[ExI] As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers

[John Clark]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/us/politics/ai-catastrophe-fears-washington.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1E.IcDp.A19Wf-9dpwqu&smid=em-share
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> *> Here we see an exhibit of the NYT failing to understand the
> constitution. *
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*Now you're just being silly.  *


> *> It goes on and on about the White House this and the White House that,
> never realizing POTUS doesn’t have the authority to regulate something for
> which congress has passed no regulations.  Congress is only mentioned most
> of the way down thru the article, almost dismissively.  POTUS cannot
> enforce law that doesn’t exist.  POTUS is only a president, not a king. *
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*As I said just a few days ago on September 8:  *

*"Your knee-jerk defense of Donald is fundamentally always the same; yes
what he proposes is both evil and stupid, but there is a piece of paper
that says he can't do stuff like that, and if that piece of paper says he
can't do stuff like that then he can't do stuff like that, so there's
absolutely positively no reason to worry that an evil imbecile is the
president of the most powerful nation in the world."*

*Like it or not in today's world no law gets passed and no industry gets
regulated if Donald doesn't want that to happen. I'm not complaining
because in this particular case, and I know this sounds incredible but ....
Donald is right! The probability of him being correct on any issue is far
less than random chance, but it is possible. I expect to see a monkey
typing out the complete text of Shakespeare's work any day now.*

*> Congress cannot (or does not) make law in even numbered years: they are
> too busy trying to get re-elected. *
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*Congress passed everything Donald wanted in 2018 and 2020, but although he
can still kill any legislation he wants, today in 2026 he can no longer get
every bit of legislation he wants put into law **because brainless tariffs
and a brainless war have slightly weakened Donald's once all powerful
personality cult. *

*John K Clark*
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