Ramaswamy, Musk Meet with Congressional Republicans to Talk DOGE<br>Plus: Update on Assassin

Ramaswamy, Musk Meet with Congressional Republicans to Talk DOGE
Plus: Update on Assassin

This might end up being the most serious budget-cutting effort in decades.

Ramaswamey and especially Musk bring something to budget/efficiency that we rarely see: excitement and public interest. That might be enough to get actual results.

On the other hand, it could be -- and probably will be -- another case of the unchangeable, unreformable government once again protecting its own interests and its phoney-baloney jobs.

Congressional Republicans are planning to work closely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the pair co-leading Trump's newly formed spending cuts project, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The DOGE duo made their rounds with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, spending the morning with members of the Senate DOGE Caucus before heading to a meeting with House GOP leaders and House DOGE Caucus representatives.
The pair, who will spearhead efforts under President-elect Trump to slash government spending and strengthen government efficiency under the incoming Trump administration, wrapped up their day on Capitol Hill by addressing a joint meeting with Republicans of both chambers.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., incoming chair of the DOGE House subcommittee, revealed that, during the meeting, Musk said there would be a "naughty list" and a "nice list" for lawmakers.
"There will be a lot more that is expressed in the days ahead," Johnson said as he left the meeting. "Stay tuned for more to come."

That's a good sign. This isn't going to change unless those fighting change are called out and exposed as phonies and Regime operatives.

Co-chairs of the DOGE House caucus said there was a "big discussion" during the meeting with Musk and Ramaswamy about education and the redundancy of government workers.
"There is so much waste, fraud and abuse. There is so much inefficiency. Where do we begin?" DOGE Caucus co-chair Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said.
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Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, walking out of the meeting, told reporters that "we're going to gut the fish."
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, however, was skeptical of them relying on the new department to cut costs.
"It's a little rich to go, 'Oh DOGE, save us.' What, from ourselves?" Roy told reporters. "What I told them is, their best role is to expose the absolute stupidity coming out of this body."

🔥Holy Smokes: Stephen Miller drops the hammer on unproductive government workers:

“When Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20th and that new golden age of America begins, He's going to tell the federal workers of this country who are paid for by your viewers, to get back… pic.twitter.com/jsGGwI2iQF
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 6, 2024

A "senior Republican aide," who's done such a bang-up job of cutting spending himself and who of course is anonymous because they all have coward's hearts, says Ramaswamey and Musk will fail and he seems very happy they'll fail.

Ahhhh yes, because billions going to empty buildings, foreign countries & shrimps on treadmills is such a needed expense I see how you & that “Republican secretly speaking from the bathroom stall” are much smarter than Elon & Vivek…… said no one
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) December 5, 2024

Update on NYC Assassin:

BREAKING: CNN reports that law enforcement officials believe that they have recovered the backpack belonging to the individual who murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. pic.twitter.com/cV6V13dazi
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 6, 2024

They have also traced his movements post-killing. He rode his bike north and then took a cab to the west side of Manhattan, and then to the Port Authority bus station at (IIRC) 178th and Columbus. Video caught him entering the bus station but not exiting, so he probably took a bus out of NYC. They did not say they knew which bus.

Cops also found a department store shopping bag in Central Park containing "clothing." The suspicion is that this might contain the clothes he wore during the hit, which he shed to put on different clothes.

I have a feeling this bag isn't the killer's. Seems like a big mistake to leave you clothes (and your DNA) out in the open to be found later.

Update: A Maryland State Police investigator just saw an old Columbo and thinks the CEO hired his own assassin in some kind of insurance scam.

What a genius.

Trust the Experts (TM). Trust CNN.

Posted by: Ace at 06:40 PM

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1
If they're not cutting entitlements, they playing games pretending to budget cut.

Posted by: comradearthur at December 06, 2024 06:41 PM (OdNzD)

2 First?

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2024 06:42 PM (QfvaV)

3 I read the content.

I READ THE CONTENT.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2024 06:43 PM (QfvaV)

4 Future NYT Headline:

DOGE Cuts Could Kill Millions of black and brown children

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 06:44 PM (zxTkg)

5 PSA PSA.

These people are twisting my dang arm on AR10.

Complete lower $179.

Complete upper $429.

A whole dang gun for 600 bones.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2024 06:45 PM (QfvaV)

6 How many homicides occured in Chicago last weekend, and do we know who the killers were and where they went? Yes, a brazen hit on a rich dude in NY is big news, but honestly most of us don't care all that much.

I am interested in the whereabouts of our local moose mama and why she hasn't come by today.....

Okay, we don't share priorities.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 06:46 PM (byWhc)

7 If they're not cutting entitlements, they playing games pretending to budget cut.
Posted by: comradearthur at December 06, 2024 06:41 PM (OdNzD)

Entitlements can’t be cut by the executive without congress.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 06:46 PM (zxTkg)

8 Without Congress? Someone say, “Hold my beer.”

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 06, 2024 06:47 PM (QSrLX)

9 Sounds like the backpack was planted so that they'd call off the search for the fed.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 06, 2024 06:47 PM (2NXcZ)

10 I think I will quit my current job and go to work for DOGE. I have way too much common sense to work where I do. Tolerating fools is just too much stress. Firing them might be a stress reliever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 06:47 PM (byWhc)

11 Congress doesn't like anyone touching their things. 😉

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

12 These people are twisting my dang arm on AR10.

Complete lower $179.

Complete upper $429.

A whole dang gun for 600 bones.

Posted by: blaster at December 06, 2024 06:45 PM (QfvaV)
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DON'T DO IT!

Prices will be even lower once Trump is sworn in. Ammo prices are in freefall.

Good things come to those who wait.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

13 11 Congress doesn't like anyone touching their things. 😉
Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 06:49 PM (byWhc)

14 The problem is the pigs at the trough must agree to those budget cuts. Doge will have an easier time recommending regulatory cuts.

Posted by: Ann at December 06, 2024 06:50 PM (4neFu)

15 Take the executive to court? Let’s review asylum court dates that are YEARS from now. Reductions are on the menu.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 06, 2024 06:50 PM (QSrLX)

16 >> Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, however, was skeptical of them relying on the new department to cut costs.

Fuck you, fraud. What have you ever done except talk. Fucking ponce.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 06, 2024 06:51 PM (jlW9t)

17 “When Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20th and that new golden age of America begins, He's going to tell the federal workers of this country who are paid for by your viewers, to get back into the office and do their jobs or find another line of work."
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If they actually do this, they won't need to cut the workforce at all. How many would quit? At least a quarter?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 06:51 PM (Dm8we)

18 If they're not cutting entitlements, they playing games pretending to budget cut.
Posted by: comradearthur at December 06, 2024 06:41 PM (OdNzD)
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Not necessarily. People blame entitlements because overhead is so opaque. What DOGE will do is dig into staffing buildings, vehicle fleets, etc.

Oh, and that staffer is a putz.

We haven't done standard budget order for more than 20 years. It's either omnibus passed at the deadline or CRs passed at the deadline.

Maybe the GOP actually doing its job and going through departments one at a time might find something. You know, like they did in 1995 and created a budget SURPLUS.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (ZOv7s)

19 BREAKING!!!

New York Postr@nypost
‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name

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I'd say she's a nut house 3.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (L/fGl)

20 13. Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: tcn

And that would be Frances if you paid attention.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (NFX2v)

21 The easiest place to start would be to look at actual expenditures for the last, say, 10 years, for each department.

If the money went to an NGO? Cut it.
If the money went overseas? Cut it.
If the money went for an elaborate party at the end of the year to spend it out (The feds object when the recipients of their grants do that BTW)? Cut it.
If the department can't identify what the money went for or where? Cut it.

That alone would probably get every department down to a reasonable budget.

Then you can start getting mean.

Final result goes to Congress to vote on as a proposed budget.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (hB7mE)

22 update (in the post): CNN has on a Maryland State Police investigator who thinks the CEO hired his own assassin.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/
1865167091583574457

it's so stupid.

Posted by: ace at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (KRtlO)

23 Chip Roy can go piss up a rope. He is part of the problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (gGMRM)

24 I think I could help them cut government waste

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (pDRA1)

25 I'd say she's a nut house 3.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (L/fGl)
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Automatic 0. Was a 1, but Never Stick Your Dick in Crazy rule now applies.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (ZOv7s)

26 How many homicides occurred in Chicago last weekend, and do we know who the killers were and where they went? Yes, a brazen hit on a rich dude in NY is big news, but honestly most of us don't care all that much.
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I care more about the latter than the former. I figure half of the former are gang members, who themselves have killed others.

