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2021-07-27 // day precision

Is the JRRB a tool or a rule?

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Sweating superhero chooses between buttons reading The JRRB is a tool and The JRRB is a rule.
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The two-buttons dilemma joins the JRRB series to the recurring tools-versus-rules theme. It frames the board’s status as an anxious choice without resolving it. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments No comments were visible at the October 15, 2026 review. Coverage: Captured count matches displayed count at selected review; hidden/deleted comments remain unknown. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Expeditionary contracting, Rules versus tools, Bureaucracy