularity contest, and decisions based on polling results...

"In principle PROTUS is "unelected" by that difinition." Do you mean POTUS? You don't seem to understand how US elections work - presidential candidates win states, states have Electoral votes that reflect the population in their state (big states more, smaller states less), and the candidate that wins the greatest number of Electoral votes wins the Presidency. So sure, the Presidency isnt a simple straight-forward "popularity contest" but that doesn't mean the President in "unelected."

"But they are all appointed by someone elected." No, President isn't appointed, we have an election. SCOTUS Justices aren't appointed, they are nominated by POTUS and confirmed by Senators, as are Cabinet Secretaries. We have political appointees in our government, but not any of the positions you listed...

Comment Re:Hey, how's Galileo GNSS going? (Score 1) 30

2003 Europe "We don't want to depend on US GPS systems!"
2006: EU mints Galileo collectible coin! (/snort)
(2 decades follow)
Dec 2026: 26 of 30 operational satellites.

Dec. 2026 - really? Checks calendar...

So we should expect this new SATCOM program to be operational by...2049... maybe?

I guess you missed this line:

SpaceNews notes the new government program GOVSATCOM pools capacity from eight already on-oribit satellites from France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Luxembourg — both national and commercial.

Comment Re:More winning (Score 1) 30

The folks in the EU all banded together to be able to do big things like this collectively - that's great. I don't see this so much as a rejection of all things American, but instead an evolution of the EU states becoming more independent, more self-reliant.

Why should EU member-states rely on other countries for satcom, when collectively they have the ability to meet their own needs - that's great!

Comment Re: Why stop it now? (Score 1) 108

The word of the decade, is audit. Followed closely by accountability.

You forgot "affordability," but that only really became an issue when Biden needed to get re-elected and he tried to act like the three years of crazy-high inflation rates was somehow someone else's fault, and it got intensified when Trump took office and the democrats attacked him over egg prices (until they dropped), then the tried gasoline prices (until they dropped), now they complain that Trump hasn't been able to wind prices back to pre-Biden levels (ignoring Biden's responsibility for the crazy inflation during his administration - remember when they tried to distract with the word "transitory"?).

Comment Re: Let me say it again for those unable of (Score 1) 169

https://slashdot.org/comments....
I mean there's solid evidence that Republican voter suppression prevented 7 million Americans from voting.

Linking to someone saying 7 million votes were suppressed is not proof votes were suppressed - you understand that, right?

What is the 'solid evidence'?

Comment Re: Follow the money (Score 1) 169

Joe Biden, being a man of principles

And that's where you lost me.

This is the Joe Biden that had the Ukrainian Prosecutor fired before giving Ukraine $1BN in much needed aid while Vice President?

The Joe Biden that had classified documents in his Philadelphia office tgat was paid for by Chinese front companies?

The Joe Biden that called and took calls from Hunter at random times "just to discuss the weather" while Hunter was meeting with foreign business leaders?

The Joe Biden that claims to be intimately involved in his Sons life, but for a decade or more claims to have never asked Hunter who he works with/for, because...

No, Joe Biden has several redeeming features, but "Joe Biden, being a man of principles"? Uh, no.

Comment Re: Follow the money (Score 1) 169

After all, as the documents show, he was there on multiple occasions and the girls, not women, refused to enter a room when he was around.

What documents?

Trump borrowed Epstein plane a couple times while trumps plane was being worked on.

The one victim that went public and named names said she'd never seen Trump be anything. It kind to the girls, never had sex with any of them, and if you dig a little bit you'll find that Trump was the only person interviewed by the feds that actually made himself available and was very forthcoming with details about Epstein.

I find it hard to believe there are actual documents as you describe that implicate Trump and the Democrats just sat on it during Biden admin, when they were so desperate to attack Trump they tried to convict him for a rape when the victim couldn't remember where it happened or even what year it happened? They just sat on those documents until Trump got back in office, then suddenly remembered they had proof of bad behavior by Trump?

You really need to cite the "documents" you imagine exist and implicate the President.

Comment Re: Follow the money (Score -1, Troll) 169

People have their panties in a bunch because someone comes from Mexico during the harvest season to pick crops,

So, to be clear, at the height of the Biden administration we needed hundreds of thousands additional Mexican nationals to pick crops? In NYC? Chicago? Etc...

Tens of thousands of people went to pick crops in Manhattan, tens of thousands went to Chicago, and so on EVERY month, where are all those crop field in Chicago, NYC? And please, explain the 80,000 Somalis living in Minnesota - are they all there to pick crops? Really?

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