For my money, all the gang members shooting each other is an outcome much to be desired.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 06:54 PM (YqDXo)

27 Every extra dollar spent in the "budget" needs to die. $2 trillion extra spending since the covid bullshit.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at December 06, 2024 06:54 PM (L3Ac9)

28 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 06:55 PM (Zz0t1)

29 New York Postr@nypost
‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
______________

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 06:55 PM (YqDXo)

30 I CAN'T WAIT.

Trump will put more money in my pocket.

Trump will secure the border.

Trump will shrink government.

Trump will make America great again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 06:55 PM (Zz0t1)

31 New York Postr@nypost
‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
______________

Who?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 06:55 PM (YqDXo)

What constellation and galaxy is that star located in?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 06:56 PM (VNX3d)

32 I'm inclined to believe that this project will traverse the standard trajectory of all of the "waste, fraud and abuse" campaigns in the past. It will make for entertaining headlines when some a few particularly egregious federal expenditure is dragged into the sunlight, but things will revert to "business as usual" in no time at all.

I hope I'm wrong, but there are too many rice bowls with powerful owners involved.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 06:56 PM (+myjY)

33 Every agency in the government needs a forensic audit.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)

34 If the money went to an NGO? Cut it.
If the money went overseas? Cut it.
If the money went for an elaborate party at the end of the year to spend it out (The feds object when the recipients of their grants do that BTW)? Cut it.
If the department can't identify what the money went for or where? Cut it.

That alone would probably get every department down to a reasonable budget.

Then you can start getting mean.

Final result goes to Congress to vote on as a proposed budget.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (hB7mE)
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Smoke the Department of Education (hurry, while Jimmy is still sorta alive), the Department of Energy, to name two right off the top of my head.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (YqDXo)

35 I really want DOGE to end the congressional slush fund for rape and debauchery. Then, release the payments and reasons for them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (Zz0t1)

36 Our parent company is UHC.

Our webpage asked us to send our thoughts and prayers to the family.

Imma have to get a prior authorization for that.

Hmmmm. Denied.
He was a total douchebag who took pride in how many dollars in coverage his folks denied paying customers. There's some insider trading bullshit going on too.

It's deep.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (NColS)

37 I don't know how Elon and Swamy can 'unspend' money that has already been appropriated by legislation

got my TABOR check today
$46.44
I can quit my paper route now

Posted by: Don Black at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (/7KEl)

38
“You're either going to go back to work or you're not going to work"

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Thousands of them are in their offices not doing any work anyway, though. I know a slob who's probably working 2 hours a day, playing games and watching porn for 6.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (T3es0)

39 the unchangeable, unreformable government once again protecting its own interests and its phoney-baloney jobs.
.......

Harumph.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (v0R5T)

40 23 Chip Roy can go piss up a rope. He is part of the problem.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (gGMRM)

He was in favor of Paxton’s impeachment. I will always hold that against him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 06:58 PM (W6hoT)

41 New York Postr@nypost
‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
______________

And hollywood strikes again. Another one destroyed by the cesspool that is acting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 06:58 PM (Zz0t1)

42 New York Postr@nypost
‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name

Margaret DuMont > Emma Dumont

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 06:58 PM (+myjY)

43 I'm inclined to believe that this project will traverse the standard trajectory of all of the "waste, fraud and abuse" campaigns in the past. It will make for entertaining headlines when some a few particularly egregious federal expenditure is dragged into the sunlight, but things will revert to "business as usual" in no time at all.

I hope I'm wrong, but there are too many rice bowls with powerful owners involved.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 06:56 PM (+myjY)
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We will go bankrupt with out it. Interest payments now exceed the defense budget. There is no other option.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

44 Huge spending adds were put in place in response to Covid that somehow are still baked in to baseline. Cutting this crap should be super easy, barely an inconvenience. That's probably what Congress is intending on doing, cutting the last layer of fat sitting on top of all the other layers. DOGE needs to cut deeper than these thieves in Congress is willing to give up.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (fs1hN)

45 {{{Ben Had}}}

This is the polite request.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

46 MSM has the sadz that TikTok lost its court case today. Now who will influence teenagers into hating America and loving Hamas?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (zxTkg)

47 Cut government spending?
MediCare for all should do it.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (v0R5T)

48 He was in favor of Paxton’s impeachment. I will always hold that against him.
Posted by: Tom Servo

He must have a bunch of commie staffers. That was insane.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 06, 2024 07:00 PM (IG4Id)

49 He was a total douchebag who took pride in how many dollars in coverage his folks denied paying customers. There's some insider trading bullshit going on too.

It's deep.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 06:57 PM (NColS)
________________

I did not know that. That mitigates my sympathy a great deal.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:00 PM (YqDXo)

50 If we could just FINALLY cut off federal funding to Planned Infanticide I'd call it a win.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:00 PM (+myjY)

51 Simply put, it's a target rich environment to cut waste. The DOD requisition a lobster tank "to improve the diet of their employees." Every year, the US government promotes tourism in Egypt. We're talking well over $100 Million promoting tourism in a foreign country. Alaska gets something like $16 Million to study imitation salmon products. Did you get that? The salmon industry is a prime market in Alaska, but our government pays them to create a niche market contradictive to their prime.

The above was easily documented in about 5 minutes. There are organizations out there that do nothing BUT document government waste. Most of them state that they could all cut over $1 Trillion based on the documentation they currently possess.

Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (dIske)

52 I think DOGE has a good chance to work because its outsiders and we have twitter where obstructionists can and will be exposed. we control the main media form now, not them anymore. it's almost the great equalizer. just look at how much heat Joni Ernst is getting over her reluctance to vote for Pete Hegesth, in real time..

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (EmT/E)

53 Saw the light or felt the heat?

Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
#BREAKING: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announces she does not want the Secretary of Defense role, denies that she's trying to derail Pete Hegseth's confirmation.
.“I don’t h ave a campaign against Pete."
“I am not seeking to be secretary of defense."
'All the rumblings out there are absolutely false. My role as a senator is to make sure that we are putting to bed any rumors, any anony '

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I'm thinking she doesn't want to be the new Liz Cheney.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (L/fGl)

54 MSM has the sadz that TikTok lost its court case today. Now who will influence teenagers into hating America and loving Hamas?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (zxTkg)

How long until ByteDance creates a subsidiary in a suitable country to take over TikTok US?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (VNX3d)

55 All of Congress is powerless without a return to regular order, and specific authorization bills.

Focus on that as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

56 “You're either going to go back to work or you're not going to work"
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Thousands of them are in their offices not doing any work anyway, though. I know a slob who's probably working 2 hours a day, playing games and watching porn for 6.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office
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But if that reporting from yesterday was right, ten times as many are doing that from home, and a good chunk will quit before going back to the office full time.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (Dm8we)

57 Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name

Damn. I'm nearly as confused by that as she/he/it seems to be.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 07:02 PM (mH6SG)

58 Cut government spending?
MediCare for all should do it.
Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 06:59 PM (v0R5T)

The Conservative Case For Free Government-Supplied Medical Care For Everybody

"It will actually save money in the long run!"

Posted by: The Bulwark at December 06, 2024 07:02 PM (+myjY)

59 We will go bankrupt with out it. Interest payments now exceed the defense budget. There is no other option.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
......

There is always Tsar Bomba.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:02 PM (v0R5T)

60 The GOP is going to start with a 217-215 edge in the House. It will take some months to even get up to 220 with the special elections. I really don't expect much out of this.

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 06, 2024 07:02 PM (szMU5)

61 If we could just FINALLY cut off federal funding to Planned Infanticide I'd call it a win.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:00 PM (+myjY)
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And PBS/NPR, and NEA. The government has no business subsidizing communist propaganda or socialist realist "art."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:02 PM (YqDXo)

62

Grace Commission 2 - Economic Boogaloo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2024 07:03 PM (63Dwl)

63 -
I'm thinking she doesn't want to be the new Liz Cheney.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (L/fGl)

I'm also thinking this is the leftist media trying to dictate who are our leadership and prove they're still in charge.

Lies need to be called out as lies immediately. Chuck Schumer says something stupid? CALL HIM OUT for it.

Same with all the other leftist lying sacks of shit. I'm tired of the one way street. The MAGA Republicans need to start calling out the bullshit and calling them out by name. On record.

Censures. They're not just for breakfast anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:03 PM (Zz0t1)

64 I'm thinking she doesn't want to be the new Liz Cheney.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (L/fGl)
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I think you're exactly right. Someone read her the riot act.

Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 07:03 PM (dIske)

65 Every year people crossed industries in the United States feel the pressure of losing jobs. This is especially true for IT and other industries were companies move jobs to offshore or replace domestic workers with lower paid engineers from other countries on h1b.

This is a direct result of actions and inactions from people in the government. It would be great if they actually had to live by the same standards as everybody else and woke up every day wondering if their job was gonna be there. I doubt it would change much but it’s better than nothing.

