sherpa
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Fonda's actions in Hanoi
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Weather-wise, pay attention to the dew point over the temp, which is the measure of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. Miami will be more difficult.
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Please do. You post nothing that indicates anything other than political wackiness on the subjects you comment on. Certainly no knowledge, context, or awareness of real world situations, capabilities or consequences. It's like reading a child's rendering of these things. So ignore me, as you ignore reality.
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Brexit has nothing to do with this. That decision was made to reduce idiotic restrictions and requirements that the UK would be forced to comply with. They decided against it. Wisely so. Their government has never limited these restrictions, so you you get what you get. It's going to be a tough winter for Europe, but it is the result of their own doing.
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He was impeached for lying while under oath to a grand jury. When it was made so obvious, there was no way perjury from the President can be swept under the rug. His law license was suspended in Arkansas and from practicing before the Supreme Court. Of course his health care plan, the one he but Hillary in charge of until he got crushed in the mid terms over it? That's why he hired David Gergen to right the sinking ship.
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She apologized for being so stupid that she was in that horrible picture. In that link she never mentioned calling US Servicemen "war criminals," and "murderers" and suggesting they deserved execution. She did that more than once in radio Hanoi programs. I wish her no ill, but she never really apologized for her treason, and aiding and abetting an enemy is the very definition of that.
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You'd feel better if you stopped reading the nonsense on this forum, especially the most recent. What this country needs is a leader. Neither Biden nor Trump has any leadership capability whatsoever. Useless duo that need to go.
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Maybe we allow the legislative branch to strap the taxpayers with a mega expensive bill. Strange? That's the way its supposed to work, but I doubt Biden understands any of this normal governmental procedure.
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Maybe you are simply not capable of interpreting what is said. Actually, I am quite certain you are not, but no surprise there. What I am sayin is that there is no reasonable economic metric that justifies the escalating cost of college cost. Not CPI, inflation rate,GDP. Nothing. It is simply because people are willing to pay ridiculous costs for it. That burden is a decision, and should not be the US taxpayer's debt. Placing it on the taxpayer is nothing more than bribing a demographic, and again, for the third time, should have been a decision made by our legislative branch. This man is doing nothing more than trying to buy an election.
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Not sure what this really means. No surprise there. Sticking debt to the American taxpayer is common. Doing it in an industry that has absolutely no justification for it's out of economic reality inflation based on any measurable quant is nothing more than vote buying outside of the legislative process. It's a disgraceful bribe that we are paying for, and nothing more.
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I "worked pretty hard." So did my wife. We worked "pretty hard" as officers in the US military. We paid back our student loans and never once thought of some way to avoid those promised responsibilities. But, this is the Biden Administration. so I agree. Let's subsidize an industry that has inflated costs far beyond any economic measure for well over a decade, without any justification or reasonable comparison. Let's remove any promissory note given to the American taxpayer, and say it isn't valid. Let's allow the American taxpayer to bear the burden of failure to comply with legal promises. Let's do it all to get votes, and far, far away from the Legislative process, which allows our representatives to decide. What a great day for America!
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I am getting suspicious that you don't know what "compartmentalized" means, as you mention it in a "storage" context again. It is a further classification of data. In other words, if one has a Top Secret clearance he/she would have access to TS material that was in their area of need to know, but not all TS material in that area. Under that general level, there are other things that contain the same classification, but are not accessible to those who do not have a need to know. I have no idea what Trump is suspected of having or not returning, so I'm not sure what you mean by "if I am right." What i do know is that his status as an ex president grants him no special status or access to anything other than what he is told, and if he claims that any such items were declassified by him during his term, that would be especially strange if normal protocols weren't followed. Technically legal, but really strange and likely irresponsible if that is the claim. Again, I have no view on whether that will be the claim.
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The acting president has access to compartmentalized data. Anybody who has the relevant security clearance and a need to know has such access. He is given any data he requests, but it would be senseless for anyone to request data that does not inform a decision, and they don't. Trump, as an ex president has no access beyond what they need to tell him, and I doubt that is anything. I'm sure Bush senior was informed of the Iraqi plan to kill him, because they probably increased security measure in response, but Trump has no role in anything anymore, and has no right to intel data, and certainly no right to hold currently classified info.
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I have no opinion on why they acted when they did, what they found, or why he seemingly resisted requests to turn stuff over. I do have an opinion on whether an ex president has the "right" to have currently classified information at a private unsecured location, no matter when he got it. He doesn't.
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I'm not sure what your question about "quoting" relates to. I am quite aware how our Republic works, and have a good deal of experience in dealing with US intel data, how it is handled and the protocols involved in accessing it, studying it and eventually teaching it up to the Top Secret Noforn level in areas I was involved in. Higher levels of data, so called "compartmentalized" information, was not accessible unless there was a need to know. When the need was perceived, the info was available, but only to the level necessary. Of course the President has access to whatever he wants. However, he has no need to know the very detailed information that would include names, specifics on technical capability and a host of other information. He is not an analyst and has no technical capability. He is briefed on a daily basis, and those briefs are tailored to his wants. The President trusts capable analysts to present the data that is important, and requests what he wants if he wants more info. These daily briefs have bee n very different for each Pres. Again, I have no information on what was at his Florida place, but there is no justifiable reason to have items there that contain sensitive information on ongoing programs, sources, methods, or technology after his term, and certainly not in an unsecure setting. If that occurred, it is gross negligence and the gov agencies have a responsibility to fix the issue as soon as they are aware of it. Ex presidents get basic intel info as a courtesy and are often consulted to offer views because of their experience in certain situations and knowledge of personalities, but are, essentially, regular citizens with secrets service protection.
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I strongly disagree with the focus of this post. The President has access to what he needs to do his job. There is absolutely no reason to have anything beyond that information, and I'm not sure why anyone would want to. He is not an analyst. He has absolutely no background in these things. Methods, sources and tech data/capability are not part of that reasonable request for data, and Trump wasn't that much interested in that stuff anyway. I have absolutely no idea what they found, so for now, I'll not condemn him. But if they found unprotected, important information at his home that has any significance to capability, sources or other compartmentalized intel that does not involve the president, we should be appalled. I'll wait for more info, but if any of this is true, it is a stunning development, and we have to clean this up. If this happened in the services, the firings/court martials would be instantaneous.
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Ignorant. I never said anything of the sort. What I did do was post relevant, factual information of what is involved re establishing and maintaining a no fly zone, providing aviation assets that they have no way to use, maintain, or arm, and as background, not want to get into WWIII over this. It is not about angering Putin. It about having a clue about the reality of the situation, which is extremely complicated and fraught with peril, unlike your high school cheerleader level offerings.