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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Take a look at the website of International Republican Institute. It is a mess of political jargon and leftist doublespeak. "Promote inclusivity, Sustainable impact, Women and youth, empowered individuals," and on and on. And it gets better! They partner with other NGOs, like a Bush-sponsored one to support women's rights in Iran and Afghanistan! Because Lord knows, we aren't sending enough money to those two countries. And that's just one of dozens of poorly described connections and programs, seemingly all of which are just feel-good nonsense designed to launder money amongst the elites. Is Tom Cotton one of them? Is he working at cross purposes to Donald Trump? At the very least he is involved with an organization that is conducting its own foreign policy that may or may not align with the goals and desires of the American people. Maybe he is just a figurehead, using the IRI for free travel and some other perks. Or maybe he is simply on the letterhead and has no substantive connection. Either one is unacceptable. We are $35 Trillion in the hole, we have a vast unelected bureaucracy that is vigorously conducting its own foreign and domestic policy, and it is incumbent upon our representatives that they forcefully reject exactly this sort of organization. It is a clear measure of their dedication to the mandate that we voted on in November, and we should hold them to that minimum standard. And if they refuse to disassociate themselves with those organizations, they should be primaried. We do not have the luxury of accepting the continued existence of a fifth column in Congress! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X]I’ll clarify this for you, @charliekirk11.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 16, 2025
Senator Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) serves as a Director at the International Republican Institute (IRI), one of eight core NGOs aligned with the political establishment. While IRI is closely tied to the Republican Party, its agenda and… https://t.co/gY6r846Pb3 pic.twitter.com/EJl7Q9KGIr
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:00 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:00 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 18, 2025 11:01 AM (N1tpc)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:01 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:01 AM (tjClK)
Don't trust any of them in Congress.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (Cki93)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (VE6XX)
If they are taking public money, that needs to stop immediately.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (XV/Pl)
Don't trust any of them in Congress.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (Cki93)
I'm here for you in my staunch conservativeness.
Posted by: John Cornyn at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (pohLc)
This, by the way, is the correct answer to any time some lefty says we can't cut spending.
Sorry dude, but we are $36T in debt - you guy Biden spent all our money on Ukraine, trannies, and illegals, so if you are mad we don't have money to pay for tranny comic books in Peru anymore go ask HIM to pay for it out of his stash
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (t0Rmr)
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My default position is... yes. Until they prove otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (/HDaX)
Don't make me roll up my sleeves.......
Posted by: Jim Jordan at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: CNN at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (jGJov)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (W/lyH)
Sorry dude, but we are $36T in debt - you guy Biden spent all our money on Ukraine, trannies, and illegals, so if you are mad we don't have money to pay for tranny comic books in Peru anymore go ask HIM to pay for it out of his stash
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (t0Rmr)
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"But this $1 million won't affect the total number. Gotta keep is sacrosanct until you completely eliminate the Department of Defense."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: kallisto at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (61FSW)
These are - what? - DC circlejerk orgs that move money and give them Very Important Meetings and Conferences to attend and neat prestigious titles????
What exactly do you DO at the International Republican Institute, Sen. Cotton?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (Cki93)
>>Well, this all might explain why Cotton seems like one of those types who's always raising the roof but never actually seems to get anything positive done.
Congress and the Senate mostly spend taxpayers money, getting anything positive done, is largely accidental and incidental to enriching themselves and their affiliated satellites and remoras.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 11:04 AM (XV/Pl)
He started writing articles for...NRO?...as a combat officer who had served in Iraq.
The FNM then claimed he was a fake and some hack at NRO had actually falsely written the articles.
The Cotton went on a publicity tour and the FNM had to stop pretending he didn't exist. He then turned that into a government career.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:05 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:05 AM (Qo3gv)
At this point in time I see no compelling reason to have NGOs are all, or at least no benefits that outweigh the abuse of them.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: John Cornyn at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (tjClK)
Wussup fellow conservative senator who conserves all things conservative?
- John Thune
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (Qo3gv)
It just goes to show how awful Republican Senators are that he could be considered one of the better ones.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (GBKbO)
Mark Cuban Headlines Cringe-Inducing ‘Principles First Summit’ With a Line-up of Lefties and RINOs
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (PzXaK)
I believe that the tweet you posted was a reply to Charlie Kirk asking why Tom Cotton was trying to block one of Trump's nominees to the DoD.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (ExV1e)
Mark Cuban Headlines Cringe-Inducing ‘Principles First Summit’ With a Line-up of Lefties and RINOs
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (tjClK)
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He's gonna run for president in 28, isn't he?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (GBKbO)
And, gosh, we've spent trillions on -- checks data -- unlabeled expenditures. Oopsie, someone left that field blank! But seriously, it was nothing that you can cut, for sure!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (Cki93)
More like what if I can find 10 righteous men. How about 5. Would you take 3?
Nope. Tear it all down and start over, somewhere else.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (z/ifB)
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Nah, I hate rich women of color cashing and pocketing the poor women of color's government check.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (pLaQB)
These puffed-up half-a-fags have been in on the scam for 50 years. They were silent about it.
All of them reenacting Boats and Hoes around the world on our dime and our time.
If you want a unified America, you need to roast a few GOPe crooks to show that it isn't just about party.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (8tGjV)
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (ANmYf)
Perhaps Cotton figures he can exert some positive influence on the organization; positive in the sense of holding it back from its own bad impulses. I won't set my hair afire just yet, but I also won't lie; I'll be very disappointed in Cotton if this turns out to be true.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (dJR17)
Trump could pass an EO requiring the underlying legal entities that make up NGOs cannot accent government dollars (either direct OR laundered through other orgs). That would end most of the scam.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (u73oe)
He's gonna run for president in 28, isn't he?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (GBKbO)
Yes.
He's part owner of a team that made one of the worst trades in sports history. This should disqualify him from wiping men's asses in the local nursing home, much less running for president.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: John Cornyn at February 18, 2025 11:03 AM (tjClK)
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Yeah. Has Abbot made any noises about helping us oppose Cornyn? We *have* to get rid of that guy.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (z/ifB)
Funded primarily by taxpayers, IRI received $130,689,289 last year, much of it from USAID. Though Senator Cotton is unpaid for his board role, the organization directs substantial public funds toward expenditures like travel ($12,173,741) and pensions and fringe benefits ($14,232,10
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As I’ve noted before, IRI has funded refugee resettlement through grants to the UN-affiliated International Organization for Migration and has backed other progressive initiatives.
Anyone affiliated with IRI is advancing the interests of the global elite, not the priorities of U.S. citizens or Republican constituents—unless they choose to resign from the IRI.
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GloboHomo by any other name would smell as foul.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:09 AM (1YwYn)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:09 AM (tT6L1)
Or cold weather.
It's not the externals you have to watch out for...it's the insiders like Cotton.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:09 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:09 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:09 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (Qo3gv)
No candyasses allowed on the Trump Bus.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (8tGjV)
Posted by: Pinochet Flight Attendant at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (zL/eJ)
Yeah. Has Abbot made any noises about helping us oppose Cornyn? We *have* to get rid of that guy.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (z/ifB)
The only noise I've heard about that is from the Paxton camp. And we need HIM right where he IS for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (tjClK)
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Minor edit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:02 AM (Cki93)
Exactly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
Mark Cuban Headlines Cringe-Inducing ‘Principles First Summit’ With a Line-up of Lefties and RINOs
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (tjClK)
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What, "No Labels" wasn't available?
/Zombie George Orwell, please pick up the white privilege courtesy phone ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (1YwYn)
It just goes to show how awful Republican Senators are that he could be considered one of the better ones.
