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Current events thread perhaps?

I would argue that “legitimate authority” does not include granting access to secure government systems to people from outside government, who aren’t employed by the government, and who haven’t been properly vetted.

It’s another example of Trump and his cronies picking and choosing which rules they want to follow. Unfortunately, the court pretty much gave him license to do that with some of their recent rulings.
We shall, see, won't we. Your statement about picking and choosing which rules to follow assumes that they have already broken rules, doesn't it? I have seen the Dems wailing and gnashing of teeth about it, but haven't seen any proof yet.

I would bet you that there are already PLENTY of other folks (not government employees) already within the organizations that are being looked at that have access to government systems. Consultants, contractors, etc. And since a bunch of the DOGE team reportedly have come from Space D and other defense contractors, it is quite likely that a bunch of them have been vetted enough to have a security clearance already. Musk himself has a Top Secret clearance and is considered a special government employee.

And claims are that the DOGE team does not have the ability to actually implement the savings that they are finding, we will have to see if it is true that they have read only access. Once again, I have seen nothing to prove otherwise.

Current events thread perhaps?

JD Vance was exactly correct! You are apparently deciding to ignore the key word, which is "legitimate". The judicial branch is only supposed to guard against illegitimate overreaches of power. Rather like all those folks that screamed racist at anyone that spoke out or otherwise promotes the deportation of ILLEGAL aliens. If you are in favor of deporting illegal aliens, then by sneakily dropping the fact that they are illegal out of the situation, then BOOM! Racist!

My prediction is that the vast majority of these 40+ lawsuits/injunctions already filed against Trump and his administration will be thrown out or overturned. There is something wrong when the left goes judge shopping to get before a left appointed and ruling low level district court judge that goes and slams out a nationwide injunction affecting the proper functioning of government.
I would argue that “legitimate authority” does not include granting access to secure government systems to people from outside government, who aren’t employed by the government, and who haven’t been properly vetted.

It’s another example of Trump and his cronies picking and choosing which rules they want to follow. Unfortunately, the court pretty much gave him license to do that with some of their recent rulings.

Current events thread perhaps?

No sourcing, no names, no information. Can't imagine that a social media poster with no accountability would make up a story to generate clicks...that would be unheard of!

Meanwhile, JD Vance says "Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power." Actually, that's exactly what the judicial branch is supposed to do - limit the power of the executive and legislative branches.
JD Vance was exactly correct! You are apparently deciding to ignore the key word, which is "legitimate". The judicial branch is only supposed to guard against illegitimate overreaches of power. Rather like all those folks that screamed racist at anyone that spoke out or otherwise promotes the deportation of ILLEGAL aliens. If you are in favor of deporting illegal aliens, then by sneakily dropping the fact that they are illegal out of the situation, then BOOM! Racist!

My prediction is that the vast majority of these 40+ lawsuits/injunctions already filed against Trump and his administration will be thrown out or overturned. There is something wrong when the left goes judge shopping to get before a left appointed and ruling low level district court judge that goes and slams out a nationwide injunction affecting the proper functioning of government.

WSU's Future Dependant on Major Community Changes

Edmund O. Schweitzer III is certainly an interesting guy. I knew him quite a while back. Word to the wise, he holds grudges. Forever. Major community philanthropist, although unfortunately not much if any to WSU Athletics. Built his company out of his basement. His Dad and Grandfather were patent-holding engineers.

To Coug90 - have you ever met his (supposedly 3) kids? Can't find anything on them, which is quite odd IMHO. I assume they, if they exist, are from his frumpy first wife, who he dumped after meeting wife #2, hot Mexican Beatrix, I believe after he expanded to Mexico. Quite the expansion. But hey, the All-Forgiving Loyal One doesn't judge. And yeah they hire heavily from WSU. Pullman would basically be a company town if WSU wasn't there. But then if it weren't there, SEL would not be either.

I met Ed and Mary? I heard they got divorced though. They both seemed really nice people when I met them. Didn’t meet the kids.

The Super Bowl reminded us that a great lines...

...win championships.

An area Leach gets very high marks in;
1) Recruiting at least 5 in each class.
2) General development and coaching.

Seahawks need to get rid of Schneider who is on the record of saying basically the guard positions is plug and play. (Don't need to invest).
Schneider got cocky over a handful of day 2 and day 3 picks that hit. He’s busted on 1’s and free agents repeatedly. He should have been canned years ago.

