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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] I wish this was fake news<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:27 PM, <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>the coming catastrophe as the yanks struggle to deal with decades of massive government overspending and overcommitting. But I don’t see either of the mainstream parties having any big insights on that problem.</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>… Spike, at this point expecting big insights from government on how to solve big problems seems like the wildest of fantasies. I don't demand anything nearly that ambitious, I don't ask for the moon if we can just avoid extinction long enough for a new president of either party to take over I will be absolutely delighted. And yes you're talking to a frightened man, something is not quite right with Trump, the man scares the hell out of me…John K Clark <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John, these are scary times. Much or at least part of the craziness might be an act however. Recall that America elected as head of its executive branch a former game show host, but not just any game show. It was one which made comedy of public humiliation. We could expect little else besides what we are seeing. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have never thought it likely this particular president would launch a nuclear war, but apparently the current highest risk world leader was uncertain enough of his intentions to agree to negotiations with the US on disarming. It could be that the rumors of a massive accident in the centrifuge facility is true, but we may never know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>