HEADLINES: 2026

Shiftless2 said:
I've seen a number of questions on other boards asking what people think about age restrictions for the use of social media and I keep asking how they're expected to enforce them. Still no answer.
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About the only solution I can think of is that phone makers could create a limited phone marketed towards parents to buy for children?

But I am not really sure what would be best?
It would not be that hard to sell a restricted a phone so it could not load any internet browser at all?
But eventually they will need to learn about how to deal with the internet, and maybe the sooner the better?
 
Rigby5 said:
About the only solution I can think of is that phone makers could create a limited phone marketed towards parents to buy for children?

But I am not really sure what would be best?
It would not be that hard to sell a restricted a phone so it could not load any internet browser at all?
But eventually they will need to learn about how to deal with the internet, and maybe the sooner the better?
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I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time).

And that puts the onus on the parent to choose what sort of hardware to buy for their kids so that doesn't address what Youtube or Meta should do. Actually "can do".
 
Shiftless2 said:
I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time).

And that puts the onus on the parent to choose what sort of hardware to buy for their kids so that doesn't address what Youtube or Meta should do. Actually "can do".
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Being "old school", I always used the computer with its large screen, mouse, easy keyboard, etc.
But most younger people seem to prefer the cellphone because they can stay on it constantly, no matter where they are going to or have to be.
I dislike cellphones myself, and rarely use it.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"I think most people use their computers to access social media. I know I do (at least most of the time)." S2 #142
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Please forgive the TAN, is CitizenVoice.us "social media"? It's not Facebook, or etc.
but where do we draw the line?
I consider CV.us to be a welcoming rest-stop on the infotainment superhighway,
a public square in our global village where ideas can be publicly scrutinized for benefit of posters & lurkers alike.
I know what CV.us is.
I just don't know if the "social media" definition fits.

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Rigby5 said:
"I dislike cellphones myself, and rarely use it." R5 #143
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R5 for the U.S. senate from Hell YEAH! USA !
 
The law court rulings now have acknowledged in law what technicians have long understood:
- Zuckerbird, & others make their $Billions by keeping eyes on screens for as long as possible,
and have designed their software for that purpose.

These rulings not only identify the problem, but point the accusatory finger.
Shiftless2 said:
"I've seen a number of questions on other boards asking what people think about age restrictions for the use of social media and I keep asking how they're expected to enforce them. Still no answer." S2 #140
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That's an essential issue, but a separate issue.
More than one approach, but among them, an engineering solution, either hardware, or software.

[sear ramble] In 2017 my eternally charming sweetheart from 5th grade and I were on Route 2 (as God is my witness!) toward Burlington, VT.
We were "catching up" when I said to her: "... the fabulous thing about engineering problems is, they have engineering solutions." sear

I haven't heard from her since. [/sear ramble]
 
Kid Rock's infinity pool was visited by a U.S. military helicopter.

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Subsequent reports indicate pilot suspended by command chain.

update:

US Army pilots who flew near Kid Rock's home suspended and then reinstated within hours Sareen Habeshian​

Kid Rock, a prominent Trump supporter, held an alternative Super Bowl halftime show this year for conservative group Turning Point USA
The crews of two military helicopters seen hovering outside musician Kid Rock's Tennessee home were briefly suspended on Tuesday, before being told they could go back to work by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots," Hegseth wrote on social media.
Kid Rock, a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump, posted a video of himself saluting to the AH-64 Apaches as they hovered above his pool at his home on Saturday, prompting many to question why they were there.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Army had said that the crews would be taken off work while the military looked into whether they had followed federal flying regulations. Hegseth stepped in a short while later.
The BBC has contacted the US Army for comment.
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Kid Rock: US Army pilots who flew near musician's home suspended and then reinstated

The crews of two military helicopters were suspended by the army, then told there would be "no investigation" by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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The bottom line:
Loyalty to President Trump is even more important than fundamental air safety standards / laws.
According the BBC, air crew not merely returned to work pending investigation outcome. "No punishment. No Investigation. Carry on, patriots," Secretary Hegseth wrote on social media.
 
Politics ·NBC News

Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars'​

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending

note:
It is not President Trump's style to find an area of government policy or practice Trump perceives to have potential for improvement,
and then Trump help design the improvement before using it to replace the deficiency.

No.

Instead Trump arbitrarily criticizes, and destroys, and then Trump leaves it to others to clean up the mess.

Obvious example at the moment:
The Obama administration arranged a nuclear agreement with Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, and the U.S.
Despite the fact that Obama's agreement with Iran was working to the satisfaction of Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia,
Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the agreement, and since then has waged War on Iran
twice.

So?

Despite the fact this is an issue for the legislatures, not the exec., king Trump may attempt to pull the rug out from under Medicaid, Medicare and day care and leave it to the States to clean up the mess
or not.
 
Why isn't this front page news? Headlines above the fold

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BREAKING: Trump separated an immigrant toddler from her family for five months, when it was sexually assaulted in federal custody!

A heartbreaking new lawsuit reveals the horrific cost of Trump’s family separation policy. A 3-year-old girl crossed the border with her mother and was forcibly separated from her by immigration officials.

She was placed in a foster home in Harlingen, Texas, while her father – a legal permanent resident already living in the U.S. – waited desperately for five long months to get her back.

Only when he turned to the courts did he learn the devastating truth: his little girl had been sexually abused multiple times by an older child in that foster home.

She told caregivers it caused bleeding. The father says officials brushed it off as an “accident” and refused to give him details, even though he repeatedly begged for information as one of her parents.

