Post of the thread ^
I really don’t want to be too specific because it could possibly be used to identify me and that could cause issues. Suffice it to say that the Corps (again, as an entity) seems to have a lot of trouble reconsidering any decisions (even when shown new evidence) and its grasp/implementation of technology is laughable in this day and age.
ETA: And with this, I’ll end this hijack, but I did want to note that the above issues stretch back at least to the Bush the Younger administration. This is not a new thing.
Which is to say:
Who’s the biggest fuck in the cluster?
Lucky, lucky, lucky Pierre.
A lot of trouble with a question even Sarah Palin can answer?
Are these people serious about bringing in Kelly Ann Conway, best known to future historians for introducing “Alternative Facts” into the political lexicon along with “Bowling Green Massacre”, as the next White House Communications Director? She can’t even compose consecutive related sentences, much less tell the truth except by coincidence.
We already know the answer to that one.
To be fair, they don’t want her to.
Right, they are limited to what orders and budget they get. In the PR case, the hurricane recovery federal component is under Homeland Security and the Corps receives its taskings from FEMA. (I know, *“Well, THERE’S your problem,” *I know…) They could not just ring up the JCS in mid-September and say “hey let’s assemble a Mighty Puerto Rico Rescue Task Force capable of rebuilding it all from the ground up, to await the call”.
There was also the Mike Tyson “your plan lasts until you get punched in the mouth” element, in that many aspects of the mission were *not *set in pre-2017 plans to be done (or contracted out) by them to this extent, but it just so happened that as of the emergency, they were the ones who had prequalified contractors available so they were socked with the extra tasks. Then it took Congress until the February CR to listen to our Congresswoman and lift the Stafford Act restriction that under disaster aid you had to stick to restoring to statu quo the day before the disaster, and correcting any “preexisting” defect could be docked from the funding. Which paradoxically increased costs as obsolete or nostandard parts or systems were being refabricated to order rather than replaced off-the-shelf.
None of that matters if she has the 2 most important qualities.
- She’s fiercely loyal to the trumpanzee.
- She can’t tell shit from chocolate ice cream.
2 scoops, donnie.
Wow, she must really be desperate for attention if she’s resorting to honesty.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt lived in a condo which is co-owned by the wife of an EXXON lobbyist (He has since moved). OK, that’s the first part of the story. The second part is that his government-provided security detail broke into the place a year ago because they thought he was unconscious, but nobody is discussing what happened.
I gotta agree with the Russkie on this one:
Russian ambassador calls Washington a “toxic atmosphere”
I don’t know who Julia Davis is nor how reliable her reporting is, but she’s reporting that Russian media are claiming that the 60 “diplomats” Trump kicked out will be allowed to be replaced by 60 others.
Interesting. Thank you. My dad retired in 1999 as the deputy chief of engineers after 36 years and I know he was instrumental in bringing what was (and is) a very conservative organization into the 21st century, at least in part. They had something called The Vision which was supposed to do a lot of things, like structural reorganization, redistricting the Corps, etc. I do understand your frustration, unfortunately, a lot of government agencies and bureaucracies are pretty behind technology wise, NSA, CIA, FBI and DOJ probably excluded.
I pretty much assume that Putin called up president spanky, and told him which ambassadors to send home.
And if he was good and followed orders, he could expect a spanking later. 
Ha! His handlers didn’t even tell him the actual numbers, just presented him with the summaries of three options: “light, medium, & heavy” and he chose medium based on their recommendation that it would show resolve but allow for even more follow-on sanctions later if the Russians responded poorly.
Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…
Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…
Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…
Our four…no… Amongst our weapons… Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise… I’ll come in again.