Posted by: Reality at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (qBoC5)

66 Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
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Wow, now we can all get some sleep.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (YqDXo)

67 it's so stupid.
Posted by: ace at December 06, 2024 06:53 PM (KRtlO)a

"eing out of his depth is Lestrade's normal state"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (D7oie)

68 The above was easily documented in about 5 minutes. There are organizations out there that do nothing BUT document government waste. Most of them state that they could all cut over $1 Trillion based on the documentation they currently possess.
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM (dIske)
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We did this before and it can happen again. The GOP in the 1990s actually not only balanced the budget and ran a surplus, and this was with Clinton in the White House.

Expose the waste, push the Congress to cut it. It's not that difficult.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (ZOv7s)

69 Any attempt to cut budget or spending will be blocked by the usual suspects. No chance. Never.

Why? Because that's where the power is. That's where the patronage comes from. That's where the deals are from.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (RsS92)

70 Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
#BREAKING: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announces she does not want the Secretary of Defense role, denies that she's trying to derail Pete Hegseth's confirmation.
.“I don’t h ave a campaign against Pete."
“I am not seeking to be secretary of defense."
'All the rumblings out there are absolutely false. My role as a senator is to make sure that we are putting to bed any rumors, any anony '

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I'm thinking she doesn't want to be the new Liz Cheney.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:01 PM

She wanted to be SECDEF because that is where the grift is. Two other senators already said they would be happy if she were to get the job. Now that those "endorsements" are out there she is trying to walk them back.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (Rcnd3)

71 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?

Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)

72 "Two people who know nothing about how the government works pretending they can cut a trillion dollars...

Can you imagine being so insulated from reality- you know, that icky stuff outside the Beltway.

Keep waiting for that paycheck. I'm sure the Post Office is just a little late this week.

Posted by: t-bird at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (QrkKu)

73 And that would be Frances if you paid attention.
Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 06:52 PM (NFX2v)

Just quoting the original.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (byWhc)

74 ‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
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Who?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

No, what?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (L/fGl)

75 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)

Exactly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (+myjY)

76 Had no idea who Emma was but she is a pretty woman and won't make a good male.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (pDRA1)

77 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)

I think it's pronounced "doomAHSS." I believe it's French.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (Zz0t1)

78 I think the press is complicit in trying to turn Trumps folks on each other.

No one should believe ANYTHING unless it comes DIRECTLY FROM TRUMP HIMSELF.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 07:06 PM (yYecZ)

79 Any attempt to cut budget or spending will be blocked by the usual suspects. No chance. Never.

Why? Because that's where the power is. That's where the patronage comes from. That's where the deals are from.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (RsS92)
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But for Twitter/X shining a spotlight on the malefactors. I think the country - at least the GOP part of it - is in a primarying mood.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:06 PM (YqDXo)

80 Had no idea who Emma was but she is a pretty woman and won't make a good male.
Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (pDRA1)
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Ellen Page 2.0

Brie Larson has also cut her hair short and looks a lot like Page. Scary resemblance.

Is this some sort of pagan sacrifice?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)

81 Guy has been riding busses for days he's paid the price for his crimes

Posted by: N at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8XibL)

82 I'm open-minded about such things, so let me assure Emma Dumont that she is welcome in my public restroom any time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (+myjY)

83 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)
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Nobody.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (YqDXo)

84 I think it's pronounced "doomAHSS." I believe it's French.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (Zz0t1)

So it rhymes with GASSS???

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (W6hoT)

85 How much government waste could be cut by NOT subsidizing bullshit "studies" that make universities, who already have billions in endowment, that much richer?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (byWhc)

86 A government that has enough money to send 10 agents to raid a guy's house because he has a contraband squirrel has way, way too much money

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (oZhjI)

87 First world problem: a GoolagTube channel I've followed for years, "Casual Navigation", appears to have been sold off by the creator. It used to have nicely animated shorts about random maritime facts created by someone who has actual experience in the area. Sadly, as of today, it's been officially turned into an AI slop trough. RIP.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (DTX3h)

88 ‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
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Who?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

No, what?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (L/fGl)
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Confused.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (YqDXo)

89 I think the press is complicit in trying to turn Trumps folks on each other.

No one should believe ANYTHING unless it comes DIRECTLY FROM TRUMP HIMSELF.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 07:06 PM (yYecZ)

I don't know. I think I'd believe something from a wine press.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (VNX3d)

90 Censures. They're not just for breakfast anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Chuck Schumer is half man, half hearse. He is a true censure.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (D7oie)

91 Had no idea who Emma was but she is a pretty woman and won't make a good male.
Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:05 PM (pDRA1)

I searched her....Images show she's got 18 different faces, depending on makeup style and none of them are really all that pretty.

Her head is shaped like that Winston Porter painting The Scream.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (Zz0t1)

92 Speaking of assassins has anything come out about the second would be Trump assassin? The CIA agent?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (oZhjI)

93 The "this is the way it is and always will be " thinking is going to die. The Abraham Accords out front should told ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (gGMRM)

94
#BREAKING: Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announces she does not want the Secretary of Defense role, denies that she's trying to derail Pete Hegseth's confirmation.

Let's Not Forget That Joni Ernst Loves To Castrate Pigs

https://t.ly/hcLLT

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (63Dwl)

95 "expose the absolute stupidity coming out of this body."

Rawdoggers of absurdity and greed.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (G3lfj)

96 But for Twitter/X shining a spotlight on the malefactors. I think the country - at least the GOP part of it - is in a primarying mood.

If you were Senator Yoont with 45 years in congress worth 18 million dollars and hip deep in hookers and blow from lobbyists, what are you going to bet on: 100+ years of the incumbent winning 90% of the time or next time it will be totally different?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (RsS92)

97 Speaking of Dumont, Mrs. Teasdale may have been a man.

Posted by: Groucho Marx at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (+myjY)

98 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)

Exactly.
Posted by: Cicero

Margaret Dumont's less talented and attractive great-granddaughter?

Posted by: Miklos, with prescription Groucho glasses at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (4I5h5)

99 She wanted to be SECDEF because that is where the grift is. Two other senators already said they would be happy if she were to get the job. Now that those "endorsements" are out there she is trying to walk them back.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (Rcnd3)
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It's like flicking on the kitchen lights to watch the cockroaches scramble for the baseboards.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (YqDXo)

100 If they cut $0.05 it will be the biggest cut in DC spending in my lifetime. Besides, if they don't make some cuts the whole thing will come crashing down sooner rather than later. Our debt load is unattainable and going up faster than one of Elon's rockets.

People have to remember we don't live in the same world we did prior to the Loper Bright decision. The administrative state, the enormous and costly bureaucracy that has been doing much of the actual running of the country for the past 50 years, has been completely neutered.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (LkLld)

101
Brie Larson has also cut her hair short and looks a lot like Page. Scary resemblance.

Is this some sort of pagan sacrifice?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)

Well, when you have no ass, you must find a distraction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (Zz0t1)

102 I don't know. I think I'd believe something from a wine press.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (VNX3d)
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Box wine. The finest.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

103 With $36 trillion in debt, I don’t think most in DC knows how stuff works either. But then again they’ve been doubling down for 30 years with no repercussions so he’s probably right.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (Vh9CX)

104 ‘Oppenheimer’ star Emma Dumont comes out as trans masculine non-binary, changes name
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Who?

Exactly. Probably her agent's idea.

Posted by: t-bird at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (QrkKu)

105 "Two people who know nothing about how the government works pretending they can cut a trillion dollars...
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Two people who know *exactly* how much a trillion dollars is worth...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (BpYfr)

106 With the way Hollywood treats young pretty actresses, is it a wonder why they are now cutting off their breasts and trying to become men?

Unhinged, on both sides of that equation.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (byWhc)

107
But if that reporting from yesterday was right, ten times as many are doing that from home, and a good chunk will quit before going back to the office full time.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

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Good, I'll take that. Next, the interviews with Bob and Bob. "What is it you would say you *do*?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (T3es0)

108 Two people who know nothing about how the government works pretending they can cut a trillion dollars...
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Hoe govt works, the Constitutional stuff like how to pass a bill through Congress, or the extra-Constitutional stuff like payoffs and kickbacks? There is a new sheriff in town, you parasites.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM (fs1hN)

109 Republicans have controlled congress/the presidency about half the time since the year 2000, yet the budget has quadrupled since then.

Odd how that works isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (oZhjI)

110 When they come out with a new gender they should patent it so that when someone else announces, "I'm pan-lasagna- seven-spirit- attack-helicoptor" you can say hol' up "they", that will be fiddy bucks.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (Y6IkP)

111 Chip Roy has a point. Expose something about Congress. More than one thing. Stupidity, and the corrupt practice of getting funds appropriated to parties that kick-back some of the money to the campaigns of the responsible Representatives and Senators. Corporations, colleges, small business and community organizing front operations in Blue Sh!tholes, NGOs, etc.

