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Shiftless2 said:
Metropolis #1,919
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I couldn't get audio, though my PC barely rises to jalopy level at this point.
I saw Metropolis in 16mm / Bell & Howell in the '60's.

Shiftless2 said:
"UNIONS" #1,920
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The reason so many of the U.S.' industrial elite are found peddling pencils from a tin cup at street corners.

Labor unions helped promote a thriving middle-class in the U.S., a powerful if decentralized revenue source for United States federal government in general, and the United States military in particular.


There's no more extravagant waste than a 2nd rate military. Gen. Horner

The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money. Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

Yet feeble-minds such as President Trump's perceive the management / labor contest as zero sum. This was recognized as fallacy as far back as Henry Ford, innovator of the $5 / day wage.
 
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Shiftless2 said:
"Nature isn't really our friend, is it?" #1,926
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The "infinity pool" is sooo last Tuesday.
Why cram it outdoors when there's plenty of space for it right in the living room. Get with it G.B.
It's becoming increasingly popular.
 
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President Trump called the woman pictured below a “loser” for being captured. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DOGE ordered her service history to be deleted from the Department of Defense archives because she was “DEI” and “woke.”

Ruby Bradley was serving as an Amy nurse in the Philippines when she was taken prisoner just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ruby was sent to the Santo Tomas internment camp in Manilla, where she provided medical attention to other prisoners and smuggled food to those who needed it.

She became known as an "Angel in Fatigues.” By the time the camp was liberated in February of 1945, she weighed only 81 pounds, having given most of her daily rations to the children in the camp.

After the war, Bradley continued her career in the Army, serving in a MASH unit in Korea and eventually being promoted to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1963.

Throughout her career, Ruby Bradley received a total of 34 medals, decorations, and awards, including the Bronze Star, making her one of the most decorated women in US history.

Ruby Bradley lived to be 94, and now rests at Arlington National Cemetery. Her story and sacrifice deserves recognition, remembrance and respect—all completely foreign concepts to Donald Trump and his administration.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"it makes him look so old" #1,934
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Blame it on the photograph ?!
Whether or not Trump completes his 2nd term he'll be in his 80's before 2029, or pushing daisies.

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is working on plans that could see more than 6,500 troops, about 150 vehicles and 50 aircraft moving to Washington D.C. for twin celebrations of President Donald Trump's birthday and the Army's 250th anniversary, according to officials and documents.

The U.S. Army had long been planning to move troops and equipment to the National Mall in Washington D.C. in June as part of a celebration for the Army anniversary.
But officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the planning now includes a military parade since the Army's anniversary also falls on Trump's 79th birthday.
According to a planning document seen by Reuters on Friday, there would be a week of celebrations by the Army which would culminate in the parade on June 14th.

Satirical cinema of banana republic dictators at military parade, obviously not enough to shame this orange banana Republican.
 
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This comment may seem out of place, apologies if so.
In the previous millennium there were aphorisms accepted as truisms:
- "What goes up must come down."
- "Seeing is believing."

NASA has demonstrated what goes up may not necessarily return, the Voyager probes obvious examples.

And now A.I. is complicating a conscientious voter's information gathering process.

A thriving democracy depends on a well-informed electorate.
We are currently confronted with the consequences of electing a compulsive liar, a felonious charlatan. This is only the beginning.

For now voting citizens can hope journalistic integrity can help corroborate authenticity. A responsible voter's "plan-B"?
 
Shiftless2 said:
"THWIP!" #1,939
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note:
It's standard U.S. military policy for senior U.S. military commanders ("the Pentagon") to have contingency plans.
Trump's whim-based leadership style may have sidestepped this formality.
But it might be enlightening to know for sure.

And while we're at it, Panama and Greenland ...
 
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