2010-04-24, 06:47 | Link #6942 |
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Just because you got a ballistic missle that can leave the atmosphere doesn't mean it's rated for satellite duties. Most BM's are really only designed to do one thing once they exit the atmosphere, fall down on their target.
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2010-04-24, 08:13 | Link #6943 | |
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One small flaw for most ASAT systems is that upper atmosphere communications technology is expensive, meaning that they wouldn't have alot of power in their homing missiles. But that doesn't mean they cannot pilfer technology from US through covert intelligence though.
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2010-04-24, 15:11 | Link #6944 |
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this south carolina girl is on a very important mission...
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2010-04-24, 16:25 | Link #6945 |
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Based on foreign designs. Not to mention it's not so easy to modify them. You basically need more powerful rockets, which means a complete redesign of the missile. Plus there's the small matter of hitting a satellite. It's a lot easier to hit a city with a missile than a small object orbiting the earth.
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2010-04-24, 16:36 | Link #6946 | |
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2010-04-24, 17:16 | Link #6947 |
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^The discrepancy between the timeline of the actual "neglect" and the timing of the "news" surfacing is to me the real news of the story.
I see Goldman Sachs' counterattack behind that. Republican soundbite-rs are just willing allies and covers as the giant firm defends itself from SEC's resurgence and assault. As they say, if you attack the biggest firm on Wall Street like that, "it's a war." Mind you, the SEC is not lacking in allies. Obama has adopted financial reform as his new agenda for America, and the President and his party has already learned a tragic lesson on "American bipartisanship" and seems much, much more aggressive than in their healthcare reform battles. Already Mitch McConnell had to abandon his pathetic "financial reform = bailout" nonsense and is trying other angles of attack. I will enjoy the bloodletting to come. As well as the way in which Tea Party-ers will be spin'd by the Overlords to maintain their "populist outrage" in support of an ultra-capitalistic, anti-populist stance. |
2010-04-24, 17:29 | Link #6948 | |
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2010-04-24, 17:47 | Link #6949 | |
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2010-04-24, 18:44 | Link #6950 | |
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One thing for sure, if Obama was realy a socialist ( like Chavez) as the Tea Partist claim, he would make their live much harder.
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2010-04-24, 19:10 | Link #6951 | |
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2010-04-24, 19:22 | Link #6952 | ||
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The thing I would be concerned about, however, is using these stories to say, "see, you can't effectively regulate the financial industry." As some on the right are doing. As far as I'm concerned, regulators who don't do their jobs should be punished harshly. This holds double for the heads of regulatory agencies who encourage lax attitudes by their employees. As such the culpability of Christopher Cox (SEC chair from 2005-2009) should be examined. Last edited by Joojoobees; 2010-04-24 at 19:48. Reason: combining two posts |
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2010-04-25, 01:03 | Link #6953 | |
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The GOP politicians are treading thinly with any attacks on the SEC because it leads squarely back to their party and their former president's administration.
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2010-04-25, 13:08 | Link #6955 | |
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2010-04-25, 14:30 | Link #6956 | ||
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Ergo, attack on the current SEC by digging Bush-era dirt + timing the "news" to match the current battle over public opinion = politically motivated to discredit SEC. Indisputable truth? No, I'm not a right wing mass media figure. Cynically likely? I'd bet my subprime mortgage on the yes. Quote:
And left-wingers are once again thrown off by how different their humanitarian ideologies and the leaders which they naively pin these hopes on prove to be. Stalin did far more damage to Western socialist movements than McCarthy or De Gaulle (not that the two are equivalents), Mao did the same in a more indirect extent for 60's radical leftism, and Chavez made a lot of people in Latin America rather angry, I'd think. |
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2010-04-25, 21:21 | Link #6957 | |
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BTW, I'm not trying to blame Chavez on Bush. I'm just saying being kidnapped and receiving assassination threats from the US, in the context of a long history of aggression (economic and military) against leftist Latin American leaders, is not going to encourage moderation and liberalization. The US needs to come up with another strategy for working with governments in our hemisphere, if we really want to encourage the development of respect for human rights and respect for civil society. Last edited by Joojoobees; 2010-04-25 at 21:33. |
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we keep hearing about students snapping but i was wondering when we hear about a teacher snapping. Quote:
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2010-04-26, 12:29 | Link #6959 | |
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