[ExI] diamandis commentary

[John Clark]

On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 11:48 AM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> John the ballroom doesnt use federal money so that one is irrelevant. *
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*Nope.*

*Republicans want to add $1 billion for Trump's ballroom*
<https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/g-s1-120455/republicans-trump-ballroom-billion>

*Trump wants to spend $1 billion of your tax dollars on a gold-plated
ballroom.* <https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4510895719190129>

*  John K Clark*








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> On Fri, May 22, 2026, 1:40 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> *>Oh this is cool.  It is pointless to try to pick a winner in a horse
>>> race when most of the horses win.*
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>>> *Dario and Elon have teamed up.  They tag teamed and beat up the law
>>> industry:*
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>>> *https://metatrends.substack.com/p/tracking-the-singularity-week-of-8a5?r=ch1ue
>>> <https://metatrends.substack.com/p/tracking-the-singularity-week-of-8a5?r=ch1ue>*
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>>> *Is this a cool time to be living, or what?*
>>>
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>> *That was very interesting thanks for posting it; and it's certainly true
>> that we live in interesting times, especially relevant was the following:  *
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>> *"The Taiwan risk is real: Two-thirds of all GPUs come through TSMC. If
>> anything disrupts production (an earthquake, a military conflict, even a
>> prolonged drought affecting the island’s water-intensive chip fabrication),
>> our AI future grinds to a halt. Intel instantly becomes the most valuable
>> asset on the planet. TeraFab is a national security hedge for the entire
>> Western AI stack."*
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>> *That's another reason why starting the Iran war was so incredibly
>> stupid, it distracts us from the vastly more important China-Taiwan
>> situation. China has wanted to attack Taiwan for 70 years and if they're
>> ever going to do so now would be the perfect time to do it. That's because
>> although the war with Iran hasn't been going on for very long it's been
>> long enough for the US military to be stretched beyond the breaking point.
>> Iran doesn't matter. Taiwan does. *
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>> *The U.S. is Facing an Ammunition Shortage Due to the Iran War*
>> <https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/US-ammunition-shortage-iran-war/>
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>> *And instead of building more **Tomahawks and vast numbers of **cheap drones, the
>> president wants to bring back ultra expensive battleships!! And of course
>> there is the all important billion dollar ballroom, and his new billion
>> dollar slush fund.*
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>> *  John K Clark*
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