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WE PULLED SOME OF YOUR BEST COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS THIS WEEK — AND WE’RE PUTTING THEM TO THE TEST.
THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM YOU — WHERE WE FACT-CHECK CLAIMS, SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION, AND ADD CONTEXT TO WHAT’S MURKY.
HERE’S WHAT STOOD OUT THIS WEEK:
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COMMENT 1: @Whoddathunk
“Doesn’t each state have its own NG? Why ship in guards from other states?”
AFTER OUR REPORT ON NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARRIVING IN CHICAGO, A VIEWER ASKED, “DOESN’T EACH STATE HAVE ITS OWN NATIONAL GUARD? WHY SHIP IN TROOPS FROM OTHER STATES?”
GOOD QUESTION — AND THE ANSWER DEPENDS ON WHO’S GIVING THE ORDERS.
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L3: NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORITY/WHY TROOPS CROSS STATE LINES
EACH GOVERNOR **COMMANDS** THEIR OWN GUARD UNDER STATE AUTHORITY — CALLED TITLE 32 OR STATE-ACTIVE-DUTY.
BUT GOVERNORS CAN ALSO REQUEST HELP FROM OTHER STATES THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT — THAT’S HOW GUARDSMEN CROSS STATE BORDERS DURING DISASTERS OR CIVIL UNREST.
WHEN THE GUARD IS “FEDERALIZED” ,UNDER TITLE 10, CONTROL SHIFTS TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PENTAGON — MAKING THEM TEMPORARILY PART OF THE ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY.
SO, YES — EVERY STATE HAS ITS OWN GUARD.
BUT IN EMERGENCIES OR UNDER FEDERAL ORDERS, THEY CAN — AND DO — OPERATE ACROSS STATE LINES — ALL PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM.
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COMMENT 2: @F22ERaptor
“Perhaps the responsibility of Air Traffic Control, Airport security should be with the Airport and Airlines – no longer Government employed?”
IN OUR STORY ON THE FAA’S MODERNIZATION PUSH, ONE VIEWER HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA: WHY NOT LET **THE AIRLINES** RUN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SECURITY INSTEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT.
IT’S AN IDEA THAT’S BEEN FLOATED BEFORE — BUT HAS NEVER REALLY TAKEN OFF.
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L3 PRIVATIZING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL: WHY THE DEBATE OVER THE IDEA STALLED OUT
THE first TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUSHED TO PRIVATIZE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, POINTING TO CANADA’S MODEL CALLED “NAV CANADA” — A NONPROFIT SYSTEM FUNDED BY USER FEES THAT UPGRADES TECH, FASTER AND STAYS OUT OF POLITICS.
SUPPORTERS SAID THE U.S. SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT.
BUT CRITICS WARNED THAT AMERICA’S AIRSPACE IS FAR BIGGER — AND much BUSIER — AND THAT PRIVATIZATION COULD HURT SMALLER AIRPORTS AND DRIVE UP COSTS.
THE IDEA EVENTUALLY STALLED.
NOW EVEN MAJOR AIRLINES AND THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ UNION AGREE: WE SHOULD FOCUS ON MODERNIZING THE FAA, NOT REPLACING IT.
FOR NOW, THAT MEANS NEW TECH AND MORE CONTROLLERS — **NOT** A NEW SYSTEM.
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COMMENT 3: @VedaSay
“The general outlook is so gloom that none are buying the Amelia Earhart fond plane story. Like those clearly are drift woods.”
AND ON OUR PIECE ABOUT THE LATEST CLAIM THAT AMELIA EARHART’S PLANE MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND, A VIEWER WAS NOT BUYING IT … CALLING IT “JUST DRIFTWOOD.”
THAT SKEPTICISM SEEMS – FAIR ENOUGH.
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L3 EARHART EXPEDITION: NEW LEADS, OLD MYSTERY
RESEARCHERS FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LEGACY INSTITUTE ARE HEADING TO NIKU-MARORO ISLAND TO INVESTIGATE WHAT SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW AS A “TARAIA OBJECT” — A BRIGHT SHAPE IN A LAGOON THAT MIGHT MATCH EARHART’S 1937 LOCKHEED ELECTRA PLANE.
THE TEAM WILL USE DRONES, SONAR, AND MAGNETO DEVICES BEFORE DREDGING THE SITE — LOOKING FOR SERIAL NUMBERS, UNIQUE METALS, OR ANYTHING TRACEABLE TO EARHART’S PLANE.
SIMILAR CLAIMS IN THE PAST HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE **ROCK FORMATIONS** — SO UNTIL THERE’S HARD EVIDENCE, THE VERDICT STAYS UNPROVEN.
BUT THAT’S SCIENCE: EVIDENCE OVER HYPE.
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KEEP DROPPING THOSE COMMENTS AND ASKING QUESTIONS ON OUR SAN YOUTUBE PAGE…
WE LOVE SEEING THEM.
WE’LL TACKLE THE BIGGEST ONES NEXT WEEK.
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