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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 2016
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 17:33:14 -0600
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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:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Putin ran Trump last time.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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!
> 
> Exciting times, indeed!

Man, the TDS is strong with you !

Lynn