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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Swan Eaters: Rasputin Was A Jerk
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:34:26 -0700
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:43:26 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 4/29/2025 10:58 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:24:40 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
>> <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 4/28/25 12:52, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/28/2025 9:16 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>>> "Dob" <dobkun@icloud.com> writes:
>>>>>> [[Hyperlink Blocked]]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Lynn McGuire"=A0 wrote in message =
news:vsmqov$1i9df$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Swan Eaters: Rasputin Was A Jerk
>>>>>>  =A0=A0=A0 https://www.gocomics.com/swan-eaters/2025/03/27
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And kinda evil too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Musk is the modern american Rasputin.
>>>>
>>>> Nope.=A0 Musk is the modern Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and =
Henry
>>>> Ford rolled into one man.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>
>>> 	Edison and Ford yes. Westinghouse not so much as he was a real
>>> inventor and not merely an exploiter of researchers and industrial
>>> giant per-Edison and Ford.  Mush is a hater like Ford and i believe
>>> Edison held some irrantional prejudices as well.
>>>
>>> 	Mush did have some Rasputin-like hold on American consciousness
>>> but his foolish hacking away at government agencies has disenchanted
>>> a great many of us, US citizens. Evil is banal and Mush is such.
>>=20
>> "Foolish" doesn't cover it. "Inept" and "heavy-handed" are closer. But
>> mostly it is done to maximize headlines -- that is, for propaganda
>> purposes.
>>=20
>> It is hard to be sure, but actual monetary savings appear to be ...
>> unimpressive, as they are not much more than what they cost to
>> achieve. Or so those who have sorted out the reality from the
>> propaganda appear to be saying. A thorough forensic audit will be
>> needed at some point.
>>=20
>> Goebbels and Streicher would be proud of him.
>
>The USA Treasury is getting ready to refinance $7 trillion in USA tbills=
=20
>over the next couple of months from 2% to 4 - 5% interest rate.  Enjoy=20
>your inflation.

I'm afraid I am missing your point here.

Yes, Trump's US Treasury may well be planning to increase inflation.
Or, rather, be forced to do so by his "tariffs" and/or other so-called
"policies". Which appear to be whatever will distract most from the
last set of failures.

As I have said before -- buckle up! It's going to be a rough ride.

And, yes, I will be affected by it.

But it isn't /my/ inflation -- it is Trump's inflation, and the
inflation of every single person who voted for him. I expect that many
of them will "enjoy" it a lot more than I will. Particularly those
whose favorite stores sell mostly stuff from China.

But none of this has anything to do with Musk's propaganda work. Or
the clear fact that he has /no/ idea how things work in government.
None at all.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"