Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by smsm42 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:52AM
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Nobody gives anybody ability to destroy humanity, no need for histrionics. We don't have elections for God or Emperor, just President, whose powers are large but limited. This is what the whole idea of limited government with independent branches is about. The same idea the current President is working so hard to destroy.
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Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by alistproducer2 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @10:56AM
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While there is a chain of command that could potentially stop a rogue president from unilaterally ordering a nuclear strike, at the end of the day the POTUS has an immense power in his ability to order a nuclear strike.
Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'
by smsm42 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @01:05PM
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This whole nuclear strike thing is a canard, nobody is going to nuclear strike anybody. Yes, there's a chain of command, and also Trump is not some Hollywood supervillain. He is a real estate developer, a conman and a blowhard, not a Doctor Evil. So we need to stop discussing Hollywood scenarios and start discussing real issues the country is facing.