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I'm not entirely convinced those two capabilities can be meaningfully differentiated when one tries to assess the overall quality of a leader. Depends on the objective criteria of the discussion I guess. There is no questioning his quality as a human being (or lack thereof). He did lead his country out of ruin it's true. And after that right back into it. Can anyone think of a leader that was an evil SOB who was a good leader but in the end did more good than harm? I know I'm drawing a blank. All highly debatable but...Genghis Khan, Andrew Jackson, Stalin, Pope Julius II, Pope Alexander VI, and George Steinbrenner. Stalin? No f-ing way. That guy was net loss all the way. The others... meh. But the last one.... good answer.

I'm not entirely convinced those two capabilities can be meaningfully differentiated when one tries to assess the overall quality of a leader. Depends on the objective criteria of the discussion I guess. There is no questioning his quality as a human being (or lack thereof). He did lead his country out of ruin it's true. And after that right back into it. Can anyone think of a leader that was an evil SOB who was a good leader but in the end did more good than harm? I know I'm drawing a blank.

Bruce there is a distinction between a good leader and a leader who is good. That Hitler was a good leader is hard to argue. It's where he led everyone that made him a sonofabitch.

Heck I have a fence around my whole 26 acre property and a well armed man of questionable sanity guarding it.

I would imagine its a veiled attack on people who are against the Trump wall, like me, and its meant to expose them as hypocrites because we fine with the White House wall ?

In terms of lift vs payload capacity only the C5 Galaxy has it beat. And it's just a cargo plane. A really... really big one.

Whatever money he had is probably a drop in the pan compared the to value of the (reportedly) 1000+ unreleased recordings he had in his vault.

Prince didn't have a will? You'd think one of his advisers would have mentioned that to him. Well that s--t is about to get ugly.

Yeah they are still around

Rebuilding the military does not necessarily mean increasing manpower to pre-1993 levels. You achieve the same ends by reducing the operational tempo and deployment commitments and at the same time same money for weapons development. If it were me rather than rebuilding a military designed to fight major WWII style battles I'd focus on streamlining and rapid reaction/high mobility forces augmented by increased unmanned, airborne and naval assets. Unless we see another world wide conflict I believe heavy infantry and armor are going the way of the Greek Phalanx. But where we do need to rebuild and see a change of vision is the intelligence services.

Well if you are going to quit you job, do it with some flair: https://www.facebook.com/1690353721215218/videos/1694674277449829/

There is another good reason for Sanders to keep going. If Hillary ends up getting indicted (not likely but not impossible) he will be the lone horse in the race. Don't think that hasn't crossed his mind.

Leferd the election is a hell of a long way away. There is an endless array of s--t that can happen between now and then to change the whole dynamic. I know you are encouraged by what you are reading, but keep your wallet in your pocket!

Whatever you think of Bernie, he is the one candidate I can honestly say has stuck with his principles and has been clear about what those were. I believe that is at least part of his appeal.

I know what to do with a woman 20 years my junior, find her parentsand tell them to watch their 4-year old better. KP wins!

Only if the boat is sinking

Yeah the Argonia one looked more likely. Besides Valenwood would be a terrible setting. Besides, they are not going to say a word about ES6 until the last penny is wrung out of FO4.

I fell asleep on a conference call today. Good thing my phone was muted. I hope nobody asked me anything.

Yeah the TV show has screwed the pooch on the whole Dorne plot line. It's much better in the books. But the Sand Snakes are f-----g hot though so that does make up for some of it.

Heartbreaking... just heartbreaking. And just like that.... it's all over. Time to watch baseball now.

Today I'm going to weed the garden, feed the dogs & rabbits, straighten up the house which is getting a little cluttered and then retire to my front porch rocking chair for iced tea, the Rays-Yankees game on the SiriusXM radio and just the general enjoyment of a relaxing sunday afternoon.