I am now thinking that these NGOs are the key to what happens to members of Congress that transitions them from arriving in town to fight for us blah blah blah to just another uniparty tool.
It's not about wanting to attend parties or get media love (it still matters some, of course), but it's more about becoming leaders in these various policy NGOs and think tanks where all the real networking with the permanent DC class and powerbroking happens, along with the movement of a Hell of a lot of money.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (Cki93)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
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Marcus T assured us not a single Republican would do this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (PzXaK)
I have no problem with NGOs. It should be a felony for government money to go to them, however.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TexasDan at February 18, 2025 11:08 AM (z/ifB)
Good luck...been trying to unseat Lindsey Graham for 20 years.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (Yj6Os)
Meanwhile, our credit rating is dropping, our infrastructure that we paid extra for is not being maintained, and the items that we do want funded are underfunded.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (lTGtQ)
You People familiar with our current Acting FBI Director?
lol, take a look at this fine young man! His name is Brian Driscoll.
He looks like an extra from a Ren-Faire!
https://is.gd/ZLNekt
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (ANmYf)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (8tGjV)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (lTGtQ)
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Debt has exploded and we can't even get the roads fixed?
The only solution is to spend more money to fix the roads!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (GBKbO)
It's not about wanting to attend parties or get media love (it still matters some, of course), but it's more about becoming leaders in these various policy NGOs and think tanks where all the real networking with the permanent DC class and powerbroking happens, along with the movement of a Hell of a lot of money.
it's also about the underage sex slave parties, but yes that too
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (jGJov)
Apparently "character" no longer matters? /sarc
I would love to hear what principles they put ahead of everything else - do tell, you guys!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (Cki93)
That is hurtful.
Posted by: Sifty Boones , 22yr Ren Vet at February 18, 2025 11:14 AM (oP8HB)
‘ We are $35 Trillion in the hole
This, by the way, is the correct answer to any time some lefty says we can't cut spending’M
I’d cut spending on democrats if we were $35 Trillion ahead. I want them and their movement wiped out.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2025 11:14 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 18, 2025 11:14 AM (pohLc)
Smh at the tragicomedy of it all.
Posted by: kallisto at February 18, 2025 11:14 AM (61FSW)
The only solution is to spend more money to fix the roads!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (GBKbO)
Where do we get the money? Borrow it of course.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (Qo3gv)
1 asdkmasdklads
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:00 AM (/HDaX)
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Whoa!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (Bv4bC)
cotton. I don't know what the answer is unless you only have multi millionaires from
Businesses already before they get into Congress. Maybe they'd be less likely to sell out the US for their own self interest ,because "the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil." That's what the old, musty Bible says.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (42Vb+)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (fwDg9)
A collection of lefties and RINOs are trying their hand at a TPUSA-style event with speakers like the rotund Chris Christie, crybaby Adam Kinzinger, and the mustachioed, warmongering John Bolton. Mark Cuban will bring his lesbian aesthetic to the gathering. They're calling the event the 'Principles First Summit.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (tjClK)
The fact that they are funded by tax dollars means that they are indeed governmental, and specifically doing things that are prevented by the laws. This is just a way to get around illegal acts.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (lTGtQ)
Adam Schiff@SenAdamSchiff
Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)
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Love that portmanteau.
Can we get a parody version of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk?"
/I'm embarrassed to report that -- in looking up those old lyrics and the supposed song meaning, "Tusk" was slang for penis ... Alpha (and Very Stable Genius) Trusk FTW!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (1YwYn)
Is it going to be Taylor, Springsteen, or Crowe?
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (oP8HB)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (Qo3gv)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (VE6XX)
Hadn't heard from him in a while until that happened.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (LHPAg)
Here's the website:
The 2025 Summit: American Principles & Priorities
February 21-23, 2025
Join us in Washington, DC for a three-day grassroots summit on conserving America's liberal tradition & the path to a principled future for our country.
Did you get that? They managed to sneak "conserve" in there. Because they aren't a bunch of deranged libs, not at all. The attendees are shown at the link below. They include Bill Kristol, Jonah Goldberg, David French, Michael Steele, Adam Kinzinger, and my old congressvermin, Barbara Comstock. That tells you everything you need to know.
https://is.gd/mvjuOj
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Ralph at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (8WZD4)
I live in a blue area. Taxes are high, services are poor, and local and state government constantly raise taxes and fees...but still basic services like fixing the roads just aren't there.
If there was an opposition party they'd probably get some success running on a platform of "I'm going to stop spending ANY money on anything that isn't a direct service you voters are complaining aren't being done currently"
Instead most of the GOPers running around here just run as D-lite. I'll raise taxes less, trans your kids less, bring in fewer invaders, and so on...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (t0Rmr)
Of course.
>> Is he working at cross purposes to Donald Trump?
Yes.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (KFwfG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:15 AM (tjClK)
Attendance expected to be in the 10s.
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (Yj6Os)
Posted by: kallisto
Posted MDR response, end of last thread. Sorry for late response. Hope it helps.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (NFX2v)
That's exactly what happens. As soon as they get to DC they are taken aside by the wise elders and told how things really get done in DC and how they deserve to make a few extra dollars helping with the real work.
Some of them actually seem to believe what they are doing is noble and they are truly enlightened and are deserving of the lavish treatment. Money and power are way more addictive than any drug.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (LkLld)
Adam Schiff@SenAdamSchiff
Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)
It's been stated time and time again, they won't have personal data access at any point during the audit.
LORD they're so tiresome with their record skipping mentality.
SKWAAAK!!! They'll steal your personal data......SKWAAAK!!!!!
F*ck off, asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (tjClK)
Adam Schiff@SenAdamSchiff
Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (L/fGl)
Oh shut up Shiffty.... China already has all this information
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (VE6XX)
lol, take a look at this fine young man! His name is Brian Driscoll.
He looks like an extra from a Ren-Faire!
https://is.gd/ZLNekt
Posted by: Soothsayer
The Sheriff of Nottingham.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
Okay, there is just one Rule to using the phrase "Says the Quiet Part Out Loud" and it's very simple: the Subject MUST actually SAY something quotable that provides textual evidence of saying something slef-damning.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (ANmYf)
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
Hey Adam Shitt, I remember when you and your friends did that to Trump. Remember?
So I guess even if he did take your tax returns, faked them a bit, and published them for all the world you'd be ok with it right?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (t0Rmr)
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Right there is why we get all these great sound bites from committee meetings but no action.
From Trey Gowdy to Josh Hawley to Tom Cotton and dozens of others who've said great sound bites, it's all farts in the wind because NOTHINH HAPPENS (h/t to the nothing will happen guy).
Maybe it's all just to fool the rubes whilst beaks get wetted. We've known some and suspected the rest, but the bird of prey that is our government has a left and a right wing, but it's still just one bird.
oh btw, we're the mice.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (FCbAQ)
The fact that they are funded by tax dollars means that they are indeed governmental, and specifically doing things that are prevented by the laws. This is just a way to get around illegal acts.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (lTGtQ)
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At the risk of repeating myself (again), I love Mike Benz's characterization of them as GONGOs (Government-Organized "Non-Governmental" Organizations).
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (1YwYn)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:13 AM (Cki93)
They demand lube before anal. Well, not so much demand as request. Okay, fine they'll take it any way at all... line forms on the left.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (ExV1e)
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What specifically could Trump/Musk steal and use?
And don't give me the SSN as an example. That shit's been effectively public for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
You can't just pull "he says the quiet part out loud" outta your lyin' ass without, you know, an actual fucking quote that directly backs up your assertion!