DOGE can cut waste and corruption monies.

Posted by: Gref at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (aBgBM)

112 Emma, we hardly knew ye.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (mH6SG)

113 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record

Paddington Bear Arrested For Telling Muslim Immigrants To Be More Polite

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (VNX3d)

114 unsustainable

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:11 PM (LkLld)

115 People have to remember we don't live in the same world we did prior to the Loper Bright decision. The administrative state, the enormous and costly bureaucracy that has been doing much of the actual running of the country for the past 50 years, has been completely neutered.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (LkLld)
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Trump does not need congressional approval to impose hiring freezes on executive departments. No president had the desire to do that, but he does.

That, and ending telework, is going to result in massive payroll cuts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:12 PM (ZOv7s)

116 Remember when all the RINOs like Boehner and Ryan used to claim they were balancing the budget by promising they were going to cut hundreds of millions in 'fraud, waste and abuse', and then never did it?

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 06, 2024 07:12 PM (setIA)

117
Troy Nehls (TX-22) is my man. He's been a Trump supporters since his first run in 2020, where he was outspent 6:1 in the primary and won by 70-30 in the runoff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:12 PM (dxSpM)

118 Expose something about Congress. More than one thing.

Secret taxpayer funded sexual assault payoffs

Posted by: Miklos, Idea Guy at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (4I5h5)

119 Speaking of assassins has anything come out about the second would be Trump assassin? The CIA agent?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:08 PM (oZhjI)

He had pretty tight abs for someone who is supposed to be a half crazed roofer with a good patter.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (D7oie)

120 535 people over the course of 50 years have brought this Country to financial ruin. Fuck them all.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (gGMRM)

121
Margaret Dumont >>>> Emma Dumont

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (dxSpM)

122 Expose something about Congress. More than one thing.

Secret taxpayer funded sexual assault payoffs
Posted by: Miklos, Idea Guy at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (4I5h5)

How many current members are on the Epstein lists?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (VNX3d)

123 Ya know, a government made up of honorably discharged veterans, after a long period of service (ala Starship Troopers) would be an improvement over what we have now.

Discuss.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (u82oZ)

124
Secret taxpayer funded sexual assault payoffs
Posted by: Miklos, Idea Guy at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (4I5h5)

I mentioned that up thread.

You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (Zz0t1)

125 Margaret Dumont >>>> Emma Dumont
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (dxSpM)

To be fair,

My Left Nut >>>> Emma Dumont

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:15 PM (Zz0t1)

126 Ya know, a government made up of honorably discharged veterans, after a long period of service (ala Starship Troopers) would be an improvement over what we have now.

I'd like to see Heinlein's idea of moral instructors solely recruited from soldiers that have seen combat for High School implemented.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:15 PM (oZhjI)

127 I guess if you search for someone the best picture will show up. One I saw of Emma she looked nice

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:16 PM (pDRA1)

128 If they cut $0.05 it will be the biggest cut in DC spending in my lifetime. Besides, if they don't make some cuts the whole thing will come crashing down sooner rather than later. Our debt load is unattainable and going up faster than one of Elon's rockets.

Yeah. I'll cheer and rejoice and thank God if they do actually cut spending, not just the increase this year but I have zero confidence.

Brie Larson has also cut her hair short and looks a lot like Page. Scary resemblance.

Yeah its not a good look for her. Short hair works on some girls, but not her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:16 PM (RsS92)

129 "Good afternoon, I sell accident insurance on husbands... you got one that's been around too long? One you'd like to turn into a little hard cash?"

Posted by: Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity at December 06, 2024 07:16 PM (Aqu9a)

130 You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.

New York arrested Trump for paying off a blackmail case. Seems every single congress cretin from NYC that has had such a case paid off violated the same "law"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:16 PM (oZhjI)

131 Gee I hope Z-Dog gets his paychecks.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:17 PM (v0R5T)

132 120 535 people over the course of 50 years have brought this Country to financial ruin. Fuck them all.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:13 PM (gGMRM)

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It’s been pretty good for them. The top 5 richest counties in the USA surround DC.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 06, 2024 07:17 PM (Vh9CX)

133 One thing about Musk that can't be discounted is his Asperger's Syndrome. One of the symptoms is an absolute fixation on something. And, if he's fixated on cutting government waste, I wouldn't recommend getting in his way.

Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (dIske)

134
Just heard some Democrat backbencher talking about what a Big Dummy Elon is. He doesn't know anything, just a retard.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (w6EFb)

135 I mentioned that up thread.

You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.
Posted by: Sponge

I nominate Sponge to be DOGE's FIRST hire!

Posted by: Miklos, endorsing that and moar Bourbon at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (4I5h5)

136 If you’re a manager and can’t properly allocate and track work for remote workers you suck as a manager. I work for a company 2 states away. I manage a group of 10 people. A few are on-site the majority are remote. The ones on-site work from home most of the time as well. We’re all over the country, different time zones, etc.

It works fine. I’ve told my subordinates I don’t care if you live on mars. Make sure you have good WiFi. That’s all I care about.

As far as goofing off goes, there is none. In the sense that I have work that needs to be done every week or every two weeks. If it’s not done then I ask questions. Which is very rare. If you want to play video games in the morning, whatever. As long as the work I’ve assigned is done. Wanna do the work at 9pm who gives a shit?

As long as everyone shows up for meetings and gets the work done on time and in good order, it’s all that matters. Who cares if they do it in a cube next to their co-workers or at home Wearing pajamas?

If you can’t trust your employees then you either have the wrong employees or the company culture needs changing.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (zxTkg)

137 With $36 trillion in debt, I don’t think most in DC knows how stuff works either. But then again they’ve been doubling down for 30 years with no repercussions so he’s probably right.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 06, 2024 07:10 PM

When your money is literally the entire worlds reserve currency and the majority of international transactions are conducted in US dollars, you can pretty much do anything you want to do up to a point.

And I would argue that point is rapidly heading straight for us at ludicrous speed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (Rcnd3)

138 >>> Update: A Maryland State Police investigator just saw an old Columbo and thinks the CEO hired his own assassin in some kind of insurance scam.

Plot twist: His own health care company denied his own health insurance claim, for cancer or a weird disease. Hires his own assassin to kill him so family gets the insurance scam.

Or... common sense says no.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (wcIbG)

139 I mentioned that up thread.

You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.
Posted by: Sponge

I nominate Sponge to be DOGE's FIRST hire!
Posted by: Miklos, endorsing that and moar Bourbon at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (4I5h5)

Seconded!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (VNX3d)

140
In DC, a smaller spending increase is considered a cut. Usually accompanied by "savage" or "Draconian".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (dxSpM)

141 Margaret Dumont >>>> Emma Dumont
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (dxSpM)

To be fair,

My Left Nut >>>> Emma Dumont
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Oh sure, Lefty always gets all the attention and mentions. Never me. Always the understudy, that's me, never the lead. It's simply not fair, I tells ya.

Posted by: Right Nut at December 06, 2024 07:20 PM (Aqu9a)

142
I nominate Sponge to be DOGE's FIRST hire!
Posted by: Miklos, endorsing that and moar Bourbon at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (4I5h5)

I thought about applying, but they said they wanted genius level intelligence to work for free.

F*CK that.

Besides. I don't qualify by ANY stretch of the immagination.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:20 PM (Zz0t1)

143 You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......

There must be a thousand things like this that can be kiboshed. Musk and Ramasalami need to torch the place.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:20 PM (v0R5T)

144 Oh sure, Lefty always gets all the attention and mentions. Never me. Always the understudy, that's me, never the lead. It's simply not fair, I tells ya.
Posted by: Right Nut at December 06, 2024 07:20 PM (Aqu9a)

SUCK IT UP. It's cold outside.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (Zz0t1)

145 It’s been pretty good for them. The top 5 richest counties in the USA surround DC.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

My goal is to see residential real estate prices in the greater DC area on a par with Detroit.

Posted by: Miklos, endorsing this too at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (4I5h5)

146 Hard to believe that we ran a surplus just 25 years ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (Dm8we)

147 If you can’t trust your employees then you either have the wrong employees or the company culture needs changing.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Government employees don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. They should be watched 24/7 and punished for the slightest infraction or fraud. No quarter.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (IG4Id)

148 However, I DO appreciate your support.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (Zz0t1)

149 Who the hell is Emma Dumont?
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (oaGWv)

Exactly.
Posted by: Cicero

right?? wtf ?

