Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "Brian Tyler Cohen"
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@SeedFactoryProject not really, buying isn't the same as hiring, as one buys the company, but one then has to retain the workers. Been in outfits that were bought out and all employees summarily dismissed, the organization then failed and only the name, which the purchaser only wanted, remained.
In Musk's case, he bought the companies and in many cases did hire quality managers, which is a fine art in and of itself that very few ever master. Lord knows I am only mediocre at it, because bullshitters abound in many circles, management especially.
He's also a very, very highly skilled showman, much like Liberace. Liberace was a moderately good pianist, not exceptionally good, but good enough for popular appearances. Where he excelled at was as a showman, in that he shined. I still remember wondering at women going insane about "Liberace in hot pants!" for one concert, was all the rage and raked in tons of money. And I noticed every blunder he made during the performance, as I was a pianist as well.
Haven't touched an instrument since the war, hearing loss has ruined that. But, Musk is seeing to it that I don't get my hearing aids, as a hearty "fuck you for your service, no go away and die".
Once they come for my pension, well, got nothing left to lose and a hell of a lot of training in a specific skill set arena and I shan't be alone, things could get downright interesting and a society about to evolve in one direction or another.
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@kakashiofthewhitewolf8679 who cares, Hitler was his own person, so what? That's your defense?
The environment that a child is raised in will be reflected in their learned behavior. This is a very well observed, documented phenomenon. It's like you are denying the law of gravity even existing!
Is your faith in your boy-god so strong that you cannot admit to any evidence to the contrary that is presented before you? I've been confronted with religious zealots during the war, it wasn't pleasant and their actions drove things on occasion toward unpleasant conclusions. Usually, I've managed to reach many and avoid such conclusions, but not always - some insist upon remaining of fixed views, despite all evidence to the contrary and things ended up concluding unpleasantly.
After all, people have to decide for themselves how they'll proceed, try to shoot it out with the sheriff and the posse or give up an unsupportable, untenable position.
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@claritapadilla7110 Iran what? They're in Russia's pocket and as importantly, 6400 miles away.
And oddly, despite Trump's worst efforts, still not with any nuclear weapons and by now, they should have at least a couple of thousand. They do have their own high grade uranium mines and processing plants.
Oh wait, their drone carrier? In WWII, they were called jeep carriers, merchant vessels given a flat top and called aircraft carriers, but couldn't hold a candle to a fleet carrier. Which is why the fleet carriers went out after the Japanese fleets, leaving the jeep carriers in Leyte Gulf. The only thing saving that fleet being the tin cans, aka destroyer escorts, which were about as heavily armored as a VW bug.
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It's not identity theft, they're not taking anyone's identity.
They're stealing personally identifiable information, which is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. The secure storage of said information covered under a handful of other statues. We're talking 5 years hard time for each case, though god-king would just pardon them and hell, probably refuse to charge them with any crimes, because he's crafted a Constitutional Crisis that neutralizes all law enforcement, save by his Imperial Decree.
The only thing remaining is Congress to impeach him, before he finally figures he can just discharge Congress by decree like Caesar did.
Now, one way to fight that, without using guns and then one faces dinky guns vs artillery and tanks is to just stay home from work. Enough do, the economy shuts down. If one needs to escalate, one blocks entrances and exits to refineries and petroleum storage facilities, halting fuel deliveries and hampering transportation and trade. Then, the wealthy campaign contributors start screaming at Congress to do something because they're losing money. The Army and federal agents sure as hell can't round up half of the population and force them to go to their non-federal jobs or even to their federal jobs.
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First, "I am not aware of", one would have to prove before a court mens rea and what someone knows and that would either require public statements referencing the specific quote/event or telepathy. Additionally, there's the nearly insurmountable hurdle of proving that a blonde is even self-aware or aware of their surroundings.
Second, I heard the testimony with the Georgia Secretary of State telephone conversation and she stated "I have not heard the entirety of that recording", not that she was unaware of that specific quote. That was an evasion, true, but likely factual and well, admittedly, I've not heard the entirety of the conversation myself. Only the damning sound byte that well, knowing Trump from actually meeting him, is consistent with the charges alleged, but lacking in the full conversation that'd likely be even more damning. Well, it would've been, before the SCOTUS elevated him to monarch. After all, Nothing the King does can be illegal.