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (ANmYf)
Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies. How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
IT'S FUNNY HE THINKS THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE POINT AFTER THE IRS WAS ALREADY WEAPONIZED TO HARASS THE TEA PARTY, RUSH LIMBAUGH, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OBAMA AND BIDEN'S ENEMIES FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (Cki93)
Of course.
>> Is he working at cross purposes to Donald Trump?
Yes.
Perhaps, just maybe, we should wait a bit before declaring him PSG. Sometimes, there actually is an explanation. Let's here it from Cotton.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (oP8HB)
Please don't seat us anywhere near that stinky-buttholed hippie.
Please.
Posted by: Other Musical Guests at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (W5ArC)
No longer the case with our illustrious POTUS:
https://tinyurl.com/44pjuxdr
Posted by: kallisto at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (61FSW)
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (ANmYf)
So I guess even if he did take your tax returns, faked them a bit, and published them for all the world you'd be ok with it right?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (t0Rmr)
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Rachel Madcow hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (1YwYn)
IT'S FUNNY HE THINKS THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE POINT AFTER THE IRS WAS ALREADY WEAPONIZED TO HARASS THE TEA PARTY, RUSH LIMBAUGH, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OBAMA AND BIDEN'S ENEMIES FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 18, 2025 11:20 AM (Cki93)
You mean the Owebama/Biden doctrine?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (tjClK)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:17 AM (VE6XX)
Colby has some interesting ideas about the Middle East. I disagree with some of them, in particular the idea that a nuclear Iran can be contained (it can't), but he is a bright guy who understands the challenges.
He isn't my first choice, but Donald Trump didn't ask me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (mWSu4)
‘ Mark Cuban Headlines Cringe-Inducing ‘Principles First Summit’ With a Line-up of Lefties and RINOs
He's gonna run for president in 28, isn't he?
Bill Burr? Get the fuck out there and kill THIS billionaire or I’m going to think that you’re some kind of hypocrite!
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (oP8HB)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (oP8HB)
And California just made him a senator.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:22 AM (tjClK)
For real: adam shiff's "dream" and hobby is to be a movie screenplay writer.
That's why he's ALWAYS making shit up, all dramatic and shit. Fake quotes, fake theatrics. It's all made-up bullshit from shiff's head.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (yF3sW)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (t0Rmr)
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My favorite "own goal" was Bass proudly proclaiming she'd set up a "one stop shop so people burned out in Pacific Palisades can deal with 18 permitting agencies in one place at the same time."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (tT6L1)
/I'm embarrassed to report that -- in looking up those old lyrics and the supposed song meaning, "Tusk" was slang for penis ... Alpha (and Very Stable Genius) Trusk FTW!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:16 AM (1YwYn)
There's a reason the Trojan marching band is in the official video. Wrap That Rascal!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (KFwfG)
An NGO getting money from the government is part of the government.
"He who pays the Piper calls the tune."
This has to stop. It's corrupt.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (N/AVJ)
Rachel Madcow hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (1YwYn)
He better start paying attention to that Cuban character. She's gunning for his job. It's like a body snatcher thing going on there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (tjClK)
When shiff fake "dramatized" the ukraine phone call, that was a Script he wrote. He literally wrote a fucking script and recited it in the House.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:24 AM (yF3sW)
Thanks, I will look at it.
Posted by: kallisto at February 18, 2025 11:24 AM (61FSW)
So, like ProPublica then?
I seem to recall an Obama campaign leader holding a conference call to discuss Mitt Romney's tax return details with select media. That was in 2012. here were you to sound the alarm on *that*, Adam?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:24 AM (Cki93)
There's a reason the Trojan marching band is in the official video. Wrap That Rascal!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)
One of the CLASSIC Musburger-isms.
"The road to the national championship is lined with Trojans....."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 11:24 AM (tjClK)
Kash needs to have someone check that freak's basement and crawlspace for bodies.
He's got Ed Buck crazy written all over him.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:24 AM (oP8HB)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 18, 2025 11:25 AM (pohLc)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 18, 2025 11:18 AM (KFwfG)
I would be fine with a significant bump in pay provided that spouses/children cannot work for the government (military excepted).
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gp Declines 2028 Nomination at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (5xgzq)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (PzXaK)
This is really basic stuff and the reason Musk can't grasp it is that he is, when it comes to data analysis, an incredibly ill-informed amateur, just like he is at all the other things he pretends to be good at
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Yeah, that Musk, dumber than dog shit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)
LOL. 😂😂😂 Morning all. Late start.
2.9 billion records, including Social Security numbers, stolen in data hack:
The hacking group USDoD claimed it had allegedly stolen personal records of 2.9 billion people from National Public Data, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reported by Bloomberg Law. The breach was believed to have happened in or around April, according to the lawsuit.
https://tinyurl.com/4annr9vd
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (jfdO+)
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 18, 2025 11:19 AM (ANmYf)
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Sometimes one's actions speak so loudly that they're euphemistically saying the quiet part out loud ... or whatever they are saying is comparatively overwhelmed and drowned out by those actions.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (1YwYn)
More like what if I can find 10 righteous men. How about 5. Would you take 3?
Nope. Tear it all down and start over, somewhere else.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 18, 2025 11:07 AM (z/ifB)
Okay, now that's a story!
You've got a man negotiating with God to save a town, and each time he gets a new Yes from our Lord, he tries to drive the "price" down further!
Perhaps that is where the reputation of Jews as tough negotiators comes from?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 11:27 AM (FCbAQ)
lol, take a look at this fine young man! His name is Brian Driscoll.
He looks like an extra from a Ren-Faire!
https://is.gd/ZLNekt
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Looks like Antifa
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 18, 2025 11:27 AM (KFwfG)
This is really basic stuff and the reason Musk can't grasp it is that he is, when it comes to data analysis, an incredibly ill-informed amateur, just like he is at all the other things he pretends to be good at
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Yeah, that Musk, dumber than dog shit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)
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Well, he's no Donkey-Chompers ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:28 AM (1YwYn)
Posted by: PaleRider at February 18, 2025 11:28 AM (CKOCg)
More seriously, I am guessing that the X user DataRepublican regularly posting the 990 forms of these NGOs and analyzing their expenditures (she's pointing out the ridiculous amount spent on executive salaries and travel, for example) is unsettling for these people.
How dare they reveal that these NGOs spend way more money on themselves that their alleged people in need.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:30 AM (Cki93)
Trump won't bomb Iran. But he'll make sure Iran gets bombed when the time comes and that the ones who do it have cover.
I personally wouldn't care if we lend-leased a B2 to Israel and let them fly out of Florida for training purposes.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:30 AM (oP8HB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)
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Well, he's no Donkey-Chompers ...
Posted by: ShainS
AOC: Can I ask a dumb question?
Trump: Better than anyone I know.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:30 AM (jfdO+)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (VE6XX)
At that level of wealth, you don't have enemies...you have pests who you slap down at your leisure.
It's useful to read the book Class by Paul Fussell for insights into that world.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (xcRXq)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (xCA6C)
It was too much "Trey Gowdy* thundering like an elephant on Fox News every night/ meek as a mouse every day in Congress."
As has been noted:
The most disgusting mask to fall in the last 8 years has been how hard the GOPe worked to contain and neutralize conservatives in order to prevent the last month of Trump from happening.
