• Re: California introduces age verification law for all OSes,including Linux and SteamOS

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 00:33:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:50:10 -0000 (UTC), David LaRue wrote:

    israel has a long history and future ahead. Just read your Bible to understand your place in this time and more.

    Religious justifications for what Israel is doing are just adding to
    the unrest, they are not helping to bring about peace and stability at
    all.
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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 02:14:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
    countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
    Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating office of
    the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real head
    of state that you can lay the blame on.

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  • From Daniel70@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 20:10:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 6/03/2026 6:55 am, rbowman wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:38:26 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

    On 5/03/2026 9:50 pm, David LaRue wrote:
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:10obi58$3lruj$2@dont-
    email.me:
    On 5/03/2026 8:08 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-05 04:23, John Hasler wrote:
    Carlos E.R. wrote:
    Yes, I remember Mr Trump trying to force the... was it the
    depreciation of the dollar, and the responsible body saying no, and >>>>>>> then finding himself in trouble?

    The chairman of the Federal Reserve System refused to lower interest >>>>>> rates when Trump demanded that he do so.  Trump threatened him. >>>>>> He still refused.  He remained in office.

    Some judges in the international court can not use their visa card,
    and travel, and other impediments. Because they dared to indict
    Netanyahu.

    Good on THEM!!

    One wonders IF Israel would still exist if it weren't for the support
    of the U.S. of A.!

    israel has a long history and future ahead. Just read your Bible to
    understand your place in this time and more.

    Yeap .... but old Israel only existed because, under orders, Moses
    pinched some land from the Arabs .... or whomever the inhabitants at
    that time were.

    'Pinched' is an understatement. Their tribal god told them to kill
    everybody and they tried their best. iirc in one of their genocides their
    god was pissed off when the troops brought home some goats. 'Didn't I tell you to kill EVERYTHING?'

    Hmmm! Can't say I've been told that story before. ;-P
    --
    Daniel70
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 11:41:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
    countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating office of the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real head
    of state that you can lay the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of
    the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 19:33:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:10:19 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

    On 6/03/2026 6:55 am, rbowman wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:38:26 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

    On 5/03/2026 9:50 pm, David LaRue wrote:
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:10obi58$3lruj$2@dont-
    email.me:
    On 5/03/2026 8:08 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-05 04:23, John Hasler wrote:
    Carlos E.R. wrote:
    Yes, I remember Mr Trump trying to force the... was it the
    depreciation of the dollar, and the responsible body saying no, >>>>>>>> and then finding himself in trouble?

    The chairman of the Federal Reserve System refused to lower
    interest rates when Trump demanded that he do so.  Trump
    threatened him. He still refused.  He remained in office.

    Some judges in the international court can not use their visa card, >>>>>> and travel, and other impediments. Because they dared to indict
    Netanyahu.

    Good on THEM!!

    One wonders IF Israel would still exist if it weren't for the
    support of the U.S. of A.!

    israel has a long history and future ahead. Just read your Bible to
    understand your place in this time and more.

    Yeap .... but old Israel only existed because, under orders, Moses
    pinched some land from the Arabs .... or whomever the inhabitants at
    that time were.

    'Pinched' is an understatement. Their tribal god told them to kill
    everybody and they tried their best. iirc in one of their genocides
    their god was pissed off when the troops brought home some goats.
    'Didn't I tell you to kill EVERYTHING?'

    Hmmm! Can't say I've been told that story before. ;-P

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_in_the_Hebrew_Bible

    https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1SA.15.1-28

    I misspoke; Saul brought sheep and cattle back with him, not goats. When
    you hear Amelekites mentioned in a modern context, this is the backstory.

    Many cultures would probably try to bury things like despoiling Egypt and repeated genocides rather than taking pride in them, but so it goes. Christians could have left that all behind with the New Covenant but
    people like Huckabee lap it up.


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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 19:36:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:41:29 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”.
    Typically countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
    Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating office
    of the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real
    head of state that you can lay the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of
    the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.

    The ornamental kings and queens are what puzzles or fascinates US
    citizens.
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 22:45:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-06 20:36, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:41:29 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. >>>>>> Typically countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
    Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating office
    of the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real
    head of state that you can lay the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many
    systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of
    the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.

    The ornamental kings and queens are what puzzles or fascinates US
    citizens.

