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Read here. A somewhat later article. And from the FBI wesite: So, basically, if someone else had done it, charges would have been filed, but, since it was Hilary, they did not recommend charges.

Trump isn't doing anything that every president before him hasn't done. Comey later admitted that Hilary should have been prosecuted.

But its NOT a recent development. Our federal government failed us a LONG time ago. It quite literally leapt off the ledge with the invasion of Iraq in 03. (and they were already gone even before that.) Trouble is, it's too much work to stage a revolution, and then rebuild the government from scratch. Or even simply replacing everyone in D.C........

We just learned this lesson in Vietnam. Our Pentagon budgets require routine brainwashing of all their previous memories. Decades of interference and 57,000 American lives flushed directly down the toilet. We finally gave up and within a few years of leaving, Vietnam reverted to its natural state of stupidity and we've been doing business with them without issue since 1995. Or to put it more succinctly, you can't fix stupid and we've spent a half century trying to around the world, simply and only to keep a machine alive that should have rightfully been disassembled at the end of WWII. And it wasn't just our machine that was artificially and tragically saved, e.g. read Gorbachev's books. It was a colluded effort between two ingrained military establishments, not one. This is about what the Korean people want for themselves, not what anyone else wants for them, or thinks they should have. This has been the underlying problem since Korea was absurdly, arbitrarily and completely split in two at the end of WWII, by three people who were neither Korean nor even Asian. And now the same country responsible for one-third of this absurdity is preventing this same country from reuniting after a half century of guards standing useless at Korea's artificial borders. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter whether North Korea can be trusted, as long as we are the ones occupying and interfering with their country and not vice-versa. S. Korea doesn't want a Nuclear North Korea. S. Korea doesn't want re-unification under the kim regime. S. Korea doesn't want a war. They don't want Seoul bombarded to rubble. N. Korea wants to continue to exist. The Kim regime does NOT want to give up its power. China doesn't want a western allied, re-unified Korea. Neither does Russia. The rest of the world doesn't want a nuclear armed N. Korea....... There is no happy solution to the situation. No matter how it all shakes out, someone is going to be unhappy. Unfortunately, at least one of those someones has nuclear weapons, and would likely be willing to use them, if it looked like he was on the losing end of any negotiations/war....... We can't go back in time, and change the current situation. It is what it is. So, what do you propose we do? Continue on a course of action we already know doesn't work? What?

Trouble is, the Kim regime loves their artillery. If any of the western powers were to start something there, it is S. Korea that would get to pay the price. There are literally thousands of artillery tubes pointed right at Seoul..... a city with a population north of 10 million..... NK doesn't have to be accurate to cause some serious hate and discontent there...... and there is no way we could stop it. (not even with nukes.....) We could look forward to thousands dead in a few short minutes of the beginning of hostilities. Now, it seems Trump is looking for a way to give Lil' Kim a 'bloody nose', but, at the same time, NOT start a wider-scale war. It's anyone guess if that is possible. On one hand, if WE fire first, NK can look forward to China and Russia backing them up....... (should general hostilities break out) On the other hand, Lil' Kim knows that HIS country is going to take the bulk of the punishment. Question becomes, does he even care???? Will it be enough to prevent him from waging an all-out war? Or will political pressure from inside NK force him to react...... After all, he paints himself the victim here..... should we have the gall to blow something up, is he going to HAVE to go to war to save face?????

My cheapy mouse pad has a non-porous surface, so, if it gets dirty, wipe it off with a damp cloth, and it's good to go. I use a four-button MS mouse, and it works just fine with it.

