Together [Musk and Ramaswamy] seem to have put paid to yet another egregious, multi-billion dollar CR (continuing resolution) filled with enough pork — some of it written in tired woke phraseology, if you can believe it, with Republicans signed on — to stock every barbecue joint from Atlanta to Bakersfield and have enough left over to supply South Korea (they love their barbecue too).
It was Mr. Ramaswamy who broke it down for us on Mr. Musk’s X. Read the whole thing, if you haven’t but here’s the wrap up…
Part of what's happening is there's been a revolution in the public's ability to process information, form instant coalitions and react. The CR fiasco signals the arrival of the political machine gun on the linear battlefield.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 19, 2024
Elon Musk on X: “Your elected representatives have heard you and now the terrible bill is dead. The voice of the people has triumphed! VOX POPULI VOX DEI” / X
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869487359420727338
Liking Elon more everyday
DJ Jones on X: “@KurtSchlichter Huge implications for the use of AI. They used AI to “read” all 1,574 pages of that monstrosity and pull out the graft and corruption. This is a game changer. They can’t hide things in multi-thousand page bills anymore.” / X
https://x.com/sgtdaviddjjones/status/1869756215800246662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1869756215800246662%7Ctwgr%5E9f2c7e33df374aec568592fd102ee1d08103db45%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F689891%2F
Carnac the Magnificent sees a fear campaign in order to pass legislation clamping down on AI language models in the very near future.
“VOX POPULI VOX DEI” is like a holy incantation to banish demons.
I sense a shortage of Ukrainian pork in the Matrix.
As someone pointed out, now we can feed these 1,000-page POS proposed legislation to an AI and have it return a 2-page “TL;DR” précis/fact sheet with bullet points, ready to feed to an angry electorate.
I suspect the days of the porkapalooza omnibus bill are numbered throughout the Western world.
*Porkapalooza !“
“The bill could have easily been under 20 pages. Instead, there are dozens of unrelated policy items crammed into the 1,547 pages of this bill. There’s …”
Giving yourself a 40% pay raise is certainly a nice touch before Christmas. I know Congressmen make garbage money but slipping this in isn’t the way to go.
Congress critters are paid what they worth.
Their voters aren’t their only customers. No surprise that they try harder to please the ones who pay more than the voters do.
Legislative wages are part of the problem. My Librano MP failed at everything he ever did, and now makes over $200K as a backbencher, plus trips, pension, medical ad nauseum. By qualifications and ability, he would top out at shift supervisor at McDonalds. These clown are mostly main chancers, unable to earn at all in the private sector.
Example Liz May. What is the market rate for a drunken hag…oh wait….Pelosi, bad example.
They should be paid well whilst in office and then nothing when they are out.
Musk has inspired the classic Sweet rock/disco hit … Fox on the Run
https://youtu.be/9jNt7ZGCW-o?si=hl94Ng7bC2uanNp7