CBS Report: Billions of Dollars of "Hospice Care" Fraud in Los Angeles Alone; One Building Sports <i>Eighty-Nine</i> Fake "Hospice Care" Offices

CBS Report: Billions of Dollars of "Hospice Care" Fraud in Los Angeles Alone; One Building Sports Eighty-Nine Fake "Hospice Care" Offices

So, mutlibillion dollar network CBS has finally started investigating what sole-proprietor Nick Shirley uncovered months ago.

I guess it's something.

Hospice care, if you're fortunate enough not to know, is end-of-life care for the terminally ill. "Palliative care" -- just "making the patient comfortable."

And absolute demons have created hundreds -- thousands, likely -- of completely fake "hospice care" businesses and are fraudulently signing up perfectly healthy people for hundreds of thousands of dollars of "hospice care" per fake "patient" that is never delivered, only billed to the taxpayers.

CBS:

We visited "ground zero" for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, California
A CBS News analysis of records for every hospice operating in Los Angeles County finds indications of fraud are growing.
By Rachel Gold, Laura Geller, Adam Yamaguchi and Graham Kates

At age 69, Lynn Ianni is a pickleball whiz, zipping from dinks to drives energetically. When she suffered an injury on the court two years ago, she sought physical therapy, and was surprised to learn her Medicare insurance wouldn't cover it.
She was, according to Medicare records, dying and in hospice.
"They said, 'you're in hospice.' And I said, 'what? What are you talking about?" Ianni said. "'Are you kidding me? Do I look like I'm in hospice?'"
Ianni's Medicare number had been stolen, and used by a company to fraudulently enroll her in hospice -- specialized, compassionate care for terminal patients nearing the end of their lives. It was another example of fraud in the hospice industry, long a nationwide problem. But her case arose well after officials had promised to stamp it out in California, where the problem has been especially acute.
Ianni was initially approved for physical therapy treatments through Medicare. But later, her coverage was denied because she was listed as receiving hospice care, and the services were deemed not covered -- even though she was not, and has never been, in hospice. CBS News

Three years ago, California's state auditor sounded the alarm that Los Angeles County had seen a 1,500% increase in hospice companies since 2010 -- more than six times the national average relative to its elderly population.
Auditors estimated LA County hospices overbilled Medicare by $105 million in a single year. The report called out notable red flags -- key warning signs of fraud:
Multiple hospices in one building
Geographic clustering
Low patient counts
High rates of terminally ill patients later discharged alive
Excessive billing
Staff shared across multiple companies
The state says it proceeded to investigate and revoke the licenses of 280 hospices.
But since then, the problem has continued to fester. CBS News examined the business and financial records of every hospice currently operating in LA County, applying the same indicators identified by the state. Indications of fraud have not stopped. In fact, they've grown.
The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in LA County, trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state.
California is confronting this problem as Gavin Newsom, its Democratic governor, eyes a potential presidential run. Fraud in public services has become a thorny political issue. Republicans and an army of social media influencers have seized on the issue as politically potent -- accusing Democratic state executives of failing to prevent costly schemes, most notably in Minnesota, where the Feeding our Future pandemic relief scam cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz, announced in January that he would no longer seek reelection amid fallout from that scandal.
CBS News reached out to Governor Newsom's office. A spokesperson sent us a January 2026 statement, which reads in part, "Under Governor Newsom's administration, California has cracked down on hospice fraud, launched partnerships across state agencies, and the California Department of Justice has arrested criminals to hold them accountable."
Hospice fraud is a nationwide problem. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General reported in 2023 that suspected hospice fraud amounts totaled an estimated $198.1 million.

There are about 1,800 licensed hospices in Los Angeles County, California, which is more than six times the national average for the county's senior population.
A CBS News investigation found about 42% (742 companies) still operate despite having multiple signs the state has outlined as indicators of fraud.
Nearly 500 hospices are operating within a 3-mile radius, the densest concentration of agencies in the county.
There are 137 hospices operating along Van Nuys Boulevard alone. More than half of them show signs the state has outlined as indicators of fraud.
89 companies are registered to a single building in Van Nuys.
72 have multiple signs the state says could indicate fraud. It's the most extreme case of hospice clustering CBS found.

Read the whole thing.

CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FRAUD: There's a stretch in Los Angeles with 500 registered hospice companies within just three miles of each other. And 89 in a single building. But when we visited, we found empty offices, piled-up mail, and phone lines dead.

Watch CBS News' exclusive… pic.twitter.com/ydb8v0RqxE
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 10, 2026

Of course... Fox had this story a month ago.

The fraud being exposed in California is INSANE

- 18% of THE WHOLE COUNTRY’S home health care billing is coming out of Los Angeles County
- One doctor billed the government $120 million in a single year claiming to oversee 1,900 patients
- With almost 2,000 hospice agencies, Los… pic.twitter.com/0mTPG1ENL2
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 1, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:32 PM

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1 New one...I'll go tell the others.

Posted by: garrett at March 11, 2026 03:32 PM (erF49)

2 BUT TRUMP!

Posted by: The rest of the MSM, in 3.2.1 at March 11, 2026 03:34 PM (eOFY+)

3 Yeah, you don't actually care about federal spending because you haven't written about Hegseth spending MILLIONS on lobster tail for active duty troops!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)

4 Shocking.

Posted by: Reforger at March 11, 2026 03:34 PM (rpbjO)

5 actual journalism? how weird is that?!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 03:34 PM (MIIRH)

6 And yet AWFLs will still vote for. Gov. Bateman.

Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (wa/yD)

7 6 And yet AWFLs will still vote for. Gov. Bateman.

Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (wa/yD)

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Well, they are the primary readers of monster porn novels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (GBKbO)

8 Fake Hospice care is particularly heinous.

Go SoCal!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (f9h0J)

9 The amount of fraud in CA must be staggering.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (rj6Yv)

10 spot-on, TJM, that's the really important scandal

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (MIIRH)

11 9 The amount of fraud in CA must be staggering.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (rj6Yv)

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False.

The effort to build the high speed rail is the most honest accounting of government expenditures in human history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

12 So Karen Bass is on the take.

How many did she set up personally?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

13 Meanwhile, if you are a doctor, Medicare is ratcheting back your reimbursements and has for years, far below rate of inflation because Medicare is out of money. Do tell.

Posted by: Dantes at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (GnbtM)

14
Well, at least the CJNG and Sinaloa hospices have plenty of pain medicine lying around.

It's nice that even those of us without drug problems get to pay shitloads of $$$ to the cartels. And Somalian terrorists. And whomever else Democrat states decide we should be bankrolling.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 03:37 PM (BI5O2)

15 As a Californian I'm so proud... We beat Minnesota ! Yeah for us...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:37 PM (K3KEI)

16 15 As a Californian I'm so proud... We beat Minnesota ! Yeah for us...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:37 PM (K3KEI)

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"We're #1!"
-California fraudsters

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:37 PM (GBKbO)

17 Immigration status of the names under which these fake hospice care businesses operate would be interesting, perhaps.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (cWLG3)

18 CBS is doing real reporting?
Isn't that a sign of the Apocalypse?

Posted by: 29Victor at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (0MjtC)

19 Well, at least California revoked their licenses, requiring them to form a new LLC to keep ripping off taxpayers. I suppose putting people in jail was racist or something.