Current events thread perhaps?

How do we feel about treason?

CNN apparently saying US Military leaders meeting to defy the commander in chief.

This is bullish for WSU football, right?

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No sourcing, no names, no information. Can't imagine that a social media poster with no accountability would make up a story to generate clicks...that would be unheard of!

Meanwhile, JD Vance says "Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power." Actually, that's exactly what the judicial branch is supposed to do - limit the power of the executive and legislative branches.

Paaan-a-ma

Did you confuse me with someone else? Did you think I was somehow promoting that? Because I wasn't/am not.

There would need to be an obvious and overwhelming reason to think of using military force for a reason like that (retaking control of the canal), and I don't see that here. What I do see is several things being thrown out for effect and negotiating stances. Panama, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, tariffs, etc. Let's just hang tight for a while and see where it all goes before getting prematurely ejaculated over them.

That last bit was thrown in just for Loyal's benefit. LOL
Well you did respond to a topic all about the Panama canal (and our perceived undersized influence vs China and the proposed changes to that system by this current president) with a lazy "TDS" dismissal. I just wanted to clarify what your position was. Taihtsat

Oregon ranked one of the friendliest fanbases

What a bunch of BS. My wife and I have been to Autzen 3 times and each time did not feel good. Duck fans are arrogant and some of them are just plain dickheads. We were at the 55-16 thrashing of the Ducks by WSU and that was the worst! They, Duck fans are fine and dandy when they are winning, but as holes when getting demolished. That was a fun day, I’ll never forget it!!!

Paaan-a-ma

Would you approve of trump ordering the forceful re-taking of the canal?

(Btw, this is the first time I've mentioned trump. It seems you guys are a bit defensive about questioning any policy by this particular president. A policy that may unnecessarily escalate global tensions in a place that has had no such concerns since Panama took over control).

Is military conquest here okay with you? The president hasn't ruled it out and has stated it's a possibility.
Did you confuse me with someone else? Did you think I was somehow promoting that? Because I wasn't/am not.

There would need to be an obvious and overwhelming reason to think of using military force for a reason like that (retaking control of the canal), and I don't see that here. What I do see is several things being thrown out for effect and negotiating stances. Panama, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, tariffs, etc. Let's just hang tight for a while and see where it all goes before getting prematurely ejaculated over them.

That last bit was thrown in just for Loyal's benefit. LOL

WSU's Future Dependant on Major Community Changes

Over 2000 people work at SEL in the Pullman area, which didn’t exist in the 80s. Where do they all live and hasn’t that made a big impact on the area , especially when you consider their families and support jobs.
Good point. Couple of counterpoints since we are playing a hypothetical game here. I don’t know the Schweitzer family full history although I’ve met them and they are lovely people. If Wazzu wasn’t in Pullman that business would have started elsewhere, namely somewhere near where Ed went to college. Secondly, I would have to assume they recruit heavily from WSU for not only engineering but all aspects of their operation. If WSU ceased to exist in Pullman, they would probably have to move a decent chunk of their operation elsewhere for the purposes of attracting talent if nothing else.
Edmund O. Schweitzer III is certainly an interesting guy. I knew him quite a while back. Word to the wise, he holds grudges. Forever. Major community philanthropist, although unfortunately not much if any to WSU Athletics. Built his company out of his basement. His Dad and Grandfather were patent-holding engineers.

To Coug90 - have you ever met his (supposedly 3) kids? Can't find anything on them, which is quite odd IMHO. I assume they, if they exist, are from his frumpy first wife, who he dumped after meeting wife #2, hot Mexican Beatrix, I believe after he expanded to Mexico. Quite the expansion. But hey, the All-Forgiving Loyal One doesn't judge. And yeah they hire heavily from WSU. Pullman would basically be a company town if WSU wasn't there. But then if it weren't there, SEL would not be either.

Current events thread perhaps?

"Qualifications" is a term that we'd need to define clearly. I wont quibble that over the years (by my definition of qualified) there have been mostly unqualified appointments regardless of party in power.

For example, Obama's pick for Dept of energy seemed qualified being as he was a nuclear physicist. Even Alberto Gonzalez would be "qualified" being a lawyer. Perhaps not being a prosecutor would seem him less qualified than hundreds of other candidates. Ben Carson doesn't seem particularly qualified as the HUD secretary.

