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“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”; Jesus of Nazareth, quoted in Matthew 6:5 et seq. I submit that praying out loud in public is unChristian.

In a way. The gay community was part of the military for a long time. I met my first outwardly "flamboyantly gay" guy in 1974 at Ft. Hood. As he sashayed passed me up the barracks stairs; I must have had some fucked up look on my face, cause another guy said, "We leave him alone. He's the best S-1 we've had." Meaning, we would get paid on time and accurately and our paperwork would be done correctly. Also meaning, judge the person by their work ethic, not the lifestyle. Fast forward twenty years and I had retired. Not long after, Clinton comes out with "Don't ask, Don't tell." Personally, I thought this was brilliant. You joined to do a job. Shut the fuck up about your personal life. And, unfortunately, when Colonels, Generals and budgets are part of the equation; shit rolls down hill. For example, Inspections. It's been a long standing sad joke - General says he's going to do a Class A inspection (Dress Uniforms) the troops at 0800 HRS. (Usually some congressman or dignitary is coming and the troops need to look good); Colonel says, We're going to have an pre-inspection for the General at 0700 HRS. Unit Commander says we're going to have a pre-inspection for the Colonel at 0600 HRS. Unit First Sergeant says we're going to have a pre-inspection for the Unit Commander at 0500 HRS. It starts raining at 0730 HRS; General's staff calls to cancel the inspection. SAME SCENARIO USING DEI Politician runs on a declared policy of - "Leave them the fuck alone" and gets elected. The General Staff develops a 10 minute policy to support the declaration. The General wanting another star makes it an hour class. Colonel wanting to make General says, "Let's make it two hours." Unit Commander wanting to make Colonel says, "Let's make it three hours." Unit First Sergeant wanting to make Sergeant Major says, "Let's make it four hours." The soldiers who joined say, "I just want to do my job and get laid." Don't ask; Don't tell. Brilliant. Ten years or so go by and guess what - nobody really gives a shit that you're gay. MILLEY: If true; UCMJ

It doesn't seem to be in the 302s. As far as I can tell, the first use of the phrase in relation to NORJAK was the announcement of the movie's title. It might be older than that, though. I wonder if it's from a book or something. It sounds vaguely familiar to me, though I can't really say why.

Good luck! They were shipped to a contact at Royal Globe in NYC by the Portland atty. He got a return receipt from someone signing for Royal Globe and never heard anything further. He doesnt have the faintest idea what happened to the money. A numismatic dealer on the east coast contacted many people trying to unravel this - he got nowhere. That was two years ago. Other people have tried and failed to get anywhere. I have the names of these people if you want them ?

Not any more. The inflation reduction act . . . .worked. It was higher in 2007. It was higher in 2001. covfefe A matchup between Trump and Biden puts Biden ahead by 7%. People may not like Biden - but once again he will likely be the better of two bad choices. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4012722-trump-beats-biden-by-7-points-in-hypothetical-2024-matchup-poll/

I've heard that Putin's approval rating is off the charts.

In the words of Sarah Palin, someone I have no doubt you voted for: polls are for strippers.