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Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by llamaimperative »

callamdelaney wrote: post #20
darkwater wrote: post #14

The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard... The only difference is that Berlusconi was Italian and could be elected, when politicians were not obeying as he expected.

Uh what? If I got fired from a private company security would also remove me

I guess one minor distinction is the piece of legislation Congress passed that outlines the specific process for firing Fong, which was not followed, whereas I assume you have no such protection on your job?

Just a minor distinction though!

Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by llamaimperative »

smitty1e wrote: post #26

I gather that I'm further right than much of the HN crowd, having been on the edge of the Tea Party movement &c. The presence of the Citrus Caesar and the billionaire boys is due to substantial, ongoing problems. The U.S. Government, like any code base, has accrued much cruft over the last century. Whether or not DJT has any lasting positive effect isn't knowable yet. The risk of this current course being a cure wors…

A third thing to keep in mind: law is law and must be followed.

Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by llamaimperative »

I_dream_of_Gen1 wrote: post #9

I have to laugh at the trump administration idiocy with saying they are removing "these rogue, partisan bureaucrats", when, clearly, she's been there through 6 administrations... SMH.

Propaganda. Propaganda is the term you're looking for. Nothing idiotic about it, except the hordes of people willingly buying into it (including "smart" people on this very forum!)

Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by mindslight »

callamdelaney wrote: post #20
darkwater wrote: post #14

The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard... The only difference is that Berlusconi was Italian and could be elected, when politicians were not obeying as he expected.

Uh what? If I got fired from a private company security would also remove me

This mistaken belief that government works like a corporation is the essence of fascism. Corporations are inherently authoritarian, government should not be. The entire point of bureaucracy is that supreme power should not vest into one person, but rather be divided amongst many people and mediated by a system of rules.

Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by fuzztester »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #30
darkwater wrote: post #14

The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard... The only difference is that Berlusconi was Italian and could be elected, when politicians were not obeying as he expected.

> US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago Call a spade a spade. It’s looking like South Africa. Our government has been coöpted by South African patronage politics.

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Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by MarkLowenstein »

mattnewton wrote: post #18
MarkLowenstein wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Her role was to enforce animal welfare laws. Simply investigating if those were upheld in extremely public examples of cutting chimps heads open who later died, doesn’t appear political to me.

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Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by [deleted] »

smitty1e wrote: post #26

I gather that I'm further right than much of the HN crowd, having been on the edge of the Tea Party movement &c. The presence of the Citrus Caesar and the billionaire boys is due to substantial, ongoing problems. The U.S. Government, like any code base, has accrued much cruft over the last century. Whether or not DJT has any lasting positive effect isn't knowable yet. The risk of this current course being a cure wors…

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Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by Terr_ »

darkwater wrote: post #14

The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard... The only difference is that Berlusconi was Italian and could be elected, when politicians were not obeying as he expected.

> The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard...

Ever since 2016, I've been offering these small apologies to the people of Italy when the subject comes up online.

Before, I wondered what was wrong with them for such a blatant crook stay in power, confident that It Couldn't Happen Here.

Re: Phyllis Fong, who was investigating Neuralink, "forcefully removed "

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Post by Terr_ »

khazhoux wrote: post #13
bmitc wrote: post #6

Our government is literally falling in a matter of weeks. It's being assaulted, and we're all just standing by.

The people spoke very clearly in November: they wanted this.

A minority spoke clearly. Many of "the people" didn't vote, and Trump got less than 50% of those that did.
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