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Mikey4

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  1. Just now, ChickenNuggets said:

    I for one don't think our national security is furthered by having Congress know everything about our top secret stuff... Yes, yes, they are our constitutional representatives in government charged with oversight... But they are political creatures who would torpedo America's national security interests in a heartbeat if it meant helping them get re-elected... imho.

     

    This is 100% true. The problem is, our Constitution sets up 3 branches of government, and everyone working for the federal government is ultimately accountable to (falls under) at least one branch. The Constitution doesn't allow for some shadow agency that doesn't report to Congress or the President.

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  2. 42 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    At this point it's either a psy-op or it's real. If you think a former intelligence official testifying in a congressional hearing under oath is just him fucking with people trying to perpetuate a hoax you're being rather obtuse. 

    So I haven't followed this super closely, but am I correct that 100% of his testimony is hearsay? In other words, he is relating what others have told him but has not personally seen the ships or aliens? If so, then it really doesn't matter how credible *he* is. He could 100% believe the things he has been told, but those things may still be untrue because the person he talked to was confused, crazy, combining elements of truth with speculation or exaggeration, etc.

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    Edit here: Also, keep in mind that it's been ~80 years since the world superpowers had the opportunity and incentive to put their most top-secret tech on display for the world to see. We don't know what's locked up in research labs. It's entirely possible that this guy talked to someone who knew we had recovered wild and unexplained technology but drew an incorrect conclusion that the tech was extraterrestrial.

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    It sounds like they have the wrong guy testifying. Give us the names of the people you talked to, who claim to have first-hand knowledge, and let's get them under oath.

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  3. 5 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    A couple of weeks before he passed, he had almost completely lost the ability to make any kind of words, only some noises.   I was sitting in a chair beside him.  He reached out for my hand, looked at me, took a deep breath, and thanked me for taking care of his daughter.  I lost it.

     

    Carry on everyone.

     

     

    Damn, sorry for your loss. I had a similar experience when my FIL was in the final days of his battle with cancer. I promised to take care of his wife and daughter. I don't think anyone could keep his eyes dry in such a surreal moment.

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  4. 15 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Edit: also, lulz for "I'm not denying it, but it sure doesn't seem to be happening!" jlawok.gif

    I haven't seen any predictions that American cities will be "under water" 27 years from now. But I'm land locked and don't pay super close attention to this stuff, so maybe I've missed it.

  5. 2 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    If we can have a healthy OL and Neyor, Whittington, Worthy, Sanders and Mitchell all contribute, this offense has potential.

    Don't forget our "depth" (/s) players -- Cook, Niblett, Moore. I don't recall Texas ever having a wr room with this much potential.

    2008 got it done with Shipley, Cosby, Collins, and Kirkendall, but they also had the most accurate qb in CFB history throwing the ball and a big running threat (Colt) to keep defenses honest. In terms of pure wr talent and potential, it's hard to improve on what we have now.

  6. 51 minutes ago, immamac said:

    Stars are fixed and up - do we want our own star rating or do we want to just inherit the composite rating? I feel like if we do our own ratings it will just turn into everyone being a 5 star lol. 

    I did look into the boner excitement chart as the icons for the stars, unfortunately they are all uniform and its not possible lol. 

    I also want to take recommendations to what people want to see on that landing page (the article page is whatever - I'm gonna template those later on myself)

    Given how much shit we give looch for pumping up aggy recruits in his top 44, it's probably better to rely on composite than do our own star ratings.

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