- Lake of Methane
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Jesus Christ 2018 sucked and I was still in bed when 2019 started loving with me
One of the very first thoughts in 2019 was that the Aleppo Cat Man’s farm was damaged by fighting and one of his dog was killed.
https://twitter.com/thealeppocatman/status/1080103042383519745?s=21
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- Lake of Methane
- Oct 29, 2011
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I think he does. The Syria troop withdrawal was timed nicely with a Patriot system sale to Turkey
“On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Senate passed a bill blocking the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The prohibition was established due to concerns over Turkey's intent to procure the S-400 air defense system, which would allegedly put the secrets of the F-35 at risk. In August 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the bill, which blocked the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Despite the suspension of deliveries, the F-35 Joint Program Office claimed on August 21, that it would execute the program according to existing plans. Another bill was passed by the US Senate on August 23, which prohibited any spending related to the transfer of F-35s to Turkey until it was certified that Turkey would not purchase nor accept delivery of the Russian S-400 air defense system.”
Except for the carrot of Patriots, that looks like where things still are.
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Jan 2, 2019 04:37
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- Lake of Methane
- Oct 29, 2011
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Why are they in Washington? This is from their website:
quote:https://www.covcath.org/uploaded/09_Spiritual-Life/2019_MFL_InformationalLetter.pdf
January, 2019 March for Life
Informational Letter
Dear CCH Parents,
Our school annually participates in the March for Life event in Washington D.C. I have witnessed our level of participation having grown from 84 students in 2008, to 213 students in 2017. Annually, our Colonels represent nearly one quarter of the Diocese of Covington supporters.
On a daily basis our students are given opportunities to live their faith. They include inserting the words “born and unborn” at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance; have the opportunity to join faculty members who lead the rosary every Tuesday and Thursday morning (7:30) in the school chapel; attend Friday morning Mass (7:10) in the chapel with our Chaplain, Fr. Michael Hennigen; participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation twice a week during lunch periods; and a monthly Mass (8:00) at Holy Name Church on Auburn Avenue in Cincinnati, followed by a rosary service in front of the Planned Parenthood center just down the street.
Once again this year we offer our students the opportunity to participate in this most worthwhile event, the 46th anniversary of the March for Life, demonstrating our support for all Life, “born and unborn.” Upon our arrival in Washington D.C. we meet with Bishop Foys and other diocesan pilgrims to celebrate Mass before joining the hundreds of thousands of people from around the nation to march in support of all life, ending the march in front of the Supreme Court building as a means to express our opposition to the Roe vs. Wade decision.
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Sincerely,
Rick Flesch
Personal Counselor
Faculty Moderator, March for Life
So of course Pence made a surprise appearance, along with a video message from Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/01/18/march-life-says-its-pro-science-despite-medical-consensus-favoring-abortion-access
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Jan 19, 2019 18:44
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- Lake of Methane
- Oct 29, 2011
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Bomb like 25 countries at once and lob a nuke at Iran and NK and start WW3?
I dunno, I'm trying to brainstorm a way where he could just cancel the election.
Michael Cohen is still supposed to go before the House Oversight Committee on Feb 7 and a small part of me is worried about Trump trying some “heyyy look over here at my other hand” move.
But also trying figure out which Russia would prefer: Cohen testifying or not, without ending up feeling paranoid that that is a consideration.
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Jan 20, 2019 01:15
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- Lake of Methane
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From the OIG report from Dec 6, 2018, emphasis mine:
quote:In November 2017, CBP awarded Accenture a $297 million contract to help meet the demands of recruiting and hiring agents and officers under the President’s January 25, 2017 Executive Order, Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements. The contract includes 1 base year, with 4 option years, to hire 7,500 fully qualified applicants, including Customs and Border Protection Officers, Border Patrol Agents, and Air and Marine Interdiction Agents. According to its Performance Work Statement (PWS), Accenture agreed to recruit enough highly qualified frontline candidates to satisfy the Executive Order and complete CBP’s 12-step hiring process, as shown in figure 1, in its entirety by:
- implementing a leading edge process and tools to improve candidate quality, reduce time to hire, and maintain CBP’s direct hire authority;
- implementing a core recruiting and hiring technology solution to manage information and actions throughout the hiring process;
- providing a team of experienced Federal human resource personnel and testing, medical, polygraph, and background investigation practitioners to complete all hiring steps; and
- managing a team of subcontractors responsible for delivering a cohesive turnkey recruiting and hiring operation
The intention was for Accenture to execute its hiring process in parallel with the existing CBP hiring process, but to collaborate with CBP to ensure Accenture complied with applicable Federal mandates. CBP designed the contract to pay Accenture based on its performance and delivery of qualified applicants, as demonstrated by successful completion of all steps of the hiring process. CBP agreed to pay approximately $40,000 per hire during the base year — 80 percent upon accepted offer and 20 percent once an applicant enters on duty.
In July 2018, we initiated an audit to determine whether CBP awarded and is managing its $297 million hiring contract with Accenture in a fiscally responsible manner according to Federal, departmental, and component requirements. The audit was in response to multiple OIG Hotline complaints related to the performance and management of the Accenture hiring contract. This alert describes serious performance issues with the Accenture contract that we identified during our review.
quote:Accenture Has Not Provided the Promised Hiring Process or Results
CBP hired Accenture to recruit and hire qualified candidates. According to the PWS, Accenture claimed it would have the capability and capacity to perform all steps of the hiring process within 90 days of awarding the contract. However, with the contract nearing the end of its base year, Accenture has yet to demonstrate the efficient, innovative, and expertly run hiring process described in its PWS. In addition, before awarding Accenture the contract, CBP did not ensure the proposed systems and processes, such as applicant tracking, complied with all applicable laws and regulations or could be integrated into its hiring process. CBP also did not establish metrics to assess the contractor’s performance and hold the contractor accountable. Yet, as of October 1, 2018 — 10 months into the contract — CBP has paid Accenture approximately $13.6 million for startup costs, security requirements, recruiting, and applicant support. In return, Accenture has processed two accepted job offers.
Accenture Relied on CBP Resources to Fulfill Contract Obligations
Accenture was supposed to provide a team of technical experts and tools to fulfill contract requirements. Instead, Accenture relied heavily on CBP resources to complete the hiring process. Accenture did not always provide necessary technical experts and experienced vendors, such as human resource personnel and those involved in the background investigation process, to complete CBP’s hiring process end-to-end, as it indicated it would in the PWS. Accenture also claimed it could provide an innovative applicant tracking system to manage the hiring process. However, Accenture did not deploy its proposed applicant tracking system and used CBP’s hiring system instead. Further, Accenture could not track results of its online marketing and recruitment efforts due to Office of Management and Budget restrictions, as well as privacy concerns.
Recognizing Accenture could not fulfill the PWS requirements without significant delays, CBP agreed to modify the contract to accommodate Accenture. CBP provided Accenture an additional 3-month interim period, from March through June 2018, to continue to ramp up operations and build the necessary capacity to fulfill the original contract terms.
It looks like part of the contract included developing some kind of Voight-Kampf machine ("EyeDetect") in lieu of a traditional polygraph.
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