*He's but one example; there are multiple examples of Night Elephant/Day Mouse Republicans.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (fPmw+)
Look, newbie, you can be a hard charger workin' for the people. What'll that get you? A loss in the next primary... guaranteed. You can go to the press and tell them about this conversation. That'll get you tragically killed in a mugging gone wrong. Or you can join the neo-aristocracy and gain access to wealth and power like you've never imagined. Like sex with dozens of women, or men, or kids, or farm animals? All can be arranged. Want to be able to kill someone with no questions asked? We can do that too. You just gotta play ball. -- grizzled "representative"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (ExV1e)
Stop being so reasonable!!' Just stop!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (mnipd)
The UN started NGOs a long time ago. Not surprising that globalists in our government latched on to the idea.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Xipe Totec
Didja see Hamas last week? Trump said there would be hell to pay if they backed out of the hostage deal. Hamas threw a hissy fit saying they would not submit to blackmail and the deal was off! Then they meekly complied.
(True, the deal is grossly favorable to Hamas.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
It's literally more than ten million records.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
This is really basic stuff and the reason Musk can't grasp it is that he is, when it comes to data analysis, an incredibly ill-informed amateur, just like he is at all the other things he pretends to be good at
[LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY, TEARS STREAMING]
SURE, GO WITH THAT. .
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (Cki93)
This is really basic stuff and the reason Musk can't grasp it is that he is, when it comes to data analysis, an incredibly ill-informed amateur, just like he is at all the other things he pretends to be good at
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Yeah, that Musk, dumber than dog shit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)
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I looked at the Stancil's X feed, and he's making an argument for something which was not said. He's also dumber than dirt, but, that's beside the point. And there seems to be a certain number of people who are of the mindset "well, we shouldn't fix it because it would cost too much" while trillions are being shoveled out the back door.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:21 AM (xCA6C)
Cotton has never earned my trust. Discovering he was on the take with his USAID-funded grifter organization shows I was correct in that assessment.
Are you saying Cotton isn’t trying to block Trump’s DOD pick? Because Charlie Kirk seems pretty credible.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:33 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)
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lol
I'm further embarrassed to report that I didn't make that ... er ... penetrating insight.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:33 AM (1YwYn)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (tT6L1)
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"It won't fix the debt on its own and it'll be hard. Don't even try."
-the secondary narrative, the primary being that there is no fraud at all
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:33 AM (GBKbO)
Yep. He looks like a guy who keeps framed posters of prison rapes on his walls and soy milk in the ice box.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:34 AM (SrLX+)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 11:34 AM (2ap+5)
How dare they reveal that these NGOs spend way more money on themselves that their alleged people in need.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:30 AM (Cki93)
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I think it was datarepublican who pointed out, during her interview with Nicole Shanahan, the way things work. Ski trip to Aspen? No problem, we'll schedule a conference. Need to shop in Switzerland? Barely an inconvenience, we'll put on a seminar.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:35 AM (tT6L1)
I'm saying nothing, since I've paid no attention to this whole thing up until now. Perhaps Cotton has good reason to oppose him, perhaps he doesn't. But if we keep flying off the handle about everyone who doesn't do whatever we want, whenever, we want, and for reasons unknown, then we won't have many allies.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:35 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:35 AM (tT6L1)
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Need to take a dump? Sure, we'll schedule a meeting in San Francisco.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Penis-Showing Game?
Post-Sexual Glow?
Person Seeking Grift?
Typo for Persona Non Grata?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:36 AM (1YwYn)
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Listen to this interview from the 80s when you get a chance. It's a clip from a much longer interview.
This type of thing has been working against Americans for 100+ years.
"Norman Dodd on the Reece Committee and the Influence of Tax Exempt Foundations"
https://tinyurl.com/mr473vmw
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 18, 2025 11:36 AM (sG4Li)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:35 AM (tT6L1)
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It would not surprise me to find out there's a whole shadow-industry of event planners just for this purpose.
Leeches upon leeches...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:37 AM (BpYfr)
-the secondary narrative, the primary being that there is no fraud at all
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:33 AM (GBKbO)
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"There is no Waste, Fraud, and Abuse ... and it's good that there is, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:37 AM (1YwYn)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:23 AM (ExV1e)
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Completely useless trivia, but I believe it's also the Trojan marching band that marches over the flattened body of Vincent Ludwig playing "Louie, Louie" in "The Naked Gun".
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 18, 2025 11:38 AM (LxER7)
More seriously, I am guessing that the X user DataRepublican regularly posting the 990 forms of these NGOs and analyzing their expenditures (she's pointing out the ridiculous amount spent on executive salaries and travel, for example) is unsettling for these people.
How dare they reveal that these NGOs spend way more money on themselves that their alleged people in need.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 18, 2025 11:30 AM (Cki93)
Look at the schedule of federal financial assistance at the back of the 990 or the audited financial statements. All the funding inflows and out flows are there. Put pictures of the board of directors of each organization and map the flows. Prolly the same 5000 people passing the fed money around to each other's groups. What Musk showed was how many layers this money passes through, each skimming their vig. Be interesting to see if these ngos were getting clean audit reports or if there was hinky stuff going on there too.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 18, 2025 11:38 AM (OA79/)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: scottst at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (qcvs8)
Leeches upon leeches...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:37 AM (BpYfr)
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It's leeches all the way down.
I blame Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Deep State Dies in Daylight at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (1YwYn)
Trump won't bomb Iran. But he'll make sure Iran gets bombed when the time comes and that the ones who do it have cover.
The US totally didn't blow up the NordStream pipeline... but we guaranteed it would happen and we knew about it in advance.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: PBS Pledge Drive at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (G5+As)
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IIRC there were a couple of Congress persons who went on record with their "onboarding" when they first reported for work at the Capitol. Probably for just one term as they overstepped their authority by discussing the dirty secrets about fundraising and the pecking order at the grifting table.
They were gob-smacked at the level of corruption. But tried to win reelection anyway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: scottst at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (qcvs
Probably every single one of them.
So... where do we start?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 18, 2025 11:00 AM (/HDaX)
Am I the only one in the room who is getting tired of all the ploys to post a "first"?
This isn't a personal slam at you, Additional Blond Agent. You make plenty of good cogent comments, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
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Marcus T assured us not a single Republican would do this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (GBKbO)
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Nobody is gonna turn down free money, especially when everyone is stuffing their pockets. Hell, I would do the same. Wouldn't you? The solution is not to find angels to run our government. The solution is to stop the flow of dirty filthy money to these people in the first place. Even divine beings can be corrupted.
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
We should all just lie back and think of norms and dignified controlled opposition.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:41 AM (Fp4AJ)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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This is the story of Jim Gordon in Batman Begins!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Laid off off government workers
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (PzXaK)
His name is there. He's dirty.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (N/AVJ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (VE6XX)
A candidate for a seat in the Minnesota House who lost in the primaries. So, someone who wants to be someone... but isn't.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (ExV1e)
We should all just lie back and think of norms and dignified controlled opposition.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:41 AM (Fp4AJ)
+++++
You don't like sodomy, citizen? Interesting.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (L/fGl)
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>Oxford Handbook of Civil Society
Chapter 9 Civil Society in the United States, Theda Skocpol, Published 01 May 2012
Abstract
This article examines the history of civil society in the U.S. It explores contemporary civic reorganizations by providing a snapshot of classic U.S. civic democracy and a glimpse at the deep roots of the sorts of interest groups and voluntary organizations that held sway around 1950. It highlights major civic transformations that unfolded in the U.S. after 1960 and evaluates their impact on the broader workings of contemporary American democracy.
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>JEC dot senate dot gov, Joint Economic Committee Republicans: The Space Between: Renewing the American Tradition of Civil Society, December 18, 2019
See The Social Capital Project, for one.
