1. Will the assassination attempt on Trump efffect the election? 2. Should government's use of weapons be restricted to the same degree as private individuals? 3. Should a person who has been deemed mentally incompetent to be put on trial for a crime be allowed to be in a position of high authority? 4. Is Biden's Covid diagnosis of the same importance as the attempt o Trump's life? 5. How old was Queen Isabella when she hocked her crown jewels to finance Columbus's first voyage?

1, What was the most overrated speech in recent history? . FDR's - "All we have to fear is fear itself" 2. What was the most underappreciated speech in recent history? Lincoln's Gett ysburg Address - after it was done reportedly someone asked if that was all 3. What one event in your life most effected you at the time - and is the most vivid in your memory? My father getting bucked off a horse and killed - 64 years ago today 4. Did the culture you spent your first ten years form your view of life as you live it today? To a substantial degree - but not by making me follow those mores but by making me move away from them 5. Will Orlan be able to mediate between Putin and Zelensky? I hope so - right now he seems to be the only person on earth talking to both of them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/m-scholars-and-scribes/1720802955.bj0ne0ktes48cgw4%40webmail.sitestar.net.

1. What was the most significant executive order ever issued by a president of the US? FDR putting Japanese citizens in our version of concentration camps may well have been the stupidest but I think the most significant was Truman desegregating the Armed Forces in 1947 2. Will Joe Biden drop out of the race for reelection? I can see five alternatives. First he is removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Second he is removed by the party at the convention. Third he resigns of his own accord. Fourth he chooses to not run like LBJ in 1968. And last and best for his legacy is that he is assassinated. 3. Are moral codes universal? Not at all - they vary from person to person. Most of the time though within a small group they tend to merge. 4. Do you expect social unrest after the US election in November? Emphatically yes - the only question is who will be llamed. 5. Should 4th of July fireworks be banned for being detrimental to the environment? Insantiy rules -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M-Scholars and Scribes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to m-scholars-and-scribes+unsubscribe@.... To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/m-scholars-and-scribes/1720191630.a799rulrkok888os%401752385.svc.e1m.net.

1. Should a president be allowed to make law by executive order? 2. Will the next car or truck you buy be an EV? 3. Should direction of violent illegal entrants to the US be regarded as a form of biological warfare - in that they are committing violent crimes at substantially higher rate than the average entrant? 4. Do you anticipate an imlrovement in the condition of the US is one of the two major candidates is elected president? 5. Was Juian Aassange unjustly convicted?

1. What was the most significant executive order ever issued by a president of the US? 2. Will Joe Biden drop out of the race for reelection? 3. Are moral codes universal? 4. Do you expect social unrest after the US election in November? 5. Should 4th of July fireworks be banned for being detrimental to the environment?

1. Scientists at the University of Washington are studying production of clouds to reflect sunlight with the intent of cooling the earth - is this a good idea? 2. Accusations are being made of using artificial intelligence to manipulate videos of politicians to make them look bad - do you believe this is happening? 3. Are you going to watch the first presidential debate next Thursday? 4. Should Robert Kennedy Junior be allowed in the debate next Thursday? 5. Who will die first - Putin, Biden or Kim?

1. Scientists at the University of Washington are studying production of clouds to reflect sunlight with the intent of cooling the earth - is this a good idea? Brilliant waste of research money 2. Accusations are being made of using artificial intelligence to manipulate videos of politicians to make them look bad - do you believe this is happening? Yes - on all sides. 3. Are you going to watch the first presidential debate next Thursday? At least part of it 4. Should Robert Kennedy Junior be allowed in the debate next Thursday? Emphatically yes - he would show both contenders to be the idiots they are 5. Who will die first - Putin, Biden or Kim? Probably Biden. The other two will be propped up with mechanical hand waving devices - though come to think of it that may already be true of Biden. --

Well, you must have missed the crack epidemic, but fentanyl is reaching more communities, and we're in for another wild ride, since the government is unwilling or unable to control this one, too.

1. What is the stupidist thing you have ever seen Google recommend? 2. What us the worst law the US congress passed in the 20th century? 3. Should the US allow Ukraine to use US supplied weapons to attack Russian forces in Russia who are attacking Ukrainian cities? 4. What time in history does the current situation remind you of? 5. If you could reset your age of life - what would you reset it to?

