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Friday Five December 13
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: ? 1.? Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria?
2.? Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? 3.? Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especailly opiate pain relievers? 4.? ?Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? 5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York.? What should the governments response to this be and which part of which government should have the atuhority to intervene? ? |
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1.? Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria? Yes; I didn't realize that his position was that fragile or that the remaining opposition was that powerful. 2.? Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? Netanyahu, if you can call him a world leader.? Otherwise perhaps Macron.? I don't think that Iran, Russia, or China will depose their leader. 3.? Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especailly opiate pain relievers? Highly-addictive drugs should not be sold over?the counter.? Legal alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis?are bad enough to deal with.? We don't need to add to the problem. 4.? ?Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? Not at all.? Person of the year is not a good achievement award; it is awarded for the person who was most prominent during the previous year.? Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year in 1938. 5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York.? What should the governments response to this be and which part of which government should have the atuhority to intervene? The FAA regulates drones, but I don't know how big these drones are, or whether they're just a bunch of the type of drones sold at Costco.? I've heard that it's a federal crime to shoot down a drone hovering outside your bathroom window, but I have a hard time believing that. Depending on the drone, it could be a military or a state police, county sheriff, or local police issue. Ed ? On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 5:35?PM mrvnchpmn via <chapman=tidepool.com@groups.io> wrote:
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? 1.? Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria?
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Yes; I didn't realize that his position was that fragile or that the remaining opposition was that powerful.
2.? Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? ?
Netanyahu, if you can call him a world leader.? Otherwise perhaps Macron.? I don't think that Iran, Russia, or China will depose their leader.
3.? Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especailly opiate pain relievers? ?
Highly-addictive drugs should not be sold over?the counter.? Legal alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis?are bad enough to deal with.? We don't need to add to the problem.
4.? ?Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? ?
Not at all.? Person of the year is not a good achievement award; it is awarded for the person who was most prominent during the previous year.? Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year in 1938.
5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York.? What should the governments response to this be and which part of which government should have the atuhority to intervene? ?
The FAA regulates drones, but I don't know how big these drones are, or whether they're just a bunch of the type of drones sold at Costco.? I've heard that it's a federal crime to shoot down a drone hovering outside your bathroom window, but I have a hard time believing that.
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Depending on the drone, it could be a military or a state police, county sheriff, or local police issue.
Apparently a New Jersey police helicopter had to land because a 6' diameter drone was hovering over it.? That sounds liek aggressoin worthy of response - even a 6' drone would be serverely damaged by a couple fo rounds off 000 buckshot at close range. ? ?
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? On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 5:35?PM mrvnchpmn via <chapman=tidepool.com@groups.io> wrote:
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1.? Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria? A little.? I would have expected a move on an Allied?country by the Terrorist Axis, but now? am getting the impression (without deep exploration) that the incoming regime?may be more actively?radical than?the lethargic outgoing folks. Inn other words, maybe the Axis is firming up its foundation as the world prepares for mutual destruction. 2.? Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? Pakistan has been kinda ho-hum based upon its media impact... 3.? Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especially opiate pain relievers? The whole system is kinda topheavy and more than?a little focused on special interest profiteering. I think regulation for safety is vital, yet punishing those who could benefit from a given medication because others have used that same med recreationally or as chemical coping is a very inefficient outcome. Now we have created an?entire criminal culture based on the approach. If some people?want to be hopeless stoned drones, it is probably cheaper to let them ride it out. Thos who can function get food and?housing, those who cannot will? have a rougher time of things. 4.? ?Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? Did not even know it had happened. It? seems to me to be kind of trivial. 5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York.? What should the government's response to this be and which part of which government should have the authority to intervene? According to the growing body of evidence, the drones are unidentified of type or manufacturer as well as to operator, owner or logistics. They are apparently larger than the typical hobbyist models. They fly with lighting, although not necessarily in the form of legal running lights, which is turned off when they are?pursued. Since they takeoff and landing?locations? have not been pinpointed, various air?control radars or military imaging options have apparently been ineffective. They have been reliably reported over military installations, infrastructure nodes (such as reservoirs) as well as population?centers. The highest number of simultaneous sightings has been over?100 as best I can glean from media. Almost none of this is reliable enough that I would bet my wallet on it, but the official government statements support multiple sightings of unidentified craft in public?and restricted airspace and that? not one single craft has been captured?or categorized beyond each being a "drone." In fact, the officials seem surprisingly blase about the response given the historic military responses to foreign aircraft?incursions and balloon sightings. That feels fishy. As for talk of haphazard efforts to shoot down the drones, we should remember that there are good?reasons we do not fire our rifles into the sky. Not only do bullets eventually fall? to gravity, but disabled aircraft do as well! This does not bode well for the hapless?humans below, not to mention the wildfire risks and the possibility of totally harmless legally?operating craft taking fire from Joe Beer and his $5k .50 sniper rifle! They also may be U.S. craft being tested or some such, although doing so over densely populated areas would seem criminally?irresponsible. Or perhaps they are the airwing of a new breakout AI taking over the world! Next will finally come the zombies! As for what part of government, this project seems?tailored to an FAA investigation. ? |
开云体育Not entirely. It's about time Assad ran away. Hopefully it will be Nicolás Maduro. Decriminalized, yes. Sold over the counter, definitely not. Not really. It's not necessarily an honor. It's just about who has influenced the world. After all, the following individuals have also been Time's Person of the Year: Joseph Stalin (1939, 1942); Nikita Khrushchev (1957); Yuri Andropov (1983); and Mikhail Gorbachev (1987, 1989); Adolf Hitler (1938); Deng Xiaoping (1978, 1985); Chiang Kai-shek (1937); Ruhollah Khomeini (1979). Caution is the correct response. Who knows what those drones might harbor. Aloha, Celeste Rogers |
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. 1.? Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria? Surprised that it happened so quickly. Surprised that it happened at all, with the support he had from Iran and Russia. ? 2.? Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? The Islamist regime in Iran seems ripe for it. They have been massively weakened by the loss of Hezbollah, Hamas, and now Syria and all of Syria's weapons. The people of Iran have wanted them gone for a very long time. Israel has already taken out some of their own weapons, and their ability to detect approaching attacks. Now is the time to do it. It is absolutely imperative for the survival of the world that Iran does not get nuclear weapons. The best way to prevent that is to do away with the regime.? ? 3.? Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especailly opiate pain relievers? Good Lord no. Getting hooked on opioids would lead to a far worse life than living with pain.? ? 4.? ?Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? Yes. Not because he didn't deserve it, but because all those magazines are run by leftists who ignore Mr Trump. He should have won a Nobel Peace Prize for the Abraham Accords, but his accomplishments were not even reported by the MSM. ? ?5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York.? What should the governments response to this be and which part of which government should have the atuhority to intervene? You have a Dept. of Homeland Security do you not? This would seem to be the time to use them. Who knows where they came from or what they might do? Just leaving them alone seems very risky. ? Pat
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