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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by nickff on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:36AM (#12685354)
This looks more like a 'legacy' statement, where the president is trying to emphasize how much he has done in the arena of space exploration, and what his contribution has been.
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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by dexterdog on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:21PM (#12686409)
So it's just bluster.
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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:47PM (#12687921)
>Bluster: loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect.

Uh, no.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by dexterdog on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @06:42PM (#12689120)
You're right. He wasn't aggressive about it.
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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @07:19PM (#12689307)
Yup, yet I got downvoted heavily. I'll just take this to mean hackernews people aren't very knowledgeable about vocabulary
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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by abgawrv on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:18AM (#12699466)
There's an "or" in your definition, so...
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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:44PM (#12709807)
For the record, you think Obama was being "loud, aggressive, or indignant"?
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