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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 2016
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:20:00 -0800
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 17:33:14 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 1/1/2025 10:25 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:18:50 -0600, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 12/31/2024 10:21 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:57:50 -0600, Lynn McGuire
>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 12/30/2024 9:54 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>>>> 2016: Juno reaches Jupiter, David Bowie dies, and American =
democracy
>>>>>> contracts a terminal illness.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which 2016 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>>>>>> Uprooted by Naomi Novik
>>>>>> Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
>>>>>> Raising Caine by Charles E. Gannon
>>>>>> The Elephants' Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen
>>>>>> The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
>>>>>> The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
>>>>>> Updraft by Fran Wilde
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ancillary Mercy" and "Raising Caine".
>>>>>
>>>>> Trump Forever !
>>>>
>>>> You mean "Musk Forever". He's running Trump now.
>>>
>>> Nobody runs Trump.  Appearances can be quite deceiving.
>>=20
>> Putin ran Trump last time.
>>=20
>> Just as surely as -- 100 years from now -- Putin will be listed as
>> President from 2017-early 2021, with a footnote clarifying that, since
>> he could not actually hold the office, Trump held it for him, so also
>> Musk will be listed as President from 2025-early 2029, with the same
>> footnote.
>>=20
>> The only real question is: how much did Musk pay Putin to acquire
>> whatever it was Putin on Trump? What it was is much less important.
>>=20
>> There is also some concern that, if the House takes as long to
>> organize in 2025 as it did in 2023, particularly the second attempt
>> (which produced last year's Speaker), the certification of the
>> election will have to be postponed.
>>=20
>> Now, I have no doubt that by, say, July, the House will have a Speaker
>> again. But what happens if Trump is not certified by Jan 20? Will he
>> still be able to be sworn in as the elected President?
>>=20
>> My guess is not -- and when Biden/Harris' term ends, I would think the
>> Presidential Succession Act would kick in. Since there would be no
>> Speaker of the House (if there were, we would find just how quickly a
>> Presidential election can be certified if everyone tries hard enough),
>> next up would the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
>>=20
>> Since, apparently, the Constitution does not specify that the
>> President Pro Tempore must be a Senator, perhaps it would be prudent,
>> if the House is still in disarray and certification seems unlikely, to
>> elect Trump President Pro Tempore. He did, after all, win the election
>> -- and installing him in the Oval Office should help pacify his rabid
>> followers (compared to what they are likely to get up to if anyone
>> else is placed there).
>>=20
>> If the Senate, due to long tradition, just can't make a non-Senator
>> President Pro Tempore, then they should still change from the current
>> holder of the office -- Patty Murray. She's a fine Senator (being from
>> Washington State she could hardly be anthing else) but imagine MAGAs
>> reaction if she were to be installed in the Oval Office!
>>=20
>> Exciting times, indeed!
>
>Man, the TDS is strong with you !

Sorry, it is MAGA that is deranged by Trump.

And, since you didn't notice, I clearly stated that Trump won the
election. This is about Certification and Inauguration, and how to get
Trump sworn in regardless of how messed up the House is.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"