Steve Schmidt
@steve.czmyt.com
Computer consultant & database app software developer. Bookworm. Posts about computers, gear, security, safety, and Michigan. 🇺🇸 💔🇺🇦
From Haslett, Michigan, USA
Not the campaign runner
More at https://steve.czmyt.com
Email steve@czmyt.com
From Haslett, Michigan, USA
Not the campaign runner
More at https://steve.czmyt.com
Email steve@czmyt.com
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Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
This was a must read when Dr. Snyder first published this, and it is more of a must read today, as is his book On Tyranny, and the ever greater Expanded Audio Edition of On Tyranny.
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This is the problem. Chuck Schumer thought he was playing a political game not realizing it’s people’s lives he’s using as bargaining chips. When will we vote in politicians that truly speak for the people they claim to represent?
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is the problem. Chuck Schumer thought he was playing a political game not realizing it’s people’s lives he’s using as bargaining chips. When will we vote in politicians that truly speak for the people they claim to represent?
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Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
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The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
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"My favorite Android Auto wireless adapter finally got the one upgrade it desperately needed"
ZDNet's recommended wireless Android Auto adapter: Good because of its features. Might need to try this as alternative to the rock bottom feature / price one I got.
www.zdnet.com/article/my-f...
ZDNet's recommended wireless Android Auto adapter: Good because of its features. Might need to try this as alternative to the rock bottom feature / price one I got.
www.zdnet.com/article/my-f...
My favorite Android Auto wireless adapter finally got the one upgrade it desperately needed
The updated AAWireless Two Plus looks and works the same as the previous version, but it's got an update that'll make iOS users just as happy.
www.zdnet.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"My favorite Android Auto wireless adapter finally got the one upgrade it desperately needed"
ZDNet's recommended wireless Android Auto adapter: Good because of its features. Might need to try this as alternative to the rock bottom feature / price one I got.
www.zdnet.com/article/my-f...
ZDNet's recommended wireless Android Auto adapter: Good because of its features. Might need to try this as alternative to the rock bottom feature / price one I got.
www.zdnet.com/article/my-f...
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This is total word salad as one expects from Bessent. The truth is that in recent years the Exchange Stabilization Fund has been used only to provide dollar-based loans to other countries. What Bessent/Trump did was buy Argentinian pesos with US dollars, exposing US taxpayers to Arg currency risk.
MSNBC: How does a $20b bailout of Argentina help Americans?
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is total word salad as one expects from Bessent. The truth is that in recent years the Exchange Stabilization Fund has been used only to provide dollar-based loans to other countries. What Bessent/Trump did was buy Argentinian pesos with US dollars, exposing US taxpayers to Arg currency risk.
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Ironic isn’t it that the Dutch government is standing up for our veterans when the current American administration is trying to erase their sacrifice?
This Veterans Day, Americans may like to know a wide coalition of Dutch political parties in Limburg are fighting back against the removal of 2 panels commemorating black veterans at Margraten US WOII cemetery ↘️ www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/call...
Calls for permanent memorial in Limburg to black US liberators - DutchNews.nl
Provincial councillors in Limburg have called for a permanent memorial to black American servicemen to be erected next to the US war cemetery in Margraten after it emerged that panels commemorating th...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ironic isn’t it that the Dutch government is standing up for our veterans when the current American administration is trying to erase their sacrifice?
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Man. You know the lines you have to cross for the British to not cooperate with the USA because Starmer thinks you’re pandering to the far right too much?
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Man. You know the lines you have to cross for the British to not cooperate with the USA because Starmer thinks you’re pandering to the far right too much?
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OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
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This is some horrific sludge from Alphabet / YoutubeTV.
In order to "claim a credit" you have to click a single button. That's it. Nothing else.
Why not, you know, automatically apply the credit?
In order to "claim a credit" you have to click a single button. That's it. Nothing else.
Why not, you know, automatically apply the credit?
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is some horrific sludge from Alphabet / YoutubeTV.
In order to "claim a credit" you have to click a single button. That's it. Nothing else.
Why not, you know, automatically apply the credit?
In order to "claim a credit" you have to click a single button. That's it. Nothing else.
Why not, you know, automatically apply the credit?
