<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 2:03 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>> </span>"</span></span><i><span style="font-size:14pt">Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the Territory of Hawaii was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. I'm sure I speak for all Americans when I say I wish the Hawaiians the very best of luck in the <span class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646gmaildefault">difficult </span>struggle they have before them<span class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646gmaildefault">.</span></span></i><span class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:14pt">"<u></u><u></u></span></span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>Ja.  Do you see the difference between a military attack by a foreign military and an attack by a virus?  </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">No.</font></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-9026782941873653646WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>To do what it sounds like you expect would require POTUS to assume dictatorial powers, which POTUS cannot legally do.</i></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Japan<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> South Korea<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> Germany<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> Australia <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </span>New Zealand<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, Canada </span>and many other countries manage<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">d</span> to do what needed to be done <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and</span> none of them have a dictator but they all ha<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">d</span> something the US d<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">isn't</span> have<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> a leader who <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">was</span> not an imbecile<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">John K Clark</span></font></div></div></div>