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:21 PM (QTCRF)

150 I’d be happy with just a 0% increase in spending during the next 4 years. That would amount to a 10-15% cut adjusted for inflation.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:22 PM (zxTkg)

151 To be fair,

My Left Nut >>>> Emma Dumont
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Oh sure, Lefty always gets all the attention and mentions. Never me. Always the understudy, that's me, never the lead. It's simply not fair, I tells ya.
Posted by: Right Nut at December 06, 2024 07:20 PM (Aqu9a)

Remember, righty tighty, lefty loosy. The left one's more likely to get lost.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:22 PM (VNX3d)

152
Remember, righty tighty, lefty loosy. The left one's more likely to get lost.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:22 PM (VNX3d)

And lefty usually hangs lower, so you just KNOW he's up to nefarious doings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (Zz0t1)

153 If you were Senator Yoont with 45 years in congress worth 18 million dollars and hip deep in hookers and blow from lobbyists, what are you going to bet on: 100+ years of the incumbent winning 90% of the time or next time it will be totally different?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:09 PM (RsS92)
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Things always stay the same, until they don't.

And now there are two words that will turn Senator Yoont's bowels to water:

Elon Musk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (YqDXo)

154

I've been looking at funny Christmas shirts on Amazon.

Here's one for Kumala: Nothing For You Whore.

..........

I thought this one is hilarious:

Ring my bells and I'll give you a white Christmas.

Posted by: four seasons at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (3ek7K)

155 I think most of govt waste is in NGOs and The Pentagon and its military contracts (we are talking about trillions over a number of years).

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (QTCRF)

156 >> Hard to believe that we ran a surplus just 25 years ago.

Oh, I remember that. There were projections that federal debt would be down to near zero by 2010 or so. Greenspan (spit) was worried there wouldn't be any outstanding Ts to do monetary policy with, and they were looking at options to deal with zero govt. debt.

One has to laugh out loud at that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (w6EFb)

157
Plot twist: His own health care company denied his own health insurance claim, for cancer or a weird disease. Hires his own assassin to kill him so family gets the insurance scam.

Or... common sense says no.
Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (wcIbG)

His family would still get the life insurance money if he dies a natural death.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (zxTkg)

158 So here's one big clue for DOGE, if employees are sitting at home, maybe half way across the country, why are they being paid the locality pay attached to their "station?"

Locality pay was designed to draw employment to an expensive area to work, commute, live. AFGE recently wrote, "The GS locality boundaries are drawn according to commuting rates, which is the proper way to define local labor markets. "

However, blue collar feds - yes, many veterans in the past - have been shafted in pay but it could change.

'15,000 Blue Collar Workers to Get Raise Thanks to AFGE’s Success in Merging Locality Pay Maps, October 07, 2024'

Give them the raises for going to the job & working, take the locality pay from everyone "working from home." Period. And stop letting the ones at home earn additional "comp" time (24 hours at full pay) on the books, too.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (NFX2v)

159 Make them publicly fight to keep the graft. Expose them for the crooks they are and make tar and feathers great again.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (v0R5T)

160 And lefty usually hangs lower, so you just KNOW he's up to nefarious doings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (Zz0t1)

righty-tighty; lefty-loosey

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 07:24 PM (D7oie)

161 Margaret DuMont > Emma Dumont
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 06:58 PM (+myjY)

She made classy TV sets:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhx9c3v

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 07:24 PM (A3oMr)

162 There is a study after study (that gets buried) that exposes Pentagon's hundred billion dollar waste. I am guessing most of it wasted on contractors.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:25 PM (QTCRF)

163 The Pentagon and its military contracts (we are talking about trillions over a number of years).
Posted by: runner

Noam Chomsky and his Missus got quite comfortably rich from DoD contracts.

Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at December 06, 2024 07:25 PM (4I5h5)

164 >>If you’re a manager and can’t properly allocate and track work for remote workers you suck as a manager. I work for a company 2 states away. I manage a group of 10 people. A few are on-site the majority are remote. The ones on-site work from home most of the time as well. We’re all over the country, different time zones, etc.

I've been working remote for 30 years. Very remote.

But my companies also haven't been paying for extravagant office space for me all that time either. We have enormous buildings in DC designed for thousands of workers and they have occupancy rates in the single digits. Sell the buildings and tear up leases.

DC bureaucrats spend money like drunken sailors because nobody ever tells them no. I went to EX-IM Bank meeting in DC a number of years ago. Thing was held in a very swanky hotel and the catering bill must have been 6 figures. These happen all over DC every day by agencies most of us have never heard of. Cancel that shit too.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:26 PM (LkLld)

165 Hard to believe that we ran a surplus just 25 years ago.

Oh, I remember that. There were projections that federal debt would be down to near zero by 2010 or so. Greenspan (spit) was worried there wouldn't be any outstanding Ts to do monetary policy with, and they were looking at options to deal with zero govt. debt.

One has to laugh out loud at that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM

I remember reading articles about how it was bad to not have any national debt. It would negatively affect the value of the US dollar world wide and cause all sorts of inflation f we didn't have any debt.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 06, 2024 07:26 PM (Rcnd3)

166 140
In DC, a smaller spending increase is considered a cut. Usually accompanied by "savage" or "Draconian".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (dxSpM)

Accompanied by, "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"

Posted by: Gref at December 06, 2024 07:26 PM (aBgBM)

167 Noam Chomsky and his Missus got quite comfortably rich from DoD contracts.
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at December 06, 2024 07:25 PM (4I5h5)

well, when the uber libertarian is helping the CIA develop mind control, I guess the money just pours in.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 07:27 PM (D7oie)

168 I’d be happy with just a 0% increase in spending during the next 4 years. That would amount to a 10-15% cut adjusted for inflation.

That's how the Contract With America congress did it. They just didn't increase spending. Wiped out the debt very quickly. Bill Clinton fought really hard to spend more but finally gave up then took credit for it.

Make them publicly fight to keep the graft. Expose them for the crooks

Sure, great idea but how? THEY control the process, THEY control what gets discussed and released, THEY handle what bills get voted on and THEY vote on the bills.

Will having Elon Musk help promote primary opponents help? Yes. But I doubt it will change any minds until they lose to new guys. If they lose to new guys. DOGE is a commission, they have no teeth.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:27 PM (RsS92)

169 'bring something to budget/efficiency that we rarely see: excitement and public interest.'

I'll be both excited and interested if the end result buttfucks democrat FSA members.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 06, 2024 07:28 PM (3wi/L)

170 One has to laugh out loud at that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

If you were married to Andrea Mitchell, laughs would be few and far between.

Posted by: Alan Greenspan as told to Miklos at December 06, 2024 07:28 PM (4I5h5)

171 "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"
________________

Sounds good. I'm sold.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:28 PM (YqDXo)

172 "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"

obligatory: https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (RsS92)

173 >>> His family would still get the life insurance money if he dies a natural death.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:23 PM (zxTkg)

The writer in me is trying to find an angle where hiring his own killer makes sense, and it would be ironic if it tied to health care. But you're right. Sorry, I think my brain's checked out for the day.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (wcIbG)

174 There was a study done during Trump's 1st term, showing the Pentagon having over a million that is 1, 000, 000 people working desk jobs. With 1.3M, that is 1, 300, 000 ACTIVE DUTY personnel. See what I mean ? Probably got 1000 times worse under bidet. Quarter billion , that is BILLION was spent by Pentagon on overhead and ops. Look there DOGE.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (QTCRF)

175 The largest employer in the world is $35 trillion in debt.
My prediction: PAIN

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (v0R5T)

176 There is a study after study (that gets buried) that exposes Pentagon's hundred billion dollar waste. I am guessing most of it wasted on contractors.
Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:25 PM (QTCRF)
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It's an open joke in the active military that you do your 20, retire, then get hired as a contractor to do the work you should have been doing, and - known all the ins and outs - get statements of work that require no actual work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

177 We have enormous buildings in DC designed for thousands of workers and they have occupancy rates in the single digits. Sell the buildings and tear up leases.

—

Agreed.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (zxTkg)

178 In DC, a smaller spending increase is considered a cut. Usually accompanied by "savage" or "Draconian".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:19 PM (dxSpM)

Accompanied by, "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"
Posted by: Gref at December 06, 2024 07:26 PM (aBgBM)

Again. Hit the nearest microphone or camera. Bring receipts. SHOW how much they lie, cheat and deceive. It's PAST high time the public really understood how corrupt and thieving the left and government overall really is.

We need to be done with the bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:30 PM (Zz0t1)

179 "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"

obligatory: https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (RsS92)

Ah, I was hoping for John Belushi's begging act to Carrie Fisher in the Blues Brothers. That wasn't quite as bad as Admiral Ackbar.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:30 PM (VNX3d)

180 BTW, federal locality pay is factored into pensions and just about all the feds are now under FERS which has a pension component.

