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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792940</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some people dont learn
https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1901607930564133052]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people dont learn<br />
<a href="https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1901607930564133052" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1901607930564133052</a></p>
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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792938</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RE:  Autopen signatures 

I think that a case to clarify this issue needs to make its way to the Supreme Court.

Similarly, cases clarifying the role and the extent of the jurisdiction and powers of lower courts, vis-a-vis the President, in his capacity as Chief Executive, need to very urgently be presented to the Supreme Court for it’s decision.

You just can’t have some lower court judge, with limited geographical jurisdiction, issuing orders which are supposedly nationwide in their application, nor can you have such subordinate members of the judicial branch thinking that they can bind/prevent the Chief Executive from carrying out his Constitutionally mandated duties.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RE:  Autopen signatures </p>
<p>I think that a case to clarify this issue needs to make its way to the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Similarly, cases clarifying the role and the extent of the jurisdiction and powers of lower courts, vis-a-vis the President, in his capacity as Chief Executive, need to very urgently be presented to the Supreme Court for it’s decision.</p>
<p>You just can’t have some lower court judge, with limited geographical jurisdiction, issuing orders which are supposedly nationwide in their application, nor can you have such subordinate members of the judicial branch thinking that they can bind/prevent the Chief Executive from carrying out his Constitutionally mandated duties.</p>
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		By: sdferr		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s the AutoPen Apocalypse.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s the AutoPen Apocalypse.</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792908</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AesopFan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ Barry &#062; &quot;‘A “COMPLEX” TOO COMPLEX’&quot;

The Powerline post makes clear what a lot of articles on the government-NGO connections skip over. 
&lt;blockquote&gt;Governments at all levels, in recent years, have taken to outsourcing even basic functions to nonprofits. Call it the “government-nonprofit industrial complex.”

The benefits for all involved include evading both legislative accountability and civil-service limits on executive-level pay. At the lower end, too, nonprofits can utilize volunteer and low-wage labor not available to a government agency performing that exact same function.

When it comes to scrutiny in government contracts, for-profit companies, who are just in it to make a buck, are rightfully treated with skepticism when being vetted. But nonprofits are given the benefit of the doubt, assumed to be in it for all the right reasons.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No one ever points out that the non-profits don&#039;t make a profit because they have no products to sell, and their income from &quot;donations&quot; all goes to their own salaries and &quot;expenses&quot; which get less scrutiny than a third-grader&#039;s lemonade stand.

And all the right (correct) reasons are presumed by the public to be &quot;charity and love&quot; while in fact they are &quot;ideological conformity to the left&#039;s agenda.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Barry &gt; &#8220;‘A “COMPLEX” TOO COMPLEX’&#8221;</p>
<p>The Powerline post makes clear what a lot of articles on the government-NGO connections skip over. </p>
<blockquote><p>Governments at all levels, in recent years, have taken to outsourcing even basic functions to nonprofits. Call it the “government-nonprofit industrial complex.”</p>
<p>The benefits for all involved include evading both legislative accountability and civil-service limits on executive-level pay. At the lower end, too, nonprofits can utilize volunteer and low-wage labor not available to a government agency performing that exact same function.</p>
<p>When it comes to scrutiny in government contracts, for-profit companies, who are just in it to make a buck, are rightfully treated with skepticism when being vetted. But nonprofits are given the benefit of the doubt, assumed to be in it for all the right reasons.
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<p>No one ever points out that the non-profits don&#8217;t make a profit because they have no products to sell, and their income from &#8220;donations&#8221; all goes to their own salaries and &#8220;expenses&#8221; which get less scrutiny than a third-grader&#8217;s lemonade stand.</p>
<p>And all the right (correct) reasons are presumed by the public to be &#8220;charity and love&#8221; while in fact they are &#8220;ideological conformity to the left&#8217;s agenda.&#8221;</p>
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		By: Snow on Pine		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792885</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snow on Pine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 02:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I note that James Boasburg, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District court in D.C., who ordered a halt to Trump&#039;s deportation of Venezuelan gang members, was the same judge who sat on the FISA court, when it granted all of those phonied up FBI FISA warrants for use in the Left and Democrat&#039;s campaign of lawfare against Trump and his campaign.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I note that James Boasburg, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District court in D.C., who ordered a halt to Trump&#8217;s deportation of Venezuelan gang members, was the same judge who sat on the FISA court, when it granted all of those phonied up FBI FISA warrants for use in the Left and Democrat&#8217;s campaign of lawfare against Trump and his campaign.</p>
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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/1901414833041342748]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/1901414833041342748" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/1901414833041342748</a></p>
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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792858</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ok now

https://x.com/JMichaelWaller/status/1901164624411549895]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok now</p>
<p><a href="https://x.com/JMichaelWaller/status/1901164624411549895" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/JMichaelWaller/status/1901164624411549895</a></p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792855</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the “Just Another DPUSA Slush Fund” File (cross filed with the “How Democrats Fight Inflation” Guidelines)….
….we bring you:
Quirky Crime, Inc….

