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Trump orders creation of space-focused U.S. military branch
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ordering the creation of a sixth branch of the military to focus on space, a move critics said could harm the Air Force.
"It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space," Trump said before a meeting of his National Space Council. "We are going to have the Air Force and we're going to have the 'Space Force.' Separate but equal. It is going to be something," he said later.
The United States is a member of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space and only allows for the use of the moon and other celestial bodies for peaceful purposes.
The idea of a Space Force has been raised before, by Trump and previous administrations, with proponents saying it would make the Pentagon more efficient. It has also faced criticism from senior military officials. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein told a 2017 congressional hearing that creating a new space branch would "move us in the wrong direction." The Air Force oversees most of the nation's space-related military activity.
The move would require the budgetary approval of the U.S. Congress, which has been divided on the idea.
President Trump orders the creation of new Starship Troopers/Space Marines memes.
We should have a separate "Space" topic on SoylentNews at this point. We are all going to be drafted to fight aliens eventually.
Also at BBC (#winning image).
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by John Miller on Tuesday June 19 2018, @02:11AM (21 children)
I read President Trump's remarks on the White House website. So interesting! He understands that getting control over our border and immigration is so important to America staying first in space. With merit-based immigration, our aerospace industry can hire on a merit basis. Not a lottery! whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-meeting-national-space-council-signing-space-policy-directive-3 [whitehouse.gov]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 19 2018, @02:47AM (18 children)
Whose merits? Like the Bahamas? Anyone can become a Bahamian citizen, instantly, all you have to do is invest $500,000 in the Bahamian economy, for instance by buying a home or starting a business. Oh, and of that $500K, there's a $50K "processing fee" that gets taken straight off the top and given to the government. Don't have the bread? You're welcome to stay in a hotel, gamble in the casinos, and drink in the bars, maybe charter a diving or fishing trip or two until your tourist visa runs out, then we need you to GTFO and go make some more money to come spend here.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday June 19 2018, @03:33AM (17 children)
John Miller and theRealDonaldTrump are the same person, and they have consecutive UIDs. I'd say spam-mod his ass, but apparently that's verboten for reasons unknown...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 19 2018, @03:51AM
Mostly because being annoying while sticking to the topic at hand is perfectly legit. Otherwise anyone who disagreed with anyone else would have karma so low they'd never be able to post again.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Sulla on Tuesday June 19 2018, @03:56AM (9 children)
So the john miller makes a post that is on topic and you mod it offtopic, then make an offtopic bitch about it. Sounds like you are the real spammer.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 19 2018, @08:55AM (8 children)
Sulla, I modded you down, again. I don't understand what you are trying to say, and it contributes nothing to the discussion, except that to once again point out that you are a poor conservative being discriminated against for your lack of knowledge and intelligence. Could you give us some corrections?
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Sulla on Tuesday June 19 2018, @02:39PM (7 children)
Azuma is being a hypocrite is the jist of what I was saying. Regardless of how much you hate what they say, the Miller and TRDT accounts are often on topic. Disliking what someone says does not make it off topic. On the specific post in question the Miller account spewed a bunch of gobbligoop and posted a link to something about the event. Seemed clear to me that this is poking fun/insulting the Trump admin for always using subjects people think are interesting to push an issue they want on the forefront.
The Miller post is spam depending on who looks at it. All responses to his post complaining that it is offtopic have clearly been offtopic. Thats Azumas post, mine, and yours my dear Arist.
Who is the spammer? The person making posts that are 30% on topic, or the person who responds to those posts with a 100% offtopic bitch about it.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday June 19 2018, @04:33PM (6 children)
Oh fuck off. If you don't see why sockpuppetting is a problem maybe you don't belong on a public forum.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Tuesday June 19 2018, @05:38PM (5 children)
I find attempts to restrict or hide speech you disagree with to be far more dangerous than some random asshat. The left keeps claiming Trump and the right are threats to the republic, yet do everything they can to stop people from speaking freely through threat or legislation.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @06:32PM (4 children)
Citation needed.
And even if I give you that batshit crazy position it is still much preferable to the conservative "censorship" that ruins people's lives a lot more directly.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday June 20 2018, @12:21AM (3 children)
Citation needed. At least on this site you can look at the insane points of the folks from the left and the right. You notice that one side never tries to censor the other and goes out of their way to hide as much as they can.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday June 20 2018, @06:22AM (2 children)
But the other side, the "not all that bright side", does try to fill the conversation with total bullshit, dis-information and fake news and alternative facts. So shutting them up is not censorship, it is just maintaining "The Fairness Doctrine" that the Traitor Ronald Reagan abolished, in order to allow Sean Hannity to be the ass that he is. Sulla, you have been had, bamboozled, hornswaggled, lied to and used! Snap out of it, if you are capable of being an American, faithful to the founding principles, and not an addled Alaskan. Oh, too late, eh?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday June 20 2018, @09:19AM (1 child)
I appreciate how honest you are with bringing up one of the biggest attacks on free speech in the last century. Leftist talk http://www.quadstick.comamericans [www.quadstick.comamericans] to listen to their programming? Demand a law to continue airing programs nobody likes.
We need fairness doctrine in everything. Now that fossil fuels are finally dying out we need to have a fairness doctrine that ensures people can still buy ineffecient and unwanted gas motor versions of vehicles! We need a fairness doctrine that protects big aggriculture so stores are forced to stock foods sprayed with DDT.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday June 20 2018, @09:22AM
Unsure why that link got posted into the comment. Blackberry priv has been acting up the past week.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @04:14AM (1 child)
Also, some... some see tRDT, Eth, DN, and insane porn guy* as comic relief. *not him though, we all pray for him, even the athiests pray for him.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday June 19 2018, @04:54AM
Believe me, I'm not "insane porn guy." If it's even a guy. Possibly it's a woman that doesn't like men. Pretending to be a man that doesn't like women. Who knows? Nobody really knows. The witch hunt continues!!!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @06:28AM
That guy is more informative and less "gobble down my ideology down your throat" than total sum of all your posts.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:51AM
I recognized his foul stench when I came onboard this thread. It's no surprise to find Fox news holding his leash.
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(Score: 1) by nnet on Tuesday June 19 2018, @03:08PM
besides you, who else could possibly care. why are you so afraid of them?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 23 2018, @06:43PM
Does it matter if they are the same person?
Mod the post based on its content, not based on who wrote it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @02:55AM
(where's my --0 Bleargh mod?)
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @03:53AM
John Miller is actually Steven Miller, or even worse, Kellyanneď