Losing that certainly changes the numbers even through they still get SS and Thrift Savings once they're vested.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:30 PM (NFX2v)

181
In DC, a smaller spending increase is considered a cut. Usually accompanied by "savage" or "Draconian".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sam Donaldson once said "if it doesn't meet the need then it's a cut."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2024 07:31 PM (63Dwl)

182 So this has been a fabulous week for private security firms.

CEOs will hire firms to keep them safe, and we're more and more like mexico.

Kops fumble and bumble and take bribes and work for the cartels, but if you have money, your security can shoot and kill anybody they want.

Don't you dare choke out a maniac on the subway though.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:31 PM (lH8E4)

183 Sure, great idea but how? THEY control the process, THEY control what gets discussed and released, THEY handle what bills get voted on and THEY vote on the bills.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:27 PM (RsS92)
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Trump can go on Rogan and list all the waste that is in the budget, and the bills, and then give out the office numbers of the squshes.

The rules have changed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

184 We have enormous buildings in DC designed for thousands of workers and they have occupancy rates in the single digits. Sell the buildings and tear up leases.

The FBI building should be imploded. Willing to take the loss.

Posted by: Miklos would like to hit that plunger at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (4I5h5)

185 Noam Chomsky and his Missus got quite comfortably rich from DoD contracts.
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at December 06, 2024 07:25 PM (4I5h5)

many, many people did

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (QTCRF)

186 ]
obligatory: https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (RsS92)

forgot about that one. IT's good. And spot on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (Zz0t1)

187 I'll be both excited and interested if the end result buttfucks democrat FSA members.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 06, 2024 07:28 PM (3wi/L)
_________________

My modest proposal: place a limit on how long a person can get welfare in his lifetime. Make it a total of, say, five years. Time enough to bounce back from a setback, but not long enough to get habituated to it. After that either cut off welfare entirely, or at least reduce the sum by 20% a year (no COLA) until it is gone.

The message: get off your ass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (YqDXo)

188 "if you cut this, children will go hungry, old people will freeze to death, history will be erased, minorities will never get jobs, dogs and cats will live together, and MOAR!!!!"

obligatory: https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (RsS92)

Ah, I was hoping for John Belushi's begging act to Carrie Fisher in the Blues Brothers. That wasn't quite as bad as Admiral Ackbar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:30 PM (VNX3d)

I thought it would be a clip of me inquiring about the status of workhouses.

Posted by: Ebenezer Scrooge at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (Aqu9a)

189 Sure, great idea but how? THEY control the process, THEY control what gets discussed and released, THEY handle what bills get voted on and THEY vote on the bills.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:27 PM (RsS92)
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Trump can go on Rogan and list all the waste that is in the budget, and the bills, and then give out the office numbers of the squshes.

The rules have changed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

He could get Barron to help set up Fireside chats, to present the information to everyone. When necessary, perhaps Barron could fill in.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (VNX3d)

190 A mother once gave birth to a fag. New it right away. Said his shit was all retarded.

Declared from that day forward, any such being should be named Noam Chomsky.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (Zz0t1)

191 many, many people did
Posted by: runner

Who you lookin' at?

Posted by: Stefan Halper at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (4I5h5)

192 So this has been a fabulous week for private security firms.

CEOs will hire firms to keep them safe, and we're more and more like mexico.

Kops fumble and bumble and take bribes and work for the cartels, but if you have money, your security can shoot and kill anybody they want.

Don't you dare choke out a maniac on the subway though.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:31 PM (lH8E4)
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Or, you know, leave hopelessly corrupt, high-rent, high-tax cities.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (ZOv7s)

193 There is a study after study (that gets buried) that exposes Pentagon's hundred billion dollar waste.

I suspect a non-trivial percentage of that waste is intentional to pay for off books operations.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (oZhjI)

194
Sam Donaldson once said "if it doesn't meet the need then it's a cut."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2024 07:31 PM (63Dwl)

________

The bureaucracy needs to increase to meet the increasing needs of the bureaucracy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:34 PM (dxSpM)

195 It does not take 30 years to build a fighter. If it takes this long, it better fkng work like nothing before.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:34 PM (QTCRF)

196 2 things should incentive a work ethic . Starvation or jail

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:34 PM (gGMRM)

197 He could get Barron to help set up Fireside chats, to present the information to everyone. When necessary, perhaps Barron could fill in.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (VNX3d)
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Do people not remember Reagan doing this? National addresses to the country in prime time. Yeah, the networks argued afterwards, but he was able to straight to the people and deliver amazing speeches.

Podcasts are just like that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

198 The largest employer in the world is $35 trillion in debt.
My prediction: PAIN
Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (v0R5T)

Nobody really believes that. It's not real money. It's like being the banker in Monopoly, you can hand out all the cash in the bank, then pretend there's more money by writing it down on a piece of paper, and saying "this is how much money you'd have, if we could only print more bills."

Except the U.S. of A. can print more bills. So on we go, playing AnarcoMonopoly.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:35 PM (lH8E4)

199 It does not take 30 years to build a fighter. If it takes this long, it better fkng work like nothing before.

One of the takeaways of the Uke war is that you can do a lot of things cheaply and keep your economy out of danger. Or you can be the US and piss money away that you can't afford.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:35 PM (oZhjI)

200 >>The FBI building should be imploded. Willing to take the loss.

I saw an interview with Kash Patel a few months ago and he asked what he would do if he was the FBI Director and he said one of the first things he would do is kick all FBI personnel out of the building, send most out to the states to do actual field work and keep a skeleton crew in DC. And he would turn the building into a museum for tourists.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:35 PM (LkLld)

201 A mother once gave birth to a fag. New it right away. Said his shit was all retarded.

Declared from that day forward, any such being should be named Noam Chomsky.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.....

Was that before or after she dropped him on his head?

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:35 PM (v0R5T)

202 He could get Barron to help set up Fireside chats, to present the information to everyone. When necessary, perhaps Barron could fill in.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (VNX3d)

A better idea. Do the presentations online, but as some of the old commercials.

Next up, we have the Congressional Slush Fund. In 2025, $16B was allocated. For 2026, we're offering it to the US people for $1B. Call us crazy, but we can do it!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (VNX3d)

203 Starvation or jail
Posted by: Ben Had

Quail in jail?

Hmmmmm

Posted by: Miklos asks to do weekends once a month at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (4I5h5)

204 There is a lot of stuff done on the federal level that isn't secure, unless done in a secure, locked down building. I don't care if Jane Doe, IRS worker has the most secure VPN on the planet, and her home office is more locked up than Fort Knox. I don't trust her rifling through my files on her home computer setup.

Between that and the routers set up in people's bathrooms, I shudder to think how much of our personal info the feds have leaked.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (wcIbG)

205 Except the U.S. of A. can print more bills. So on we go, playing AnarcoMonopoly.

But every new Bidenbuck printed lowers the value of every other Bidenbuck in the world...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (oZhjI)

206
It does not take 30 years to build a fighter.

________

Time to produce the first P-80 Shooting Star: 143 days.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (dxSpM)

207 Or, you know, leave hopelessly corrupt, high-rent, high-tax cities.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:33 PM (ZOv7s)

The CEOs aren't going anywhere. It's not just The Big Apple, it's THEIR Big Apple.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (lH8E4)

208 I found this hilarious:

Stellantis Gets 7.5 Billion Dollar Loan, Then Elon Musk Says It's Cancelled By DOGE

Stellantis getting a $7.5 billion loan to build a factory with Samsung for batteries only for Elon Musk to say DOGE will cut that loan as its first order of business on inauguration day.

https://bit.ly/4gqbYxF

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (P5BPp)

209 My modest proposal: place a limit on how long a person can get welfare in his lifetime. Make it a total of, say, five years. Time enough to bounce back from a setback, but not long enough to get habituated to it. After that either cut off welfare entirely, or at least reduce the sum by 20% a year (no COLA) until it is gone.

The message: get off your ass.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
__________

Some states tried to add a work requirement for Medicaid benefits under Trump. Got approved by HHS through the administrative process, then thrown out by DC district judge Boasberg, which may be a familiar name for other reasons.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (Dm8we)

210 obligatory: https://youtu.be/eXWhbUUE4ko
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (RsS92)

But, it's shit like that. A dem comes out and says R's want to kill Americans with a bill? CALL THEM OUT. CALL them bullshit liars. Let the WORLD know how full of shit they are.

For too long, the left has been getting away with this shit. It needs to be addressed. In the most damaging way possible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (Zz0t1)

211 2 things should incentive a work ethic . Starvation or jail

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:34 PM (gGMRM)
________________

Yep. And sweat the "disability" dodge hard. Make those applying for it who are not obviously disabled get examined by two government doctors, not the doctor of their choice, and limit the two government doctors on how many disability payments they can approve.

Didn't get it this year? Try again next year. Or get a job.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (YqDXo)

212 "What I told them is, their best role is to expose the absolute stupidity coming out of this body."