There's a substantial probability this professor was employed at a public university. That's not to say I'm a fan of socialism, but the awful truth is that our truest socialists today are now called borrow-and-spend Republicans. "Too big to fail" and all that hogwash. In our country it's socialism now for the rich and capitalism for the other 95% of us. Or in other words, if you mismanage your business and it fails, please don't look for anyone in our government to bail you out. That privilege is reserved for our banks, savings and loans, car manufacturers, real estate industry and anyone else who is "too big to fail" (i.e. contributes enough money to the election campaigns of our government reps). The current example with our internet and last century's cable TV/media/entertainment establishment is no different. The latter is not just the primary force behind this attempt to destroy net neutrality, from my reading they're the ONLY force behind it. This FCC decision benefits nobody else in our entire country, the truth is it doesn't even benefit them. I can't imagine anyone selling out the internet's future, their own protected rights and those of their own families simply to keep Comcast in business artificially. And even more outrageously, to repay Donald Trump's campaign debts to Comcast/NBC, Disney/ABC and Rupert Murdoch/FNC. But that's exactly what our paid employees at the FCC just did, and their action was specifically enabled by our current claimed president. Such a thoughtful gift to the American people this Holiday Season. I guess he found a minute from all his travel bans, refugee bans, wall building and forcibly sending our country to its final and nuclear demise. I wonder how many readers even know that our Secretary of State had negotiated settlement talks with North Korea and these talks were nixed entirely by Mr. Trump. So once again abject treason and collapse have been redefined in our history books. Right. Previous talks with N Korea were always so productive, that's why they have nuclear weapons now. Oh, wait...... That's right. Not a single agreement we made with N Korea lasted more than two years. Each and every agreement was broken, sometimes before the ink on the paper was even dry. Concessions/negotiations/agreements only gave NK more time to develop their nuclear and missile programs. But here we are, and magically Rex has hammered out an agreement that will 'solve' the issue? Not bloody likely. The US does NOT want a nuclear armed NK, NK has flatly stated they are not going to give up their nukes. Where is there even room for negotiation there? Why would we negotiate with a country that we KNOW FOR A FACT will not honor the agreement? Why would we continue doing the same thing that we already know doesn't work? Obama's policy of 'Strategic Patience' gave them another 8 years to move their programs along. With great success. But then, it's Obama...... and his 'junior varsity' terrorists that ended up taking over a substantial portion of the middle east.....

Now THAT is FUNNY. Comey was the only semblance of DEFENSE of the constitution? Seriously? You must be of the school of thought that Hilary violating several policies, not to mention laws.... by having classified material on a private server, (which, it's mere existence was ALSO a violation of several policies, and various laws......) was "OK"????? Comey was a dem schill. That's it.

Plugged in any other sound devices lately? Headphones, or something?

The script extender files go in the same directory as Fallout 4 executable. There are three files, and I think one directory you need to drop in there, then, need to start the game with F4SE.exe.

Happy Holidays! :D

Here's the thing. The patent record of Farnsworth stands. He perfected the fusor, and ITT suppressed it, cut him off, then said it was a dead-end and wouldn't release the patents back to Farnsworth. Then, even though the twenty year expiration for US patents is expired, ITT still maintains that they own it and won't release it. That means that all these researchers are automatically barred from pursuing research along the lines of the Fusor System, which was already perfected. Gee, thanks, ITT. Source See also US Patents 3,258,402 and 3,386,883 The article was interesting, but, wandered all over the place.... Looking elsewhere, apparently, there were some concerns about scalability? (not sure how much credence I should give those.....) I find it interesting the folks are building these in their basements. :D

70 bucks for a mouse pad just seems really outrageous to me....... I think I am still using the two dollar feller I got from work..... after retiring the one I got for free from my previous place of employment.......

Judging from your posts, if ignorance is bliss I congratulate you for living in a state of perpetual ecstasy. The last part of your post is entirely incorrect, and I'll take the word of others like Skunk Works who're actually doing the R&D and saying it's within $40B of being a reality. I'm sorry for that first comment but I'm ready to add you to my ignore file on this site. No joke, your posts rarely do anything except whine but manage to also discredit any and all possible solutions for what you're whining about. My point is that people make their own boxes in life and even the thought of living in one the apparent size of yours is downright scary to me. Go right ahead and add me to your ignore list. No skin off my back. The reason I am 'discrediting' your posts, is because you are making claims, that quite frankly, aren't true. I am not questioning what form of technology Lockheed wants to use, I am flatly stating that what they are talking about is a CONCEPT, NOT a WORKING MODEL. The fact is, NO ONE had developed commercially viable fusion power. No one. Much as you want to divert from that particular little fact, is doesn't change it. Whining? Really? So, stating facts is now whining? Well, that's news to me. Our government is corrupt. That's a fact. Our government is controlled by corporate interests. That's a fact. The american people are well aware of that fact. They also ARE NOT DOING A DAMN THING to change it. That's a fact. In all reality, there is very little the american public CAN do to change it. The only thing we can do is decide which set of corrupt politicians we want in control. Unfortunately, we don't get the choice of "None of the above". I am also REAL curious where you get the 'ignorance' thing from???? (and by the way, starting your post with insults really doesn't help your position at all......) Because I do not agree with you in this instance, you call me ignorant? Yeah, that's a real winner right there........ I suggest that you do some more reading. Either that, or re-read some of what you have already, and take note that Fusion power is still a pipe dream. EVERYTHING you have posted is still in the experimental stage. If you think otherwise, then your reading comprehension leaves a LOT to be desired.

