I was a registered Democrat for only about 5 years, about 50 years ago.
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I was a registered Democrat for only about 5 years, about 50 years ago.
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And now a registered idiot?
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thirteenknots
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So what's that have to do with you displaying Socialist/Communist Ideologies daily.
The Navy's Biggest Betrayal
Twenty-five years ago the FBI finally shut off the biggest espionage leak in U.S. Navy history when it arrested former senior warrant officer John A. Walker.
By John Prados
June 2010
Naval History Magazine
Volume 24, Number 3
ARTICLE
To hear the United States' most notorious naval spy tell it, were it not for his ex-wife,
Barbara-the weak link his Soviet handlers had warned him about-his espionage might
have continued. As it was, however, John Walker's ferreting went on far too long.
A few more years and, had he been employed in a conventional job, he could have
retired on a pension. Indeed, he already enjoyed a U.S. Navy pension after retiring
in 1976 as a senior warrant officer.
The Navy, in which John Walker served for 20 years, was enormously damaged by his espionage.
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger concluded that the Soviet Union made significant
gains in naval warfare that were attributable to Walker's spying. His espionage provided
Moscow "access to weapons and sensor data and naval tactics, terrorist threats, and
surface, submarine, and airborne training, readiness and tactics," according to Weinberger.
A quarter-century after John Walker's arrest, it is illuminating to revisit the story of his naval
spy ring, both for what it reveals about espionage versus security and for how it highlights
he ambitions and frailties at the heart of spying.
Building a Naval Career
John Anthony Walker Jr. was born in 1937, the middle son of a Warner Brothers film
marketer and an Italian-American mother. Nicknamed "Smilin' Jack," he attended Catholic
school and became an altar boy; however, his childhood was traumatic. His father
descended into a hell of alcoholism and lost his job. Bankrupt, the family moved near
the boy's grandparents in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The entrepreneurial John Jr. secured
a paper route, sold home products door to door, and worked as a movie usher, and on
his 16th birthday bought a car with his savings.
In late 1955 Walker joined the Navy as a radioman and served on board a destroyer escort
before joining the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59). While on shore leave in
Boston during the winter of 1957, he met Barbara Crowley. They married soon afterward,
and children followed, three daughters by 1960. After qualifying at submarine school, Walker
was assigned to the Razorback (SS-394) for a Pacific deployment. While serving in her, Walker,
then a petty officer, received his top secret cryptographic clearance and passed the
Personnel Reliability Program, a psychological evaluation to ensure that only the most reliable
personnel have access to nuclear weapons.
One bracing fall day in October 1967 Chief Warrant Officer Walker, then assigned as a watch
officer at Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force headquarters in Norfolk, decided to correct the
military balance-and balance his checkbook-by leaking top secret information to Moscow.
Taking the first step, he photocopied a document at headquarters and slipped the copy in
his pocket. The next day he hopped into his red 1964 MG sports car, drove to Washington,
walked into the Soviet Embassy, and asked to see security personnel.
Yakov Lukasevics, an internal security specialist at the embassy, had no idea what to do with
the American who came bearing documents and said he wanted to spy. The papers, however,
needed to be evaluated, and so he telephoned the KGB rezident, or station chief,
Boris A. Solomatin. KGB rezidenturas (stations) were wary of walk-ins, persons who
spontaneously offered their services. The Soviets even used the term "well-wishers" to
denote such persons. And the idea of an American striding right into the Soviet Embassy
in Washington, which was under constant FBI surveillance, immediately suggested a trap.
On the spot Solomatin decided to take a chance. For a KGB station chief personally to
meet a prospective agent was unprecedented, but Solomatin spent the next two hours
talking privately with Walker. The American favorably impressed him by saying nothing
about love for communism, which most phonies emphasized. This was strictly business.
Walker received a few thousand dollars cash as a down payment and was smuggled off
the embassy compound in a car. Thus began the Navy's most damaging spy case.
