Doug Pickard

checking in on the president of the united states

🇫🇮🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: We have a new support package for Ukraine from Finland – and, in addition, agreements that expand our opportunities for cooperation. Seven documents have been signed – the total value of today's agreements is €300 million.

Good night, dear friends. Thank you for caring about Ukraine, for your prayers, your help, your support, and for keeping Ukraine in your hearts. Thank you for standing with us, for not looking away, and for reminding us that we are not alone.

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Woke up to snow in my backyard. Winter is officially here. ❄️ As the snow piles up, I’m thinking about the families across Alaska who can’t afford to heat their homes this year. They deserve leaders in DC fighting to help them make it through by bringing energy costs down.

I am an atheist, but I respect others religious rights and perspectives. Religion has been a force for good for many I have known. This young lady was smug, arrogant, demeaning, and disrespectful of Mr. Talarico questioning his Christianity in public.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to James Eugene Seals. 10/17/42. 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ James the music world misses you immensely.

Good night, dear friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing with Ukraine and helping us through these difficult times. Please keep Ukraine in your thoughts. Ukraine will win.

I crunched the numbers and to my surprise, if the tax collected for Medicare were increased to 15% instead of 1.5% (paid respectively by employees and employer), Americans could have a Medicare for all style Healthcare for less than $500 per month. Employers would save BILLIONS!

I voted!

Her crime (besides her transformation to Mar-A-Lago Face) was getting caught.

Public executions? How about a wall? Look familiar?

Staying home is essentially surrendering your vote to someone else voting for you. In Ohio, less than half of the people eligible to vote will show up. So, your vote is "whatever".

Yes, more of this please.

This episode of Law and Order is just one way an AI entity can "leave the sandbox" and endanger real people. Imagine a machine ruining your life out of the self-preservation of itself.

I read a friend's Facebook post today that essentially was a walk back of being MAGA. She wanted to straighten out people's perception of her as conservative and not MAGA. Sorry, if you voted for him, three times, you cannot absolve yourself as not MAGA. You did this. Own it.

I am embarrassed by the gullibility of Christians to follow this man into humiliation.

Conservatives have fought tooth and nail against social and cultural legislation (liberal). Liberals have passed most of the social safety net, and cultural protections. The rise of Trump & White Christian Nationalism is the direct response to the election of Barack Obama and passage of the ACA.

There is no computer code for empathy, love, or understanding. There will be mimicry, but no humanity. No machine can give you a hug, understand tears, or celebrate joy. AI is a tool. Nothing more. Government regulates tools: Their manufacture, use, and purpose.

Doesn't Erika Kirk remind you of Tammy Faye just a little?

I think "Sadam Insane" is a pretty good capture of his excellency. I heard he's already whining about it.

Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass

Remember when less than six months after you bought the latest and greatest of computers the next latest and greatest computer came out. All these data centers will depreciate in value very quickly and become big black holes in the economy like all the big malls vacant across the country.

I want one day, just one day is all, where the media does not mention his name. I believe there are a lot of us who desperately want to give our brains a genuine, deep cleansing.

I am at odds with the Browns. I fell out with them when they traded off Baker Mayfield and acquired Deshawn Watson. I came from a generation when character mattered and Watson's actions in Houston, for me, is a huge smudge on Cleveland. Watson will not endure a whole season and he will move on.

If you haven't read "A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy" by Tia Levings, read this. Freaked my wife out.

For me, this is the primary reason Democrats need to take back the Senate and the House this fall. Russell Vought is dismantling the federal government piece by piece. If Democrats win the midterms, his office will snort a big old snort of Red Bull and do as much damage as they can before January.

We protect disabled and incapacitated individuals from sexual and physical abuse. Being drunk does not redefine disability incapacitation to “available” or “up for it”. Shame on the “men” and parents of these “fine” young men. Of course, you are in hopes one will someday be a Supreme Court justice.

I don't think any of us realize how powerful AI can be to persuade people to believe and follow anything. Eric Schmitt showed us how dangerous misinformation can be to our government and the rule of law. The shock on Katy Britt was genuine. I could hear her inside voice uttering "No, No, No, No!!!!

We have witnessed the Orange Jesus and his abuse of power. Imagine giving control of AI to him or someone like him. Now imagine the creation of a "GOD" that he alone controls and promises you a great life if you will just voice your submission to the "GOD" created by AI. Sound familiar?

Went shopping for new running shoes yesterday. I encountered over a hundred people lined up to get into Target. I asked what they were lined up for. A new release of Pokémon cards, he said. I told my wife about it and she told me about the neighbor's son selling his collection for $28 thousand. Wow!

Watched a good movie last night called Talk to Me. Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, and Martin Sheen were all in it. Great performances.

Love it 👇

The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.

An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.

Happy Dolly Parton Day: 9-2-5

I wish people had reposted suggestions or revisions. The question I wish everyone had to answer is: "Would you be okay with ______ if a Democrat president said or did this?" Then you should be upset with this one. Accountability goes both ways and Congress could rebuild trust in institutions.

We need Constitutional Amendments * redefining and limiting political contributions * regulating presidential pardon power * redefining corruption * separation of executive, judicial, and legislative branch powers and oversight * redefining presidential power * redefining and limiting Supreme Court