>Senate Foreign Relations Committee: January 29, 2025
Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Murkowski Lead Bipartisan Push to Permanently Repeal the Global Gag Rule
...which bans federal funds for foreign non-governmental organizations that use non-U.S. funds to provide abortion services (and more).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (NFX2v)
So... where do we start?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (mWSu4)
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Alphabetically works for me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Elric Blade at February 18, 2025 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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This is the story of Jim Gordon in Batman Begins!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
(Jump to top of page)
I always said once Obama got into office the whole of the US treasury was going to run like a "bust out" from good fellas. Pretty much what that ngo flim flam is.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (OA79/)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 18, 2025 11:43 AM (OA79/)
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The movies of our times are some cross between Cabaret and Serpico.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:44 AM (GBKbO)
Laid off off government workers
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:42 AM (fwDg9)
You know who ELSE found out whether he or she was good at something?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2025 11:44 AM (i24o9)
Tear it all down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood. (or something)
Because we could use a little of that these days.
Posted by: scottst at February 18, 2025 11:44 AM (qcvs8)
Posted by: scottst at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (qcvs
Probably every single one of them.
So... where do we start?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Nuremberg Trials 2.0.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:44 AM (jfdO+)
These NGO people are those elites, and now they are facing financial armageddon.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:10 AM (Qo3gv)
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That, and no Government employee should be working in it even if just a figurehead.
Posted by: Ciampino - watch them scurry at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (Fp4AJ)
It's literally more than ten million records.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
It’s standard to use a null value or some other flag to indicate an unknown value.
These also don’t seem to be default dates. If they were, you’d have millions of records with a single implausible age (say 150 years) and nothing much from 100 to 150 years and nothing much above 150.
The ages are staggered across centuries, which indicates a much bigger problem with bad data.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: JROD at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (IlL6s)
It's the nuclear bomb to all of this shit--forcing them to defend paying everyone but Americans while demanding Americans keep paying for it.
1) build the case of all the fraud, waste and abuse of the last 8 years.
2) expose all the member of Congress personally benefiting
3) trap the Democrats into defending the F/W/A
4) trap the GOPe--that has been campaigning (insincerely) on tax cuts since Reagan into supporting either no taxes or big government FWA.
5) sit back, watch the Uniparty tear itself apart in rage while riding a 70% approval from the People.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (fPmw+)
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Same reason they name bills things like PATRIOT Act and Inflation Reduction Act.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (sG4Li)
Posted by: Skip at February 18, 2025 11:46 AM (fwDg9)
Tear it all down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood. (or something)
Because we could use a little of that these days.
Posted by: scotts
AllenG moved to a farm a couple hours west of DFW.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:46 AM (lTGtQ)
These also don’t seem to be default dates. If they were, you’d have millions of records with a single implausible age (say 150 years) and nothing much from 100 to 150 years and nothing much above 150.
The ages are staggered across centuries, which indicates a much bigger problem with bad data.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (l3YAf)
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Also, it shouldn't be permanent.
Something like Social Security should have processes in place to vet information, not let it fester for literally decades.
There should be a limit, like a year, to verify the record, if you even allow for date of birth to be empty, before the record is purged. No one should be able to claim benefits on an unverified record.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (l3YAf)
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Agreed - something tells me data hygiene is not seen as a priority in these environments. It's hard enough getting people to pay attention to it when it's an emphasized priority.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:47 AM (PzXaK)
Late afternoon we have 2 launches at precisely the same time (as of now)!
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-12
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 18, 2025
Launch Time: 6:15 p.m. ET, 2315 UTC - February 19, 00:15 CET
https://www.youtube.com/live/4LE4HC23Oi0
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Rocket Lab - Electron - Fasten Your Space Belts
LS-1 - Mähia Peninsula, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Scheduled for Feb 18, 2025
Launch Date: February 19, 2025 (NZDT)
Launch Time: 12:15 NZDT, 00:15 CET - February 18, 6:15 p.m. ET, 2315 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/live/5Yl7hDb8ulM
Posted by: Ciampino - which one to watch ? at February 18, 2025 11:47 AM (KjLnc)
Tear it all down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood. (or something)
Because we could use a little of that these days.
Posted by: scottst
AllenG. Real life got in the way.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:47 AM (jfdO+)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 18, 2025 11:37 AM (BpYfr)
I recommend fire.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2025 11:47 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:06 AM (PzXaK)
All NGO's and "foundations" need to be grass roots, or endowed ONCE by their founder. They all have to have a built-in sunset: they must wind up and disburse all remaining funds if their primary goal is achieved, or if the fail to achieve it in 20 years. Zero paid directors or managers, just a few paid clerks to man the phones and keep the office lights on. No government money, ever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2025 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
The main question is more- who has voted against the citizens interests and lined their pockets with speaking fees, junkets and sudden increases in their wealth?
The second question is, who has influenced various votes or ensured they don’t take place from behind the scenes in order to cover their tracks and keep a “clean” voting record.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 18, 2025 11:48 AM (oZhq1)
Tear it all down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood. (or something)
Because we could use a little of that these days.
Posted by: scotts
AllenG moved to a farm a couple hours west of DFW.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
AllenG went to play with Rusty, huh?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (jfdO+)
It really shouldn't be a surprise. There are millions of personal dollars at stake not to mention power and prestige. That's how we end up with generational power families like the Cheneys.
Look what they did to outsider Trump. The only reasons he survived is that he fights like hell and he has the money to sustain the fight.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (17s+e)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (4AFDI)
Posted by: scottst at February 18, 2025 11:39 AM (qcvs
Probably every single one of them.
So... where do we start?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
not where but when. We start after we eliminate the true commie lefty deep state first. If some on the 'right' get caught up in that net all the better. But I don't want to use resources or waste focus on those on the Right just yet.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (VofaG)
Like you say, maybe it's time for NGOs to be outlawed. They become govt agencies once they accept the money.
Posted by: PJ at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (RRCAT)
What's it pay?
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 11:45 AM (Fp4AJ)
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:47 AM
Awful news. I hope that never happens to me.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (2ap+5)
The main question is more- who has voted against the citizens interests and lined their pockets with speaking fees, junkets and sudden increases in their wealth?
The second question is, who has influenced various votes or ensured they don’t take place from behind the scenes in order to cover their tracks and keep a “clean” voting record.
Another question is what does the enemy think of him?
The AFL-CIO gives Cotton a 3% 2023 rating and a 10% lifetime rating.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Reforming the Republican Party was going to require sacrifices and would not be without consequences.
Reforming Congress will likely require more.... severe actions. It is not an entity that wants to reform. It will, and is, fighting it right now. Tooth and nail. Some of those people are more vocal about it than others, but you can bet they are ALL fighting any sort of reform.
We asked for reform after Obama and got Trump. Our political betters tried to oust him for four years. They then gave us *biden. Our reply was to send Trump back in.
We're done being polite.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:35 AM (tT6L1)
See also: "fact-finding mission".
There never seem to be any facts to find in, say, Camden, New Jersey or Minot, North Dakota.
Posted by: Other Musical Guests at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Sponge
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Teletubbies for grownups. They should each wear neon colored tights with weird symbols over each other's heads. Bolton can have a Ticking Bomb on top of his dome.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (ctrM5)
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Cuz they can move money without being seen or recorded.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 18, 2025 11:51 AM (pLaQB)
One of my recipes was Brazilian Lemonade, but the joke I made in the intro about it having to be served in a very skinny glass got edited out.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:51 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:46 AM
He had the first comment in every thread: "Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure" Every thread. Amazing discipline.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 18, 2025 11:51 AM (eb5mD)
The AFL-CIO gives Cotton a 3% 2023 rating and a 10% lifetime rating.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Congressional ratings by interest groups are fake and gay. Basically interest groups manipulate votes that are scored.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 11:51 AM (ctrM5)
Like no taxes paid for 2025??????
