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From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 14:11:50 -0400
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On 5/7/2025 1:50 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> writes:
>> On 5/7/25 06:39, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> On 5/6/2025 11:41 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:
>>>>> On 5/5/25 16:20, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
>>
>> [stuff deleted]
>>
>>> I have several friends that live up there.    One works for NASA, is
>>> approaching retirement, and is quite concerned for both NASA and
>>> coworkers.   The commment was "half of us are registered republicans
>>> and that's gonna bite the red side in two years".
>>
>> He probably works at Ames Research in Mountain View, unless he is doing
>> something at the Lockheed rocket ranch up near Bonnydoon.
>>
>> When I worked at NASA awhile back, it seemed like the old hands leaned
>> true conservative (as opposed to the wanna-be fascist we have now) while
>> the younger group was much more liberal. I hope it bites "Red" hard
>> right in their gonads at the mid-terms.
> 
> Ah, but the orange fascist will read the polls and declare a national
> emergency suspending the midterms indefintely.

I'm seriously worried this scenario may come to pass. He's purging
all the bodies (DoJ, FBI, Pentagon, etc) of all the people who's
loyalty is to the Constitution, rather than to him personally.

pt