@hacknorris They say a slopped clock is right twice a day

#StoppedClock #LLM

For about a minute, Red Don has decided that it best serves his ego to force Bibi to stop the war and take the W.

Heaven help us the moment the mercurial mango bully changes his mind.

#stoppedclock

Hired a meeting room for today and it has a #StoppedClock hopefully not an omen for the day
Huh. Not sure how I feel here— I am sure it is going to get screwed up/twisted into evil by the administration, but this is a real concern, and the issues have been complained about for over a decade. #conflicted #stoppedclock https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United

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My houghts (others' welcome):

1. Trump probably thought this was "throwing us a bone": an action that didn't horrify the entire fucking nation

2. Yay copying Canada & Europe?

3. IIRC the penny has been on the chopping block since at least 2000 or so, but lobbyists from some mining companies (and maybe AZ?) have kept it going, despite the cost. All that metal doesn't come from nowhere. Trump will piss off at least one mining company with this. We might not hear about it, but someone is going to be lighting up the phones.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/10/0841200/trump-orders-treasury-secretary-to-stop-minting-pennies

#uspol #mining #lobbying #shitskrieg #StoppedClock

Trump Orders Treasury Secretary To Stop Minting Pennies - Slashdot

President Donald Trump has ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt penny production to cut government spending, according to a Truth Social post on Sunday. The U.S. Mint spent 3.69 cents to produce and distribute each penny last year, resulting in a $85.3 million loss on over three billion ...

The #StoppedClock has spoken. We do need to take a serious look at who is leading this Congress, because they are a bunch of incompetent fuck ups. #JoshHawley isn't any better, and having that guy anywhere near Washington DC is a major failing in our government. His reasons for questioning Congressional leadership are batshit crazy, but he's not wrong when he says they're incompetent.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5048270-josh-hawley-spending-deal-congress-democrats/

#PartyOfStupid

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