You mean what John McCain and his "pork" reports did 30 years ago? Good job, Roy -- way to go. But it underscores the parochialism and territorial imperatives of these political bodies no matter the party. The GOP has to pretend to be open to DOGE, like they pretend to want to do almost anything of importance but never really do it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (ZlOcj)

213 Miklos, ready for a repeat? A bird on the grill is worth .....

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (gGMRM)

214 Time to produce the first P-80 Shooting Star: 143 days.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (dxSpM)

those were the days

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (QTCRF)

215 Way way back, the R's with the contract for America? cut a bit of spending. I went to a workshop where various agencies who had buoys were trying to coordinate instruments because there was no longer free money for all the various groups to buy separate buoys for their research in the same areas.

And I think I have read that there are like 10 different outfits doing 'jobs training'. So yeah I'm sure a trillion could be cut just by going "hey you subagency A and subagency B, you're both doing the same thing. One of you is gone, convince us which of you should remain"

Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (UKUm3)

216 I saw an interview with Kash Patel a few months ago and he asked what he would do if he was the FBI Director and he said one of the first things he would do is kick all FBI personnel out of the building, send most out to the states to do actual field work and keep a skeleton crew in DC. And he would turn the building into a museum for tourists.
Posted by: JackStraw

Can we shit in the hallways?

Posted by: a tourist at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (v0R5T)

217 Except the U.S. of A. can print more bills. So on we go, playing AnarcoMonopoly.

But every new Bidenbuck printed lowers the value of every other Bidenbuck in the world...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (oZhjI)

Debase. Devalue. Destroy.

Posted by: Survivor Money at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (Aqu9a)

218 The writer in me is trying to find an angle where hiring his own killer makes sense, and it would be ironic if it tied to health care. But you're right. Sorry, I think my brain's checked out for the day.
Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:29 PM (wcIbG)

Maybe a recent life insurance policy that won't pay out on suicide, and pays lower on death from a pre-existing condition, but pays double if the insured is murdered? That might give a motive for hiring one's own killer, to ensure family got the biggest payout.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (A3oMr)

219 Biden just gave Angola $1 billion to build a choo choo to haul Chinese cobalt from the mines but there's no money that can be cut.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (LkLld)

220 The CEOs aren't going anywhere. It's not just The Big Apple, it's THEIR Big Apple.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (lH8E4)
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Well then, they got what they wanted and I'm happy for them.

I see no problem here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (ZOv7s)

221 Way way back, the R's with the contract for America? cut a bit of spending. I went to a workshop where various agencies who had buoys were trying to coordinate instruments because there was no longer free money for all the various groups to buy separate buoys for their research in the same areas.

And I think I have read that there are like 10 different outfits doing 'jobs training'. So yeah I'm sure a trillion could be cut just by going "hey you subagency A and subagency B, you're both doing the same thing. One of you is gone, convince us which of you should remain"
Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (UKUm3)

The winner has to convince us not to cut you as well.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (VNX3d)

222 Look up "the importance of stakeholders to federal government."

The agencies get to rely on them and the great majority have absolutely no reason to be involved other than to 'stir the pot' regarding projects, fundings, etc.

Scale that nonsense way down.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (NFX2v)

223 A better idea. Do the presentations online, but as some of the old commercials.

Next up, we have the Congressional Slush Fund. In 2025, $16B was allocated. For 2026, we're offering it to the US people for $1B. Call us crazy, but we can do it!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (VNX3d)
_________________

And put the numbers/graphs on the web, announcing the "Cut of the Week," show people where and what we're cutting, and how much.

It could become quite a viral phenomenon to check in every week to see.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (YqDXo)

224 Maybe a recent life insurance policy that won't pay out on suicide, and pays lower on death from a pre-existing condition, but pays double if the insured is murdered? That might give a motive for hiring one's own killer, to ensure family got the biggest payout.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 07:38 PM (A3oMr)
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Double indemnity, you say?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (ZOv7s)

225 But every new Bidenbuck printed lowers the value of every other Bidenbuck in the world...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (oZhjI)

They control when the spigot opens, when it closes, and how much they let trickle out.

Don't worry, the Oligarchs will be just fine, regardless.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (lH8E4)

226 And he would turn the building into a museum for tourists.
Posted by: JackStraw

The National J6 Museum and Memorial.

With actual FBI and DOJ critters in authentic cells and stocks.

Free rotten fruit for the kids.

Educational, like.

Posted by: Miklos has additional ideas at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (4I5h5)

227 My modest proposal: place a limit on how long a person can get welfare in his lifetime. Make it a total of, say, five years. Time enough to bounce back from a setback, but not long enough to get habituated to it. After that either cut off welfare entirely, or at least reduce the sum by 20% a year (no COLA) until it is gone.

—

Thy was a thing, passed in the 90s by Newt’s congress.

Obama got rid of it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:40 PM (zxTkg)

228 I thought about applying, but they said they wanted genius level intelligence to work for free.

I can understand the "working for free"... kind of. On the one hand, you don't want to give people incentive to draw out the job just to continue to be paid.

On the other hand... a worker is worth paying.

As far as the genius-level intelligence, are they trying to select for mathematical autists or are they planning on also taking people who have some capability at basic life skills?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 06, 2024 07:40 PM (hB7mE)

229 Senior Republican aide on DOGE

“Two people who know nothing about how the government works...

"Ha! He thinks he can build a rocket! We're the government!"

Posted by: NASA at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (eST6G)

230 But, it's shit like that. A dem comes out and says R's want to kill Americans with a bill? CALL THEM OUT. CALL them bullshit liars. Let the WORLD know how full of shit they are.

The Republicans do say that. And nobody hears them. They can say it as loud and often as they want, but nobody hears it. Its reactive for one thing (you gotta lead, not respond) but the left controls the media, the establishment, the education system etc.

I hope that Trump has shown a better way to the GOP, but change is hard to get through a politician's skull.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (RsS92)

231
Obama got rid of it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:40 PM (zxTkg)

Votes: Bought

"I ain't gotta pay my mortgage no more! I ain't gotta pay for GAS no more!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (Zz0t1)

232 Stellantis Gets 7.5 Billion Dollar Loan
......

From Biden admin.? Cool. That's the kind you never pay back.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (v0R5T)

233 “Two people who know nothing about how the government works...

Two people who know far better than you how it doesn't work.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (ZlOcj)

234 Miklos, ready for a repeat? A bird on the grill is worth .....
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you-for now, I think there are still a brace or so around (despite our best efforts).

Posted by: Miklos thanks and recalls with Pleasure at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (4I5h5)

235 You have a sexual assault or inappropriate conduct payoff? PAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF. That's not the TAXPAYER'S JOB, you f*cking assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:14 PM (Zz0t1)

Number One line in your job description: KEEP IT IN YOUR DAMNED PANTS.

If you can't do that, get off the payroll.

Now, about that vacation you requested....

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (byWhc)

236 A better idea. Do the presentations online, but as some of the old commercials.

Next up, we have the Congressional Slush Fund. In 2025, $16B was allocated. For 2026, we're offering it to the US people for $1B. Call us crazy, but we can do it!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (VNX3d)
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And put the numbers/graphs on the web, announcing the "Cut of the Week," show people where and what we're cutting, and how much.

It could become quite a viral phenomenon to check in every week to see.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (YqDXo)

Add a voting mechanism. Your choices for my example:

1. Cut it to $1,000,000,000
2. Cut it to $500,000,000
3. Cut it to $0

The winning choice is the new budget number. Get people interested in cutting things out of the budget.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (VNX3d)

237 Its reactive for one thing (you gotta lead, not respond) but the left controls the media, the establishment, the education system etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (RsS92)
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The University of Michigan, liberal bastion, just rejected diversity statements. Joe Rogan has more reach than all the networks COMBINED.

We are in a new era. Be ready. Be bold.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:43 PM (ZOv7s)

238 The bureaucracy needs to increase to meet the increasing needs of the bureaucracy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:34 PM

Senatus Populusque Que Romanus.

For the Senate and People of Rome.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 06, 2024 07:43 PM (Rcnd3)

239 >>> Some states tried to add a work requirement for Medicaid benefits under Trump. Got approved by HHS through the administrative process, then thrown out by DC district judge Boasberg, which may be a familiar name for other reasons.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (Dm8we)

Switzerland does this. Want welfare? Fine, you sweep streets, here's a broom.

I have an idea...welfare recipients can go and do all the menial jobs that illegal immigrants were supposedly doing, that the left says Americans just won't do. Well, if they are on welfare they can!

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (wcIbG)

240 It’s funny that cucks like that think it’s an insult to Elon that he knows nothing about governemnt. That’s the point. People who “know about government” have led us to a $30 trillion debt. We need people who don’t know about government to save us from the government.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (zxTkg)

241 136
Make sure you have good WiFi. That’s all I care about.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:18 PM (zxTkg)
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Did you mean Internet connectivity instead of WiFi?

