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@Old_Skeet- I just wanted to tell you that I think that your posting advice and suggestions are one of the major contributions to MFO, right up there with @msf. Thanks for your good work!
Regards- OJ
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In the last couple of years there was a discussion in some circles regarding the economic viability of an economy where governments would regularly issue "cash" to all citizens. If I remember correctly, the discussion was centered around the concept…
Speaking of facts which are not in evidence (at least to my knowledge) is the charge that Captain Crozier forwarded his letter to "20 or 30" navy leaders. It seems to me that if that information were the result of an accurate investigation, there wo…
@msf- Yes, that's exactly the way that I interpreted Modly's comments also. What I don't know is if Modly's "clarification" was specifically directed by Trump, or merely an attempt to mollify Trump and cause him to lose interest. If directed, that m…
@Old_Skeet- Perhaps there's hope after all. I came across this small article in a current section of the San Francisco Chronicle:
3:27 p.m. Trump says he ‘may get involved’ over dismissal of Capt. Brett Crozier: President Trump was asked about Actin…
Thanks, @msf. This thing totally stinks, all the way up the command chain, to and including the "commander-in-chief". There's a number of contradictory stories, but that's to be expected, as they haven't yet had time to synchronize their damned lies.
Following the info from royal4, I found the following from a current article in the New York Times. Excerpts from that article:
Capt. Brett E. Crozier, the Navy captain who was removed from command of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier U.S.S.…
@Mark- Well, I'm about out of ideas. As Catch22 noted it does seem suggestive that there was an update about the time that your problem seems to have appeared. You may just have to use the MFO "return links" , at least for the time being.
As a back…
"I'm thinking that, in good time and after review, the Commander in Chief will act to make this right."
@Old_Skeet- Well, so much for that...
"On Saturday, President Trump weighed in, saying, “I thought it was terrible what he did.”
@Mark- another approach that should work for you is to do something like I've done. Typically when I'm working on the computer I'll fairly often take a quick look at what's happening on MFO. Most browsers have some sort of "bar" that is located towa…
Hi Catch- I believe that's correct with respect to the amount of memory made available for the browser cache. That's usually handled by the browser automatically deleting sufficient older cache data to allow storage of newer data. And yes, you can a…
@Mark- I think that I maybe see the issue: depending on the browser design, when you leave a particular site the browser may simply store all of the data needed to reconstruct that page from its internal cache. When you use that arrow it doesn't act…
Not nice calling the commander-in-chief a moron, even if accurate. What's an oxy, anyway? Some kind of extra heavy duty moron? If so, he's one of them too. :)
@Ben- excellent point- we need to be clear about what we are calling "home" and what we click on to get there. My "home" page is always "Discussions +", and on the Firefox browser I've placed a little icon that always goes directly to that page. I'v…
In the past when I logged into the Discussion Home Page all the new or unread posts were shown with a white background and the word 'New' was highlighted in yellow.
• OK, that's the same
Posts which I had read at some point but had since been upda…
@Mark- At this moment I'm using my steadfast G5- hardly "the latest Mac OS". This old Mac uses a Firefox variant tweaked for the G5. So I can't tell you much at the moment, other than there's been no changes at MFO as you mention.
In a bit I'll get…
I realize that some of you may be mildly shocked when I say this, but by no means is all of this Trump's doing. It's been building for many, many years now, and the chickens that flew off have come home as swans. Here's a copy of something I just po…
@Bobby- If you need to edit or correct a posting, note the small "gear" symbol over on the upper right side of your post. Click on that, then click on "Edit".
@Mark- I have to concede that I was very much against the "offshoring" of such critical types of manufactures back in the 80's, and I've seen no reason to change my mind on that. In fact that's one of the few areas with which I basically agree with …
It would be helpful if the people at the top took this as seriously as they should. That's called leadership- taking your responsibilities seriously. As Captain Crozier did. It's too bad that HE isn't the president.
"How you get the potential virus contaminated cold milk/foods to your house and into your mouth (without virus entering through your lungs/body/blood) -other tough questions to find solutions to."
Did you even bother to read the article, @John? It d…
"Captain Crozier was faithful to his duty—both to his sailors and his country. Navy leadership sent a chilling message about speaking truth to power. The poor judgment here belongs to the Trump Admin, not a courageous officer trying to protect his s…
Courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle
@Mona- Don't know if this is the same pic as your link- Twitter, Facebook and almost anything Google not allowed on our computers.
And we certainly don't know that he actually sent "20 or 30" copies of his letter, either. The only source for that claim is one of Trump's "acting" flunkies, who will say anything that might cover their sorry "acting" asses.
@Crash- Yes, it's sarcasm, but distressing. Distressing because it's even necessary... to quash yet another typical far-right sanctimonious accusation, based upon nothing more than loud-mouthed blather totally unsupported by either facts or common s…
"he revealed to the world the location and current weakened status of a multi-billion carrier, threatening the lives of every sailor on board"
I totally agree.
The bad guys had no idea where that carrier was located, because they have no satellite…
"If I were a suspicious person, I'd wonder who might have known what he would say."
I wouldn't worry about any trading on inside info. If there was any of that Jared Kushner will surely find the bad guys and take appropriate action. He's kinda at l…
