David S. Moore

@dsm1132.bsky.social

Retired software engineer (30+ years) and teacher (6.5 years). Member of Rotary International since 1993. My blog: david-seldon-moore.blog WA state resident

So Trump hasn't fired Jeanine Pirro. Yet. Could it possibly be that she successfully proved to Trump that the reflecting pool cases were bogus? Or did Trump just TACO again? 🤔

Isn't it AMAZING that the brilliant geniuses in our glorious Department of WAR WAR WAR are crowdsourcing creative ways to deal with Iran? B...b...but I thought Trump had already ended the war 40 times. So why would they need ANY solution?? 🤷‍♂️ Maybe they're admitting that they actually have NO 1/2

Cornyn: " There's nothing we could do to rein in the president." A) That's an admission that Trump NEEDS TO BE REINED IN!!! B) WHAT??!! You're a U.S. Senator! You can take away his funding! You can vote against everyone he nominates for office! C) YOU CAN CALL FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT!!!

Gotta love the Trump engendered hutzpa that everyone in his demented administration affects: Hegseth screams that Iran's nuclear program was OBLITERATED, then tells us we have to continue our Iranian excursion to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Pirro claims she has absolute PROOF 1/3

Some people are alarmed by the younger generation of Democratic Party candidates who admire and want to EMULATE what Mamdani has done in NYC. "He's a SOCIALIST!!" "He's chasing away all the rich folks who made NYC what it is!" etc. etc. etc. But ever since Reagan conservatism in this 1/4

Oh boy oh boy!! Trump has PAUSED his threatened WAR WAR WAR attacks on Iran so he can work his AWESOME deal making magic to get the Iranians to agree to OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ!! AND AND AND he's going to get those crazy bastards to realize that IRAN CAN NEVER NEVER NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR 1/3

Q: What is the point of having a Constitution, a body of law, and a Congress if rights granted in the Constitution, or requirements codified in law can be swept aside with an executive order written by crypto-fascists in the Heritage Foundation or the Claremont Institute?

Hassett: "data centers are very good..." A) they DO create short term construction jobs, but VERY FEW long term high tech jobs B) they are sucking up all available water and electricity while the AI companies are doing EVERYTHING THEY CAN to foist costs onto the public C) AI companies are 1/2

Jeanine Pirro indicted an Olympic athlete for vandalizing the reflecting pool, threatened him with prison-- then recinded the indictment because she wasn't given all of the relevant facts by the Dept of Interior. Maybe she should have paid attention to the MANY on-the-scene news reports that 1/3

Trump: "I probably was abused more than anybody in the history of our country." For those of you who think that maybe Native Americans were slaughtered and betrayed over and over, or that Africans were enslaved, tormented, and subjugated, or that Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned 1/2

In my view Jim Comey's very public announcement of further investigations into Huma Abedin's emails probably cost Hilary Clinton the 2016 election. But NOBODY deserves the kind of ludicrous criminalizing of a photo of seashells to which Comey has recently been subjected. Jenine Pirro's 1/3

Q: Why do AI companies think they have the right to force public officials to sign non-disclosure agreements? A: It's because they think they run the country and aren't subject to laws.

MAGA loves crime. They support Senator Rick Scott, whose company was fined over $1 BILLION for Medicare FRAUD. On Day 1 Trump pardoned over 1500 CRIMINALS who were convicted in courts of law for their crimes of 2021-01-06. On Day 2 he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of the largest online 1/2

Me: Does the CDC have powers of enforcement for its recommendations? Google AI: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not have direct, independent powers of law enforcement to force compliance with its general public health recommendations, guide or technical standards. 1/2

Me: Would replacing coal fired power plants with solar power and batteries result in lower electricity costs for U.S. residential customers? Google AI: Yes, replacing coal-fired power plants with utility-scale solar and batteries would generally result in lower electricity costs for U.S. 1/2

Sam Altman says that "we're close to creating a genie that can grant every wish." Maybe he never saw Forbidden Planet. What an incredible load of baloney. Apparently he's too stupid to understand that wishes have costs. Maybe he doesn't believe in money, or economics. If I wish for a yacht, 1/4

When Trump took office in '25 and started issuing a blizzard of EOs that were designed to turn the federal government upside down, the GOP told us to get used to it because Trump is an unstoppable force who would annihilate anything in his path. But now, 18 months in, we can all see by his 1/3

My advice to Trump on the Iran war: There's only ONE way out of the mess that YOU created. More bombing won't work. More blockades won't work. Testosterone won't work. Shouting won't work. The only solution is NEGOTIATION. So why don't you use your "art of the deal" wizardry and get a deal?

It's time for those states that have been targeted by Trump for political and economic harm to actively consider hiring all of the highly talented people in the DOJ, FBI, CDC, and the (former) DOD that the Trumpies have fired. Give them the task of building parallel organizations to serve 1/2

Can it actually be legal to merge our military with that of ANY foreign power? Article II Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution says: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." I suppose 1/2

Tom Homan said that DHS didn't really do anything wrong in Minnesota. If so, then he should have no objection to doing a full, impartial investigation of the deaths of Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. And if their deaths were found to be murders, he should want those responsible punished.

It's pretty stunning that Bartiromo can't figure out why Iran is able to launch sustained attacks against U.S. bases and against other Middle Eastern states if their army, air force, missiles, and navy have all been completely utterly absolutely 1000% DESTROYED. Ummm, gee... that's a tough one. 🤔

I have the solution for all the smoke crossing the U.S. / Canada border!! The edge of space is a MERE 62 miles above the surface of the Earth. Sooooo... all we need to do is build a 62 mile high wall the full 5,000 mile length of the border. Easy-peasy, right? #sarcasm, in case you weren't sure.

Elon Musk says that Christopher Nolan "desecrated" Homer. I wonder what he thinks about the wokeness of James Joyce's Ulysses. Or of Dali's Last Supper. Or... maybe Musk doesn't understand that artists and writers have been reinterpreting the works of others for a very, very long time.

I love the fact that the SHOCKING HORRIFYING FACTUAL DATA that Trump presented to the nation in his prime time address PROVED ONCE AND FOR ALL that: Presidents Obama and Biden ran free and fair elections in 2016 and 2024, respectively Trump ran the nation's most GROSSLY UNFAIR election in 1/2

We all know Trump is going to pardon absolutely everyone in his administration before he leaves. He'll probably also pardon himself. But he can still be turned over to the International Criminal Court for war crimes. His pardons will have no influence there. Hegseth, General Kane, Rubio, 1/2

The administration's declaration of war on "Radical Left" terrorists is very reminiscent of Goebbels' speech in which he called for total war. I'm 100% in favor of crafting a legal definition of domestic terrorism-- so long as it is politics neutral-- and of pursuing anyone who fits the 1/3