I am now thinking Palantir in use by the White Hats - h/t Melian ;)
When it’s come up before I never considered that angle. It makes much more sense vs. how the Black Hats would or could be using. The bad guys are too dumb and just too evil to do such planning. But the whole mil op aspects of things to factor any & all possible actions + reactions by the RATs would exploit Palantir to the max IMO. TBD ;)
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Interesting thoughts, both of you, Melian, and Steven W.
I keep thinking of the Arab Sword Dance ceremony early in DJT’s administration. Was that glowing white beach ball thing Oracle, or Palentir.... or both? Or something else put together using one or both?
Palantir: Q(uenya); 'far seeing'; palan Q(uenya) 'far', Q(uenya) palla 'wide open'; (Etym(ology)) LAD- 'wide', Q(uenya) landa; tir 'watch over' [Sil(marillion)] - - crystalline globes that could see scenes at a distance, especially near another palantír and especially for communicating over long distances...
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