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LanternWaste

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35. Can you point to the specific and relevant mechanism of doing this?

Tue Oct 20, 2020, 07:00 PM

Oct 2020

As there is no singular kill-switch to do this in the US, and as it would require an amalgam of corporate decisions predicated on an unprofitable order from a lame-duck president with zero leverage and even less political capital, your hypothesis then begs the following question:

Precisely how would Trump accomplish this feat of engineering, what specific companies would he force to do so, and what leverage does he have to coerce them into doing so?

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Will Trump shut down the internet when he loses? [View all] orangecrush Oct 2020 OP

How, exactly, do you think he might do that? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #1

There's a switch. nolabear Oct 2020 #2

Nope. Tubes. MissB Oct 2020 #3

... nolabear Oct 2020 #4

I am a licensed amateur radio operator orangecrush Oct 2020 #21

That is so cool! MissB Oct 2020 #22

Many antique electronic devices orangecrush Oct 2020 #54

Only the 'Inner' ones. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #34

You won't believe this... orangecrush Oct 2020 #44

... The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #7

The hardest I have laughed in a long time. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #9

If this thread made you laugh orangecrush Oct 2020 #25

Just the Young Frankenstein reference. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #26

Have courage orangecrush Oct 2020 #30

Already did. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #33

Thank you very much! orangecrush Oct 2020 #41

... orangecrush Oct 2020 #19

Like this orangecrush Oct 2020 #6

You might want to read that. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #10

O K.. orangecrush Oct 2020 #14

Please read the part orangecrush Oct 2020 #53

He's going to cut the string between the two tin cans. marie999 Oct 2020 #5

Here orangecrush Oct 2020 #11

China doesn't have a first amendment. marie999 Oct 2020 #28

Neither will we orangecrush Oct 2020 #29

Not mirth so much as mocking. LanternWaste Oct 2020 #32

However .. orangecrush Oct 2020 #46

Private companies own it don't they? treestar Oct 2020 #43

True, but... orangecrush Oct 2020 #47

He'll need Al Gore's help malaise Oct 2020 #8

It's built to tunnel around obstacles splat Oct 2020 #12

Yes orangecrush Oct 2020 #17

As a lame duck he won't have the power to do anything meaningful. Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #13

I sincerely hope orangecrush Oct 2020 #15

How? we can do it Oct 2020 #16

Here orangecrush Oct 2020 #18

...shut down the internet? bearsfootball516 Oct 2020 #20

China has done it regionally orangecrush Oct 2020 #23

What you gonna do when the grid goes down? lunasun Oct 2020 #24

... orangecrush Oct 2020 #27

No more conspiracy theories right now... please!! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #31

WSJ does not publish conspiracy theories. orangecrush Oct 2020 #37

Can you point to the specific and relevant mechanism of doing this? LanternWaste Oct 2020 #35

From the Wall Street Journal orangecrush Oct 2020 #36

So no specific answers to the questions posed, eh? LanternWaste Oct 2020 #39

Do you remember what happened on election night orangecrush Oct 2020 #40

Dear God in heaven. Do you understand the difference between the internet and a website? LanternWaste Oct 2020 #49

Sorry I took so long, here ya go orangecrush Oct 2020 #45

Nice editorial. Yet still does not specifically address the relevant points. LanternWaste Oct 2020 #48

You are attacking the credibility of the source? orangecrush Oct 2020 #50

To Wit.... orangecrush Oct 2020 #51

I would like to add, Sir, orangecrush Oct 2020 #52

Really silly! Nt USALiberal Oct 2020 #38

I sure hope so. orangecrush Oct 2020 #42

Will DU be the first to know? Hekate Oct 2020 #55

It was during the last election. orangecrush Oct 2020 #56

At least you got the reference! Hekate Oct 2020 #58

I still believe orangecrush Oct 2020 #59

One problem with this piece of tin foil. onenote Oct 2020 #57

WSJ and Brookings Institute are tinfoil? orangecrush Oct 2020 #60

to the extent anyone is suggesting Trump might shut down the Internet, yes. onenote Oct 2020 #62

How would he watch Pornhub? He sure as HELL isn't getting any from Melania Bengus81 Oct 2020 #61