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Once you realize all the GWOT generals came up during the Clinton administration, it all starts to make sense.
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Me, after the home intruder discovers that I'm not calling anyone, much less the police.
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General's in the AirForce need to be relieved of command and given early retirement for these failures. Absolutely unacceptable.
Glaring Lack Of Investment In Aircraft Shelters Highlighted By B-1B’s Sudden Retreat From U.K. Airbase
At this point, it could take a disaster for the USAF to invest in giving its prized assets sitting on flightlines physical cover from drone attacks.
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I'd much rather ai make robocalls than the indian call center employees I get now
JUST IN - Trump's FCC could soon let campaigns call your cellphone with AI-voiced robocalls without your permission before the midterms, as conservatives seek a waiver from the law that keeps most robocalls off your phone.
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Why wait so long? Take volunteers put it on the calendar for Friday and be done with it.
There needs to be an express line for this sort of thing.
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The truth of it all is we should've been respecting their viewpoints on each of these issues and done our best to work with them to resolve disputes. Expanding NATO and dangling membership to new states did exactly the opposite of that. Craziest thing of all is while we were pretending to be somehow in opposition to them we were sharing a space station and jointly launching astronauts together to it. They were always someone we needed to focus on converting into a partner and an ally that we could talk out of their bad ideas from a place of friendship and trust not an adverserial one.
I mean like expanding NATO, unilaterally withdrawing from ABM, seeking to expand missile defense including in Poland, backing for the Rose & Orange Revolutions, misusing the UN Security Council resolution on Libya to become regime change more than humanitarian in nature in 2011 despite Russia's acquiescence supporting the latter, etc. before we ever get to Maidan.
All of those undermined, in different ways, room for trust between Russia & the US.
The bottom line is that there is enough blame for both sides to point fingers.
You can agree with each & everyone of those American actions, though I do not, & still recognize how they could have negative influence on Russian perceptions which, given the strange mix of Russian chauvinism mixed with insecurity, is almost inherently volatile
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I mean like expanding NATO, unilaterally withdrawing from ABM, seeking to expand missile defense including in Poland, backing for the Rose & Orange Revolutions, misusing the UN Security Council resolution on Libya to become regime change more than humanitarian in nature in 2011 despite Russia's acquiescence supporting the latter, etc. before we ever get to Maidan.
All of those undermined, in different ways, room for trust between Russia & the US.
The bottom line is that there is enough blame for both sides to point fingers.
You can agree with each & everyone of those American actions, though I do not, & still recognize how they could have negative influence on Russian perceptions which, given the strange mix of Russian chauvinism mixed with insecurity, is almost inherently volatile
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"There are a lot of great Boomers out there. But they didn't build this country into a superpower. They brought us the sexual revolution and the divorce epidemic and mass migration, and plunged the country into trillions of dollars of debt in the process. They will leave the country much poorer and less stable than it was when they inherited it. That's just a fact."
There are a lot of great Boomers out there. But they didn't build this country into a superpower. They brought us the sexual revolution and the divorce epidemic and mass migration, and plunged the country into trillions of dollars of debt in the process. They will leave the country much poorer and less stable than it was when they inherited it. That's just a fact.
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No excuse for him to not learn and adapt to the new technology. My Grandma is 86 and has a facebook group she frequents and a side hustle selling plants/herbs from her garden she takes payments through applepay and venmo.
Teach him to adapt.
Digital banking has been around for decades at this point.
We are quietly isolating an entire generation of older people from society, and nobody seems to give a damn.
I took my 84-year-old grandfather to his local bank branch on Friday.
The exact same brick-and-mortar branch where he opened his first account in 1978.
We pull up to the front doors. They’re locked.
Inside is an empty lobby with a small sign: “Cashless Service Hub.”
A young guy in a polo shirt opens the door and tells us:
“We don't handle teller deposits or paper checks here anymore. You just need to download the mobile portal and scan your routing number.”
My grandfather pulls out an old flip phone with a cracked screen and a paper pension check from his coat pocket.
His hands were visibly shaking.
The employee just shrugs.
“You can do it on an iPad, or have a family member manage the app for you.”
This man worked forty-two years in a manufacturing plant. Paid his taxes. Fought for this country.
And now he is made to feel completely useless and stripped of his dignity because he doesn't own an iOS device.
Tech isn't making life easier if it completely locks out the people who built the world we’re living in.
Are your elderly parents or grandparents running into this wall too?
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So members of the Public Health Service are entitled to VA compensation but the Merchant Marine is not?
Can someone please explain this to me.
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If we really want to fix VA benefits we need to get rid of UHCs and dishonorables collecting a monthly check.
I'm all for their medical care especially mental health but it is baffling how many folks couldn't keep their nose clean during service and still collect a payout.
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