MANDY’S 53!

Published January 27, 2025 by Nan Mykel

The Trump administration, working with OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle, will invest at least $100 billion in A.I. infrastructure.

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Donald Trump orders trans women inmates to be housed with men: “There will be rapes” ny times

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POEM OF THE DAY

Work Bench

Life has morphed into a jigsaw

puzzle with all pieces accounted

for, but fewer and much larger.

And I work and rework the same

chunks day after day after day,

grateful for seeing the biggest ones

fracture, until I am inside

struggling to revision content.

Will I come together in time?

Only angels and fairies know.

Nan Dec. 2024

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For You: Trump Terminates Fauci’s Government Security Protection. Mr. Trump inaccurately characterized FEMA’s role, which is to support state and local officials only if those officials are unable to respond to disasters on their own, and only at the request of a governor.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is stripped of Government Security protection. Trump told reporters he would not feel responsible if harm came to Fauci. The day before, he removed Government Security protection for Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook, former top aides. “Both these men faced continuing Iraq threats because of actions they took on Mr. Trump’s behalf during his first administration.”

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WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?

Published January 20, 2025 by Nan Mykel

Imjingak Pyeonghoa-Nuri Park at the DMZ on the border of the two Koreas

The park was built in 1972 to console those from both sides who are unable to return to their hometowns, friends and families because of the division of Korea and currently receives approximately 1.2 million visitors per year.” (source)

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GLAD I ASKED

In my last blog I asked if Trump really salutes the flag, based on two photos I came across on the internet. WRONG, it seems to have been a setup. The second photo, at Jimmy Carter’s funeral, was iffy in comparison. Of course, then he went and didn’t fly the flag at half mast for the usual 30 days. Anyway, I apologize for any misinterpretations.

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Does He Really Not Salute?

Published January 10, 2025 by Nan Mykel

SEROUSLY, in this age of no Fact Check, will someone please tell me if the President elect has a problem with saluting the U.S. flag. I published the photo I had from 2015, probably, but I just spied him at President Carter’s funeral, where everyone else seemed to be saluting, even his wife, but he was not. If there’s some situation or pecadillo I’ve missed, I’d like to know. I’d hate to mislead anyone.

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GNARLY FOLKS

Once as innocent as snow,

Certain friends grew up to know

Nefariousness and more

In their search not to be poor.

Cops and Robbers, fun to play

Perfect for a childhood day.

Doesn’t fit when we are grown,

Taking on a querulous tone.

Families split, old friends too.

If prayer works for you, please do.

He Wants the Panama Canal and Greenland, So.. Far..

Published January 7, 2025 by Nan Mykel

Is this presumably A.I. internet image the reason the black women’s vote was so overwhelmingly Democrat?

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Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in supporting legislation that aims to deport more migrants charged with nonviolent crimes, a first salvo in a broader crackdown.

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META pulls FactCheck.

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British Prime Minister irked at Musk for false child sex ring words.

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Trump wants Panama Canal back. plus Greenland

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After securing enough votes to hold the House speakership, Speaker Johnson railed against “social justice” in the military and schools, which reminds me of of Democrat Doug Mann’s earlier rebuke of the escalating wave of anti-trans legislation, foreseing that the trans situation will get even worse..

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META’s Fact Check bites the dust? A world of Make Believe, who wants it?

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MAYBE FICTION?

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I’ll be interested in how other bloggers deal with it.

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A FEISTY REBLOG BY JILL DENNISON

Published January 2, 2025 by Nan Mykel

Most who have followed Filosofa’s Word for a year or more know that I have zero empathy or tolerance for millionaires or billionaires. When there are people dying all around the globe because they lack food, potable water, shelter, and healthcare, there is no viable justification for a “chosen few” to sit atop billions of dollars that could feed, clothe and shelter the rest. None. Today, the U.S. has the highest level of wealth inequality in the nation’s history. WHY??? Tragically, the incoming administration plans to stretch that wealth gap even more, fawning over those who have lots of money while kicking the rest of us to the curb. Thom Hartmann ponders some of the reasons the Republican Party worship wealth. It is a bit lengthy, but well worth the time, I think.

Why Do Republicans Hate a Prosperous Middle Class?

The real reason GOP policies target wages, unions, and public education. By Thom Hartman

(Nan has lost the ability to “reblog,” so you’ll have to find it on your own, or on Jill Dennison.)

Net Neutrality Ended

Published January 2, 2025 by Nan Mykel

The F.C.C. had voted in April to restore net neutrality regulations, which expand government oversight of broadband providers and aim to protect consumer access to the internet. The regulations were first put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and were aimed at preventing internet service providers like Verizon or Comcast from blocking or degrading the delivery of services from competitors like Netflix and YouTube. The rules were repealed under President-elect Donald J. Trump in his first administration, but they continued to be a contentious partisan issue that pit tech giants against broadband providers.

The court’s decision put an end to the Biden administration’s hallmark tech policy, which had drawn impassioned support from consumer groups and tech giants like Google and fierce protests from telecommunications giants like Comcast and AT&T.

Thursday’s decision effectively concludes the back-and-forth battle. Brendan Carr, whom Mr. Trump has named as the incoming F.C.C. chair, has been a strong critic of net neutrality. The court’s reliance on the Loper case in its ruling could also portend more lawsuits to hollow out federal regulations at the F.C.C. and other agencies.

In a statement, Mr. Carr said that he was “pleased” by the decision and that “the work to unwind the Biden administration’s regulatory overreach will continue.”

The court’s decision doesn’t affect state laws on net neutrality in California, Washington and Colorado. Democrats at the F.C.C. called on Thursday for Congress to create laws promoting net neutrality, signaling that the issue may continue to fester. [or bubble?]

“Consumers across the country have told us again and again that they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair,” said Jessica Rosenworcel, the chairwoman of the F.C.C. and a Democrat who had pushed for the reinstatement of the rules. “It is clear that Congress now needs to heed their call, take up the charge for net neutrality and put open internet principles in federal law.”