Another "drone" mystery died today when the White House admitted (or, rather, repeated from the previous administration's analysis) that many drones were FAA-authorized research flights. Anyway, I haven't posted much this past week, and I'm not really feeling too inspired right now. It's hard when I can't know how badly Donald Trump's horrifying actions are going to disrupt, or even devastate, our jobs, which include work funded by organizations that receive federal assistance. So, I guess now is as good a time as any to put into the record the cease-and-desist letter that Lue Elizondo's attorney, Todd McMurty, sent to Arthur Preston this weekend regarding an X thread Preston had made of Elizondo's alleged deceptions. It's an outrageous threat--cartoonishly promising financial ruin from legal bills if Preston doesn't comply--but I want to focus on a particular line: "Ostensibly, the goal of your thread is to disqualify Mr. Elizondo from government service by suggesting that he is opposed to Pres. Trump and a friend of the Democrat party." McMurty then states that Preston's thread might prevent Trump from "appointing" Elizondo, though he does not say to what position. That rather gives the game away, doesn't it? Elizondo, a conservative, is looking to rejoin the government, this time in a position of greater power, by toadying up to Trump.
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Mean R. Queried
1/28/2025 03:04:05 pm
Hello, Jason.
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Kent
1/31/2025 12:59:34 pm
And the inevitable followup: It's one thing to scorn Mr. Elizondo for being a dumbass but it's unclear to this reader what invisible gyrations you went through to scry that he's a conservative. Maybe I'm not familiar enough with his body of work.
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Prospero45
2/1/2025 09:02:06 am
That's much better Kunt, it was almost readable. It still wasn't remotely funny (to anyone but yourself), but the absence of obscure references and impenetrable wisecracks made it almost bearable to read.
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Mean R. Queried
1/31/2025 04:45:28 pm
P.S.
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Mick West on Nova
2/1/2025 05:33:29 pm
My favourite UFO debunker that believers quickly close in upon in order to debunk common sense explanations.
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Mean R. Queried
1/31/2025 08:18:34 pm
P.P.S
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Robert Langdon Returns 9.9.95
2/1/2025 02:00:49 am
Dan Brown, The Secret of Secrets: A Novel
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A Great Body of Work
2/1/2025 11:43:03 pm
All possible disruptions aside, you still have the information contained within your blog to fall back upon. There is a golden opportunity awaiting you. Decimating an old adversary at the same time is just a bonus.
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