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  1. 32 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    1️. New State Department will have 4 regional corps:

     

    - Eurasia Corps (EURA) – Europe, Russia, and post-Soviet states including Central Asia (excluding Afghanistan)

    - Mid-East Corps (MEC) – Arab World, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

    - Latin America Corps – Central America, South America, and the Caribbean

    - Indo-Pacific Corps – East Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives

     

    2️.  New State Department staffing model for FSOs

     

    - Regionally specialized career service framework

    - Complete 9 years in assigned Regional Corps (above)

    - Show alignment with the President’s foreign policy vision

    - Use AI with at least GPT-4o intelligence standards

    - Don't like it? One-time buyout to leave by September 30

     

    3️. The following positions and offices are eliminated:

     

    - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

    - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)

    - Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights

    - Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC)

    - Secretary’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement

    - Special Envoy for Iran

    - U.S. Special Coordinator for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI)

    - Office of the Security Coordinator

    - Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI)

    - Office of Foreign Assistance (F)

    - Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R)

    - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)

    - Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA)

    - Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (R/PPR)

    - Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights (J)

    - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)

    - Office of International Religious Freedom

    - Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism

    - Office of Multilateral and Global Affairs (DRL/MLGA)

    - Office of Global Programming (DRL/GP)

    - All regional DRL units

    - Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)

    - Office of Global Criminal Justice (J/GCJ)

    - Office of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD)

    - Office of Policy Planning (S/P)

    - Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security (T)

    - Office of Management Strategy and Solutions (MSS)

    How are we looking on the Paraguayan army's request for spraying subsidies?

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  2. 4 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Only took a few months for TDS to quickly mutate into Battered Trumper Syndrome. They crawl back to him as he steals their money and destroys familial relationships. 

     

    Jerry Jones GIF by SB Nation

    Same Same

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  3. 7 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    It's just so crushing that that won't be news. And that we'll probably all have forgotten about it in a few days, just blending in with the rest of his insanity. But if a time traveler had shown you that, just that, in say 2014, and said it was an Easter message from the President of the United States, you wouldn't believe it. If you were somehow convinced it was real, you'd probably flee the country immediately. We really can't lose sight of that.

    It's telling when Drudge of all places is the only one with it

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  4. 4 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

    Why an 18-year-old turned down her dream school, UT Austin, for 'a university that nobody has heard of'

    https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/16/why-this-teen-turned-down-the-university-of-texas-at-austin.html

     

    Spoiler alert we’ve all heard of it.

    But I gotta say her reasons are wrong. For her to argue she can’t find community at Texas is wrong. But it could also show a failing in terms of how we handle tours on campus too. granted that’s the difference between a 50k student body vs 3k. 

    Texas got 90K applications last year for what ends up being around 25K admissions and a freshman class of a little over 9K. They don't really have to sell themselves on a campus tour right now and they know it.  

  5. 15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    welp, guess i'm never going back. reseller was always my plan to get back in there .....

     

    🚨🎟️ #CRACKING DOWN — According to a report from @FOS, ‘hundreds’ of ticket holders who attended this years Masters tournament were pulled aside + questioned by Augusta reps over the origin of their tickets, where they were purchased, etc with many passes cancelled for the week as the tournament cracked down on resellers

     

    https://frontofficesports.com/the-masters-ticket-resellers-on-location/

    Augusta could probably soften the reseller market themselves by devising a lottery system where you didn’t hear so many “I’ve entered for 20 years and never won alongside so many oh I’ve won them 3 times in the last decade” stories. 

    Maybe give more “ping pong balls” the more years you have entered without winning or something like that  

    Would it totally eliminate resale…of course not but it would probably bring the instances down  

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, Stringer said:


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    What can I say, I watched R1 the other day, getting reloaded for all this.  It also occurred to me on that rewatch that the last act begins with the council shutting down Erso and then Cassian deciding that he isn't going to sit there and do nothing and gathering up Melshi and the others to go to Scarif.  It kind of harkens to Luthen pushing the issue with the Aldhani action when others (including Mon) were hesitant.  Maybe some of those trailer clips we see of Luthen imploring Cassian to "think like a leader" connect the two.  

  7. 7 hours ago, Captainant said:

    I believe the last scene of Andor is basically supposed to lead into the first scene of Rogue 1, like how R1 handed off to ANH 

    The problem with this statement is that the first scene of R1 is when Jyn Erso is a little girl and Krennic shows up to take Galen with him and ends up killing Jyn's mother.  That's followed by some visuals of grown up Jyn in her cell and then what it likely leads into is the 3rd scene of R1 where we first meet Cassian strolling through whatever that asteroidish city is where he gets the intel on Bohdi, the weapon that Bohdi is rambling about, and the existence of "Erso" and then kills the informant to leave no loose ends (how very Luthen of him).  

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  8. 4 hours ago, freyguy said:

    You're not the first tired parent.  Put your big boy pants on and be an adult.  You need to re-evaluate what this "me-time" means.  I'm not going to jump to any conclusions, but it sounds selfish.  You're a parent, not a single adult.  Turn the "me" time into "we" time.  Yes, that's corny as shit, but take them out to do something to unwind.  Not sit on your phone or in front of a TV.

    When the kids have an outburst, respond in a firm but calm manner.  It disarms them when they see you calm.  Blowing up only teaches them they can do it too.  Let them throw their tantrum, but in the end, they need firm rules. Make them apologize each time one hurts the other.  Reward them for good behavior, but don't rub it in. 

    And if it feels uncontrollable, go seek out some therapy for all of yall.  Kids can struggle when dealing with their emotions.  And sometimes they need to be taught how to do so in a constructive manner, because it will only get worse through puberty. 

    On the other hand this guy won 6 NBA titles. 

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  9. Man I just don't see how you parse this language, but this timeline....

     

    All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside

  10. 8 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

    You want to spend the rest of your life raking leaves

    You must not live in Texas if you think fall is an all season long leaf rake fest.   My leaves hang on until late November to mid December. 

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