It was a botched upgrade. A bad patch.

I have done hundreds. Lamplighter is right. They obviously botched it badly. And on a Friday.

And caused a system meltdown.

Please. Keep them away from our nuclear power plants!

What a Fuster Cluck.

Looks like it was the wrong year to lay off or force retire all the legacy knowledge.

It was either the AI upgrade or a cyberattack.

I'd prefer it be the upgrade.

Re 7

You may be close to the truth.

Because as a technician I don't believe in coincidences.

I've worked on FAA equipment. There is a reason it's been difficult and expensive to upgrade. I would not touch anything without an FAA tech present as a witness that it was working when I left. And preferably one of my own techs to my witness my work too.

Freedom of expression banned at the tomb, What right does the sentinel have to silence anyone?

#24 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

A sentinel's authority to demand silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier comes from federal regulations governing Arlington National Cemetery and military orders, which are legally permitted under the First Amendment because the cemetery is a nonpublic forum.

I heard it was a mass shouting.

A failure to educate our children in civics.

#47 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Listening to you it doesn't sound like your children's education is the problem. It sounds like YOUR "education" is the actual problem here.

"No one even asks."

Ancient Astronaut Theorists ask all the time!

Shooter is no longer "active".

Trump hasn't learned a thing from the Republicans' midterm wipeout,"

I do not believe at this point that Trumpy is capable of learning anything.

The RNC fumbled by thinking they had a mandate, let's see if the D's handle it better.

#14 | POSTED BY KWRX25

Republicans barely won. By a slim very narrow majority ... one or two percentage points. I personally could not believe how close the races were. And yet they claimed a mandate! They thought they had a mandate. What they had was a chance to prove themselves to the American voter.

WASHINGTON " U.S. House Republican leaders said Tuesday voters have given them a "mandate" to enact as much conservative policy as possible once they gain unified control of the federal government in January, but declined to provide details about exactly what policies they'd seek to enact.

"The American people want us to implement and deliver that America first agenda," said Speaker Mike Johnson. "And we have to do that while we have that energy and that excitement, beginning on the very first day of the Congress in the new year."[

And they failed miserably.

But I do agree. Let's see if the D's can do better.

Will republicans give them a chance to blow it? Or will they block obstruct and undermine everything they try?

Yeah ... let's see!

LeftyTurdy is like a dog who constantly eats his own vomit.

Unpossible!

There is zero crime in DC.

And in only 12 days your town can be crime free just like DC!

Just ask Trumpy ...

"We've got no crime," Trump claimed. "It took 12 days to solve the problem. And we're going to do that in Chicago, we're going to do that in Portland."

Voters voted for changing the status quo, and not necessarily for far left issues.

Voters want changes! But not the same changes that the people they voted for want. They want different changes!

A Muslim socialist communist mayor, oh my!

Re 11

No. They didn't "skip" it.

Some were apparently stuck in traffic.

"I helped introduce articles of impeachment to remove the deeply unqualified and dangerous Pete Hegseth since April. Tonight I was denied the ability to vote on this motion while Mike Johnson worked overtime to shield him from accountability. Next year House Democrats will impeach Hegseth."

-U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen

Normally a floor vote is held open as a courtesy for the members who are near the Capitol and on their way to cast their votes, Republican leadership cynically chose to close the vote with nearly two dozen members still not voting.. and just as Pettersen was reaching the chamber," the spokesperson said.

Do you want to make the case that it should never have been built?

#15 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Welcome to the future.

Technology is moving us into another unknown future even than faster ever. Decisions we make today will decide whether there is a future for humanity.

Today's inventions are obsolete in years now. Not decades or centuries. Years. Months sometimes.

Also if I was around 150 years ago then I would not be around today. That would be a real bummer for my family.

Re 11

Now that is interesting.

My great great (not sure how many greats) grandfather (who later became a general) also served under General Pershing as a Colonel and he chased Pancho Villa across the border and Pancho was shot in the leg (by one of his troops most likely) at The Battle of Guerrero.

Re 2

" Does this mean the GOP finally has grown a spine?"

Don't hold your breath. Turning even bluer won't help with that.

Similar to telecom, only the infrastructure (cable) was eventually used (didn't go obsolete).

#13 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN

Interesting point. How long will we even need all these data centers? Is anyone actually studying the future sustainability of these technologies yet?

Phone lines are practically obsolete now. Most of the systems I spent hundreds or even thousands of hours training on and installed and maintained all the way up thru the 2000's have gone or are going to soon be obsolete and overcome and replaced by the latest technologies.

"My military hero is Smedley Butler"

Yeah I was thinking him too. But then if I'm going back into history I'd have to go with George Washington.

Who, after winning the Revolutionary War, and been given the reigns of ABSOLUTE POWER, he voluntarily relinquished that power rather than seeking a crown or dictatorship, and he helped establish the U.S. Constitution and peaceful transitions of executive office.

Semper Fi

Now when a Dem introduces an article when they're seated in the House

No worries. It will be.

It was a very close vote.

The only reason it did not pass this time is because there were 11 dems and 7 ----- absent.

Enjoy the delay.

And actually this was a shot from within the opposition party fired at itself.

The Dems haven't even got their ships in the water yet. But the armada is assembling.

Most good prosecutors know not to charge if they don't have a good chance at convicting.

The House should do the same.

Impeachment is essentially political in nature.

Sometimes it's not about the conviction. Though that would be nice.

...

Impeachment should mean something. Right now it's just a daily headline.

#5 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN

Politics is a blood sport.

It means a shot was fired across the bow of the opposition. It means another shot can and probably will be fired . And this one might hit its target. So you best slow that bullshat down. Or we will fire again.