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RE: Noteworthy News
Yesterday at 12:31 pm
(Yesterday at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: This whole double-tap thing gets more bizarre with each passing day. Now, Admiral Bradley has said that the boat in question wasn’t head to the US at all, but was trying to rendezvous with a larger vessel that was bound for Suriname and transfer its drugs to that boat. Bradley justified the second strike by saying there is always the possibility that drugs in Suriname could eventually wind up in the US. This despite the fact that your DEA says that trafficking routes through Suriname are almost always destined for European markets.
At first, I was upset about Bradley being thrown under the proverbial bus. Now, I’m not so sure.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/politics/...ke-bradley
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Right, over the last couple of days he's seemed fine with marching in lockstep with Hegseth. That will probably result in his not being prosecuted. He's gone from "left holding the bag" to "carrying water for" in 48 hours.
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RE: Noteworthy News
Yesterday at 12:39 pm
They all know exactly what they're doing.
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RE: Noteworthy News
Yesterday at 1:08 pm
I don't normally post stuff both here and AD, but this merits an exception because it's spot-on:
Quote:Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) took his criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a step further Friday, claiming the Pentagon chief’s recent decisions have “ruined his credibility.”
“I’ve been on the record already,” he told Politico’s Dasha Burns, who also hosts “Ceasefire” on C-SPAN. “After Signalgate, I think I’ve seen enough. What I really wanted to see was someone take responsibility — own to a mistake.”
“And then when he blamed the media or the, you know, the journalist for the story, it just — it ruined his credibility,” he added.
The Nebraska Republican noted that Hegseth “had some issues” going into confirmation hearings, after President Trump tapped him to lead the Pentagon. But, once he was confirmed, Bacon continued, he wanted to give the former Fox News host “a fair chance.”
“But I — what I’ve seen is what I call just poor decision-making,” the lawmaker, who will retire at the end of the term, told Burns.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/56367...criticism/
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RE: Noteworthy News
Yesterday at 1:14 pm
(Yesterday at 1:08 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't normally post stuff both here and AD, but this merits an exception because it's spot-on:
Quote:Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) took his criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a step further Friday, claiming the Pentagon chief’s recent decisions have “ruined his credibility.”
“I’ve been on the record already,” he told Politico’s Dasha Burns, who also hosts “Ceasefire” on C-SPAN. “After Signalgate, I think I’ve seen enough. What I really wanted to see was someone take responsibility — own to a mistake.”
“And then when he blamed the media or the, you know, the journalist for the story, it just — it ruined his credibility,” he added.
The Nebraska Republican noted that Hegseth “had some issues” going into confirmation hearings, after President Trump tapped him to lead the Pentagon. But, once he was confirmed, Bacon continued, he wanted to give the former Fox News host “a fair chance.”
“But I — what I’ve seen is what I call just poor decision-making,” the lawmaker, who will retire at the end of the term, told Burns.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/56367...criticism/
(Bold mine)
Translation: screamingly incompetent.
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RE: Noteworthy News
Yesterday at 10:38 pm
(Yesterday at 4:27 am)Paleophyte Wrote: (November 27, 2025 at 11:48 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I happily bow to your superior geocological knowledge! 
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RE: Noteworthy News
10 hours ago
Remind me to not piss off the Earth.
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RE: Noteworthy News
10 hours ago
(10 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Remind me to not piss off the Earth.
 It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature (quoting an old butter commercial).
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RE: Noteworthy News
9 hours ago
(10 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: (10 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Remind me to not piss off the Earth.
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature (quoting an old butter commercial).
Exactly the line I had in mind.
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