Later, while on training duty at San Diego, Walker had less access to top secret documents
and had to rely on a classified library. Smuggling out material meant getting it past multiple
checkpoints staffed by Marine guards. He also forged the papers required to show renewal
of his security clearance. This spy enjoyed amazingly good fortune.
thirteenknots
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Well in my defense let me first quote Walt Witman:
"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
That said I'm a long professed moderate, so my hands are not tied to being loyal. Same as those unnamed folks who were talking tea party fiscal conservatism and christian values and had to hitched my wagon to a pro-deficit, self-centered character like ex Pres Trump. In the end, I think we all are all trying to do the best we can with the choices we have, in what I think could aptly be called a fluid political environment.
Honestly I thought the progressives would have done better if they would have made the tough cuts themselves behind closed door- as opposed to letting the situation degrade to where Manchin publicly has to do it for them. Totally ignoring they would have likely ended up with more 'stuff' in their quest to get his blessing, it would have saved themselves loads of the type of grief and humiliation that makes folks question their competency.
www.politico.com
Manchin to Dems: Redo the whole thing, maybe I'll vote for it
The West Virginia senator wants a new bill that goes through Senate committees and focuses on rolling back the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
www.politico.com
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It will also likely disappoint voters who want provisions in the bill signed into law. A Data for Progress analysis released on Tuesday found that over the past two months of polling, 62% of voters, on average, support Build Back Better.
www.businessinsider.com
Joe Manchin says he's engaged in 'no negotiation' on Biden's agenda this year — but the majority of voters still want it passed
The majority of voters still support provisions like the expanded child tax credit, but Manchin has yet to revisit negotiations with Biden this year.
www.businessinsider.com
Haha How dare these people! Sounds like the elites are done listening to the truck drivers. Although, personally my advise would be to avoid getting into a stare down with groups that make the, sit home and ordering 2-day items from Amazon, pajama class lifestyle possible. Especially now. Those drivers might look 'deplorable' to you, but historically speaking they have a way of coming out on top...
Truthfully after having a year to observe, if the nation were to ever build back better haha I'd prefer the teamsters to run it as opposed to Biden or the 'Squad'.
www.theatlantic.com
Truthfully after having a year to observe, if the nation were to ever build back better haha I'd prefer the teamsters to run it as opposed to Biden or the 'Squad'.
When the Rage Came for Me
As a writer, I’ve explored political rage at a distance. The anti-vax trucker convoy brought it up close and personal.
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The heckling came a day after Republican leaders condemned Greene for speaking at a gathering of white nationalists in Florida over the weekend. Both Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., condemned her appearance at the America First Political Action Committee conference, which was organized by a prominent white nationalist and where attendees chanted in praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"It's unbecoming for a member of Congress to speak at an event that's promoted by anyone who espouses those views," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the head of the conservative Republican Study Committee. "This is an event that no Republican should attend ... and it's unfortunate that she did."
www.nbcnews.com
"It's unbecoming for a member of Congress to speak at an event that's promoted by anyone who espouses those views," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the head of the conservative Republican Study Committee. "This is an event that no Republican should attend ... and it's unfortunate that she did."
GOP Reps. Greene, Boebert heckle Biden throughout State of the Union address
Lawmakers booed Boebert when she interrupted Biden as he was about to speak of his son's death.
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Biden gets a bounce after the State of the Union, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows
After Tuesday's speech, the president saw a significant jump with Democrats and independents, as he may be seeing a rally-around-the-Ukrainian-flag moment.
www.npr.org
Full disclosure: I'm fan of Elon Musk and his companies (so perhaps I'm biased) but if he doesn't illustrate everything that is wrong with todays democrat party. I mean we all hear Biden talking about green energy this and that, as gas and heating oil prices go through the roof. Then at the same time you've got Elizabeth Warren calling for Musk to go to jain and Biden sending out memos to the staff to avoid talking about (or helping) Tesla in the governments infrastructure programs. lol I don't want to bag on American auto, however it's hard not to notice we just had to bail GM and Ford out a few years back due to decades of mismanagement and now Biden and dems are going to put those peps in charge of the green revolution? Oy've.
Biden can huff and puff, but in my experience big promises are a lot harder to deliver on if you're chasing the creative talent such as Elon Musk away. I'm all about going green, but people got to be able to keep their houses warm and afford gas to get to work. Suburban soccer moms might be willing to follow Greta Thunberg into putting the 'b team' in charge of rolling back the industrial revolution without regard to the consequences... but count me out of all that.