"No, they should just fire Musk. He's not doing Tesla any favors and his performance there has been weak."-Celeste Firing the company founder doesn't always work. After Apple's board fired Steve Jobs, the company went to ruin under his successor, and after Jobs returned, Apple became the world's most valuable company. Without Musk, there would be no Tesla, a company worth $567 billion. Giving 10% of that to the guy who made it all happen doesn't seem so bad. I don't know what his 140,000 employees and their families think of it; some of them might believe that they'd be just as well off working elsewhere, but others might be grateful for their jobs. Ed On Saturday, June 15, 2024, a1thighmaster via groups.io <thighmaster@...> wrote: 1. The G7 decided to loan Ukraine 50 billion dollars to be paid back from frozen Russian assets this week- is this a good idea? Yes, this seems very appropriate. 2. Testa's stockholders agreed to pay Elon Musk up to 54 billion dollars in compensation as CEO this week - it's not clear to me is this is a one year deal or over multiple years - is this a good idea? No, they should just fire Musk. He's not doing Tesla any favors and his performance there has been weak. 3. Did you learn anything interesting this week? Yes, I learned that my right hip is at end state for osteoarthritis. I will be having hip replacement surgery next month. 4. Did you do anything interesting this week? I always do interesting stuff at work. 5. Is the conflict in Gaza or Sudan more of a human tragedy? I'm not sure I understand what the question is. If the question is which one is the bigger human tragedy then I don't see any sense in asking that. They are certainly both huge human tragedies, but the Gaza conflict has been going on much longer and there doesn't seem to be any way to end it. Aloha, Celeste Rogers

1. The G7 decided to loan Ukraine 50 billion dollars to be paid back from frozen Russian assets this week- is this a good idea? 2. Testa's stockholders agreed to pay Elon Musk up to 54 billion dollars in compensation as CEO this week - it's not clear to me is this is a one year deal or over multiple years - is this a good idea? 3. Did you learn anything interesting this week? 4. Did you do anything interesting this week? 5. Is the conflict in Gaza or Sudan more of a human tragedy?

"Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of restoring Musk’s 10-year pay plan, valued by the company in April at $44.9 billion. It was worth more early in the year, but Tesla’s stock value has fallen about 25% since then. The all-stock package, approved by the board and shareholders in 2018, rewards Musk for hitting milestones that include raising Tesla’s market value, pretax income and revenue. It had been tossed out by a Delaware judge in January who said the process for approving it was “deeply flawed.” The court ruled that Musk controlled the company’s board, and shareholders weren’t fully informed. But the company said Musk deserves the pay because he turned Tesla into the top-selling electric vehicle maker in the world, increasing its market value by billions."

In the case of Trump's hush money scheme he was both morally and legally guilty. Aloha, Celeste On 6/7/2024 6:50 PM, David Smith via groups.io wrote:

...according to Majorie Taylor Greene, in. a speech yesterday here in Nevada: https://apple.news/ABchf0lUvSv-nvMw5m76PvQ

Legal malpractice? How about accounting malpractice and independent auditor malpractice? Trump didn't personally make those 36 journal entries.

How does anyone know what his motive was, and whether he committed adultery (neither illegal nor unusual with presidential candidates), or if do, shat his family thought about it. As for euphemistic journal entries, for blackmail or bribery, those aren't unprecedented, either. Look up "facilitation payments," for example. Ed

1. Do you trust your political leaders to have your best interests paramount in their actions? 2. Was the Trump trial verdict unexpected? 3. Will the verdict effect the election? 4. Will you make a political donation this week? 5. Will this situation change how you feel about the future of the US?

I wouldn't call them real Christians, but they want to make sure that the U.S. is run their way. And they are using Trump to get there. Trump is probably thinks he is using them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ev0P92-fqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8EQsQkhGQ Aloha, Celeste Rogers

Some of assumed it was a typo meant to be “12”

Oh yeah, "Repent! The end is near!" Nothing original about that, except that the message is secular this time, and instead of prophets and priests preaching it, it's scientists, whose opinions are infallible (except a couple of years after covid, when we learned that they were wrong). Ed