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Fri Mar 6 22:27:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.
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  • From Daniel70@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 20:32:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 6/03/2026 9:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
    countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
    Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating
    office of
    the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real head
    of state that you can lay the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a president of
    the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.

    .... except that a Prime Minister actually gets to VOTE on a Bill to
    determine IF it becomes Law or not .... rather then, as I understand it,
    just SIGNING a PASSED Bill into Law.
    --
    Daniel70
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  • From rbowman@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 20:38:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Be careful of what you wish for.
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 22:16:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-06 23:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.

    Yeah, I'm thinking of someone. :-(
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 22:18:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-07 10:32, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 6/03/2026 9:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not “President”. Typically
    countries with Presidents are republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister of
    Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a rotating
    office of
    the Federal Council and has no special power. They don't have a real
    head
    of state that you can lay the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there are
    many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have a
    president of the government, whose role is similar to a prime minister.

    .... except that a Prime Minister actually gets to VOTE on a Bill to determine IF it becomes Law or not .... rather then, as I understand it, just SIGNING a PASSED Bill into Law.

    Similar to our president of the government here.

    He can sign a decree, but after some time (a month?) it has to be passed
    in parliament, and it can fail and be removed after of being used for a
    month.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From Richard Kettlewell@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 21:24:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    rbowman <[email protected]> writes:
    Carlos E.R. wrote:
    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Be careful of what you wish for.

    There’s republics and republics. In this country a plausible approach
    would be to have a ceremonial president with the same limited
    constitutional role that the monarch currently has.

    Would a country that elected its heads of state every 5 years, but
    referred to them as ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ and put them between a throne and a crown, be a republic with anomalous terminology and excessive levels
    of ceremony, or a monarchy with an unusually democratic succession
    process?
    --
    https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 22:40:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-07 22:24, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
    rbowman <[email protected]> writes:
    Carlos E.R. wrote:
    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Be careful of what you wish for.

    There’s republics and republics. In this country a plausible approach
    would be to have a ceremonial president with the same limited
    constitutional role that the monarch currently has.

    Would a country that elected its heads of state every 5 years, but
    referred to them as ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ and put them between a throne and
    a crown, be a republic with anomalous terminology and excessive levels
    of ceremony, or a monarchy with an unusually democratic succession
    process?

    You can look at countries like Portugal, France, Italy... each with differences.
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sat Mar 7 22:38:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 22:16:38 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-06 23:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.

    Yeah, I'm thinking of someone. :-(

    Spain seems to be plotting a very independent course under Sanchez. He
    was one of the first to criticize Israel’s disproportionate response
    in Gaza, and now he’s refusing to go along with Trump’s attacks on
    Iran.
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  • From Carlos E.R.@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Sun Mar 8 14:11:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 2026-03-07 23:38, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 22:16:38 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2026-03-06 23:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:45:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    Not everybody is proud of them, and want a republic instead.

    Just be careful you don’t end up with a dictator instead.

    Yeah, I'm thinking of someone. :-(

    Spain seems to be plotting a very independent course under Sanchez. He
    was one of the first to criticize Israel’s disproportionate response
    in Gaza, and now he’s refusing to go along with Trump’s attacks on
    Iran.

    Right :-)
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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  • From Daniel70@[email protected] to alt.os.linux on Mon Mar 9 19:35:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux

    On 8/03/2026 8:18 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-07 10:32, Daniel70 wrote:
    On 6/03/2026 9:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-06 03:14, rbowman wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:07:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro
    wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:34:33 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2026-03-05 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    You mean “Prime Minister” (Pedro Sanchez), not
    “President”. Typically countries with Presidents are
    republics.

    Still, the official term here is President of the
    Government.

    Ah, I see.

    Trump got criticized when he called Keller-Sutter Prime Mister
    of Switzerland. Technically she was President but that's a
    rotating office of the Federal Council and has no special
    power. They don't have a real head of state that you can lay
    the blame on.

    Yes, it is confusing when each country works differently, there
    are many systems. I can forget and talk of president when we have
    a president of the government, whose role is similar to a prime
    minister.

    .... except that a Prime Minister actually gets to VOTE on a Bill
    to determine IF it becomes Law or not .... rather then, as I
    understand it, just SIGNING a PASSED Bill into Law.

    Similar to our president of the government here.

    He can sign a decree, but after some time (a month?) it has to be
    passed in parliament, and it can fail and be removed after of being
    used for a month.

    So, sort of, "Try before you buy!". Weird!
    --
    Daniel70
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