For the hostages nonsense, granted, weak tea blonde awareness joke aside, weak tea answer, where I'd stipulate that he is entitled to his opinion and his opinions aren't relevant to the matter before the committee, since he's not being reviewed for consent of Senate.
Patel's book, well, I've not read it either and what would remain relevant for her is, would she supervise him and not allow abuses of office and authority, her views on a book you'd then have to prove she had read aren't exceptionally relevant, save if one were to be instead asking if she embraced that enemies list and include said list in one's question and eating up one's questioning time on the floor.
Meanwhile, the Senate doesn't have to give a cause for rejection of a candidate for the cabinet level appointment or certain officers, they can literally vote against someone based upon their eye color or what kind of shoes they wear.
As for the 1001 bit and "I don't know", yeah, dumb answer, the proper answer as coached by every attorney I've known is, "I do not remember" or "I do not recall", one's conversations with others being easily investigated, memos and e-mails also trivial to print out and submit. One cannot prove what is remembered without telepathy.
The hypothetical question, got asked one myself that was rather broad in scope and essentially impossible to refine as asked, so I loathe hypothetical questions. "That order, was it with the space aliens overhead in their flying saucers menacing us or Genghis Khan's hordes risen from the grave? If I'm given an plainly unlawful order, I'll question the order and explain my questioning based upon law, if persisted, I'll refuse the unlawful order and if confirmed, would be forced to report said unlawful order to the House, however I sincerely doubt such a situation would ever occur so clearly and plainly".
But then, I've never been accused of being a yes man and I have indeed questioned unlawful orders, in many cases insisting on a digitally signed e-mail from the offending officer, who oddly demurred from issuing said order in writing. Digitally signed e-mails effectively being a signed written order, the signature being a DoD and court accepted nonrepudiation token and admissible in court.
And yes, I've some familiarity firsthand with both federal civil and criminal cases, thankfully from the periphery.
Now, if I were a spenditmore, would I vote to approve her for the proposed office? Not a chance in hell. From testimony I've heard from the proposed SecDef and now her, I'd trust neither as far as I can throw the entire District of Columbia. I'd at this point have serious qualms as to his other proposed candidates for the various offices he's requesting consent of Senate for.
And that first bit I refer to as a fraudian slip, a false Freudian slip, as I've little respect for any politician, earned richly by far too many.
Reminds me way too much of both "My Fellow Americans" and worse, "Liar, Liar".
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Well, does it matter? Just saw two reports that claimed massive rioting at the White House and to hear what was being blathered, the building must've been leveled and everyone deceased and that there is no right to peaceably assemble or seek redress of grievances with one's government.
And oddly, the building remains intact, nobody had as much as their feelings hurt, well save the god-king wannabe, must've been Harry Potter's wooden marital aid fixed everything as he rode around propelled by unicorn farts.
And eggs remain $9.00 for a dozen jumbo, $8.00 for extra large, $7.00 for large, maybe they'll be selling human eggs next for cheap.
Well, my $6.00 10 pound ham is in the oven, pretty insane when hams are cheaper than a dozen eggs, damned bird flu. And that flu, one that causes serious infections in humans and is highly infectious has been detected in herds of milk cows.
But, raiding of the treasury, transmitting classified data unencrypted via unprotected channels is of greater importance to the god-king and Emperor Musk than the populace having anything to eat. Because a hungry, angry populace worked out so well in France in 1789.
Although, I did have one tool tell me to "die with dignity", I strongly suggested that they lead by example and go first.
I remain mystified as to why my applications for employment at the State Department go ignored... OK, not really, never applied, I'm decidedly not a diplomat.
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@BruceRickett-vr4tc depends on how long it's allowed to continue. Backups can be restored to computers, funding clawed back and put where it belongs again, markets eventually settle, trust eventually rebuilt (even if it takes decades to do), workers rehired and compensated, etc.
