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@VegasFrank said:

@Amos_Umwhat said:
Having read Sun Tzu, I had to wonder if it was deliberate misinformation. I mean, why else would a rabid TDS reporter be included on a group text like that?> @peter4jc said:

Interesting, Steve.

William Spaniel and The Caspian Report are two youtube channels I've come to trust. The former, for Ukraine/Russia news, the latter for world economics and geopolitics.

Here's a different slant on the latest message-group snafu;

Maybe I misunderstood?

No, that was simply my initial conjecture upon first hearing of it. I still wonder if we've been told everything, probably not.

@Amos_Umwhat said:
Having read Sun Tzu, I had to wonder if it was deliberate misinformation. I mean, why else would a rabid TDS reporter be included on a group text like that?> @peter4jc said:

Interesting, Steve.

William Spaniel and The Caspian Report are two youtube channels I've come to trust. The former, for Ukraine/Russia news, the latter for world economics and geopolitics.

Here's a different slant on the latest message-group snafu;

It's not biased/slanted, I promise.
https://youtu.be/YHU5HDQL6F0?si=X2RpVuSTZNIWiqm9

Interesting piece, still never addressed why the reporter got added.

I understand and sympathize with the furor over using non-government communications, but think about it, the tech world moves at a much quicker pace than Congress. By the time Congress approves and implements something, it's obsolete, or at least quite dated. One of the reasons I didn't fault Hillary for her e-mail indiscretions, she wanted to communicate quickly and effectively, and government channels don't.

It still seems like a deliberate leak, or maybe they're all just fumbling around.

Interesting perspectives. I don't know what disinformation you're talking about? The timeline in the group text turned out to be dead on balls accurate, to coin a phrase.

Maybe I misunderstood?

Also understand the concern about the ostensible lack of technology concerning parts of the government that require sensitive operations. The only thing that I can say to that in dealing with sensitive operations over the last few decades is it's just too **** bad.

Look, I use signal. I've been using it for years for work related things. It is strictly straight unclassified only. Signal was literally hacked a month ago. That was one instance that we knew of. I don't know how many we don't know of.

I'm sure those higher ups have ways of getting messages across securely without using their personal cell phones.

@Amos_Umwhat said:
https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/hyundai-steel-invests-58b-in-louisiana-mill-93CH-3945901

I wonder what motivated them to do this?

I suppose it would eliminate some, oh, say, tariffs?

Welcome to the $65,000 Hyundai

Interesting, Steve.

William Spaniel and The Caspian Report are two youtube channels I've come to trust. The former, for Ukraine/Russia news, the latter for world economics and geopolitics.

Here's a different slant on the latest message-group snafu;

It's not biased/slanted, I promise.
https://youtu.be/YHU5HDQL6F0?si=X2RpVuSTZNIWiqm9

Having read Sun Tzu, I had to wonder if it was deliberate misinformation. I mean, why else would a rabid TDS reporter be included on a group text like that?> @peter4jc said:

Interesting, Steve.

William Spaniel and The Caspian Report are two youtube channels I've come to trust. The former, for Ukraine/Russia news, the latter for world economics and geopolitics.

Here's a different slant on the latest message-group snafu;

It's not biased/slanted, I promise.
https://youtu.be/YHU5HDQL6F0?si=X2RpVuSTZNIWiqm9

Interesting piece, still never addressed why the reporter got added.

I understand and sympathize with the furor over using non-government communications, but think about it, the tech world moves at a much quicker pace than Congress. By the time Congress approves and implements something, it's obsolete, or at least quite dated. One of the reasons I didn't fault Hillary for her e-mail indiscretions, she wanted to communicate quickly and effectively, and government channels don't.

It still seems like a deliberate leak, or maybe they're all just fumbling around.

@VegasFrank said:

@CalvinAndHobo said:
Limit poker in general annoys me.

It used to irritate me also, but it's just a different game with different math. Easier math, actually.

I will not play 2-4, 3-6, or 4-8 at a tourist trap like on the strip maybe I'll play a 4-8 with a full kill, but that would be the absolute lowest because otherwise it's the same as Keno. You wait for your numbers to come up and then scoop money lol.

But I find that a good 5-10 game or a 5-10-20 game with good players is quite enjoyable. You can buy in for 200 bucks pretty comfortably, the 3 to 500 is probably better. I played a 6-12 once, and it was really fun but the buy-in is easily a thousand bucks and at least 700 to be comfortable. Above my pay grade.

I just hate the self control that limit players have built into the game. I'm not great at no limit by any means, but I can sit there and fold for an hour if the cards aren't there. Tourists can't do that, and will end up playing bad hands and bluffing, when they should also just be folding. That's the only real advantage I have in that game at this point, and I can only win at the lowest staked game with the tourists playing. The people who know how to play will pretty quickly figure out what I'm doing, and then it's time to find a new poker room.

So I guess to summarize for the non poker players. I don't like limit poker because I'm not good at it, as opposed to not liking it because it's a bad game.