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
They would have to do some refunding then. Because I've already paid income tax so far this year.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (jfdO+)
Posted by: Other Musical Guests
The ideal hunting grounds for facts appear to be in Hawaii, Switzerland, and Paris.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 18, 2025 11:48 AM (oZhq1)
Don't care, Margaret. That is not money they are stealing. They are stealing our lives, our time with our families
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (i24o9)
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Other Musical Guests at February 18, 2025 11:50 AM (W5ArC)
All the important facts are in Hawaii and Cayman Islands. This is science.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (4AFDI)
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 11:51 AM (ctrM5)
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Harry Reid's A+ rating from the NRA being ground zero.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2025 11:53 AM (KXtU1)
John McCain was Chairman for 25 years until 2018.
This is half of a uni-party subversion of our Republic. The Dems have their own version.
You gotta suspect they were in on the Russia hoax.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 18, 2025 11:53 AM (N/AVJ)
"Yo! Who ordered the Aztec altar? Let me know where to set it up."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:12 AM (GBKbO)
Pure fiction. I worked with congress long enough to know everyone feeds at the trough. If you’re gonna libel me, do better, Prometheus.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (tVb1Q)
https://is.gd/OHfBgV
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:31 AM (xCA6C)
I've been calling him "Will Incel".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (4AFDI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Party at my place! No crowding around the litter box.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: whig
Are they quantitatively reproducible? Of course not. But they do give a general sense of how the subject is viewed by those who agree or disagree with you.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (xCA6C)
Don't care, Margaret. That is not money they are stealing. They are stealing our lives, our time with our families
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Close the thread.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Feminism moved women back to unregulated polygamy, forming harems among themselves at February 18, 2025 11:54 AM (sG4Li)
Trump and Musk are winning the hearts and minds of Americans.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at February 18, 2025 11:55 AM (17s+e)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (LkLld)
And inexplicably turned his head a few degrees at exactly the right moment.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 11:55 AM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2025 11:55 AM (KXtU1)
and I'd revoke their tax exemptions.
Most groups become infiltrated/corrupted over time, and operate for their own self interest, or the interest of the biggest donors (like Soros).
Posted by: illiniwek at February 18, 2025 11:55 AM (Cus5s)
Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't go with transcription error as the cause. Plausible and would have been difficult to disprove.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (iJfKG)
Don't take your eyes off the real enemy.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (VofaG)
Isn’t Schiff all but proven to have had sex with a dead black man?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (3cXfB)
https://mol.im/a/14409363
I would demand to know the circumstances of their deaths.
Posted by: Ciampino - what to do short of wiping them all? at February 18, 2025 11:57 AM (KjLnc)
Posted by: Tinky Winky at February 18, 2025 11:57 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2025 11:57 AM (qrTq1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Fix elections including primaries by returning to paper on everything ballots and even voter registration list printouts at precincts for checkin and real pen and ink signatures of voters--I am guessing our elections including red states are full of voting fraud as digital fraud is easier to do than analog fraud (aka paper, etc.). Another is to end open primaries in red states. If necessary, move back to a caucus system.
Use AI to examine all spending and authorization bills to dig out nasty little details. Etc. Etc.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 11:57 AM (ctrM5)
There should be a limit, like a year, to verify the record, if you even allow for date of birth to be empty, before the record is purged. No one should be able to claim benefits on an unverified record.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
Yeah, they should require proof-of-life in-person once a year. That’s quite doable.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (l3YAf)
The House is having a "pro forma" session, meaning that they get paid without even having to show up for work.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (PzXaK)
I do t know specifics so this is pure speculation. But did his vote ever matter? Like was a bill to ban some type of gun 54-46 and he was part of the 46? That’s type of thing? So he votes pro gun to get the nra rating when it makes no difference.
That’s how a lot of them play the game.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (4AFDI)
What they should also do is change the tax status on NGO’s and any other entity (public or private) doing business in any way with the US government so they cannot hide their sources and uses of funding, and make them file that as part of their quarterly disclosures.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (tVb1Q)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (l3YAf)
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Man. Voter ID is one big ass debate. I'd buy popcorn if SS benefits required ID.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:59 AM (PzXaK)
Posted by: Ciampino - what to do short of wiping them all? at February 18, 2025 11:57 AM (KjLnc)
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Nor would I be picky about how the information is acquired.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 11:59 AM (tT6L1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 18, 2025 11:59 AM (gm9Sb)
Once a single government official or a single government dollar is inserted it is no longer non-governmental. This is what ultimately happens.
>>@realchrisrufo
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>>7m
The Department of Education has terminated $1 billion in funding for radical left-wing NGOs. Now, our next target: the department's "comprehensive centers," which receive millions in funding and function as a vector for left-wing race and gender theory.
>>The campaign starts now.
$1 billion dollars from 1 agency. That's now a government agency.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (8xyaE)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Ciampino
High cholesterol counts, heart conditions due to obesity and lack of exercise.
Posted by: Auspex at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 11:56 AM (3cXfB)
That's Ed Buck. But Schiff is very Ed Buck-adjacent.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (eb5mD)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (o5+a9)
Posted by: Black Orchid at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (Pv3Rg)
Trump and Musk are winning the hearts and minds of Americans.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
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The people are proving to be wiser than the eggheads in DC that swore budgets could not be balanced by eliminating fraud, abuse, and waste.
That goes in particular for the IRS (fraud giveaways to non existent or illegal immigrants), Social Security (I see dead people), and Medicare/Medicaid are no less laden with fraud.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:01 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 11:52 AM (jfdO+)
Let me convert my IRA/401k in one fell swoop without paying taxes on it and you can keep what I've already paid in this year.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
- Defund every NGO.
- Audit every Congresscritter and their immediate families every year.
- Reform campaign finance. Stop this $10k /plate fundraising dinner crap which funnels money to shadowy PACs.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:01 PM (l3YAf)
If there are that many bogus records, I'm going with fraud rather than incompetence.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 12:02 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 11:49 AM (VofaG)
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They're not actually on "the right" if you still believe in that spectrum. They claim they are, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
At any rate, the vast majority of our DC culture and the money that emanates from it is leftist, so that's of course going to be the lowest hanging fruit and the most bountiful harvest.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 12:02 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 11:59 AM (PzXaK)
When my wife changed her last name after we go married it was a total cluster fuck to get her SS card with a new name. All sorts of proof of identity and shit
But an illegal wants to get on SS disability? Super easy barely an inconvenience. That’s how our entire system is set up. There are stringent rules for law abiding citizens. But scammers and illegals aren’t subject to those rules.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 12:02 PM (4AFDI)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:03 PM (1tif4)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (17s+e)
that should be part of the DL or Office ill ID as mandated by law. I think they are still implemented it past the original required date. I think Texas has fully implemented it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:03 PM (VofaG)
@Bubblebathgirl
Thieves in Los Angeles are now using stolen cars to break through the front of stores, then rob the stores, and leave the cars behind.
This is what LA has devolved into because Mayor Karen Bass is so soft on crime.
Especially when the criminals don’t fit the leftist narrative.
... I have two words for you ... Snake Plissken
Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (RHGPo)
we need to all stop
take the extension
Posted by: Black Orchid at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (Pv3Rg)
That not how it works.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (4AFDI)
339 Yeah, the “both sides” argument is pretty funny. Especially since all the graft and corruption we’ve seen thus far is going to Democrats or their causes across the world. I mean, odds are at some point we may find some republicans involved. But I doubt it. It’s more likely they are guilty of being feckless and apathetic.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 07, 2025 04:09 PM (EnT0Y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
** Feels faint, swoons, catches self, swoons again, reaches for Service Gimlet.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (ZmEVT)
Nah
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (VofaG)
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That's loser talk.
