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DeM Banter: Been watching this one for a long while...and yes, there is good here... on many levels, but believe the bad weight in about the same. “The U.S. is creating a precedent by carrying out strikes in secrecy without accountability to anyone,” Ms. Knuckey said. “What if all countries did what the U.S. is …
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DeM Banter: Not sure I would agree there is a conscience effort to uphold the "Carter Doctrine," but... interesting nonetheless.. Boston Globe October 14, 2012 Pg. K1 The next president has an unprecedented chance to overhaul a creaky, 30-year-old vision of America's role in the region. Cops say they figure out a suspect's intentions by …
DeM Banter: TONS OF CYBER today and throughout the week...usually (but not always) means its time to pay attention...somebody is worried...as always...thinking what this looks like in 2022....combine that with an increasing dependence on drones....things that make you go...hhhhuuummmm... Interesting that the first author mentions cadets so often... There are three stories here from today's papers …
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DeM Banter: wow, lots of stuff here...agree and disagree all at the same time...so I'm going with the F. Scott Fitzgerald quote "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." ( I use "function" loosely) …
inc.com / view original / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: More from Jeff Haden... always good, always powerful...love this stuff...even more when we are talking about badasses...we really don't want too many, but believe I am safe in saying... we DO INDEED NEED MORE... You know the type: They do things other business owners only dream of doing--and usually …
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What in the heck is an interrobang? Well… it used to be a key on a typewriter… An interrobang is an exclamation point inside a question mark. This punctuation mark can ask a question in an excited manner, express excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or ask a rhetorical question. American Martin K. …
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DeM Banter: now who doesn't like C3PO in a Nats Cap...but still pondering what this looks like in a decade with no solid strategy or plan as we move forward with drones in the Air, under the Sea, and on the Ground...could just be me. Washington Post October 10, 2012 Pg. 19 In The Loop …
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DeM Banter: when all you have is a hammer...everything looks like a nail...perhaps we are still using Industrial Revolution type tools to fight in an Information Age...something to ponder...Greater Things... Los Angeles Times October 9, 2012 Pg. 11 A great power without a significant enemy? That's what the U.S. has become. Osama bin Laden is …
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Having just returned from Catalyst...an amazing Christian leadership conference where 13,000 leaders from across the United States and around the world converged on Atlanta—truly a revolution of ideas that challenged the process and encouraged all to think unconventionally...but, now I am forced to sit and ponder--what do I do with all that I have learned, …
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DeM Banter: Still wondering how that pivot to the East is going? The message is confusing to say the least...we are pivoting East (well notionally)...with massive strategic issues still in the Middle East....and cutting defense--There are no easy solutions and we need to make some tough choices. Washington Post October 8, 2012 Pg. 19 Before …
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