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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 2016
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 15:33:03 -0600
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On 1/3/2025 10:20 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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 !
> 
> 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.

And Mike Johnson was just re-elected Speaker Of The House.

Lynn