All that aside RFK Jr is neither a scientist, medical doctor/researcher or expert in ANY field for this post. In fact, he seems to be opposed to the stated mission of our national health institutions. By contrast Xavier Becerra at a bare minimum was an advocate for strengthening national public health laws and systems.

So we can agree that this is not a good pick to lead that department? Do you like RFK Jr in this role? Do you think he's qualified to run this? If so, why?
Subject matter expertise doesn't seem to be required. Buttigieg's expertise in transportation was what, fixing potholes on the mean streets of South Bend? You used Ben Carson above for housing, and I agree. Historically, seems like the floor is pretty low. But I digress.

Trump campaigned on Making America Healthy Again. I see nothing wrong with the President exercising his constitutional authority to nominate RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary since he appears to share the same vision as the President. Could it be a disaster, sure. Could it actually improve health in this country, yes. RFK Jr ran a decent campaign as a third party candidate. Lasted longer than Biden anyway. So, I think it's fair to say he is capable of running an organization.

You may have noticed that cabinet members sometimes have what could be called informal duties that don't have much to do with their departments. Buttigieg is a good example. A big part of his job was media appearances, even Fox and Fox News, to speak on behalf of the Biden administration on anything and everything. In the link below he is on Fox News to comment on anti-Israel protests. Not much connection to transportation. So, the point is you don't know what RFK Jr's responsibilities will be, but here you are complaining about his qualifications for those undefined responsibilities.

Paaan-a-ma

I think it's hilarious. I enjoy seeing people twisting themselves into knots to justify their dear leaders moronic actions.

FWIW, just to show that I do actually evaluate things on merit...It is good to see Trump killing penny production. It's a waste of over one hundred million dollars per year on something that very few people care about.
Regarding pennies, and coins in general, I don't understand why the US has to mint so many in the first place. Where do they all go? Well, in part they go into that jar or piggy bank that probably every one of us has sitting on the counter. I do. Probably a couple hundred pennies in there.

So the next step, IMHO, should be an official call to every American to take their change jar to the bank and deposit it. Or get bills or whatever. Get all those coins back into circulation. If your bank will even take the coin. Used to be some banks had the coin counter right there, and you could just pour them in. And/or, you could get empty rolls and roll them up. Now it seems as if the banks don't want your coins. You have to go to a fee-charging machine somewhere to take them.

So yeah Trump, etc., make some hay out of it. Take your coins to the bank or grocery store or wherever! C'mon America, Unite!

Current events thread perhaps?

What do you consider the qualifications for a cabinet nominee? That is an honest question. I'll predict that whatever you consider the qualifications to be, I will be able to name a President on both sides of the aisle that nominated someone "unqualified" that was confirmed by the Senate.
"Qualifications" is a term that we'd need to define clearly. I wont quibble that over the years (by my definition of qualified) there have been mostly unqualified appointments regardless of party in power.

For example, Obama's pick for Dept of energy seemed qualified being as he was a nuclear physicist. Even Alberto Gonzalez would be "qualified" being a lawyer. Perhaps not being a prosecutor would seem him less qualified than hundreds of other candidates. Ben Carson doesn't seem particularly qualified as the HUD secretary.

All that aside RFK Jr is neither a scientist, medical doctor/researcher or expert in ANY field for this post. In fact, he seems to be opposed to the stated mission of our national health institutions. By contrast Xavier Becerra at a bare minimum was an advocate for strengthening national public health laws and systems.

So we can agree that this is not a good pick to lead that department? Do you like RFK Jr in this role? Do you think he's qualified to run this? If so, why?

Paaan-a-ma

And some of use enjoy watching all you TDS sufferers getting your panties all in a bunch in desperate attempts to attack every single thing he does. Constitutional Crises!!!!!

You actually believe that the Orange Man Bad is doing something good? Perhaps this is the very first step in your recovery? Your life will be so much better when you are fully cured.
Would you approve of trump ordering the forceful re-taking of the canal?

(Btw, this is the first time I've mentioned trump. It seems you guys are a bit defensive about questioning any policy by this particular president. A policy that may unnecessarily escalate global tensions in a place that has had no such concerns since Panama took over control).

Is military conquest here okay with you? The president hasn't ruled it out and has stated it's a possibility.
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