If we can't understand your gibberish, that's a failing on our part.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (GBKbO)
What they should also do is change the tax status on NGO’s and any other entity (public or private) doing business in any way with the US government so they cannot hide their sources and uses of funding, and make them file that as part of their quarterly disclosures.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (tVb1Q)
An NGO that receives money from taxpayers is no longer non-governmental.
No tax dollars to NGOs.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Fisht at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (BHEHK)
They put me in jail for far less.
Posted by: Zombie Bernie Madoff, Hero Financier at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (NAF5O)
At any rate, the vast majority of our DC culture and the money that emanates from it is leftist, so that's of course going to be the lowest hanging fruit and the most bountiful harvest.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 12:02 PM (FCbAQ)
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Our politicians span the political spectrum from the Social Democrats to the Democratic Socialists.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 12:05 PM (2ap+5)
Nah
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:04 PM (VofaG)
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Had me going for a moment.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (tT6L1)
What if you forgot the sperm sample? Could you just, um, improvise right there on Margaret's desk?
Posted by: one hour sober at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (Y1sOo)
It was very similar when I started drawing it, except I didn't have to show up in person (this was during the COVID bullshit).
My own documents, marriage and death certificates for my late wife, affidavit from my other pension as to how much I was getting, all kinds of crap.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (W5ArC)
F**king retards and there cheap ass paper social security cards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Most GOPERs are currently to the left of Barack Obama's 2012 re-election platform.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (t0Rmr)
we need to all stop
take the extension
Posted by: Black Orchid at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (Pv3Rg)
You already paid if you're working...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Oglebay
If the political spectrum looked like a tree, DC looks like a broomstick.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (jfdO+)
F**king retards and there cheap ass paper social security cards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (XV/Pl)
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Protecting government documents is a felony.
Also, allowing a government document to slightly fray is a felony.
Good luck, peon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
F**king retards and there cheap ass paper social security cards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (XV/Pl)
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I once used mine as ID....
I also take the tags off my mattresses.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (PzXaK)
Who were those people?
Some of them are leaving the capitol city as we speak. This, after being discovered by DoGE. Others are sitting in the Capitol bitching about it. It's still a real problem.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (Q4IgG)
What they should also do is change the tax status on NGO’s and any other entity (public or private) doing business in any way with the US government so they cannot hide their sources and uses of funding, and make them file that as part of their quarterly disclosures.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 11:58 AM (tVb1Q)
The punishment for theft shall be:
- First offense: hand cut off.
- Second offense: death.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (l3YAf)
Most GOPERs are currently to the left of Barack Obama's 2012 re-election platform.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (t0Rmr)
Does that include Tom Cotton the subject of this post?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
Posted by: Minuteman at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (N/AVJ)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:07 PM (PzXaK)
It'd be fun if they actually started enforcing that, given that everyone from credit bureaus to banks does, in fact, use it as a form of ID.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
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I've maintained for a long time that state government corruption would make federal government corruption blush.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (1tif4)
Posted by: Archimedes
Somewhere in the basement I have complete interest group ratings for something like 20 years compiled on a cd. Used it for a research project way back in the 00's. In it, I have the actual congressional bill or amendment key scored votes, etc. and you end up finding out that interest group ratings are primarily used to support 'friends' of the interest group and punish 'enemies' but ignoring actual ideological spacing between the Congress critters.
Political scientists moved to the Nominate scoring method that captures all votes for ideological separation using a reproducible methodology and away from the fake and gay interest group ratings.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (ctrM5)
I'm laughing just thinking about what would happen now with all of that.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (PzXaK)
@Bubblebathgirl
Thieves in Los Angeles are now using stolen cars to break through the front of stores, then rob the stores, and leave the cars behind.
This is what LA has devolved into because Mayor Karen Bass is so soft on crime.
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"It's only property crime. That's why you have insurance."
Typical lefty response
Posted by: Josephistan at February 18, 2025 12:10 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
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I'm amused at the thought of states being audited. "You're receiving federal dollars? Okay then, we need to see your books. Thanks!"
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 12:10 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
I saw where some freelancers tried it in California. Wasn't successful, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tried again.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 18, 2025 12:10 PM (W5ArC)
I'm laughing just thinking about what would happen now with all of that.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (PzXaK)
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SSN should not be treated as PPI.
It's effectively public and has been for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
You want Federal funds ...
Submit to a DOGE examination
Simple
Posted by: browndog unearthing eternal truths at February 18, 2025 12:10 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (Y1sOo)
fify
Posted by: Dude whats seen an 8mm movie once at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (FCbAQ)
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To me, that's a sin of lying, "When I get rich, I will be able to do so much more good with my wealth. Thus, it is actually good that I seek more wealth and power."
Like, "I'll join on the board of Planned Parenthood 'cause then I'll be able to convince them to stop killing babies."
Quit lying.
You just want the power and the money.
You're just trying to rationalize it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (fPmw+)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (1tif4)
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The state is like SpongeBob's tattletale strangler - demanding that the you step into the dark alley so no one can see the state "protecting" you
Posted by: Oglebay at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Professional courtesy.
Posted by: Auspex at February 18, 2025 12:11 PM (j4U/Z)
"It's only property crime. That's why you have insurance."
Typical lefty response
Posted by: Josephistan
Until the insurers pull out.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (63Dwl)
They were never doing this. Federal IT is a disaster area. SSNs haven’t been unique to a person for a very long time.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (l3YAf)
F**king retards and there cheap ass paper social security cards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:06 PM (XV/Pl)
You ever ask why you're not supposed to laminate an important piece of paper which can fade or be easily destroyed?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:08 PM (bbuBP)
I saw where some freelancers tried it in California. Wasn't successful, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tried again.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
It would work, but it has to come from the Governor's office as the chief executive.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (jfdO+)
It's not Margaret, it's Pete Buttigeg's new job.
And he'd be very happy for you to put the sample directly in his mouth.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: SMOD at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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And local government. And for the same reason, other people's money. About all you can do is make each level of government jealous and suspicious of each other to the extent of state check local grifting, feds check state and local grifting, but our failure has been state and local government checking fedgov grift as Congress will not do it themselves and rarely will Presidents bestir themselves either.
Best to just shrink fedgov powers to its core national defense, commerce with other nations, and grifting prevention. Leave the rest to states and local governments that can be checked by fedgov.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (o5+a9)
I have a bald eagle in the area. It landed in the evergreen in the back of the house last week. First time ever. Beautiful when it and it's mate are soaring over the 'hood.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (W/lyH)
It's all just money laundering.
Posted by: PJ at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (RRCAT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 18, 2025 12:12 PM (63Dwl)
Why, then, we'll just pass a law that makes it illegal for them to pull out. And if they start going bankrupt, we'll pass a law that makes it illegal for them to go bankrupt.
Posted by: Lefty Mentality at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:09 PM (1tif4)
You mean like "Fuck you, pay me"?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (FCbAQ)
>>I saw where some freelancers tried it in California. Wasn't successful, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tried again.
The only way to get to the crux of the biscuit is to have unrestricted inside access and have the analytic tool sets that Them DOGE Boys have, anything if folly.
The insiders are never going to give an outside group the info they need to prove their crimes and malfeasance.
That's why they are howling about DOGE, like Trump, they are not controlled by The Deep State/Uniparty.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (LxER7)
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 18, 2025 12:14 PM (1tif4)
Quit lying.
You just want the power and the money.