No. It's CONCEPT. It is not functional. Its what they WANT to be able to do, not something they have already done........ Currently, NO ONE has a COMMERCIALLY VIABLE fusion reactor of ANY size. Everyone is still in the develpment/experimental stage. Just like they have been since the late 40's. Granted, we are further along, but, at the current rate, don't expect to see fusion reactors powering anything at all for another 50 years or more. If even then. Yes, corporate america owns our government. (not just big oil.) That's been the case for decades. The american people are well aware of that, we are just too stupid to do anything about it.

Here's their test: https://gizmodo.com/chinese-fusion-test-creates-90-million-f-for-102-secon-1757993374 You may now proceed to claim their test doesn't matter because it was only for 102 seconds. By all accounts we ALREADY HAVE the necessary components for commercially viable fusion reactors. What we also have is ExxonMobil's CEO as our country's Secretary of State. Nothing personal against Tillerson, so far he's about the only person I like in our current administration. He's doing everything he can to stop the inevitable with North Korea while his boss disallows him from doing anything to stop it. What's the exact opposite of national leadership again? Wait until tomorrow and we'll probably know. Ditto the tomorrow after that. Etc. Yeah, a little over 100 seconds. Not exactly what I would consider 'working'.... as in 'commercially viable'. When they can maintain power output as long as they care to, THEN I will consider it 'working'. Until then, nope.

Fair few folks aren't really excited with Creation Club trashing their game once or twice a month either.....

I assume you're from Alaska? Sure hope you like oil spills and the sight of wells all over your Arctic Refuge, because the Republicans just opened it up for drilling. Did you know that according to Skunk Works at Lockheed-Martin, a group who are by no means known for exaggerated claims, for less than the cost of a single year's federal tax subsidies to the oil industry ($40B), our country has the capability to do the remaining R&D work for commercially viable fusion power plants? Erm, they have been drilling in Alaska for quite some time now. They may have opened up more areas to allow drilling, but, that isn't anything new either. I have been hearing that "we are so close to viable fusion power" for decades. We still don't have it. Too many companies researching and experimenting, in too many countries, for a viable 'suppressed by X' argument to work. There is a company in Ann Arbor that has been poking at it for more than 30 years. They still don't have a working fusion reactor. That's because they continue to try to use a magnetic bottle method to contain the plasma, which is not how nature really works. Philo T. Farnsworth, the father of the television, had created a working fusion reactor he called a "fusor" in the 60s as part of his other electronics research. He is responsible for over 300 patents in electronics, and wikipedia says the fusor wasn't viable for energy. This, however, demonstrates a skewing of the experimental information. Dr. Farnsworth was testing this on a softball-sized fusor sphere. The bigger they are built, the higher the output exponentially. A quote from here: The Mark III Fusor produced startling high records in quick succession. By the end of 1965 the team was routinely measuring 15.5 Giga neutrons per second. It must be remembered that this Fusor was yet the size of a softball. A Fusor having a diameter of just one meter would permit greater ignition power for a smaller time period, while multiplying its output power volumetrically. A Fusor could be built to any size, as power was required. Dr. Farnsworth reported that his team achieved a self-sustaining reaction on several occasions, and could repeat the effect. The thunderous vibrations of the Fusor are well reported by those who worked with Farnsworth. Many laboratory workers saw the brilliant white light of the Fusor in its early test runs ... right through the metallic shielding! Dr. Farnsworth once invited a few individuals to watch a test-run of this feat one evening. As power was applied to the Fusor the neutron-reading meter achieved a steady threshold and there remained. Only a slight additional increment of power was applied. Then the needle went off the scale and stayed fixed. The room thundered. The light released behind the shield would have instantly and permanently blinded anyone. Although the ignition power was completely removed, the needle remained off-scale in excess of thirty seconds as the fusion reaction sustained itself. Controlled self-sustaining nuclear fusion of tritium nuclei was historically achieved in 1965. See also the wikipedia entry for Fusor. Also, the disturbing aspect of their drilling is that within months of that stupid Keystone pipeline becoming operational, it sprung leaks that damage the local ecology. As predicted would happen. So where is his research now? Why isn't it in widespread use? Yeah, I found it highly amusing (in an ironic way) that shortly after keystone opened, exactly what the folks trying to block it predicted would happen, happened. Not the first time something of that nature has occurred either.... Imagine that.