Posted by: Ciampino - thw electron waves at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (i0xsb)

242 Some states tried to add a work requirement for Medicaid benefits under Trump. Got approved by HHS through the administrative process, then thrown out by DC district judge Boasberg, which may be a familiar name for other reasons.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (Dm8we)
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Lemme guess: it was racist?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (YqDXo)

243 Double indemnity, you say?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (ZOv7s)

I believe such policies actually existed. Still do? Hollywood didn't make it up out of whole cloth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (A3oMr)

244 “Two people who know nothing about how the government works...

Two people who know far better than you how it doesn't work.
Posted by: Ordinary American
......

The government doesn't work.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (v0R5T)

245 Poor First Lady. Started the next round of chemo yesterday. I guess, no where near as much steroids to go with it, so she was tired today. Went shopping for a bit and wore herself out. Tried to put the fall/Thanksgiving decorations away and had to stop after a few minutes.

This is really kicking her ass. I hate every minute of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (Zz0t1)

246 I'd work for free for about 2 months for revenge. But that's probably because I'm mostly Irish.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:45 PM (NFX2v)

247 If Biden is still away, it would be funny if the Republicans in congress dressed in orange muumuus (female) or yellow muumuus with those round hats (male), and see if Biden thinks he's still in Africa.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:45 PM (VNX3d)

248 ----
Did you mean Internet connectivity instead of WiFi?
Posted by: Ciampino - thw electron waves at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (i0xsb)

Touché

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (zxTkg)

249 Just a reminder: legislative staffers are the ultimate midwits. They are hired because their parents are big donor and/or they drove a campaign van.

Take nothing that they say serious. These are the dumbest people lI have ever met. The guys who haul trash away are more capable.

I was worked among them, and was one of them, and I know them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Some states tried to add a work requirement for Medicaid benefits under Trump. Got approved by HHS through the administrative process, then thrown out by DC district judge Boasberg, which may be a familiar name for other reasons.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:37 PM (Dm8we)
_______________

Lemme guess: it was racist?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
__________

Ironically, the states were arguing Chevron deference since HHS had approved.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (Dm8we)

251 229 Senior Republican aide on DOGE

“Two people who know nothing about how the government works...

"Ha! He thinks he can build a rocket! We're the government!"

Posted by: NASA at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (eST6G)

NASA Human Spaceflight's problem is elevating astronauts to irreplaceable god-like status for PR purposes, in the very early 60s. Now NASA has to work to achieve the impossible, for PR purposes: Absolute astronaut safety during spaceflight.

Posted by: Gref at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (aBgBM)

252 And put the numbers/graphs on the web, announcing the "Cut of the Week," show people where and what we're cutting, and how much.

It could become quite a viral phenomenon to check in every week to see.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (YqDXo)

Add a voting mechanism. Your choices for my example:

1. Cut it to $1,000,000,000
2. Cut it to $500,000,000
3. Cut it to $0

The winning choice is the new budget number. Get people interested in cutting things out of the budget.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (VNX3d)
_________________

"This week we have the fine Department of Education, barely used. What am I bid for it?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (YqDXo)

253 A better idea. Do the presentations online, but as some of the old commercials.

Next up, we have the Congressional Slush Fund. In 2025, $16B was allocated. For 2026, we're offering it to the US people for $1B. Call us crazy, but we can do it!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:36 PM (VNX3d)
_________________

And put the numbers/graphs on the web, announcing the "Cut of the Week," show people where and what we're cutting, and how much.

It could become quite a viral phenomenon to check in every week to see.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:39 PM (YqDXo)

Add a voting mechanism. Your choices for my example:

1. Cut it to $1,000,000,000
2. Cut it to $500,000,000
3. Cut it to $0

The winning choice is the new budget number. Get people interested in cutting things out of the budget.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (VNX3d)

We could use AI versions of hosts Monty Hall, assistant Carol Merrill, and narrator Jay Stewart for the program.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 07:47 PM (Aqu9a)

254 NOOD

CAFE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 06, 2024 07:47 PM (KcwUg)

255 I have an idea...welfare recipients can go and do all the menial jobs that illegal immigrants were supposedly doing, that the left says Americans just won't do. Well, if they are on welfare they can!

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (wcIbG)
______________

Illegal aliens deported? Put welfare recipients out in the fields to do the picking. It won't be cotton this time, but vegetables.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:47 PM (YqDXo)

256
I'm trying to remember, but I think just one year we actually a real balance budget. We had several there, but they were with the "unified budget" accounting, were the money "borrowed" from the SS "trust fund" is added in to the total.

Only one year was there an actual budget surplus not counting social security.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (w6EFb)

257 I'd work for free for about 2 months for revenge.

If I had enough saved up to cover my living expenses for a couple of months, I'd work for free.

But, y'know. Landlord wants rent and credit card wants payments.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (hB7mE)

258 245. This is really kicking her ass. I hate every minute of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

So sorry, Sponge. She's in my prayers, as are you & your family.

L - 🙏🤗

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (NFX2v)

259 Some states tried to add a work requirement for Medicaid benefits under Trump.

Could we add that requirement for Federal employees, too?

Posted by: t-bird at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (QrkKu)

260 Wow talk about great timing.

I got an email from a senator in a state I used to live in. The email is announcing something about gages forms and a reminder that there is all sorts of “free” money available for students. And not only is there all this free money but there are tax payer funded resources available to teach you how to get all this free money.

Cut that shit to $0 on day 1.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (zxTkg)

261 257. Posted by: FeatherBlade

That's understandable. Hang in there & I wish you Happy Holidays.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (NFX2v)

262
L - 🙏🤗
Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (NFX2v)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:51 PM (Zz0t1)

263 Poor First Lady. Started the next round of chemo yesterday. I guess, no where near as much steroids to go with it, so she was tired today. Went shopping for a bit and wore herself out. Tried to put the fall/Thanksgiving decorations away and had to stop after a few minutes.

This is really kicking her ass. I hate every minute of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:44 PM (Zz0t1)

Sponge, I'm sorry to hear this. I pray that she recovers from this treatment, and the rest of the course of treatment, quickly, and her cancer is defeated for once and for all.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:51 PM (VNX3d)

264 Y'all otter head to the cafe
NOODism
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=412670

Posted by: mindful webworker - sesame at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (2+/EE)

265 >>> Illegal aliens deported? Put welfare recipients out in the fields to do the picking. It won't be cotton this time, but vegetables.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 06, 2024 07:47 PM (YqDXo)

Exactly! It's win/win. Our crops get picked, and when they get fed up they get off their butts and get a job.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (wcIbG)

266
Sponge, I'm sorry to hear this. I pray that she recovers from this treatment, and the rest of the course of treatment, quickly, and her cancer is defeated for once and for all.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 07:51 PM (VNX3d)

Greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (Zz0t1)

267 68
'Expose the waste, push the Congress to cut it. It's not that difficult.'

Propose the 2008 budget - TARP adjusted for inflation.
There's nothing implemented during the Obola that we can't do without.
A 2008 budget level should be good enough.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (3wi/L)

268 Re: U Health assassin
All of the news shows are setting new records in the "Leaping to Conclusions" competition.

If they don't Carmichael him in 2 weeks, he'll probably never get caught.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (Jp6MX)

269 Any attempt to cut budget or spending will be blocked by the usual suspects. No chance. Never.

Why? Because that's where the power is. That's where the patronage comes from. That's where the deals are from.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 06, 2024 07:04 PM (RsS92)

The patronage will dry up when the activities are outed or even prosecuted. The smart ones will shift where they get their bundle from.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 06, 2024 08:50 PM (n7h9X)

270 My thought for DOGE:

Google, advertisers, AI, and other companies have the tech to analyze quadrillions of data points to pinpoint correlations. You simply going to some random page, then a related page, and both having a "Like Us On Facebook" button that pulls THAT image from Facebook? Facebook knows. And then Google'll know. And now you're wandering why some other page is showing advertising for an eerily not-so-random thing.

So... use that analysis on the government. There's LOTS of data, yeah. But server farms can process it. One problem is whether the data is digitized and accessible - it should be. If not, then modernize, and retire the folk who act like humanoid cogs rather than improve the system.

Who is getting paid, both in the government and through contracts? Who are the workers in those external companies? Do they happen to be the same people in the government, double-dipping? Or shady connections that can be found by how often their cell phones just happen to be nearby one another all the time?

Pull the data together, crunch it, and find out who starts scurrying like roaches in the light.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (QNMaY)

271 In an ironic twist, CNN believes that Thompson orchestrated his own death for insurance purposes but then denied the claim!

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