‘A “COMPLEX” TOO COMPLEX’—
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/03/a-complex-too-complex.php

File under: The [Automatic] Pen is mightier than the sword…]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the “Just Another DPUSA Slush Fund” File (cross filed with the “How Democrats Fight Inflation” Guidelines)….<br />
….we bring you:<br />
Quirky Crime, Inc….</p>
<p>‘A “COMPLEX” TOO COMPLEX’—<br />
<a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/03/a-complex-too-complex.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/03/a-complex-too-complex.php</a></p>
<p>File under: The [Automatic] Pen is mightier than the sword…</p>
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		By: om		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792853</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[om]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Open Thread Sunday:  Russian War on Ukraine:

FPV Drones, Mortars, Arty, and Glide Bombs, counter the glide bombs and Russian advances will cease (IMO)

&lt;b&gt;Ukraine Veteran about Mortars, Artillery &#038; Gliding Bombs
 - Military History not Visualized&lt;/b&gt;

Timestamps

00:00 Teaser
00:11 Intro
00:40 How the FPV Drones held Ukraine to held back the Russians
02:52 Kill Chain is shorter &#038; Mortars
04:13 Artillery vs Drones
04:37 Gliding Bombs
06:02 Regular Air Strike vs Gliding Bombs
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open Thread Sunday:  Russian War on Ukraine:</p>
<p>FPV Drones, Mortars, Arty, and Glide Bombs, counter the glide bombs and Russian advances will cease (IMO)</p>
<p><b>Ukraine Veteran about Mortars, Artillery &amp; Gliding Bombs<br />
 &#8211; Military History not Visualized</b></p>
<p>Timestamps</p>
<p>00:00 Teaser<br />
00:11 Intro<br />
00:40 How the FPV Drones held Ukraine to held back the Russians<br />
02:52 Kill Chain is shorter &amp; Mortars<br />
04:13 Artillery vs Drones<br />
04:37 Gliding Bombs<br />
06:02 Regular Air Strike vs Gliding Bombs</p>
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		By: om		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/03/15/open-thread-3-15-2025/#comment-2792851</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[om]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sunday Open Thread - European Rearmament

&lt;b&gt;European Rearmament - The ReArm Europe Plan &#038; the Future of U.S. Weapon Sales - Perun&lt;/b&gt;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AOusajGsU

No timestamps, his synopsis:

&lt;blockquote&gt;
The Russian invasion of Ukraine kicked off a significant increase in military spending across NATO with the vast majority of NATO members hitting their spending targets by 2024. 

The diplomatic fissures with the United States in 2025 however, have prompted an even more dramatic response and many allies now seem to be prioritising greater independence from the U.S. and U.S. products alongside the goal of greater military readiness. 

With the EU introducing the ReArm Europe plan, Germany moving to exempt most defence spending from debt restrictions and many alliance members now planning defence ramp-ups, today we look at some of those plans.

This episode covers a few of the initiatives and efforts we&#039;ve seen announced so far, what they could achieve, what the dynamics of alliance members attempting to reduce their often long-running reliance on U.S. arms and equipment.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunday Open Thread &#8211; European Rearmament</p>
<p><b>European Rearmament &#8211; The ReArm Europe Plan &amp; the Future of U.S. Weapon Sales &#8211; Perun</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AOusajGsU" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AOusajGsU</a></p>
<p>No timestamps, his synopsis:</p>
<blockquote><p>
The Russian invasion of Ukraine kicked off a significant increase in military spending across NATO with the vast majority of NATO members hitting their spending targets by 2024. </p>
<p>The diplomatic fissures with the United States in 2025 however, have prompted an even more dramatic response and many allies now seem to be prioritising greater independence from the U.S. and U.S. products alongside the goal of greater military readiness. </p>
<p>With the EU introducing the ReArm Europe plan, Germany moving to exempt most defence spending from debt restrictions and many alliance members now planning defence ramp-ups, today we look at some of those plans.</p>
<p>This episode covers a few of the initiatives and efforts we&#8217;ve seen announced so far, what they could achieve, what the dynamics of alliance members attempting to reduce their often long-running reliance on U.S. arms and equipment.
</p></blockquote>
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