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newsThe USA has a new President
Here in Australia, we were watching from the outside; the
election was a time to sit in front of the TV with drink and
snacks. Entertaining, but very serious implications.
I rarely make a political blog post. Once or twice a year. Well,
there was one about the US economy, in May 2024:
"The US economy and de-dollarization"
https://bkhome.org/news/202405/the-us-economy-and-de-dollarization.html
Not political exactly. There was a political post about
misinformation on YouTube, in August 2023:
"Misinformation and more misinformation"
https://bkhome.org/news/202308/misinformation-and-more-misinformation.html
Making political posts is going down a rabbit hole. Better to
stick with my custom trike project and EasyOS development posts.
However, I am motivated to post an observation, just before the
US election. The media that we get here is, apart from Fox News,
just about all pushing that the Democrats are the Good Guys. But,
a strange thing happened...
I was watching Donald Trump being interviewed by Tucker Carlson
on YouTube, then the next day, it was all over the news that
Donald Trump was inciting violence against Liz Cheney. Kamala
Harris announced that Trump should be barred from running to be
President and prosecuted. Liz Cheney and others echoed the same.
My reaction was surprise. "Huh? that's not what Trump said." He
was taken completely out of context. I saw why they did it; right
before the election, they wanted to sway enough people to get them
over the line. But it was low, a dirty shot.
Elon Musk commented on this, reiterating what Trump actually
said. Can't find that right now, but this was the interview with
Trump that caused the big stir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtkHA9O_Mvo
And here is CNN's reporting:
Quoting:
While campaigning in Arizona, former President Donald Trump
told Tucker Carlson that former Rep. Liz Cheney is a "war hawk"
and said she should be fired upon.
That is a complete misrepresentation of what Trump actually said,
and is another contribution to me reconsidering everything that I
had been fed by the media that dominates our news feeds in
Australia.
I could post more about other observations that have put "chinks
in the armour", so to speak, of who are "the good guys".
Ah, found it, Elon Musk's response to Trump's Liz Cheney comment
(9:55 in):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl4VMD6lADg
Yeah, I know Trump is a narcissist, and lot more colourful words
apply. He is going to shake things up; it is certainly going to be
an interesting four years ahead.
While I'm in the mood of political commentary; I was shocked by
the banning of all Russian contributors to the Linux kernel.
Mostly I objected to the manner in which they did it, and the,
what I thought to be disgusting, post in support of the ban given
by Linus Torvalds. Some details posted here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4PMwpMGTdY
What worries me about this is that the USA is even able to
weaponize open source GPL software. This is in addition to
weaponizing the Dollar and control via various alliances. Oh yeah,
and ...Barry, you had better stop, right now! Ending this post.
Ha ha, one final comment; there are hats available for sale in
the US with "Kamala can be Indian again" printed on them. That is
very funny. You would have to watch certain YouTube channels to
understand that one.
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