Posted by: spongeworthy at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (sLLbN)

20 In MN, we saw government investigators calling out the fraud and being ignored or told to shut up.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if that turned out to be the case here as well.

These frauds are assisted from high up in local government.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (mkw2N)

21 Who cares about this? Just look at Governor Newsom; he's Gorgeous!

Posted by: Katie Couric, Journalist Emerita at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (eOFY+)

22 Fun facts:

Hospice care is 100% paid Medicare benefit.

People can remain admitted in hospice for years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

23 To be fair, the state of California should be in hospice care.

Posted by: 29Victor at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (0MjtC)

24 I think we wouldn't have deficits if it wasn't for fraud..

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (YwEeS)

25 Someone important doesn't like Gruesome 2028.

Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (KTbq2)

26 States should pay for this shit.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (rJ48h)

27 17 Immigration status of the names under which these fake hospice care businesses operate would be interesting, perhaps.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (cWLG3)

DR. Oz was there a month or so ago and said there was a large Russian group...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (K3KEI)

28 really brings the bite to (was it lenin? stalin? kruschev?) the saying about the capitalists selling the communists the rope to hang them, don't it?

we taxpayers have been funding the guild of assassins to murder us all, and apparently for decades!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (MIIRH)

29 Looting the Republic

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)

30 If CBS is covering this now, that means the crooks involved have already diverted the funds through a different money laundering factory.

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (WjNcq)

31 21 Who cares about this? Just look at Governor Newsom; he's Gorgeous!

Posted by: Katie Couric, Journalist Emerita at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (eOFY+)

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Without any scandals at all. Because of the dreaminess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (GBKbO)

32 As a Californian I'm so proud... We beat Minnesota ! Yeah for us...
Posted by: It's me donna

Per capita? Or just absolute dollars?

Posted by: mikeski in MN at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (CJLVY)

33 >>> Yeah, you don't actually care about federal spending because you haven't written about Hegseth spending MILLIONS on lobster tail for active duty troops!

Does say how much the navy spends on feeding hamsters to the troops?

(Not real hamsters, chicken cordon bleu)

Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 03:40 PM (ed3I4)

34 Frauds is a way of life in the third world.

Import the third world, become the third world.

Posted by: brak at March 11, 2026 03:40 PM (jGJov)

35 Jimmah Cahtah spent a good while in hospice waiting to croak

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 11, 2026 03:40 PM (jrgJz)

36 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)

37 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (o/Kbl)

38 The left will not stop until this country is bankrupt and 3rd world.

Then, when we're taken over, they think they'll have a seat at the One World Order table.

They won't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

39 False.

The effort to build the high speed rail is the most honest accounting of government expenditures in human history.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)
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Yeah, well, I think what's going make the blood boil over there will be $8 a gallon gas at the pump in the near future. The Dems will blame DJT, of course but compared to the rest of the country, California will feel like the land of plague and locusts.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (rj6Yv)

40 Understandable to be discouraged with the daily, hourly revelations of the monstrous evil that engulfs the USA.

Hold fast the faith no matter what may come. It's our duty to stand and fight for the good.

Posted by: kingsman at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (ehY6c)

41 It is plausible that our entire federal deficit under Biden was fraud.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (Qn59F)

42 Leftists are mostly at fault, spreading the wealth.
Every Democrats programs leave holes to fraud

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

43 So, they found fraud, and shut down the companies, but did not PROSECUTE anyone for said fraud.

Then wonder why it happens again.

If you don't punish people for breaking the law, why follow the law... wow... sounds like Illegal Immigrants...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 03:42 PM (mP0Kj)

44
Gruesome Newscum 2028 -- None Of It Happened and It's Good That It Did!

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:42 PM (o/Kbl)

45 39
Yeah, well, I think what's going make the blood boil over there will be $8 a gallon gas at the pump in the near future. The Dems will blame DJT, of course but compared to the rest of the country, California will feel like the land of plague and locusts.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (rj6Yv)

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It will be Mark Zuckerberg's fault for leaving with his money instead of patriotically allowing his wealth to be taxed.

CA should organize a black ops team to kidnap him and bring him back for a sentencing hearing: exile or death.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:42 PM (GBKbO)

46 People can remain admitted in hospice for years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

Look at Biden or Carter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

47 CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FRAUD: There's a stretch in Los Angeles with 500 registered hospice companies within just three miles of each other. And 89 in a single building. But when we visited, we found empty offices, piled-up mail, and phone lines dead.

Watch CBS News' exclusive

Exclusive? Not so much. Even Dr. Oz has been to Los Angeles and reported on this shit.

Still can't find Minnesota on a map, tho, eh?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

48 44
Gruesome Newscum 2028 -- None Of It Happened and It's Good That It Did!

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:42 PM (o/Kbl)

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"All you people I drove out of California need to vote for me."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

49 really brings the bite to (was it lenin? stalin? kruschev?) the saying about the capitalists selling the communists the rope to hang them, don't it?

we taxpayers have been funding the guild of assassins to murder us all, and apparently for decades!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (MIIRH)

Kruschev. 'We will sell them the rope we will hang them with.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

50 The real victim of this CA fraud is Zohran Mamdani.

-CNN

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (WjNcq)

51 I fucking hate human beings.

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's All I Got. at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (dmDsy)

52 There are a number of state agencies that require and use SSN as identifiers, and even if the agent taking them is not compromised, the computer systems most likely are.
I would try to find out some pattern to the SSN theft, and then start crucifying until we find out how the ID Crime was performed.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (rbvCR)

53 46 People can remain admitted in hospice for years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

Look at Biden or Carter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

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Dolley's grandmother was in hospice for 2 years.

She would have probably died after 6 months if Dolley's mother hadn't decided to spend her life sitting there in that nursing home every day, looking after her dementia ridden mother to make sure she clung to life for as long as possible. She probably did save the grandmother's life on a consistent basis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

54 And the answers are to who owns them:

1) California mafia: Pelousi, Newscum, etc

2) Cartels/ Mexico

3) Are their Somolians in California?

4) Policicans in US Congress

5) All of the above

I am now on a low dose of roids for my upper bronchi. I would normally wait a bit longer but it drives me insane when I am trying to sleep. Three years ago I let it get so bad it was as if I had a really bad harmonica in my upper airways...in and out sounds vs the better sounds on exhalation. Hideous!

The roids, even a low dose, makes me wacky.

Prepare yourselves! I was found sorting my jewelry, like a queen packing her crown jewels at midnight last time. My dude asked if I was coming to bed. I look pretty bad so he may not ask this in 2025=6.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (WONhk)

55 The definition of "hospice care" has changed a lot over the years.

My dad was on it for several months. They approved hospice so he could go home and simply get a visit from home health and a nurse a few times a week. He wasn't on his death bed.

My SiL's mom is in this boat now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

56 Kruschev. 'We will sell them the rope we will hang them with.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Lenin, I think. "They will sell us the rope we will hang them with."

Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

57 41 It is plausible that our entire federal deficit under Biden was fraud.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 03:41 PM (Qn59F)

The standard graphs trotted out all seem to show a meteoric rise in debt right around the end of the Obama admin. Swamp creatures cut loose and left to run rampant under a distracted and harried Trump 45, and then given official sanction to really turn it up to 11 under the Autopen Regency.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (Ot/FD)

58 51 I fucking hate human beings.