The abuse was so serious that the accused older child was removed from the program, and the girl underwent a forensic exam and interview. All of this happened while she was supposed to be under the protection of the federal government. The Associated Press, which broke the story, doesn’t name victims of sexual assault or their families.

“She was so long in there,” the father told the AP. “I just think that if they would have moved faster, nothing like that would have happened.”

This nightmare is the direct result of Trump’s aggressive new rules that dramatically increased detention times for immigrant children and pushed to expand family detention indefinitely.

To have your own child abused while in the government’s care, and then be kept in the dark about it, is unimaginable.

Separating 3-year-olds from their mommies and putting them in dangerous foster care for no reason is not “border security.” It’s cruel, inhumane, and unacceptable.

Trump separated an immigrant toddler from her family for five months, when it was sexually assaulted in federal custody!

A heartbreaking new lawsuit reveals the horrific cost of Trump’s family separation policy. A 3-year-old girl crossed the border with her mother and was forcibly separated from her by immigration officials.

She was placed in a foster home in Harlingen, Texas, while her father – a legal permanent resident already living in the U.S. – waited desperately for five long months to get her back.

Only when he turned to the courts did he learn the devastating truth: his little girl had been sexually abused multiple times by an older child in that foster home.

She told caregivers it caused bleeding. The father says officials brushed it off as an “accident” and refused to give him details, even though he repeatedly begged for information as one of her parents.

The abuse was so serious that the accused older child was removed from the program, and the girl underwent a forensic exam and interview. All of this happened while she was supposed to be under the protection of the federal government. The Associated Press, which broke the story, doesn’t name victims of sexual assault or their families.

“She was so long in there,” the father told the AP. “I just think that if they would have moved faster, nothing like that would have happened.”

This nightmare is the direct result of Trump’s aggressive new rules that dramatically increased detention times for immigrant children and pushed to expand family detention indefinitely.

To have your own child abused while in the government’s care, and then be kept in the dark about it, is unimaginable.

Separating 3-year-olds from their mommies and putting them in dangerous foster care for no reason is not “border security.” It’s cruel, inhumane, and unacceptable.
 

Hegseth’s ‘paranoia’ of being replaced explains purge of top general — as ally emerges for Army secretary’s role​

By Steven Nelson Published April 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s “paranoia” about Army Secretary Dan Driscoll taking his job fueled the firing of the Army’s top general, current and former administration officials tell The Post — as a top contender emerges to replace Driscoll if he’s canned next.
Hegseth on Thursday demanded the resignation of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George — Driscoll’s top aide — in the middle of the Iran war for reasons that were not publicly stated.
“This is all driven by the insecurity and paranoia that Pete has developed since Signalgate. Unfortunately, it is stoked by some of his closest aides who should be trying to calm the waters,” an official said, referring to Hegseth’s March 2025 group chat with national security officials that inadvertently included a reporter.
Republicans are rallying behind Gen. Randy George after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly fired him from the Pentagon, praising the former Army chief of staff as a steady and accomplished military leader.

A Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday that Hegseth asked George to step down as the Army’s 41st chief of staff and retire immediately. He joins the more than a dozen senior military officers dismissed by Hegseth since the start of his term.
nypost.com

Hegseth’s ‘paranoia’ of being replaced explains purge of top general — as ally emerges for Army secretary’s role

Hegseth on Thursday demanded the resignation of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s — Driscoll’s top aide — in the middle of the Iran war.
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Perhaps Hegseth's plan to become the smartest one in the room is to be the only one in the room. It might work Pete.
 
sear said:

Hegseth’s ‘paranoia’ of being replaced explains purge of top general — as ally emerges for Army secretary’s role​

By Steven Nelson Published April 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s “paranoia” about Army Secretary Dan Driscoll taking his job fueled the firing of the Army’s top general, current and former administration officials tell The Post — as a top contender emerges to replace Driscoll if he’s canned next.
Hegseth on Thursday demanded the resignation of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George — Driscoll’s top aide — in the middle of the Iran war for reasons that were not publicly stated.
“This is all driven by the insecurity and paranoia that Pete has developed since Signalgate. Unfortunately, it is stoked by some of his closest aides who should be trying to calm the waters,” an official said, referring to Hegseth’s March 2025 group chat with national security officials that inadvertently included a reporter.
Republicans are rallying behind Gen. Randy George after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly fired him from the Pentagon, praising the former Army chief of staff as a steady and accomplished military leader.

A Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday that Hegseth asked George to step down as the Army’s 41st chief of staff and retire immediately. He joins the more than a dozen senior military officers dismissed by Hegseth since the start of his term.
nypost.com

Hegseth’s ‘paranoia’ of being replaced explains purge of top general — as ally emerges for Army secretary’s role

Hegseth on Thursday demanded the resignation of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s — Driscoll’s top aide — in the middle of the Iran war.
nypost.com nypost.com

Perhaps Hegseth's plan to become the smartest one in the room is to be the only one in the room. It might work Pete.
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What is surprising is that the military is not resisting these illegal uses of force, like Venezuelans fishing boats, Iran, etc.
 
Rigby5 said:
What is surprising is that the military is not resisting these illegal uses of force, like Venezuelans fishing boats, Iran, etc.
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That's one of the reasons (the primary reason) that Hegsmeth is dumping the senior military brass.

And don't forget that he's already fired most of the senior lawyers in the military - the ones that officers and enlisted men would normally be able to look to for guidance on potentially illegal orders.
 
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