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SheltieLover

(81,682 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 01:19 PM Feb 2025

New MA reading up: Privatising govt? USAID, FEMA future, court orders, Musk, Gaza, German, Canada, Aust elections

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I've not watched yet. Hoping someone will post a summery.
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New MA reading up: Privatising govt? USAID, FEMA future, court orders, Musk, Gaza, German, Canada, Aust elections (Original Post) SheltieLover Feb 2025 OP
A few highlights SheltieLover Feb 2025 #1
Thanks for the summary NJCher Feb 2025 #2

SheltieLover

(81,682 posts)
1. A few highlights
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 04:18 PM
Feb 2025

Yes, they want to privatize everything. I think we all know that, right?

Some damage will be done, but the courts will stop it. (Mountain card)

USAID budget will likely take a hit, but mostly wilp resume operations!

Same with FEMA.
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Musk: like Icarus. She was chucking saying "he wants to break things. Maybe something from his childhood, but he has no idea how govt works " then repeated again like Icarus.

Gaza: Arab states will take it over, as I suspected. No way will USA "own" gaza.

Germany: people want stability. They will not elect nazis.

Canada: people there also want stabilty & she feels libs will win.

Australia: lots of election interference from a rwnj group called "Atlas." People there, like the 2 prev countries, are watching what is happening to USA & the women want stability. She hopes libs win.

At the very end, there was a very loud clap of thunder that frightened her & she ended reading. (Reminded me of US Capitol being struck by lightening twice...)

NJCher

(43,514 posts)
2. Thanks for the summary
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 07:02 AM
Feb 2025

It’s so funny what she said about musk and Icarus. For the past two weeks, the myth of Icarus has been floating around in my mind.

I am not surprised about Germany. When the RG goes to Germany, he plays a little game with the taxi cab drivers. He tries to goad them into making Nazi comments. It reassures him when they get indignant and give him big-time pushback. He says they are very polite, but firm.

He tells me that the taxi cab drivers are very familiar with Trump and what he’s up to. They try to warn him, but he reassures them that he knows that Trump is a wannabe Hitler. And a schmuck.

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