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's All I Got. at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (dmDsy)

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But it'll be the repealing of the 17th Amendment that wakes them up and convinces them to pay attention to state politics!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

59
"All you people I drove out of California need to vote for me."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

He's trying to tax them for leaving, so it's only fair.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)

60 Wait....did SEE BS just commit journalism?!

*takes self to fainting couch*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (ZANHd)

61 ... fraudulently signing up perfectly healthy people for hundreds of thousands of dollars of "hospice care" per fake "patient" that is never delivered, only billed to the taxpayers.

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Would give new meaning to "ActBlue" if that's what they named this fraud scheme, too.

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (o/Kbl)

62 "All you people I drove out of California need to vote for me."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (Ot/FD)

63 46 People can remain admitted in hospice for years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

Look at Biden or Carter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

Joey CrapHisPants basically turned the White House
into the White Hospice.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (wtvvX)

64 thx Aetius, I knew it was one of those deep thinkers ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2026 03:47 PM (MIIRH)

65 The plan is to become Mexico first, where the street criminals are the enforcers for the criminal government, then Cambodia.

Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 03:47 PM (KTbq2)

66 Wait....did SEE BS just commit journalism?!

*takes self to fainting couch*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (ZANHd)

They just had AI rewrite Shirley's stuff and re-released it as their own, likely.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

67 Kruschev. 'We will sell them the rope we will hang them with.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)

Which was followed by the quiet aside, "Make sure we include rope in next five-year plan"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (rbvCR)

68 The effort to build the high speed rail is the most honest accounting of government expenditures in human history.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

Funny thing... my older brother is an Accountant, who was a contractor on that very project.

Weekly meetings in Sacramento with the Gov often in attendance. He admitted years ago that the whole project was based on the Sunk Cost Fallacy... that they KNEW the budget was not realistic, but if they spent enough money... no one would be willing to cancel the whole project.

He is now retired, living in an expensive property in Southern Calif... because he made BANK during those consulting years.

Needless to say... we don't talk about this subject anymore...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (mP0Kj)

69 They just had AI rewrite Shirley's stuff and re-released it as their own, likely.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

It's sad how true that probably is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (Ot/FD)

70 There is no fraud in CA. Gov. Brylcreem has ensured me of this fact.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (M9gjJ)

71 >>>To be fair, the state of California should be in hospice care.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (0MjtC)

Canada would like to suggest an alternative option.

Posted by: Max Power at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (q177U)

72 Wait....did SEE BS just commit journalism?!

*takes self to fainting couch*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Me thinks one of those Columbia grads just realized hauling the propaganda line ain't gonna pay off the loan bills.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 03:50 PM (diia5)

73 It's a CBS exclusive!!!!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 11, 2026 03:50 PM (n5tGW)

74 It's not like it's "fraud" fraud.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2026 03:50 PM (0N4FZ)

75 Example 2,348,629 that we're not a serious country anymore. Though that number might be low.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 11, 2026 03:50 PM (CyFyf)

76 There's no such thing as voter fraud.

There's no such thing as medicare fraud.

There's no such thing as social security fraud.

I'm starting to think $4.5t of our $7t annual budget is fraud.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

77 Weekly meetings in Sacramento with the Gov often in attendance. He admitted years ago that the whole project was based on the Sunk Cost Fallacy... that they KNEW the budget was not realistic, but if they spent enough money... no one would be willing to cancel the whole project.

He is now retired, living in an expensive property in Southern Calif... because he made BANK during those consulting years.

Needless to say... we don't talk about this subject anymore...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM

So basically too big to fail in action.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (0N4FZ)

78 Oh, no. Kruschev was 'we will stand beside your grave and we will bury you.'

Lot of trash talking commies. They killed far more commies than capitalists.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

79 How many people were registered to vote in that building??

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (1nfzE)

80 The definition of "hospice care" has changed a lot over the years.

My dad was on it for several months. They approved hospice so he could go home and simply get a visit from home health and a nurse a few times a week. He wasn't on his death bed.

My SiL's mom is in this boat now.
Posted by: Sponge

My wife lasted 20 days. And the nurses were there 3x a week. At least hers was a real company.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (MwdeY)

81 It's almost like Pam Bondi is a lazy and incompetent slug.

PS: She's now being housed at an enforced military base for her safety.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (abIsI)

82 They're gonna have to toss this story aside for steak and lobster Gate... Oh.. And purposely killing little girls in Iran Gate...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (K3KEI)

83 71 I'm listening

Posted by: Bete at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (LX4y3)

84 At least when the mob ran their income through a car wash, you could still actually get your car washed there, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (Ot/FD)

85 61 ... fraudulently signing up perfectly healthy people for hundreds of thousands of dollars of "hospice care" per fake "patient" that is never delivered, only billed to the taxpayers.

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Would give new meaning to "ActBlue" if that's what they named this fraud scheme, too.
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:46 PM (o/Kbl)

They need to dig deeper... Hospice can get YUGE amounts of drugs, that the nurses can then give without a Doctors prescription.

Bet those drugs were bought then sold on the Black Market.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (mP0Kj)

86 Lot of trash talking commies. They killed far more commies than capitalists.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

That's the best thing about communism.

Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (KTbq2)

87 Blood boiling level = eleventymillions.

The Old Man recently passed away, Mom is still on Hospice (fluid in lungs and around heart), but I have to (well, I could just ignore everything. But I won't. So there) jump thru constant hoops from Mediscam thru... just to keep things going. It's a f'ing nightmare that I sincerely pray that none others have to endure (but they do. Damn)... and then find that my tax $$ is funding this shiiite.

Pissed off, this gets me...

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (XuXeR)

88
Canada would like to suggest an alternative option.
Posted by: Max Power at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (q177U)

Canada has surpassed it's death toll from WWII with it's assisted suicide law......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

89 And the answers are to who owns them:

1) California mafia: Pelousi, Newscum, etc

2) Cartels/ Mexico

3) Are their Somolians in California?

4) Policicans in US Congress

5) All of the above

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ChoComms as well for (4).

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (o/Kbl)

90 To be fair, the state of California should be in hospice care.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 11, 2026 03:39 PM (0MjtC)

Canada would like to suggest an alternative option.
Posted by: Max Power

Ritual seppaku.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (MwdeY)

91 Without the decades of fraud we could have a budget that is in the black not a massive hole

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (Ia/+0)

92 *ChiComms

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (o/Kbl)

93 58 51 I fucking hate human beings.

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's All I Got. at March 11, 2026 03:44 PM (dmDsy)

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But it'll be the repealing of the 17th Amendment that wakes them up and convinces them to pay attention to state politics!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

Oh, you snarky bastard! Well done!

LOL

Posted by: Denny Crane - Now Go Piss Off. at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (dmDsy)

94 76 There's no such thing as voter fraud.

There's no such thing as medicare fraud.

There's no such thing as social security fraud.

I'm starting to think $4.5t of our $7t annual budget is fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I think you underestimate the fraud factor.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (abIsI)

95 14
Well, at least the CJNG and Sinaloa hospices have plenty of pain medicine lying around.

It's nice that even those of us without drug problems get to pay shitloads of $$$ to the cartels. And Somalian terrorists. And whomever else Democrat states decide we should be bankrolling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 11, 2026 03:37 PM (BI5O2)

A lot of people don't grasp that there is significant organized crime involvement in Medicare fraud and it can be quite sophisiticated.