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“OUTRAGEOUS” 💰
Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social taking note of THE BLACKBURN-HAGERTY PROVISION that lets @SenatorHagerty
& @MarshaBlackburn grab $500,000 for being investigated for potentially being linked to Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government.🤔
Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social taking note of THE BLACKBURN-HAGERTY PROVISION that lets @SenatorHagerty
& @MarshaBlackburn grab $500,000 for being investigated for potentially being linked to Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government.🤔
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“OUTRAGEOUS” 💰
Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social taking note of THE BLACKBURN-HAGERTY PROVISION that lets @SenatorHagerty
& @MarshaBlackburn grab $500,000 for being investigated for potentially being linked to Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government.🤔
Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social taking note of THE BLACKBURN-HAGERTY PROVISION that lets @SenatorHagerty
& @MarshaBlackburn grab $500,000 for being investigated for potentially being linked to Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government.🤔
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UK stops sharing some intel with US over concerns about legality of US military strikes on alleged drug boats, sources tell CNN. https://cnn.it/47VvbVi
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
UK stops sharing some intel with US over concerns about legality of US military strikes on alleged drug boats, sources tell CNN. https://cnn.it/47VvbVi
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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None. The answer is no jobs.
Tariffs raise prices on imports which reduces competition
Domestics respond by raising prices too, bc they can
The same stuff costs you more
You have less money, buy less stuff
We have fewer jobs
It’s that simple
The rest is lies for money and power and more money
Tariffs raise prices on imports which reduces competition
Domestics respond by raising prices too, bc they can
The same stuff costs you more
You have less money, buy less stuff
We have fewer jobs
It’s that simple
The rest is lies for money and power and more money
BARNICLE: What is the Treasury Dept doing to lessen job insecurity in this country?
BESSENT: What Trump is doing to bring back high-paying manufacturing jobs is all about job security
BARNICLE: How many jobs have come back?
BESSENT: It's just starting
BESSENT: What Trump is doing to bring back high-paying manufacturing jobs is all about job security
BARNICLE: How many jobs have come back?
BESSENT: It's just starting
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
None. The answer is no jobs.
Tariffs raise prices on imports which reduces competition
Domestics respond by raising prices too, bc they can
The same stuff costs you more
You have less money, buy less stuff
We have fewer jobs
It’s that simple
The rest is lies for money and power and more money
Tariffs raise prices on imports which reduces competition
Domestics respond by raising prices too, bc they can
The same stuff costs you more
You have less money, buy less stuff
We have fewer jobs
It’s that simple
The rest is lies for money and power and more money
Absolute best cable ties ever: www.amazon.com/dp/B01IAEI3ZG
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Absolute best cable ties ever: www.amazon.com/dp/B01IAEI3ZG
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Trump officials are planning to propose oil drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft map reviewed by The Post.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
Trump administration plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Trump officials are planning to propose oil drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft map reviewed by The Post.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
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During the night, an oil refinery in the city of Saratov was attacked. The refinery produces over 20 types of petroleum products — gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, vacuum gas oil, technical sulfur, and more — and operates to meet the needs of the Russian army.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
During the night, an oil refinery in the city of Saratov was attacked. The refinery produces over 20 types of petroleum products — gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, vacuum gas oil, technical sulfur, and more — and operates to meet the needs of the Russian army.
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I'm a train guard. I know when you don't have a ticket and I don't care that you don't. But, I want to see how far your lie goes so I will try my hardest to make you crack. Otherwise the job is very boring.
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'm a train guard. I know when you don't have a ticket and I don't care that you don't. But, I want to see how far your lie goes so I will try my hardest to make you crack. Otherwise the job is very boring.
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The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
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“When I came to the U.S. attorney’s office, I thought I had such a slim chance of getting a job because it was such an ultracompetitive place.
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
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“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“When I came to the U.S. attorney’s office, I thought I had such a slim chance of getting a job because it was such an ultracompetitive place.
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
“Now it’s like, ‘If you ever threw a pass, do you want to be a quarterback?’”
— Mark Rotert, former federal prosecutor
wapo.st/47Rv3pC
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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People living in countries with Universal Healthcare don’t envy the US system
They don’t want for profit healthcare
There are some Americans who insist on defending their healthcare system even as it bankrupts (or kills) people for profit…. But most would happily switch systems if they could
They don’t want for profit healthcare
There are some Americans who insist on defending their healthcare system even as it bankrupts (or kills) people for profit…. But most would happily switch systems if they could
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
People living in countries with Universal Healthcare don’t envy the US system
They don’t want for profit healthcare
There are some Americans who insist on defending their healthcare system even as it bankrupts (or kills) people for profit…. But most would happily switch systems if they could
They don’t want for profit healthcare
There are some Americans who insist on defending their healthcare system even as it bankrupts (or kills) people for profit…. But most would happily switch systems if they could