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Biden can huff and puff, but in my experience big promises are a lot harder to deliver on if you're chasing the creative talent such as Elon Musk away. I'm all about going green, but people got to be able to keep their houses warm and afford gas to get to work. Suburban soccer moms might be willing to follow Greta Thunberg into putting the 'b team' in charge of rolling back the industrial revolution without regard to the consequences... but count me out of all that.
Elon Musk accuses the SEC of illegally leaking details of its Tesla investigation
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is escalating his battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing a staff member of illegally leaking the results of an investigation. Musk said the regulator is trying to "weaponize" an earlier consent decree he and Tesla signed "for illicit ends."
www.cnn.com
Full disclosure: I'm fan of Elon Musk and his companies (so perhaps I'm biased) but if he doesn't illustrate everything that is wrong with todays democrat party. I mean we all hear Biden talking about green energy this and that, as gas and heating oil prices go through the roof. Then at the same time you've got Elizabeth Warren calling for Musk to go to jain and Biden sending out memos to the staff to avoid talking about (or helping) Tesla in the governments infrastructure programs. lol I don't want to bag on American auto, however it's hard not to notice we just had to bail GM and Ford out a few years back due to decades of mismanagement and now Biden and dems are going to put those peps in charge of the green revolution? Oy've.
Biden can huff and puff, but in my experience big promises are a lot harder to deliver on if you're chasing the creative talent such as Elon Musk away. I'm all about going green, but people got to be able to keep their houses warm and afford gas to get to work. Suburban soccer moms might be willing to follow Greta Thunberg into putting the 'b team' in charge of rolling back the industrial revolution without regard to the consequences... but count me out of all that.
Elon Musk accuses the SEC of illegally leaking details of its Tesla investigation
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is escalating his battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, accusing a staff member of illegally leaking the results of an investigation. Musk said the regulator is trying to "weaponize" an earlier consent decree he and Tesla signed "for illicit ends."
You're right. You're biased.
Hey E, so what do you think about Musk? I take it you're not a fan.
Of course we all like build back better. How many of us want to pay for it?It will also likely disappoint voters who want provisions in the bill signed into law. A Data for Progress analysis released on Tuesday found that over the past two months of polling, 62% of voters, on average, support Build Back Better.
Joe Manchin says he's engaged in 'no negotiation' on Biden's agenda this year — but the majority of voters still want it passed
The majority of voters still support provisions like the expanded child tax credit, but Manchin has yet to revisit negotiations with Biden this year.
The progressive survey is like walking into a room of girl scouts and asking “who wants a pony?”
At some point, it’s time to look at all the pony poop in the living room and ask “how do we get rid of it?”
thirteenknots
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It will also likely disappoint voters who want provisions in the bill signed into law. A Data for Progress analysis released on Tuesday found that over the past two months of polling, 62% of voters, on average, support Build Back Better.
Joe Manchin says he's engaged in 'no negotiation' on Biden's agenda this year — but the majority of voters still want it passed
The majority of voters still support provisions like the expanded child tax credit, but Manchin has yet to revisit negotiations with Biden this year.
Build
Back
Better
is NWO/WEF
Nothing more, nothing less.
1. The White Horse is The Word of God
2. The Red Horse is Warfare
3. The Black Horse is Famine
4. The Pale Horse is Death
We are on # 3.....
That's it right there. Heck in theory I don't even mind paying a little more to help combat global warming. But I'm sure not into throwing my money away and ending up worse off then before likes happened to Germany. Or on half baked ideas like the Green New Deal AOC wrote up in an afternoon. Or on Biden's half baked plan to let GM's Ivy League educated suits take the lead on fixing the nations energy problems. I mean really, Biden is going to fix the economy by asking Detroit to take the lead? Good grief.
Obama's proposal to raise fuel economy standards would have helped. Biden's off shore wind leases will help.
The conservative proposals to build more nuclear reactors would also be a step in the right direction. So far, I haven't heard many politicians pick up on them, though.
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And when you restrict output...while at the same time demand starts to rise...you get higher prices.