Posted by: The Democrats' prime constituency at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (TbWk/)

96 I'm starting to think $4.5t of our $7t annual budget is fraud."

I'm going with $6.9 T is fraud. And most of the rest wasted.

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR)

97 California needs to perform bukkakae with a 12ga.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (1nfzE)

98 "Read the whole thing."

I saw enough. I don't need to bust a blood vessel.

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F)

99 The fault for every innocent civilian accidentally killed by American weaponry in Iran lies squarely at the blood-drenched feet of the Islamic Revolution. Every single one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD)

100 I kind of love that the kid who kicked off all this statewide fraud investigation is a Mormon virgin who started out doing silly YouTube videos.

Can he get a presidential medal of freedom? Since journalists will never give him a Pulitzer.

Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (ed3I4)

101 I wonder what the govt follow-up will be to the doc that billed $120 million in one year.

Posted by: Mr. Crickets at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (n5tGW)

102 I saw enough. I don't need to bust a blood vessel."

Amen.

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR)

103 This is similar to what happened in Minnesota when the Trump admin was establishing a pretext for sending in ICE. It's not about fraud. It's about creating unrest and provoking violence in US cities. This is fascism on the march.

Up until a few months ago, a CBS report would be taken seriously. Now it’s immediate doubt. That’s what happens when you light your credibility on fire.

It's believable fraud exists. What's suspicious is the timing and location of sudden, selective enforcement. Trump's looking for a reason to halt funding, then extract something in return. Extortion is the pattern.

The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in LA County, trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state.

Not quite the "every hospice operating in Los Angeles County" claim that Bari Weis wants you to believe.

This is right-wing BS from CBS, the newly minted MAGA propaganda outlet. The state has been investigating it. Hundreds of licenses have already been revoked. The CBS report didn't mention any of that. Why? To make CA look corrupt, and to hurt Newsom.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (JCZqz)

104 the beauty is- snuff em in the womb, send 'em to the tomb. Snip 'em they're young ; let's get the job done; no need to pro-
create cheaper immagrate. We love dirty dealin'

Posted by: pahound at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (B6RK+)

105 California needs to perform bukkakae with a 12ga.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (1nfzE)

I've often called my johnson '12 gauge.'

Posted by: Peter North at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)

106 Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (XuXeR)

Sorry... That must be really tough

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (K3KEI)

107 The definition of "hospice care" has changed a lot over the years.

My dad was on it for several months. They approved hospice so he could go home and simply get a visit from home health and a nurse a few times a week. He wasn't on his death bed.

My SiL's mom is in this boat now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

My mom was on hospice for almost a year before she passed. My late husband..two weeks and I honestly don't know what I would have done without them.

Posted by: Tuna at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (lJ0H4)

108 93 Oh, you snarky bastard! Well done!

LOL

Posted by: Denny Crane - Now Go Piss Off. at March 11, 2026 03:53 PM (dmDsy)

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I'm just happy you didn't take it too seriously.

You seem like good people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (GBKbO)

109 At age 69, Lynn Ianni is a pickleball whiz...

If you're playing pickleball after age 65 it might be a good idea to wear an absorbent adult undergarment for those awkward moments.

Posted by: muldoon at March 11, 2026 03:56 PM (qgHp7)

110 103 It's believable fraud exists. What's suspicious is the timing and location of sudden, selective enforcement. Trump's looking for a reason to halt funding, then extract something in return. Extortion is the pattern.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (JCZqz)

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"Sure, it's probably true, but the problem is the TIMING!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

111 >>> Hundreds of licenses have already been revoked. The CBS report didn't mention any of that. Why? To make CA look corrupt,

Reddit is not mad at the corruption in CA, they are mad you're paying attention to it!

Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (ed3I4)

112
This is right-wing BS from CBS, the newly minted MAGA propaganda outlet. The state has been investigating it. Hundreds of licenses have already been revoked. The CBS report didn't mention any of that. Why? To make CA look corrupt, and to hurt Newsom.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (JCZqz)

Go to AI and type "Give me a leftist comment on CBS reporting on California Fraud" and I'm betting that's where this comes from.

There's NO WAY they're this vapid. No way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)

113 The CBS report didn't mention any of that. Why? To make CA look corrupt, and to hurt Newsom.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (JCZqz)

Oh they don't need any help with that... They're doing a bang up job on their own...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (K3KEI)

114 Is there anywhere you can go to see the mug shots of the people they arrested for this?

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (vFG9F)

115 I love when people who don't know what extortion means use the word extortion.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (Ot/FD)

116
I've often called my johnson '12 gauge.'

Posted by: Peter North

I sometimes refer to mine as BMG.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (abIsI)

117 Sorry... That must be really tough"

It's left me a bit peckish about such topics...

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (XuXeR)

118 Over to you, Anti-Corruption Czar JD Vance. Get some easy wins.

Unless it's a distraction from addressing Congressional corruption, in which case, carry on.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (Dv3i1)

119 Canada has surpassed it's death toll from WWII with it's assisted suicide law......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

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I believe we have surpassed our military death toll from all the wars combined since World War II with fentanyl and other opioid overdoses.

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (o/Kbl)

120 I've often called my johnson '12 gauge.'

Posted by: Peter North

I sometimes refer to mine as BMG.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 03:57 PM (abIsI)

So that's why my ex always called me "Four Bore".

I thought she just really didn't like my jokes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (Ot/FD)

121 I wonder what the govt follow-up will be to the doc that billed $120 million in one year.
Posted by: Mr. Crickets at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM

A stern talking to.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (ZANHd)

122 If you're playing pickleball"

I think I've spotted the problem...

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (XuXeR)

123 I wonder what the govt follow-up will be to the doc that billed $120 million in one year.
Posted by: Mr. Crickets at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM

A high-five.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

124 114 Is there anywhere you can go to see the mug shots of the people they arrested for this?
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right

On my desk back in DC

Posted by: Pam Bondi In Seclusion at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (abIsI)

125 How freaking hard is it to verify actual patients? It's not.
They just don't want to. Visitation, cross checks, next of kin information. So easy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (n5tGW)

126 Now we know why TPTB had to try and get rid of Elon Musk and DOGE (not sure if they're still around).

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (o/Kbl)

127 The DOGE and Nick Shirly phenomena popping up in Auzzie land.

And, natch, an AWFUL is at the center. Hilarious vid. Link to YouTube.
youtube.com/watch?v=YDPsRyV5lQk

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (diia5)

128
I believe we have surpassed our military death toll from all the wars combined since World War II with fentanyl and other opioid overdoses.
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM (o/Kbl)

It's all suicide in the end and I'm betting Judgement Day will be a rude awakening for a whole host of society.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)

129 >>My wife lasted 20 days.

My wife was terminal with iTTP and no one knew it. They thought she had pneumonia. Five days in ICU. Never made it home.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Y1sOo)

130 126 Now we know why TPTB had to try and get rid of Elon Musk and DOGE (not sure if they're still around).

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 03:59 PM (o/Kbl)

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Yes, the DOGE office still exists.

