Can’t say I’ve ever agreed with her on anything until now. 
The Trump Presidency 2.0
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I saw graphic sex talk, guys (and occasionally gals) playing multiple people at once (sometimes on the same shift), one friend of mine who bragged about blowing the ENTIRE fire department on Al Dhafra (her husband was an F-16 maintainer deployed there at the same time), graphic descriptions of one woman's menstrual cycles, the commander is stupid, this or that officer is stupid, this or that chief is stupid, "meant to send a whisper but posted in a theater monitored and available channel" more times than I can count, R&R plans that slowly fell apart, marriages falling apart, couples arguing, shit talking people, amazing gossip about their sexual habits including closeted homosexuals...
And the best part? They thought wiping their chat window deleted it from the server. Nah, the second you hit that enter key it wrote to a text file.
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Meh.
Hegseth's statements on the issue-
"I don't need to get into the characterization of we know who invaded who. We understand the stakes of this game," Hegseth said in a recent interview, sidestepping a direct answer when pressed about Russia's role.
When asked why there appeared to be hesitation in naming Russia the aggressor, Hegseth deflected: "Does all the finger-pointing and pearl-clutching make peace more likely?"
The media's breathless compelling of speech they and they alone decide that is appropriate from elected officials while peace negotiations (for the first time since this war started, mind you) are clickbait at best, disingenuous at worst.
He said what he said when he was at Fox News. Now he's responsible for ensuring that further escalation of the Russia/Ukraine war doesn't cost American lives. The end goal here is a negotiated peace and an end to the slaughtering of Ukrainians, which, until VERY recently, I was told has to be America's number 1 goal above all else because we are the sole arbiter of peace in the world. Call me crazy, but maybe coming out and saying "RUSSIA BAD WE HATE RUSSIA" from his position isn't in the administration's messaging for the ongoing peace negotiations?
I'll wait for the outrage carousel to come back around on this one.
Devildoc
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When I was a JG (O2), I did a 'tour' as a flag aide to an O7. I was voluntold, but turned out to be a great and very educational assignment.
We were at a conference with a bunch of other flags, and one evening we, the aides, planned to go out. My admiral, a female (and a good looking one, too), said, paraphrasing, 'go out, go drinking, go create debauchery. Just don't record any of it.' And that is exactly what happened.
Wait until after you retire.
Topkick
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The US Army in the 80's and 90's explained.
Topkick
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Hearing now that Bondi is not happy with the amount of info she got from the FBI. She just gave Patel until 8 am tomorrow.
Annnnnd here we go re: Epstein files.
Rep Luna- it's not enough, it's just his client list
Timcast- FBINY has a ton of crap they won't turn over, wtf is happening
Ian Smith- Knew it! You aren't releasing it because you're hiding something
Bondi- Hey Kash- your FBI is blocking us
Ian Carroll- You should release unredacted PDFs of everything you have now
Am I psychic? No. Am I even smart? Also no. Am I right? Rarely. Wait where was I going with this...
Rep Luna- it's not enough, it's just his client list
Timcast- FBINY has a ton of crap they won't turn over, wtf is happening
Ian Smith- Knew it! You aren't releasing it because you're hiding something
Bondi- Hey Kash- your FBI is blocking us
Ian Carroll- You should release unredacted PDFs of everything you have now
Am I psychic? No. Am I even smart? Also no. Am I right? Rarely. Wait where was I going with this...
MTG made this statement. Apparently the NY FBI office was withholding files. I saw some where else that they may be destroying files.
LOL
I picked 4 or 5 files at random. Books about the CIA are less redacted. Maybe there are nuggets buried there, but newspaper clippings, deleted maps, redacted MySpace pages...Wait until Scoob and the Mystery Machine get a load of this info dump!
Devildoc
Verified Military
Yeah, the time before social media and cell phone cameras....
I've seen some people claiming the Biden admin released those files. Whatevs.
This admin claimed it would release Epstein, JFK, and RFK files. Where are they at? It's a small point, but a big point. It's an easy win for the admin, why aren't they doing it after all of their own hype? It's too easy.
Lots of speculation flying around, 72 hour rule applies. While the information (specifically handwritten logs and the like) has been out there for quite a while, it wasn't released by the Biden admin (it happened during, not because of).
I'll wait to see how the Bondi/Kash/FBI back-and-forth goes. Bondi said that FBINY withheld thousands of documents, and Bondi directed Kash to release them by 8am tomorrow.
Other than that, I won't speculate, but believe me, I am connecting my own dots in my head.
Here’s my totally uninformed speculation:
There’s no doubt a bunch of names in those files. Some are in there because they used Epstein’s services. Some are probably in there and are completely innocuous (i.e. they had business dealings with Epstein and didnt solicit prostitutes), and some are probably straight pedophiles.
What happens to the people in that middle group when the files drop? Anyone associated with Jeff Epstein is automatically assumed to be a pedophile. Or, at the very least, involved in serious illegal activity. With this in mind, I’d think that the FBI was probably was against if the release of the files for so long because of the immense reputational damage that would happen to anyone mentioned in the documents - both the guilty and the innocent. And all the liability that opens the government up to. These redactions are probably an extension of that.
I know we have a few LE folks in here, so if this is off base please let me know.
There’s no doubt a bunch of names in those files. Some are in there because they used Epstein’s services. Some are probably in there and are completely innocuous (i.e. they had business dealings with Epstein and didnt solicit prostitutes), and some are probably straight pedophiles.
What happens to the people in that middle group when the files drop? Anyone associated with Jeff Epstein is automatically assumed to be a pedophile. Or, at the very least, involved in serious illegal activity. With this in mind, I’d think that the FBI was probably was against if the release of the files for so long because of the immense reputational damage that would happen to anyone mentioned in the documents - both the guilty and the innocent. And all the liability that opens the government up to. These redactions are probably an extension of that.
I know we have a few LE folks in here, so if this is off base please let me know.
