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Never quite understood that school of trading model.

Jaguar, Bentley, even Audi all had major quality issues over the years. Brent just wants to hate on Tesla - you're not going to change that.

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The only part of this whole quote that is accurate is "Between 16-18 million total records of individual military personnel were destroyed in the fire, and about 6 and a half million others were saved." The rest is inaccurate.

Facts are facts, but I get your point and it's been the same as mine in previous threads. And, I've been saying "Police should not be dressed like soldiers" for awhile. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/20/mark-hertling-police-portland/

Incorrect. It's not ZT -i; It's ZT-1 ZT-i is a private security company; ZT-1 is an identifier. https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/zti-patch-portland-zt1/

Maybe I don't understand your point. DC has no "jurisdiction" over federal employees.

Morning, Jerry. I was in the military in the 70s - 90s, so I can't speak to the absolute "why" they wouldn't accept copies. My thoughts would be that "Xerox" copies were probably the intel security anti-Christ that thumb drives are today, so a blanket policy of "don't accept" may have been the mantra of the day. Today, you can bring in copies of your service record and most of the process time (a year) is because there is a validation process. You went to Airborne school; you have your certificate of completion and orders for a "P" Identifier on your MOS. You'd think both those records are in the same place, but the're not and it depends on MOS. There is a record of each class at Airborne school, but the "P" originated elsewhere. Assume twenty pieces of documents you bring in equals forty different searches by personnel. Long story short. It's doable, but takes time. As to the fire; The VA brought in Military Intelligence, teams of forensics, mold remediation teams, etc. It took them awhile to develop a process between teams, but today if there's something still missing - it is re-created on an individual case basis.

What about the risotto at Osteria Langhe? And, they have a magnificent collection of Cabernet's.:)

Duly noted.

Not only do they have 70% of the records restored - If you came to me and we found out that your records had been destroyed in the fire; we could re-create ~70-80% of your individual service record in less than a year from nothing.

I didn't ask if you could say anything good about the White House; I asked if you could say anything good about the United States?

Again, England is not so squeaky clean. There's a whole list of War Crimes against Britain. My point was quit ragging on everything U.S. It really gets old when your mother-ship has holes in it too. Can you say anything good about the U.S.?

Nor, do I think the US should be a daily onslaught of everything we did wrong in the past, while sidestepping our own birth country's ills.

Suggestion: Delete anything newer than post #62150 Lock the Thread EDIT: And, perma-ban Blevins and all his sock puppets.

Merry Old England wasn't exactly squeaky clean during the slave era. "Sir" John Hawkins comes to mind. You know - the first slave trader. But, perhaps you haven't been to "Sir" John Hawkins Square. But, you know, England felt so bad about it they did pay out 40% of the government budget in reparations. To the slave owners.

We're both right. "In war, truth is the first casualty". Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) “NO BATTLE plan ever survives first contact with the enemy,” Helmuth von Moltke I think it was later conjoined by Eisenhower. Aeschylus always stuck with me

Truth is the first casualty.

The children of those who vote for it should have to fight in it. Then we'd know they were committed to the reason.

That fire was in 1973. The VA has done a good job of restoring about 70% of those records since then and there may be more information now if she's interested. Bronze Star + Burma would lead one to think he was one of Merrill's Marauders - which led to the 75th Ranger Battalion.

Apologies. I did not mean to infer that I'm a fan. Never have been - never will be. IMO: The Secretary of Education should not be a long list of short-term people with degrees in business or law, but perhaps someone who actually has a degree in, oh say; education?

Given the article is four years old; wouldn't this fall more on the shoulders of Arne Duncan?

Me too.

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I thought you said you were in the military. Ba dump bump tiissssh