They even have an X account:

https://x.com/DOGE

But, they've moved some key personnel into other departments. Like Big Balls. He works for SSA now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

131 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (dpXJq)

132 And just like Tim Walz, Gavin Newsom will not be running for governor except Gavin will be be running for POTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (NpAcC)

133 Wow, Free Shit disappears fast.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (pZ64F)

134 The Democrat Party of death just keeps getting better and better. You gotta hand to their efficiency experts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 11, 2026 04:01 PM (M9gjJ)

135

My wife lasted 20 days. And the nurses were there 3x a week. At least hers was a real company.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 03:51 PM (MwdeY)

*brohug*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

136 Easily a month ago zombie brought up California heath care fraud with family getting full pay to take care of othet family members

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

137 The report called out notable red flags -- key warning signs of fraud

Haven't You People figured out that Noticing really fucking obvious signs of fraud is rayciss and insurrectiony besides.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (ULPxl)

138
Weekly meetings in Sacramento with the Gov often in attendance. He admitted years ago that the whole project was based on the Sunk Cost Fallacy... that they KNEW the budget was not realistic, but if they spent enough money... no one would be willing to cancel the whole project.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 03:49 PM (mP0Kj)

HSR has two reasons to exist. If it actually gets completed (doubtful) then it's a transportation subsidy for Bay Area leftists so they can work in Frisco and then return home to their houses in the San Joaquin Valley, where real estate prices are 1/3 of prices in the Bay Area.

The other reason is that Sunk Cost thing, as a permanent supply of money for the CA Democrat Party, because there's no way in hell that it'll ever be completed. When they start trying to buy land for the tracks in the Bay Area, Frisco Donks will get their lawyers on the case to permanently block any construction.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (y9nCu)

139 There's no such thing as voter fraud.

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Katie Couric Explains the SAVE Act, Says Voter Fraud Is ‘Vanishingly Rare’

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)

140 My wife was terminal with iTTP and no one knew it. They thought she had pneumonia. Five days in ICU. Never made it home.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Y1sOo)

My most sincere condolences.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

141 139 There's no such thing as voter fraud.

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Katie Couric Explains the SAVE Act, Says Voter Fraud Is ‘Vanishingly Rare’

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)

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Wow, she must have proof of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (GBKbO)

142 How did these imports get that many elderly Medicaid Numbers? Was this a Biden thing?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (pZ64F)

143 Having had to get hospice care help for my dying mother, this REALLY PISSES ME OFF

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (PYyV9)

144 With out federal funding and our Governors guidance, thousands will suffer. How can this cruelty be endured?

Posted by: Somali Health Care Giver at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (IV+J7)

145 Want to read some really stupid shit?

https://archive.ph/mq6eS

Guys, did you know we only support Israel to speed run the end times and accelerate the return of Da Jesus?

Totes true, yall.

Posted by: Robert at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (dpXJq)

146 There are trillions in SSDI fraud alone.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2026 04:04 PM (abIsI)

147 I wonder what the govt follow-up will be to the doc that billed $120 million in one year.
Posted by: Mr. Crickets at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM

A stern talking to.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 11, 2026 03:58 PM

I dunno. There's a lot of outrage over this. He might get an entry made in his Permanent Record.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 11, 2026 04:04 PM (TFg12)

148 110 103 It's believable fraud exists. What's suspicious is the timing and location of sudden, selective enforcement. Trump's looking for a reason to halt funding, then extract something in return. Extortion is the pattern.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM (JCZqz)

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"Sure, it's probably true, but the problem is the TIMING!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

California, along with Texas, Florida, and a few other states, has long been a hotbed of Medicare fraud. This has been known for decades, it's not some recent invention of the PDT administration. But these people are deliberately ignorant hyperpartisan retards so it doesn't matter to them.

Posted by: Shocked, SHOCKED to find Medicare fraud here! at March 11, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

149 145 Want to read some really stupid shit?

https://archive.ph/mq6eS

Guys, did you know we only support Israel to speed run the end times and accelerate the return of Da Jesus?

Totes true, yall.

Posted by: Robert at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (dpXJq)

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Our holy book is the Left Behind series.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:04 PM (GBKbO)

150 If it actually gets completed (doubtful) then it's a transportation subsidy for Bay Area leftists so they can work in Frisco and then return home to their houses in the San Joaquin Valley, where real estate prices are 1/3 of prices in the Bay Area."

Until, of course, prices reflect supply and demand. Funny, no?

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 04:05 PM (XuXeR)

151 I kind of love that the kid who kicked off all this statewide fraud investigation is a Mormon virgin who started out doing silly YouTube videos.

Can he get a presidential medal of freedom? Since journalists will never give him a Pulitzer.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (ed3I4)
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TBF, the guys at Powerline have been reporting on fraud in MN a long time, years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

152 Drone attacks on USA refineries next? Not to worry Ted the cruiser Cruz is going after the biggest demagogue in 'Merica Truck Carlson. Hey Teddy why don't you go after John Thurn instead. Maybe you and the Kennedy clown should form a comedy team; crack of my ass.

Posted by: kingsman at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (ehY6c)

153 Any Maine folk here? A couple of polls have Platner leading Collins, while Mills and Collins are tied. Any feelings on that one?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (qBBPl)

154 Guys, did you know we only support Israel to speed run the end times and accelerate the return of Da Jesus?

Totes true, yall.

Posted by: Robert at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (dpXJq)

NOBODY fucks with the Jesus!

Posted by: Fuckin' Quintana, that creep can roll at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (TbWk/)

155 148
California, along with Texas, Florida, and a few other states, has long been a hotbed of Medicare fraud. This has been known for decades, it's not some recent invention of the PDT administration. But these people are deliberately ignorant hyperpartisan retards so it doesn't matter to them.

Posted by: Shocked, SHOCKED to find Medicare fraud here! at March 11, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

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Of course.

And politicians of every party have gotten elected saying that they would get rid of the waste/fraud/abuse of the system, insisting that it was no more than 5% of the program.

Well, the program never went down 5%, and we never got any real victories on that front. Yeah, the occasional doctor who overbilled Medicare, but that's not 5% of the...trillions of dollars spent every year on Medicare and Medicaid.

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (GBKbO)

156 Katie Couric Explains the SAVE Act, Says Voter Fraud Is ‘Vanishingly Rare’

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM

If you can't believe someone who wears a size six and one-half shoe, who can you believe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (TFg12)

157 Yes, the DOGE office still exists.

They even have an X account:

https://x.com/DOGE

But, they've moved some key personnel into other departments. Like Big Balls. He works for SSA now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

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Thanks, appreciate the update TJM.

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (o/Kbl)

158 Having had to get hospice care help for my dying mother, this REALLY PISSES ME OFF"

The Club. Welcome to It.

Posted by: man at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (XuXeR)

159 127 The DOGE and Nick Shirly phenomena popping up in Auzzie land.
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I'm starting to think this grand theft by immigrants (who ship a lot of this money back to the 3rd world) is all across the West, and is a scheme initiated by the WEF.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:08 PM (Dv3i1)

160 So, I support Israel because I want to bring the Day of the Lord, and Jesus coming back. Hmmmm, this sounds strangely like some other bullshit goin' round.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:08 PM (pDt9x)

161 On today's episode of Gunsmoke, Festus ties a mule dick in a knot and calls it French cooking.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (Kt19C)

162 Easy way to reduce hospice care fraud.
Introduce MAID.

Posted by: GWB at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (T6PKz)

163 Medicare says 13% to 25% of all medical expenses are in the last.12 months of life. This is a frickin' gold mine for fraudsters

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (qrjRO)

164 Scumalians, or generic Democrats?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (8zz6B)

165 CBS doing actual journalism? WTF?

Must be the the Weiss Effect.

Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (GUOwU)

166 Investigations are looking into Hochul and the rest of the Dems in the Medicare/Medicaid fraud. I'd be willing to bet that more than half of NY spending on those are fraudulent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (qBBPl)

167 I've often called my johnson '12 gauge.'

Posted by: Peter North

Mine's "pea shooter".

Posted by: Wee Willie at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (oftw2)

168 I wonder what the govt follow-up will be to the doc that billed $120 million in one year.
Posted by: Mr. Crickets at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (n5tGW)
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Guy I knew in high school became a big time urologist at Columbia, got busted for $900k Medicate fraud.

Cost him his medical license and fine so he went and got a, wait for it...
..
..
MBA.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:10 PM (RIvkX)

169 The amount of fraud in CA must be staggering.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2026 03:35 PM (rj6Yv)

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False.

The effort to build the high speed rail is the most honest accounting of government expenditures in human history.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

All the most successful rail projects in history could not reach either its origin or destination.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:10 PM (8avO+)

170 Easy way to reduce hospice care fraud.
Introduce MAID.
Posted by: GWB at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM (T6PKz)

MAID fraud is when they don't kill you.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

171 169
All the most successful rail projects in history could not reach either its origin or destination.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:10 PM (8avO+)

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All the others were dishonest and killed previous endangered species without being careful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

172 Katie Couric Explains the SAVE Act, Says Voter Fraud Is ‘Vanishingly Rare’

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I thought her colonoscopy showed no polyps but 4,200 harvested Dem ballots neatly stacked at the splenic flexure.

Posted by: muldoon at March 11, 2026 04:11 PM (qgHp7)

173 On today's episode of Gunsmoke, Festus ties a mule dick in a knot and calls it French cooking.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 11, 2026 04:09 PM

I didn't know that The Long Branch Saloon served French cuisine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 11, 2026 04:11 PM (TFg12)

174 Guys, did you know we only support Israel to speed run the end times and accelerate the return of Da Jesus?

There are for real guys in the GOP who believe this; Lindsay Graham for instance. But they aren't making policy and Trump is not an adherent.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (PYyV9)

175
Coming soon to a theater near you, the knock-'em-dead smash hit, "MAID In California"!

Go out it style, while watching Jennie from the Hood shake her boo-tay!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (xG4kz)

176 I wouldn't be surprised at all if that turned out to be the case here as well.

These frauds are assisted from high up in local government.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (mkw2N)

If the Democrat government bureaucrats granting licenses to these scammers aren't getting a cut of the take, they are stupid, as well as crooked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

177 152 Drone attacks on USA refineries next? Not to worry Ted the cruiser Cruz is going after the biggest demagogue in 'Merica Truck Carlson. Hey Teddy why don't you go after John Thurn instead. Maybe you and the Kennedy clown should form a comedy team; crack of my ass.
Posted by: kingsman at March 11, 2026 04:06 PM (ehY6c)
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Ted Cruz is obviously a very intelligent dude, but having met him a few times I think he's legitimately on the Autism spectrum. He has the social acumen of a fucking potato.

Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (3BwY8)

178 The DOGE and Nick Shirly phenomena popping up in Auzzie land.
____

I'm starting to think this grand theft by immigrants (who ship a lot of this money back to the 3rd world) is all across the West, and is a scheme initiated by the WEF.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:08 PM (Dv3i1)

The theft is by the natives grifting the system. The immigrants are the cutouts.

Otherwise there's no way this wouldn't have been detected in about 3 days and prosecuted.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (8avO+)

179 Having had to get hospice care help for my dying mother, this REALLY PISSES ME OFF
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:03 PM (PYyV9)

𝄆 1) force the individual to do something
2) provide a grant to afford it
3) skim graft from the grant
4) make more laws to compel things 𝄇

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

180 176 I wouldn't be surprised at all if that turned out to be the case here as well.

These frauds are assisted from high up in local government.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 11, 2026 03:38 PM (mkw2N)

If the Democrat government bureaucrats granting licenses to these scammers aren't getting a cut of the take, they are stupid, as well as crooked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B)

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It's a whole ecosystem.

NGOs exist to bring in the illegals, teach them how to defraud the system, and get a cut. Those working in the government take a cut to let things go. Illegals are the grease to the machinery.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

181 What did musk say? he could find a trillion dollars in fraud?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 11, 2026 04:14 PM (wh5AX)

182 Guys, did you know we only support Israel to speed run the end times and accelerate the return of Da Jesus?

There are for real guys in the GOP who believe this; Lindsay Graham for instance. But they aren't making policy and Trump is not an adherent.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:12 PM (PYyV9)

Lindsey Graham is as Christian as Pontius Pilate.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)

183 Anyone else here support Israel because, you know, they're ALLIES????

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:14 PM (pDt9x)

184 Highlight from the Auzzie vid:

"No one is investigating the complaints because the Australian economy could collapse if the NDIS became more 'efficient.'"

Quality Learing Center level type fraud.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2026 04:14 PM (diia5)

185
Massive obvious fraud happens in California because the state government wants it to happen. Like in Minnesota, only bigger.

Minnesota had government fraud investigators who reported what was going on, and they were threatened and suppressed. It would not surprise me if nobody in the CA government even bothered to report it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 04:15 PM (nqb3H)

186
Ted Cruz is obviously a very intelligent dude, but having met him a few times I think he's legitimately on the Autism spectrum. He has the social acumen of a fucking potato.

"My brother from a different mother!"

-- "Tater" Stelter

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 04:15 PM (xG4kz)

187 The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in LA County, trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state.

Not quite the "every hospice operating in Los Angeles County" claim that Bari Weis wants you to believe.
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These people are quite literally insane. It passes as a "win" in their world that "only" 38.8 percent of the hospices "trigger multiple red flags for fraud...".

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2026 04:15 PM (TN0g+)

188 183 Anyone else here support Israel because, you know, they're ALLIES????

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:14 PM (pDt9x)

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We have mutual interests in the region. They are capable on their own. They're good to have on our side.

Geopolitics.

Or...Israel owns every major government figure (including Obama and Biden, I guess) and control everything with dastardly Joo magic.

Oh, did you know that Occam's Razor is a colonialist plot to force whiteness on brown bodies?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

189 >>The amount of fraud in CA must be staggering.

All during the lockdown Adam Housley was tweeting about the corruption in loans just in California. Medicare is just a part of the overall corruption.

And it's been going on everywhere.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 11, 2026 04:16 PM (viF8m)

190 I personally know 2 people that have died of als. 1 in 100,000? "Lou Gerighs" disease?

Posted by: pahound at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (B6RK+)

191 Re previous thread:

Suddenly, the value of my cardboard membership seems diminished, or...wait a minute...perhaps increased.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (XeU6L)

192
Ace, submitted for your consideration; an argument that Starmer just broke Lloyd's of London and 9% of the British economy:

youtube.com/watch?v=5NedzcS7R3o

Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

193 187 The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in LA County, trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state.

