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- December 21st, 2013, 4:39 pm
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: NSA bulk data collection un-constitutional
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4794
Re: NSA bulk data collection un-constitutional
I can remember being paranoid about talking on the phone concerning our high school parties. We were positive that the cops were listening :D :D Dialing on a rotary phone defiantly limited your desire to use it, assuming the little old lady sharing the party line would let you.
- December 20th, 2013, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Ranger, SOF and Military News
- Topic: US sailors sick from Fukushima
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1662
US sailors sick from Fukushima
When the USS Ronald Reagan responded to the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, Navy sailors including Quartermaster Maurice Enis gladly pitched in with rescue efforts. But months later, while still serving aboard the aircraft carrier, he began to notice strange lumps all over his body. Testing...
- December 19th, 2013, 9:25 am
- Forum: Ranger, SOF and Military News
- Topic: Bragg soldier demoted for identity theft
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2843
Bragg soldier demoted for identity theft
A soldier who used his brother's identity to enlist in the Army 25 years ago was demoted two ranks Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of his court-martial at Fort Bragg. Sgt. Maj. William Anthony Morrone Jr. was convicted earlier Wednesday of fraudulent enlistment and making false official statem...
- December 18th, 2013, 12:30 pm
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: US Army War College considers removing Confederate portraits
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16033
Re: US Army War College considers removing Confederate portr
Thanks you Sir. I am curious if the alleged quote from the college spokeswomen is indeed a mis-quote.Jim wrote: People do not have enough to keep busy!
- December 18th, 2013, 11:46 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: US Army War College considers removing Confederate portraits
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16033
Re: US Army War College considers removing Confederate portr
I am sure General Sherman's portrait would remain and the argument could be made that he is a war criminal for his scorched earth policy that targeted civilian as well as military targets. “There will be a dialogue when we develop the idea of what do we want the hallway to represent,” she said. “[Le...
- December 18th, 2013, 11:29 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: US Army War College considers removing Confederate portraits
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16033
US Army War College considers removing Confederate portraits
The U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania is considering removing its portraits of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate generals after at least one official questioned why the school honors those who fought against America. The college is currently conducting an inventory of its paintings and photogr...
- December 18th, 2013, 7:10 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: EPA climate change expert scammed US tax payers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2836
Re: EPA climate change expert scammed US tax payers
I worked for someone, not too long ago, who would not show up for weeks at a time. He never used vacation or sick time and if questioned about his absenteeism, would say that he was using comp time because of being called out at night. He was caught in a big screw up that costed tax payers about $70...
- December 18th, 2013, 5:51 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: EPA climate change expert scammed US tax payers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2836
EPA climate change expert scammed US tax payers
The highest-paid official of the US Environmental Protection Agency bilked the government out of nearly $1 million in fraudulent wages and benefits – by convincing his bosses he was also a CIA operative and leaving for long periods at a time, authorities said. John C. Beale, who retired in April aft...
- December 17th, 2013, 7:18 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: NSA bulk data collection un-constitutional
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4794
NSA bulk data collection un-constitutional
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records likely violates the Constitution, in a major setback for the controversial spy agency. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction sought by plaintiffs Larry Klayman and Char...
- December 16th, 2013, 7:23 pm
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: U.S. government stealing ideas ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2354
U.S. government stealing ideas ?
"They stole all my stuff and used taxpayer money to do it," John Hnatio, a Maryland small business owner, says of the U.S. government. Hnatio claims the government has put his company, FoodquestTQ, nearly out of business by stealing his firm's software that was designed to be licensed to t...
- December 16th, 2013, 6:10 pm
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial a poser ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8613
- December 16th, 2013, 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Mosh Pit
- Topic: 33 minutes, 20 seconds that are worth the watch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1525
33 minutes, 20 seconds that are worth the watch
Major Jeff Struecker - Liberty University Convocation
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- December 13th, 2013, 8:46 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: Chinese navy vessel attempts to stop U.S. warship
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2688
Chinese navy vessel attempts to stop U.S. warship
A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials. The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens, which recently took part in disas...
- December 12th, 2013, 6:04 am
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial a poser ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8613
Re: Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial a poser ?
Guy is claiming that he was having a schizophrenic episode.
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- December 11th, 2013, 4:58 pm
- Forum: News, Politics, and Policy
- Topic: Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial a poser ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8613
Sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial a poser ?
Posers every where... A man who stood close to President Barack Obama and other heads of state while providing sign language interpretation at Nelson Mandela’s memorial Tuesday was a “fake” who was making up his own gestures, sign language experts say, raising questions about the security at the eve...