If it came to warfare, well, that took a generation and change to largely recover from... Doubt it'd get quite that severe though. With just food stamps, medicaid, medicare, Social Security and VA pensions, that's well over half of a very well armed and pissed off population.
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Honestly, I'd have answered the first question the same way. Then, pin the Senator's ears back on her response, while confirming that Biden won and I'd said as much by confirming that he was POTUS.
Second question, I'd have to answer that yes, there were irregularities, onesies and twosies that really didn't matter, save to the penal systems of a few states, who had to accommodate a very few new guests. My evidence is the handful of Republicans that are convicted and serving prison sentences for election fraud.
I'll not go on further, as I'm even more unqualified than well, any of Trump's picks and I'd not accept an offer for such a position, as I refuse to set myself up to fail and worse, fail my nation by accepting such positions.
Although, she'd really hate life when she said, "I was in Pennsylvania", as my first question would be what county she was in. Because, this Pennsylvanian didn't see her sorry ass anywhere around the capitol. Nobody I know in Philadelphia and Delaware County saw her, nor did anyone I know in York, Cumberland and Lancaster county. And interestingly, every case of election fraud in Pennsylvania, save one, were Republicans and we've cases pending for the recent election in several counties as we speak.
Unlike MAGAts, some of us do pay attention to events, people and things that are not Trump.
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Given his previously proclaimed anti-apartheid and now plainly pro-apartheid commentaries, yeah, there's some oddities going on with Elon, to be generous. But, we've witnessed that even in the US with hippies going far right conservative in their dotage.
As for generational trauma, I grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, with neighbors that had tattoos from the concentration camps. Let's say that it's a given that I've witnessed what generational trauma looks like.
OT, CRJ-900 crashed in Toronto. No fatalities reported. At least the port wing and both horizontal and vertical stabilizer are torn off, the aircraft literally on its roof.
No further specifics currently, but given the degree of damage, that's one hell of a great design in that aircraft! Aircraft can be replaced, lives cannot. Best wishes to all involved!
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Nope, not a scandal at all. It's literally a nothingburger.
Literally, the SecDef got a SCIF installed inside of his home, which he's entitled to. Frankly, they're such a huge pain in the scrotal contents, I'd move heaven and earth to avoid having one inflicted upon me, but his choice. Oliver North had one inside of his home when he was in Reagan's White House.
EmCOAT. Literally RF shielding paint for a SCIF. The $1k door, a secure door that's also required for a SCIF. Then, there's the X-10 locks for the door and the safe for the encryption devices, figure abour $1500 - $2500 each, depending upon the lock style needed.
Yeah, I've some familiarity with the infernal places. Full TEMPEST compliant wiring, sealed conduits, shielded cables and a fair bit more.
And enough of a scrotal contents pain that I'd never want one inside of my house. Whatever it is, it can wait until I get into the office.
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Oh, the cheat nonsense is alive and well, you've obviously not been actually looking to see it going on on various news commentaries pages.
The biggest bit being a misapprehension that "called" the race being some official thing, which it isn't, per even your own content description describing how "AP has called...", largely in response to state counts not being officially announced for senate and house races, but of course were "called" by various media sources and pollsters. Not a lick of whom have official standing to actually make such an announcement on an official governmental basis, as counts and mandatory recounts are ongoing on some tight races.
And with the GOP, that which matters most is, as long as there is even one vote against their candidate, it's cheating.
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This is precisely where such thinking lead us before, with significant numbers of lost lives, including in our militias.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_nativist_riots
Had the right to steal a public fixture, in Philly, a cannon from the port defense installation, then used to bombard a Roman Catholic church, convent/hospital and school. When militia was mobilized, they murdered several soldiers, then the angry commanding general ordered his artillery to surround them, ordering the crowd to return the stolen cannon, then return home or he'd open fire. Weeks of soldiers patrolling the very cradle of our nation's streets with fixed bayonets.
And the Constitution and laws weren't new, it was 1844. The Nativists eventually took over the nation's primary conservative party, the Whig Party, driving off sane members, who formed the Republican Party. The Republican Party's first candidate for POTUS being a relative unknown, some Abraham Lincoln guy.
The Whig Party evaporated with the civil war.
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