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In ONE county

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (wh5AX)

194
It's a whole ecosystem.

NGOs exist to bring in the illegals, teach them how to defraud the system, and get a cut. Those working in the government take a cut to let things go. Illegals are the grease to the machinery.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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And the whole time, the ones on top are counting their cash while glancing over at you and me and saying, "There's plenty more where that came from."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (zk5UJ)

195 This is right-wing BS from CBS, the newly minted MAGA propaganda outlet

Yeah, sure, whatever.

Posted by: dantesed at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (Oy/m2)

196 What happened to make fraud explode is very, very simple.

Democrats wanted to shove illegals into these programs en masse, while lying about them being in the programs.

So they systematically removed any verification that would detect illegals in the programs.

But those verifications ALSO were the same ones that prevented fraud.

So of course fraud has exploded.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (lCHt6)

197 My mom was on hospice for almost a year before she passed. My late husband..two weeks and I honestly don't know what I would have done without them.

Posted by: Tuna at March 11, 2026 03:55 PM

Our neighbor in CT went into hospice and came home six months after they put him in. He lived for three more years after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

198 Canadian hospice care:

A hot cup of Tim Horton's Hemlock Coffee.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (TezPK)

199
The other reason is that Sunk Cost thing, as a permanent supply of money for the CA Democrat Party, because there's no way in hell that it'll ever be completed. When they start trying to buy land for the tracks in the Bay Area, Frisco Donks will get their lawyers on the case to permanently block any construction.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2026 04:02 PM (y9nCu)

Geography tells you it will never be done. If there was a wonderful place for a rail line, it would have had track laid on it in about 1930.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (8avO+)

200 Ted Cruz is obviously a very intelligent dude, but having met him a few times I think he's legitimately on the Autism spectrum. He has the social acumen of a fucking potato.
Posted by: ballistic

Having studied TX GOP voting records, I believe many of them are on the Austin-spectrum.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)

201 192
Ace, submitted for your consideration; an argument that Starmer just broke Lloyd's of London and 9% of the British economy:

youtube.com/watch?v=5NedzcS7R3o

Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

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We can only hope.

Lloyd's was one of the last things making England important.

The country needs to become a backwater that doesn't know how to speak English (just ask Professor Higgins) and drinks dirt water for fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:19 PM (GBKbO)

202
Speaking of cardboard, I had to laugh at how cheap and cheesy appearing was the cardboard on which they jammed the photograph of the 12-1/2 Iman's head.

Way to up the "WOW" factor, Council of Experts!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 04:19 PM (xG4kz)

203 Why is it that the Feds expect congratulations for finally stopping an egregious, obvious fraud with no regret at all for all the taxpayer money wasted on the scheme?

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2026 04:19 PM (GPa4z)

204 We have mutual interests in the region. They are capable on their own. They're good to have on our side.

Exactly. I don't believe in allies. I like Israel as a fairly free nation in a sea of tyranny, and admire the Jews as being remarkably intelligent and talented on average. But I trust the to do what's best for themselves, not us.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2026 04:20 PM (PYyV9)

205 Proposal : all the worthwhile Brits emigrated.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:20 PM (pDt9x)

206 Oh, did you know that Occam's Razor is a colonialist plot to force whiteness on brown bodies?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

Fucking Occam, what a fucking dick!!!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Use The Word FUCK a Lot! at March 11, 2026 04:20 PM (dmDsy)

207 205 Proposal : all the worthwhile Brits emigrated.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:20 PM (pDt9x)

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Or died in two major wars fought because their elite are inbred morons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

208 The fault for every innocent civilian accidentally killed by American weaponry in Iran lies squarely at the blood-drenched feet of the Islamic Revolution. Every single one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD)

The same islamists that, during the Iran-Iraq war, sent children at gunpoint to clear minefields.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (8zz6B)

209 Dear Lloyd;

Pip, pip. Cheerio, and all that. Fun while it lasted, wasn't it?

Love, PDT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (RIvkX)

210 All the most successful rail projects in history could not reach either its origin or destination.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:10 PM (8avO+)

The saddest part of this whole debacle? There already are existing rail lines from San Fran to Los A.

You can see them if you drive up the Grapevine on I-5... you can see them up the Central Valley... and along the coast. You can see them alongside Highway 580 leading to the Bay Area.

There ALREADY Passenger service on those routes... and it is NEVER FULL.

IMO, this was public fraud from the very start. Billions of tax money spent on a project that was not needed, and would never be completed... and a bunch of already well off people, made a lot of money off it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)

211 Having studied TX GOP voting records, I believe many of them are on the Austin-spectrum.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)
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I lol'd

Well played

Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 04:22 PM (3BwY8)

212 "Speaking of cardboard, I had to laugh at how cheap and cheesy appearing was the cardboard on which they jammed the photograph of the 12-1/2 Iman's head.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot"

He should be renamed the South Park Ayatollah

Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 04:22 PM (GUOwU)

213 Speaking of cardboard, I had to laugh at how cheap and cheesy appearing was the cardboard on which they jammed the photograph of the 12-1/2 Iman's head.

Way to up the "WOW" factor, Council of Experts!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 11, 2026 04:19 PM (xG4kz)
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Foam board is haram, kuffir!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

214 208 The fault for every innocent civilian accidentally killed by American weaponry in Iran lies squarely at the blood-drenched feet of the Islamic Revolution. Every single one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD

Tell that to the media.. They were screaming at Trump when he was boarding today asking him if he was gonna take responsibility of the errant bombing and killing of Iranian girls in a "school"

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 04:23 PM (K3KEI)

215 207 205 Proposal : all the worthwhile Brits emigrated.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:20 PM (pDt9x)

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Or died in two major wars fought because their elite are inbred morons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

Well, they WOULD have emigrated, but being dead and all -

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

216 205 Proposal : all the worthwhile Brits emigrated.
Posted by: tubal

I don't think that's true. I think many still live peaceful, clueless lives in the Shire, oblivious to the growing threat within their nearby major metropolises.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (JCZqz)

217
214 208 The fault for every innocent civilian accidentally killed by American weaponry in Iran lies squarely at the blood-drenched feet of the Islamic Revolution. Every single one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD

Tell that to the media.. They were screaming at Trump when he was boarding today asking him if he was gonna take responsibility of the errant bombing and killing of Iranian girls in a "school"

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 04:23 PM (K3KEI)

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If he doesn't, they're going to call him Hitler.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

218 Ace, submitted for your consideration; an argument that Starmer just broke Lloyd's of London and 9% of the British economy:

youtube.com/watch?v=5NedzcS7R3o
Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

The games the EU and Biden played with the use of the dollar and insurance were pretty egregious worldwide. Problem is the old habitual centers of insurance and trade are only there if they mostly facilitate commerce and don't charge too much.

That bubble has popped with first the third world developing alternate payment systems and now Trump taking over the business of insurance.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)

219 In a fraud based economy everybody wants a piece of the action.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (vFG9F)

220
He should be renamed the South Park Ayatollah
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 04:22 PM (GUOwU)

Ayatollah AlKenny

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)

221 218 The games the EU and Biden played with the use of the dollar and insurance were pretty egregious worldwide. Problem is the old habitual centers of insurance and trade are only there if they mostly facilitate commerce and don't charge too much.

That bubble has popped with first the third world developing alternate payment systems and now Trump taking over the business of insurance.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)

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We're financially irresponsible.