Working fusion reactor? I seriously doubt that. Any links to such claims?

I assume you're from Alaska? Sure hope you like oil spills and the sight of wells all over your Arctic Refuge, because the Republicans just opened it up for drilling. Did you know that according to Skunk Works at Lockheed-Martin, a group who are by no means known for exaggerated claims, for less than the cost of a single year's federal tax subsidies to the oil industry ($40B), our country has the capability to do the remaining R&D work for commercially viable fusion power plants? Erm, they have been drilling in Alaska for quite some time now. They may have opened up more areas to allow drilling, but, that isn't anything new either. I have been hearing that "we are so close to viable fusion power" for decades. We still don't have it. Too many companies researching and experimenting, in too many countries, for a viable 'suppressed by X' argument to work. There is a company in Ann Arbor that has been poking at it for more than 30 years. They still don't have a working fusion reactor.

I think you overestimate the indignation of the american public. After all, we were flat out lied to for months leading up to the Iraq invasion.... thousands of dead americans, trillions in wasted dollars, and no one really even batted an eye. We have become accustomed to being screwed by our government. It is accepted as the normal state of affairs...... Mores the pity, I don't see that changing any time soon either....

Thank you for that chuckle. If this decision stands look forward to stunning 56Kbit file transfers (and porn), unless you opt for Comcast's latest extortion package, which does nothing whatsoever except bypass the same artificial bandwidth limits Comcast installed in the first place. And paying extra for either virtually or absolutely everything beyond a Google search prompt, which in turn will guide you absolutely nowhere except to counterfeit crap made in China. Think basic cable TV service, because our cable TV companies are certainly doing the same. Banning of third-party DNS (if this decision isn't reversed, very soon you won't be able to find your files at all, so bandwidth is a secondary issue), the end of P2P/VPN/etc networking entirely if your ISP chooses it. Etc etc. I could spend hours going on but I'll spare most of the effort until we hear from our Congress on this issue. Oh, I have no doubt that the ISPs in the states will do whatever will make them the MOST money, right NOW. Of course, they have been ripoffs since the very beginning. Folks in other countries get faster service for less money that us folks here in the states. But, we wouldn't want to deprive upper management of their millions of dollars in bonus money every year, now would we? This is EXACTLY what you get when you have government sponsored monopolies. Most folks simply don't get more than one or two choices of service provider. Sure, satellite internet is almost universally available, but, the service also sucks right out loud, and is unworkable for most folks. If all you do is check your mail, then sure, it's ok, but, forget anything that requires a low-latency connection...... or, if you regularly move large files...... I suspect that congress will do something..... but, so far, nothing I have seen comes even close to what is actually needed. But then, it's the government. They aren't in the business of solving problems, or doing what is best for the country as a whole. They are only interested in supporting their campaign donors, and lining their own pockets.

I don't even remember seeing minutemen patrols, even when I was the general???

Suppose it just depends on how you want to play. :) Hard to be a good guy and have Gage hangin' about..... And ol' Preston has a pretty low opinion of you being Overboss.......

Remains to be seen. So far as the internet is concerned, all we are doing here is downloading files. It will be up to the individual ISP's whether they throttle that or not.