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@#6 ... I remember hearing about stuff like this back in the Art Bell days, so it seems to be a perennial phenomenon. ...
So, you seem to readily dismiss the disappearance of multiple, related, people as a "perennial phenomenon?"
I'm not there yet. I do not take such a lackadaisical opinion of what has been happening. But I am open to be convinced otherwise ...
Missing general, scientist deaths tied to secret US work prompt White House probe
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... Susan Wilkerson was gone for just one hour when her husband, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland -- who once oversaw some of the military's most advanced and highly classified research programs -- reportedly vanished from their Albuquerque home.
McCasland, 68, left his phone behind, but his wallet and a .38-caliber revolver were missing, according to the Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Sheriff's Office.
The general previously had said he was experiencing what he described as a "mental fog," according to investigators, but authorities stressed there was no indication he was disoriented at the time of his disappearance.
"Arguably, he would still be the most intelligent person in the room," Albuquerque police Lt. Kyle Wood said March 16.
McCasland's disappearance is one of 10 recent cases involving scientists tied to U.S. military and government research that have drawn attention, including at the White House, where officials said they are looking into the matter after being asked about a potential pattern.
"I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half," Trump told reporters Thursday. "I just left a meeting on that subject."
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told Fox News Digital it is looking into the matter.
"NNSA is aware of reports related to employees of our labs, plants, and sites and is looking into the matter."
Here's what we know about the scientists who have disappeared or died under a range of circumstances over the past three years. ...
... President Donald Trump is said to be desperate for Joe Rogan not to give up on their faltering bromance ...
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Ship To Shore (1996)
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It's hard enough to try not to remember
It's hard enough to write return to sender
It's hard enough to know that its not over when its over
It's hard enough to think you know the reason
You make a list of things not to believe in
It's hard enough to know your getting over that its over
It's ship to shore forever with a message
Indelible with everything that's precious
Part of you that's always looking back to see its over
Not enough that memory you're keeping
We made up and now it's hard to sleep in
It's well enough to keep on going over that its over
January look up to you
Feb what's it to you
March is lovely
Aprils ugly
Over and over and over and over (etc)
It's hard enough to try not to remember
It's hard enough to write return to sender
It's hard enough to know that its not over when its over
...
Gunman at Mexican pyramids carried materials related to 1999 Columbine massacre
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... The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico's iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed a Canadian woman and left at least 13 people injured.
Although officials did not mention Columbine by name, they referred to several books and handwritten notes that belonged to the gunman and referenced attacks in the United States in April 1999. Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the massacre in Colorado.
Among the gunman's belongings was a photo modified by artificial intelligence showing him alongside the Columbine attackers, according to a state official who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to address the media. ...
@#121 ... Why are MAGAt Pedos so dumb? ...
If you have to ask ...
Low & Sweet Orchestra - Sometimes The Truth Is All You Get (1996)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Somehow it all got turned around again
And it looked like I might lose the meaning
Sometimes the truth is all you get
There's a bum on my street
He wears an earring and a worn suit
I bought him donuts and wine
He wanted my change too
Sometimes the truth is all you get
Sometimes the truth is all you get
...
Trump could win back the nuclear codes. Biden should put guardrails on the nuclear arsenal -- now. (2024)
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... On January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump inspired a mob attack on the US Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to the Biden administration. Not only was this an unprecedented attack on American democracy, but it represented a serious national security threat. Many saw and see this as one of many examples of an unstable President Trump acting in dangerous, irrational ways. And throughout his time in office, Trump"like all presidents in the nuclear age"had the unilateral authority to launch the US nuclear arsenal.
At any moment, Trump could literally have ended the world with a phone call. Congressional approval is not needed, and the secretary of defense cannot stop a presidential order to unleash the US nuclear arsenal. The system is built for speed, not deliberation. The whole process, from presidential order to the launch of one or hundreds of nuclear warheads, would take just minutes.
The danger that Trump would do something catastrophic was so acute that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi desperately looked for ways to prevent the "unstable president from ... accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike," according to a letter Pelosi wrote in January 2021 to House Democrats in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was convinced that Trump had suffered "serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election" and took the extraordinary step of ordering his staff to come to him if they received a nuclear strike order from the president. "No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," Milley reportedly told the officers. "You never know what a president's trigger point is." ...
Poi Dog Pondering - Everybody's Trying (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
I know you're bitter, but why, why, why?
Don't you know that two wrongs don't make a right?
It's not that simple, no
It's not that simple
[Chorus]
But everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
Everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
[Verse 2]
I feel so detached today, I don't know
I feel so detached today, I don't know, know, know
It's not that simple (No)
It's not that simple
[Chorus]
But everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
Everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
...
Watchdog requests Patel's calendar, security detail messages
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... A watchdog organization has filed a new request for records pertaining to FBI Director Kash Patel, citing new reports of excessive alcohol use from the intelligence chief.
The request from the Democracy Forward Foundation (DFF) cites The Atlantic's recent report, "The FBI Director is MIA."
"If the Director of the FBI is a liability " the American people need to know," DFF President and CEO Skye Perryman said in a press release on Tuesday.
"News reports, including from The Atlantic, suggest that his levels of drinking and absentee leadership are not just unacceptable, but also a threat to the integrity of one of the most important law enforcement agencies in the country," Perryman continued. "If true, this is not a minor lapse in judgment or a personal issue to brush aside; this goes to whether the FBI is being led with the discipline, reliability, and seriousness the job demands." ...
It almost seems as if PM Takaichi seems to want to poke China. ...
Takaichi risks China's wrath with offering to Yasukuni Shrine
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... Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an offering to a shrine seen by Japan's neighbors as glorifying its wartime past, in a move that stops short of a visit but may still anger China and other neighboring nations.
Takaichi's offering of a sacred tree was made on the first day of a traditional spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine, according to local media, and is in line with similar moves by her predecessors, Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, during their time in office. While her decision not to go to the shrine showed her more cautious stance on the issue, the leader of a party in Takaichi's ruling coalition visited the shrine on Tuesday, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
"My understanding is that Prime Minister Takaichi made an offering in a personal capacity, so we as the government are not in a position to comment on the matter," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said in a regular news briefing on Tuesday. Kihara didn't comment on the reported visit by Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party.
Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing remain strained following Takaichi's suggestion in parliament last year that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could constitute a legal justification for Japan to send troops. The comments triggered a backlash from China including trade curbs and travel warnings, putting the two Asian economies at loggerheads for months on issues spanning defense, diplomacy and the economy.
The latest offering may irritate China and other neighbors who see the shrine as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, but the move shows that Takaichi has chosen to stay in line with the approach taken by Japanese leaders over the past decade to avoid stoking regional tensions. ...
@#128 ... Then you voted for him again in 2024, and lied about it directly for months. ...
Curious how some Trump voters now seem to be trying to distance themselves from their prior choices.