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https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1330686429614256128?s=19 Are they all morons or just running out the clock?
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Pine Cone Jones posted:https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1330686429614256128?s=19 Got to run up those billable hours. So you can get stiffed for as much as possible.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:20
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this reminds me a lot of the Vic Mignogna case they are loving up royally.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:22
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I have no idea who this is. I know the bio but I don't know anything about the person other than the roles he filled. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1330697190596075520?s=20
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Nov 23, 2020 03:27
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bird cooch posted:I have no idea who this is. I know the bio but I don't know anything about the person other than the roles he filled. He was deputy secretary of state for the last two years of Obama's admin. I mean I won't lie, I'm glad it seems like they are going the career professional route instead of splashy celebrity appointee route.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:32
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I would like a reform of the executive.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:38
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Handsome Ralph posted:He was deputy secretary of state for the last two years of Obama's admin. Can career professionals rebuild a devastated executive branch? I think you need more charisma and vision to do what needs to be done.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:41
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Handsome Ralph posted:He was deputy secretary of state for the last two years of Obama's admin. A lot of us had hoped Obama would have picked Shannon.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:42
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It’s a typo guys, it’s supposed to say Kenny Blankenship. And knowing that, I feel even better than before.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:43
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Stultus Maximus posted:Can career professionals rebuild a devastated executive branch? I think you need more charisma and vision to do what needs to be done. I'd think the first year or so would be rooting out all the idiots promoted to places they don't belong due to burn/churn of the last admin.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:44
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Wasabi the J posted:I would like a reform of the executive. Sure. Me too. But the ship is burning, sinking, and out of control right now. If any one of those three problems is immediately solved it will make handling the other two a lot easier. Somebody boring and competent sounds fine. I don't see this administration getting a second term much less planning on it. Biden was picked because he was boring. The trick now is keeping the pressure up instead of just being fine with a president and an administration that is not pants on head crazy.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:44
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Stultus Maximus posted:Can career professionals rebuild a devastated executive branch? I think you need more charisma and vision to do what needs to be done. I mean, yeah? Anecdotal I know, but the few friends I have remaining in the foreign service are relieved to hear this news. Sometimes quiet professionals are better than bombastic blowhards, for example, the last four years. Honestly, it's going to come down to if they go on a hiring spree (they will) or not. Supposedly a lot of career people have hung on in foreign posts but if Trump won re-election I could see those number dwindling even more.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:44
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I'm just tired of executive orders and Veto overriding representative government and becoming policy. Like really loving tired.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:46
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Wasabi the J posted:I would like a reform of the executive. I would like a reform of the legislature and the courts.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:49
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Also I'd bet money that Trump is declaring for 2024 the instant he officially loses a second term, if only to keep pulling in campaign money. I don't want this to happen, but it's going to happen. We're never getting a moment's rest until the Big Mac grease finally stops his heart.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:50
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Stultus Maximus posted:Also I'd bet money that Trump is declaring for 2024 the instant he officially loses a second term, if only to keep pulling in campaign money. I don't want this to happen, but it's going to happen. We're never getting a moment's rest until the Big Mac grease finally stops his heart. I'd be curious to see what would become of that. Would the republicans run the man who lost Georgia of all places and headed the Republican party as the house was taken away? or would they end up having to bow before the Maga elements of the party? I'd be fine with him running again if we get to see Ted Cruz and Mitt Romney having to phone bank for him again.
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Nov 23, 2020 03:54
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm just tired of executive orders and Veto overriding representative government and becoming policy. I wish that Congress would become a functional body again and be a counterbalance to the started Reagan but turbocharged post-9/11 Imperial Presidency but we just need to fix the sucking chest wound and then go from there so Rs have a tea party midterms and a competent fascist elected in 2024 and anyone not straight, white, rich are hosed
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Nov 23, 2020 03:54
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Handsome Ralph posted:I mean, yeah? Anecdotal I know, but the few friends I have remaining in the foreign service are relieved to hear this news. Sometimes quiet professionals are better than bombastic blowhards, for example, the last four years. On the other hand, https://twitter.com/Econ_Marshall/status/1330701840351019009
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Nov 23, 2020 04:01
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Defenestrategy posted:I'd be curious to see what would become of that. Perhaps more important to them could be what happens if they don't run him. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see him run third party as an independent to spite the GOP. The big question then would be how many people who identify themselves as Republicans are willing to vote against their own party in favor of the tyrant who claims to be their dear leader.
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Nov 23, 2020 04:31
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Stultus Maximus posted:On the other hand, Yeah. Effectively creating Kurdistan. Iraq is not a homogeneous place. There are a lot of options for Iraq and they are all bad.
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Nov 23, 2020 04:34
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Who knows a good scene in a movie where a protagonist is fruitlessly trying to slow down the antagonist? Like people knocking over trash in front of michael myers. I've got an idea.
