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DelMarFan

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« Reply #1065 on: November 17, 2016, 02:49:49 pm »
That's even less than what I would have guessed.  But doesn't surprise me.  Also why I was somewhat less hopped up than some people about the whole email thing.

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« Reply #1066 on: November 17, 2016, 02:55:17 pm »
Sort of my feeling, EXCEPT for the deliberate, willful aspects. People who deliberately break the rules simply because it's easier are the last people to be trusted.

Also, and this might be the most troubling, the SOS has access to lots of human intelligence.  HUMIT requires THE highest level of security.  Far above, for instance, the design of nuclear weapons. A breach in HUMIT security often leads to people losing their lives.

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« Reply #1067 on: November 17, 2016, 03:04:58 pm »
Luckily, most civil servants mistrust politicians with secrets. Having the clearance and the authorized need to know does not mean you will automatically receive information.

Which is why, for instance, I have to laugh when a private citizen/real estate magnate claims he knows more about a terrorist organization than generals.

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« Reply #1068 on: November 17, 2016, 03:42:30 pm »
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Which is why, for instance, I have to laugh when a private citizen/real estate magnate claims he knows more about a terrorist organization than generals.

Yes.  That was no more ludicrous than any of two-score other absurd things he said while campaigning, however.  Sad.

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« Reply #1069 on: November 17, 2016, 03:58:06 pm »
Agreed.  And lest my criticisms of Clinton are misconstrued, she broke the rules, Trump defies logic and decency.  One is Watergate, the other is Mussolini.
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« Reply #1070 on: November 17, 2016, 04:02:15 pm »
“The racist, fascist extreme right is represented footsteps from the Oval Office,” Republican operative John Weaver, who managed John Kasich’s presidential bid, tweeted. “Be very vigilant, America.”

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« Reply #1071 on: November 17, 2016, 07:48:15 pm »
Funny you should mention Mussolini.   On one of the history channels tonight, they were showing footage of him.  Trump in a uniform.

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« Reply #1072 on: November 20, 2016, 04:34:52 pm »
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« Reply #1073 on: November 21, 2016, 07:26:17 am »
Can't fix stupid

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« Reply #1074 on: November 26, 2016, 12:51:26 am »
We've lost Fidel Castro.

Rest in peace.

FDISK

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« Reply #1075 on: November 26, 2016, 11:49:21 am »
"We"?  My condolences to Tennessee.

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« Reply #1076 on: November 26, 2016, 01:10:47 pm »
I said that as a joke.

I was trying to watch Lockup on MSNBC and saw it or I wouldn't have even knew it.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #1077 on: November 26, 2016, 02:51:50 pm »
I said that as a joke.
I was trying to watch Lockup on MSNBC and saw it or I wouldn't have even knew it.

Considering that FDISK probably knew that Castro hasn't been living in Tennessee, most people probably took his post as even more clearly a joke than your post.  Sometimes it is a good idea to grant others the same consideration you would like yourself.

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« Reply #1078 on: December 02, 2016, 09:21:35 am »
Trump is nominating Mattis as Secretary of Defense.  What are the odds of his getting the law changed to allow this?  It should be a very easy law for the Democrats to filibuster.

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« Reply #1079 on: December 02, 2016, 11:07:08 am »
The NPR report I heard this morning suggested he has democratic support as well, so he's likely to get the waiver required.