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The Trump Presidency 2.0
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The MSM failed, just like the tech bros at Facebook and other socials. Zuckerfuck's apparent rebirth shouldn't be celebrated, it should be viewed with a cynical eye. This is a man who KNEW he chose the MSM over Trump, COVID, and everything he deemed to be wrong in America. The tides change, the tables turn, and suddenly he's on the Rights side?
They lost the messaging platforms and they don't know why. Their only choice is to lash out which is a poor, poor "solution."
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Two: I agree. Kooky as hell. But brilliant, too. I believe it was thrown out there just to shock and spur other countries (Jordan, Egypt, Saudis, etc.) to get off their asses and come up with a solution for their own region that's not kooky.
Five: Any journalist who's kicked around for any length of time, who's been involved in coverage of certain dark dealings, (like anything in Central America, ever) will have had encounters with a Steve from Pittsburgh or a John from Spokane. I can tell you personally, I was always glad to share info with my military or political sources if I felt that info would facilitate and complement that source's desired result...and not compromise my conservative views. If they wanted to pay me with liquor and free food, I was in.
Talk about asserting dominance. By putting forth this plan, he presents it as a foregone conclusion, and something that the US (he) can do by fiat.
...and it also presents a negative alternative for those who want to drag their feet or don't want to get involved: "Come up with a plan I like more, or..."
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I don't think he has Tourette's or just blurting out the first thing on his mind like some Rorschach test, I think he 'sees' an end-state or goal and basically free-associates, which makes his team nervous as hell, confuses others, and scares the hell out and pisses off of the opposition. Some of what he says I can see in my mind's eye where he's going, but this one, I was like, "Gaza? WTF, man?"
Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "Do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm... no, I can't... I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man! "I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas."
Second or third order effects. This is now coincidence with the shut down of USAiD.
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So what would be better clearance wise? Gracefully take a bow by taking the downsizing deal or being unwillingly terminated/downsized/fired?
Depends where you're at in your investigation cycle. If your five year is coming up, you'll want to be with someone that will initiate it. Since we're in CE, the turnaround is about two weeks from the time your EQIP is submitted. Companies are hurting for people so there's a chance they'll bring you on even if you are out of scope or lack a clearance. Just depends if that particular skillset is easy to fill or not.
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'Global Affairs Canada' smashing the hard drives from their computers hidden in apartment bathroom closet in Denver...
...sorry that was Bill Clinton's wife that did that
'Global Affairs Canada' dumping evidence is not 'sus' - not from my foxhole.
...it isn't even surprising
It's business as usual.
It's not shocking.
It's not unexpected.
It's funny.
It's all but scripted.
...sorry that was Bill Clinton's wife that did that
'Global Affairs Canada' dumping evidence is not 'sus' - not from my foxhole.
...it isn't even surprising
It's business as usual.
It's not shocking.
It's not unexpected.
It's funny.
It's all but scripted.
Fed resignations delayed until (at least) Feb 10th.
The union is suing for two reasons we've repeatedly brought up; lack of funding last March 14th and lack of an analysis of where cuts are authorized. (DOD, as of Today's deadline, still hasn't identified all exemptions for an example).
They're suing to delay the program until April, if it is found to be legal.
I stopped reading the emails, but apparently part of the deal is Giving up rights to litigation and allowing the agency head to rescind the deal.
The union is suing for two reasons we've repeatedly brought up; lack of funding last March 14th and lack of an analysis of where cuts are authorized. (DOD, as of Today's deadline, still hasn't identified all exemptions for an example).
They're suing to delay the program until April, if it is found to be legal.
I stopped reading the emails, but apparently part of the deal is Giving up rights to litigation and allowing the agency head to rescind the deal.
Yup. We received word about 2 hours ago our mandatory RTO was pushed from Friday the 7th to Monday the 10th. I suspect that date will continue to slip to the right in fits and spurts.
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I had the same typed in a draft for proofread and post. Access and eligibility are two different things, and access is terminated as soon as you leave a position (even if moving right next door). Your next job can grant access to you again, but that's up to them and their mission-based need for you to have access.
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