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Nov 23, 2020 04:40
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https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1330715357775007744?s=20 So, background, today I drove to CLT to spend ~3 minutes with a TSA Officer so they could take my digital fingerprints and nothing more for the renewal of my Global Entry application that I started in January. Trip report, seeing the amount of cars in long term parking, daily parking was full, and hourly was very full, travel is close to back to pre-levels. I had to go through the Arrivals baggage area to get to the CBP offices and it was full of people. We will keep letting people die until a vaccine arrive. Honestly, I thought that since it too so long for appointments to finally be available to finish up GE that numbers would be down but why should I think anyone in America is going to give a gently caress about our fellow neighbors
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Nov 23, 2020 04:57
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Lotta people going to be disappointed with their Christmas gifts. 
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Nov 23, 2020 05:16
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Midjack posted:Lotta people going to be disappointed with their Christmas gifts. More for the rest of us  I was originally going to try and do a joke about us getting their gifts....but I think the really pitch black approach is better.
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Nov 23, 2020 05:33
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It's kind of horrifying just how bad Thanksgiving and Christmas could be. We're already well into a massive upswing, Thanksgiving travel will only sharpen it, and the full-scope of the consequences might not be readily apparent until people are walking out the door to travel for Christmas. Though at this point I'm not sure those who will be doing so could be convinced by anything short of the incapacitation or death of them or a member of their household. It's like watching as somebody joyfully and obliviously winds up a hammer blow against their own skull. There are ICUs across the country are already at or near capacity. Unless there's way more asymptomatic immune folks than previously thought, it's conceivable that folks switch back from "way too complacent" to "batshit panicked" in the next few months as deaths spike precipitously. E: typos 
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Nov 23, 2020 06:39
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Handsome Ralph posted:He was deputy secretary of state for the last two years of Obama's admin. Looking forward to an ambassador to Iceland who doesn’t demand bodyguards, an armored car, a stab proof vest, and the ability to carry a gun in one of the world’s safest cities.
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Nov 23, 2020 06:40
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Cugel the Clever posted:It's kind of horrifying just how bad Thanksgiving and Christmas could be. We're already well into a massive upswing, Thanksgiving travel will only sharpen it, and the full-scope of the consequences might not be readily apparent until people are walking out the door to travel for Christmas. Though at this point I'm not sure those who will be doing so could be convinced by anything short of the incapacitation or death of them or a never if their household. It's like watching as somebody joyfully and obliviously winds up a hammer blow against their own skull. Yeah it’s idiotic that during a worsening pandemic people are free to take non-essential trips across the nation if they feel like it. Take one year off from the holidays you maniacs.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Yeah it’s idiotic that during a worsening pandemic people are free to take non-essential trips across the nation if they feel like it. Take one year off from the holidays you maniacs. But then they will lose the war on Christmas, and the holiday will be forever cancelled.
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Nov 23, 2020 06:51
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We had eight months to get this poo poo under control before the holidays. Eight loving months.
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Nov 23, 2020 06:56
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I have to PCS halfway across the country in a few days. I'm dreading trying to find housing once I get there.
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Nov 23, 2020 07:06
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If you're heading to Knox, good luck. I have a 27 mile commute whenever I'm not working remotely. Edit: don't be like me. Look now. Some realters have virtual tours they can take you on, and any wait list you might be on could get under control. If you don't mind on-post housing, contact the base's housing office, see what your options are, and get on that list now.
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Nov 23, 2020 10:27
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https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1330187901976662017?s=19
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Nov 23, 2020 11:48
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It's going to make for a really great christmas! Ventilators for everyone!
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Nov 23, 2020 11:52
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Looking like great news out of England. https://twitter.com/UniofOxford/status/1330806891157598209?s=19 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55040635 70% baseline effectiveness, likely higher with a dose tweak, and it's cheap as hell.
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Nov 23, 2020 12:38
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Defenestrategy posted:or would they end up having to bow before the Maga elements of the party? Yes
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Nov 23, 2020 12:47
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Looking forward to an ambassador to Iceland who doesn’t demand bodyguards, an armored car, a stab proof vest, and the ability to carry a gun in one of the world’s safest cities. lol what. I don't doubt it but for real
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Nov 23, 2020 12:53
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Milo and POTUS posted:lol what. I don't doubt it but for real We discussed it in July. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3930971&pagenumber=66&perpage=40#post506838295
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Nov 23, 2020 13:08
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facialimpediment posted:Looking like great news out of England. for once, actual good news from england
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Nov 23, 2020 13:38
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https://twitter.com/BadLegalTakes/status/1330716471761068033?s=09 Some comedy this morning
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Surprise witnesses! Each more surprising than the last.
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