Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
The only possible output of a system lacking any discipline is self-destruction.
Whatever is free is squandered. When water is free, it's freely wasted. When electricity is free, there's no motivation to use it wisely.
After claims by both democrats and republicans that Trump's "skinny" budget proposal is dead on arrival, Trump's nemesis, John McCain chimed in and said that in its current form the Trump budget simply won't pass the Senate. “It is clear that this budget proposed today cannot pass the Senate," the Armed Services Committee chairman said in a statement.
On March 1, the WSJ reported that the options contemplated by the White House in response to recent North Korean acts, include "the possibility of both military force and regime change to counter the country’s nuclear-weapons threat." The review came es amid recent events have strained regional stability including last month's launch by North Korea of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, and the assassination of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia.
Just day after we highlighted "Silent Hunter" - China's new vehicle-slicing laser gun - it appears the US military is stepping up the propaganda on its own 'hi-tech weaponry'. Air Force Special Operations Command plans to install and test combat lasers on AC-130 gunships within a year.
The Pentagon has been experimenting with laser weapons for decades. In 2009, the Advanced Tactical Laser — fired from a C-130 — burned a hole in the hood of a truck.
Just under 70 minutes, 4,825 words, and the message was clear - the speech was about "will" and "Americans"
Additionally "Obamacare" was mentioned 5 times, "Historic" was mentioned 3 times, and "massive" twice.
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I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. #JointAddress
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 1, 2017