You're just trying to rationalize it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Pretty much and that is the story of DC.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:14 PM (ctrM5)
Local government can sometimes be worst of all. Ask Marvin Heemeyer.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 18, 2025 12:14 PM (2ocoG)
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Heh. Think about most HOAs. They make local governments look like Mister Smith Goes to Washington
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:14 PM (PzXaK)
Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, Cory Gardner, and Dan Sullivan are all Senators to watch carefully.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 18, 2025 12:14 PM (Gv4Gc)
You remember the argument you proffered- right? Because that doesn’t seem to prove your point.
As of yet, and even with Cotton, I have not seen the degree of Republican involvement in the NGO scheme. The DoJ is actually part of some investigations now, which should be interesting. That means federal laws may have been broken and people in Congress may have been unduly enriched. The names leaking out are all Democrats. That doesn’t mean it stops there, it just means they were more blatant in their theft. BTW I don’t care what party they are in. Anyone involved on thos should be sitting in Supermax
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (tVb1Q)
Political scientists moved to the Nominate scoring method that captures all votes for ideological separation using a reproducible methodology and away from the fake and gay interest group ratings.
But interest groups are usually associated loosely with the left or right. Thus, if most of the groups on the right approve of a member, then it's a reasonable supposition that he's generally on our side. If the member is only favorable viewed by left-leaning groups, then he's probably left. It's not perfect, but it is a useful general tool.
If the AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, and Move On all like a person, it's probably not someone for whom I would vote. If there's now a better tool, great, but that doesn't mean the old tool has no value.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (xCA6C)
My thought, "No reason to give you guys a chance to regroup."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (tT6L1)
Bye.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (PzXaK)
They are UGOs -- Unaccountable Governmental Organizations.
The indirect funding is specifically designed to avoid accountability and legality:
To fund what is illegal for the government to fund and to prevent any accountability to the People.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (fPmw+)
Posted by: puhleaze at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (bbuBP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (KXtU1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
Set up an online Social Security account online which will also require you to create and use a federal authenticator app login.gov (dunno if Microsoft authenticator or google can be substituted). All of these are free.
It allows you to request a new social security card online. Plus check your earnings history and other matters for fraud etc.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)
As of yet, and even with Cotton, I have not seen the degree of Republican involvement in the NGO scheme. The DoJ is actually part of some investigations now, which should be interesting. That means federal laws may have been broken and people in Congress may have been unduly enriched. The names leaking out are all Democrats. That doesn’t mean it stops there, it just means they were more blatant in their theft. BTW I don’t care what party they are in. Anyone involved on thos should be sitting in Supermax
Posted by: Marcus T at February 18, 2025 12:15 PM (tVb1Q)
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I'll quote you again:
"I mean, odds are at some point we may find some republicans involved. But I doubt it. It’s more likely they are guilty of being feckless and apathetic."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 18, 2025 12:13 PM (LxER7)
Yeah, I definitely recommend it. You don't need it until you do, and then you usually need it right away. The process is long and time consuming.
Posted by: Lefty Mentality at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Argue as you wish, the scores are fake and gay and actually artificially disperse scores indicating a far greater separation between Dems and Rep than the Uniparty reality.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
There are a billion possible social security numbers. How many people have been enrolled since it began, and how many illegals have been give SS numbers? It sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (lTGtQ)
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It keeps happening: Scottish police stop elderly woman from praying outside abortion mill
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (L/fGl)
They’re amazing. I live in a wooded area with some nests nearby, so I get to see them in my backyard on occasion. They’re huge!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:18 PM (l3YAf)
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To me, that's a sin of lying, "When I get rich, I will be able to do so much more good with my wealth. Thus, it is actually good that I seek more wealth and power."
Like, "I'll join on the board of Planned Parenthood 'cause then I'll be able to convince them to stop killing babies."
Quit lying.
You just want the power and the money.
You're just trying to rationalize it.
We spend a lot of time on this site raging about the RINOs. They are doing exactly what you condemn above. Perhaps it's time we learned to play the game as well as the left does.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 18, 2025 12:18 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
You should wait to see if you live that long.
Posted by: Reaper, Grim at February 18, 2025 12:18 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 18, 2025 12:00 PM (o5+a9)
I've had a red tailed hawks and a coopers hawks hang out around my yard. They do a great job keeping squirrels, moles/mice and other unwanted vermin in check.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 18, 2025 12:18 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: WitchDoktor
That would be an amusing movie. Mr Smith goes to the HOA board meeting.
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:19 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: pawn at February 18, 2025 12:19 PM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at February 18, 2025 12:20 PM (c0tJM)
Posted by: whig at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (ctrM5)
Hmm.... that's definitely changed since I needed a replacement (around 20 years ago, as noted).
I'm not sure that I agree with this. While it was a pain in the ass, I'd like to think that an actual human being (or as close as you get with a bureaucrat) has actually seen the applicant face-to-face at some point.
Posted by: Lefty Mentality at February 18, 2025 12:20 PM (W5ArC)
"I mean, odds are at some point we may find some republicans involved. But I doubt it. It’s more likely they are guilty of being feckless and apathetic."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:16 PM (GBKbO)
what is your point?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:22 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 18, 2025 12:22 PM (xTinh)
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 18, 2025 12:22 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
We're the sure thing. They know exactly what we have & what they can get out of us in as far as taxes, fees, etc. And also how overall obedient we are too. (Maybe a bit of a pita but, really, not much.)
Why does federal employment increase so, for largely repetious jobs that now need contractors to build training, customer service, etc? It's a huge circle.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 18, 2025 12:22 PM (nH5og)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 18, 2025 12:17 PM (lTGtQ)
According to DOGE the SS database has something like 390 million records. Lots of duplication. That didn’t start four years ago.
Twenty years ago I read about how there can be a dozen plus illegals using the same SSN and the SSA knows about it. This was during GWB’s big amnesty push, and the argument was we should give those illegals citizenship so they won’t have to share SSNs.
The corruption runs deep.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:23 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Beverly at February 18, 2025 12:24 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 18, 2025 12:24 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Maxine Waters' Wig at February 18, 2025 12:24 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:22 PM (VofaG)
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My point on the thread from a week ago was that Republicans are in on it. Marcus T disagreed.
My point up above was that Marcus T said that no Republicans would be in on it. Marcus T said I made up his assertion.
Marcus T is a GOP apologist, more loyal to the brand than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:24 PM (GBKbO)
Temporary Restraining Order
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Thanks, that makes sense. Again, thank you.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 18, 2025 12:25 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Beverly at February 18, 2025 12:26 PM (Epeb0)
And what Republicans are in on it to any degree close to what the Left is? Marcus T shouldn't have to explain the difference between the exceptions and the Rule.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:29 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:29 PM (VofaG)
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That wasn't his assertion. He said that he doubted any Republican was in on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
and what Republican is in on it?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:37 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
and what Republican is in on it?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 18, 2025 12:37 PM (VofaG)
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Graham. Paul Ryan, and now it seems Tom Cotton.
All on NGOs that receive federal grant money.
And how are we to know if they're the exception or not? Why does the GOP, which has exploded debt while controlling Congress most of the last 20 years, get some sort of benefit of the doubt?
Because we cheer for them in the Super Bowl of politics every 2 years?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 18, 2025 12:39 PM (GBKbO)
Very interesting CBD, thanks for pointing this out.
Apparently both parties have these little foreign policy/aid playgrounds.
There is also a Democrat counterpart to the IRI called the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
https://www.ndi.org/
Here's their Board of Directors:
https://www.ndi.org/board-directors
Tom Daschle (there's a name from the past), Stacey Abrams, Donna Brazile, and Randi Weingarten, among many others.
I don't know how much $$$ USAID was giving to them.
Would love to know, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 18, 2025 01:35 PM (6ydKt)
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