The Soviet launch of Sputnik has illustrated that not only do we face bomber and missile gaps, but there is a growing technological and educational gap between the US and USSR. Our capacity to produce scientists and researchers is simply unable to keep up with the demands of the space race and with industry overall. Adding to this pressure is the growing number of people entering higher education. To address this issue, President Eisenhower has persuaded Congress to fund one of the largest higher education funding bills in American history, injecting much needed funds into the US college and university systems. In total, over a billion dollars will be set aside for US science and higher education funding. As the Morrill Act once revolutionized US education, the NDEA will act as its 20th-century counterpart, providing higher education to millions and uplifting the US education system for decades to come!
Citizens of the Republic, as your Prime Minister I have introduced to Parliament the Republic Defence Force Act. This bill will establish a national armed forces, for the protection of the people of the Republic. The bill is below:
"The Prime Minister shall on behalf of the Federal Government establish, command, and maintain a national armed forces to defend, maintain, and secure the safety of the citizens of the Republic."
There are some executives in this nation - even from my own party - who strongly oppose having a Republic Defence Force. Why is this so?
Is it, perhaps, because they like wearing military attire? Is it, perhaps, because they do not respect the authority of Parliament, the Great Forum of universal political representation?
Maybe those executives would rather their province was not a part of the Republic at all? If so, they have every right to hold a referendum and leave.
However.
If those people want their province to enjoy the benefits of being in a federation such as ours - not a confederation, not a unitary state - they must respect the will of the people, expressed through Parliament, and respect the Federal Government's constitutional responsibility to provide for the defence of the Republic.
There is no need for provincial militaries. How can we call ourselves a federation if we are constantly on the brink of internal war? At most, the provinces should have provincial guards (militias reserved for states of emergency).
In the end, the constitutional convention widely agreed that it was in the Federal Government's power to maintain a military, and it was in the provinces' powers to maintain Provincial Guards.
A final message to the wannabe military generals - stop. Tens of millions have died from this militarism, and we cannot keep the nation together in this state.
If an armed assailant breaks into my house and I kill them with their weapon in an act of private defence, what will the legal repercussions, if any, be?
I have rewatched that scene a few times now and here is best how I see it. And I am open to your interpretar of it if it differs from me.
Dexter wanted to choke Logan into submission (Kinda like Rudy did to Debra ) and was quite verbal about it. Now Logan, being the idiot badass that he is, went for his gun and shot at Dexter’s head (Not his limbs mind you) . Isn’t a good cop taught to incapacite and not go for the kill, if you / people around you are not in immediate danger.
And dexter didn’t even try to snap his neck. He simply ducked the bullet and in the process killed him.
I understand a murder is a murder is a murder and I am quite happy with the ending. But we need to be very clear that Logan’s death was more accident than intentional.
I love the character of dexter and hate the narrative that he deserved to die.
I loved the season8 ending because it meant somewhere out there dexter was killing murderers and made me feel safer. Seeing him die made me scared and sad at the same time.
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With the security situation deteriorating day by day, and global tensions rising continuously, the legal foundations of Australia's defence needs to be modernised. The Australian government has therefore passed, using extensive three-line whipping, a new National Defence & Security Act 1963, with the following provisions:
Military service
Universal military service, as is currently being implemented, will be extended further, allowing for operational deployment of all national servicemen outside of Australian territory if deemed necessary.
In order to promote discipline and self-reliance, cadet programs will be implemented across all schools. This will begin in Year 9, and, in order to provide incentives for participation, provisions will be made to guarantee a place at Officer Cadet School Portsea or Schleyville for those that have completed the full cadet program and graduated in the top 25% of their cohort nationally. The remainders will be promoted automatically to Lance Corporal on completion of their basic training during national service.
Reserve Forces & Mobilization
Activation of select reserve units for deployment will be allowed upon cabinet authorisation, in addition to existing provisions for attachment of individuals to deploying units. However, unless authorised by Parliament, reserve units will be restricted to operating in Australian territory still.
Intelligence Services
A Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) will be established, to be chaired by the Prime Minister or delegated Minister. The JIC will coordinate and control all operations of the intelligence services, and will comprise the following agencies and their directors:
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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Australian Secret Intelligence Service
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Joint Intelligence Bureau (combining the three services' intelligence directorates)
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Defence Signals Bureau
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Commonwealth Police
Firstly, this is my first post on reddit, so I apologize in advance for any mistake I may make. Any suggestion or correction will be more than welcome.
That being said, I am referring to the projects financed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an U.S. state foundation with about a billion dollars of annual budget, that through their tech funding arm (www.opentech.fund) has been heavily funding projects such as:
- Tails
- The Guardian Project
- Tor Project
- Tor bridge distribution
- Open Whisper Systems
- Qubes OS
- K9 and many more.
I understand that also the Internet is a project developed by DARPA but my question comes in view of what Snowden brought to the public attention and in view of the results of the recent elections in the U.S.
Thank you for your opinion. Rosario
Throughout this century, countries have hedged their security by being in powerful military alliances. Alliances don't work 100% of the time, but it's the deterrent they create that helps. It's why the EU and most NATO countries don't suffer from aggressor neighbors in the way that Ukraine, India or Armenia do.
What got me thinking was this line by the NATO Secretary general.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/583557-nato-warns-russia-any-move-on-ukraine-would-be-costly-mistake
After a lot of posturing and threats about what could happen if Russia invades Ukraine, it ends with a simple reality: Ukraine is not a member of NATO. So any "punishment" for an invasion would just be more sanctions (Russia has been sanctioned since Obama, further sanctions would barely matter, besides the likely loss of the Nord Stream deal though).
Imagine what would happen then in India's cases?
India's non-aligned status kept us out of any military allience. In the process, it helped keep India out of stupid wars that have nothing to do with it (Vietnam, Afghanistan). In a cruel irony, the only collective security agreement we are in is SCO, which includes China and Pakistan (SCO obviously doesn't require partners to come to each other's aid. Imagine Pakistan helping India fight China!).
China has already made good on its attempt to connect with Pakistan and circle India from the north. It seeks to connect with Afghanistan through the Wakhan corridor next. India will soon have not just one but three hostile powers north of it. Kashmir and the Northeast are both extremely vulnerable.
As much as one wants to believe in the armed forces, I don't see them fighting off two powers at once, even if they say they can. There is simply no unbiased lens that tells you India possesses any credible deterrent to China that is not nuclear (and even the nuclear equation is grossly lopsided. Indian nukes have far lower yield than what China fields).
Should India lost vast swathes of territory in a war, India's "allies" wouldn't do much more besides sanction (if at all) and sell us expensive weapons.
India's only solution to China is to invoke multiple allies to war in any conflict. China suffers far more in a two-front conflict than India does, given its liabilities in the South China Sea (it is surrounded by hostile nations). Any US entry into such a war instantly turns the tides : if not making such a war 'winnable', it makes its deeply unfeasible.
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I scrubbed the list of the 135 Representatives that voted against expanding Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to servicemembers. Shockingly, I found that 36 of them are veterans. A few are even currently serving as reservists. If you are represented by one of them, or you go to drill in their district, I would highly encourage reaching out to them and asking them why they did not think your service was worthy of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
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The Republic Defence Force Act
The Prime Minister shall on behalf of the Federal Government establish, command, and maintain a national armed forces to defend, maintain, and secure the safety of the citizens of the Republic.