The rest of the world is far worse.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

222 There ALREADY Passenger service on those routes... and it is NEVER FULL.

IMO, this was public fraud from the very start. Billions of tax money spent on a project that was not needed, and would never be completed... and a bunch of already well off people, made a lot of money off it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj)
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It takes over nine hours. I can drive faster.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:25 PM (RIvkX)

223 Tell that to the media.. They were screaming at Trump when he was boarding today asking him if he was gonna take responsibility of the errant bombing and killing of Iranian girls in a "school"

Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 04:23 PM (K3KEI)

They proved the last time this shit came out, it was an Iranian missle who's engine died mid-flight and took out the "all girls school" because you know they have TONS of those in islhamic countries.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

224 Geography tells you it will never be done. If there was a wonderful place for a rail line, it would have had track laid on it in about 1930.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:18 PM (8avO+)

There already are existing rail lines. But you can't run High Speed trains on the same tracks due to the speed differential.

That, and High Speed trains can't go up some of the grades, like across the Grapevine or over Tehachapi pass.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (mP0Kj)

225 When they made that guy Supreme Leader did they have a corrugation?

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (vFG9F)

226 It is easier to get a fraudulent hospice permit than it is to get a building permit after a fire. Government is a word for things we do together. Or something.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (hV6Hr)

227 I watched Downton Abbey, and probably had an impression of the English that might have surprised the producers.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (pDt9x)

228 Or died in two major wars fought because their elite are inbred morons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

Well, they WOULD have emigrated, but being dead and all -
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

Brits suffered less than most countries in both WWI and WWII casualty and destruction wise. France and Russia took the brunt of the fighting in WWI.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (8avO+)

229 Traveling by rail in a country as large as the US is a really stupid idea and we should leave it to the Europeans.

We can keep the "cool" Amtrak routes that take passengers on what are essentially leisure trips for sightseeing. The rest of it can go screw. It's a dumb use of land and rights-of-way.

Especially Acela. The Acela trains should be shunted into the nearest body of water just purely out of principle for the type of people that regularly ride them.

Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (3BwY8)

230 229 Traveling by rail in a country as large as the US is a really stupid idea and we should leave it to the Europeans.

We can keep the "cool" Amtrak routes that take passengers on what are essentially leisure trips for sightseeing. The rest of it can go screw. It's a dumb use of land and rights-of-way.

Especially Acela. The Acela trains should be shunted into the nearest body of water just purely out of principle for the type of people that regularly ride them.

Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (3BwY

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Europeans will take a train from Rome to Paris.

But it takes 11 hours.

They'll jump on a RyanAir flight for an hour instead as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

231 228

and WWII casualty and destruction wise. France and Russia took the brunt of the fighting in WWI.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (8avO+)

Proportionally the Germans came out the winners.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:28 PM (pDt9x)

232 Carousel > MAID

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

233
I skimmed. No arrests? No action on Oz's threats to withhold federal funds? Status quo?

Not a single arrest or any action on the Minnesota frauds either, one assumes, although Quality Learing Center fixed its sign.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2026 04:28 PM (zk5UJ)

234 There already are existing rail lines. But you can't run High Speed trains on the same tracks due to the speed differential.

That, and High Speed trains can't go up some of the grades, like across the Grapevine or over Tehachapi pass.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (mP0Kj)

I live about half an hour drive from the Ocean. The altitude of my house above Sea Level is higher than Ohio. It's a whole different world geologically than most of the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:29 PM (8avO+)

235 Illegals are the grease to the machinery.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

What did Patton say about greasing the tracks?
Oh yeah, to "cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 04:29 PM (MwdeY)

236 Mamdani brings prosperity to NYC!

Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:30 PM (ndZc7)

237 Uh oh trouble in Nazi paradise.

Nick Fuentes was supposed to be on the Jimmy Dore show. Jimmy cancelled. Then young Nick acted like a HS girl who was stood up by her date. And the fight has begun with name calling and the works. Both of them Accusing each other of being Trump apologists.

Hilarious.

Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 04:30 PM (HF36u)

238 Serbia had the highest death rate in WWI

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 04:31 PM (qBBPl)

239 So much pouncing and seizing

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 11, 2026 04:31 PM (wGerL)

240 Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.
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NYC McDonalds Big Mac Meal Deal - $20 !

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1)

241 It is easier to get a fraudulent hospice permit than it is to get a building permit after a fire.

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I've been assured that it's easier to get a fraudulent hospice permit than it is to get Voter ID!

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 04:32 PM (o/Kbl)

242 Europeans will take a train from Rome to Paris.

But it takes 11 hours.

They'll jump on a RyanAir flight for an hour instead as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

I took a fast train once from London to Paris and from Paris to Germany near Cologne (Munchengladbach if you are curious). It was impossible to use rail to close the loop to get back to London, save driving to a privatized NATO airbase, popping on RyanAir to an alternate London airport and taking a train into London.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)

243 Billions of Dollars of "Hospice Care" Fraud in Los Angeles Alone; One Building Sports Eighty-Nine Fake "Hospice Care" Offices...
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The vast majority are white Christians who vote Trump and MAGA... and they are also racist bigots who think they are entitled because they have been here for generations.

This is the type of straw man I'd like to throw in a progtard's face - This is what YOUR people are claiming... do you agree?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 11, 2026 04:33 PM (/lPRQ)

244 Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.
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Why only $30? Make its $1000 then everyone will
Be a millionaire

Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 04:33 PM (HF36u)

245 Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.
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NYC McDonalds Big Mac Meal Deal - $20 !
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1)

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Plus a $10 Transaction Privilege Tax.

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 04:33 PM (uuzKD)

246 Europeans look at Americans like we're loons for being willing to drive a few hours to get somewhere, meanwhile they'll cram themselves into shitty, inconvenient trains for twice as long to get half the distance and end up somewhere that sucks.

Posted by: ballistic at March 11, 2026 04:34 PM (3BwY8)

247 Somalis, despite our cousin diddling, are the most advance teechers in all the world. You should literally be throwing bushels of your fiat currency at our feet.

Posted by: Somali Health Care Giver at March 11, 2026 04:34 PM (IV+J7)

248 245

Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.
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NYC McDonalds Big Mac Meal Deal - $20 !
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1)

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Plus a $10 Transaction Privilege Tax.
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 04:33 PM (uuzKD)

Don't forget the jizya!!!

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)

249 I watched Downton Abbey, and probably had an impression of the English that might have surprised the producers.
Posted by: tubal at M

What was your impression?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (RkOfE)

250 They must also be stealing a lot of Medicare numbers, using them to scam their Hospice care. Still it is hard to believe all that money went to scam operations. Probably others in the system helped them get away with it ... for a FEE.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (vbXSk)

251 Cardboard NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (ZOv7s)

252 I watched Downton Abbey, and probably had an impression of the English that might have surprised the producers.
Posted by: tubal at M
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Remain calm, ring Carson for tea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (XeU6L)

253 @246 ballistic

The trains stopped running on time a long time ago. A friend of mine (Russ-Deutsch) works for "Deutsche Bahn" and told me they have a huge issue where half the work force is getting ready to retire. No replacements in sight.

Posted by: Distant Observer at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (IV+J7)

254 High speed rail exists for a few close by city pairs. For everything else Europeans drive or fly. Just like here. It’s American leftist who have this vision of Europe having high speed rail from Helsinki to Barcelona in 2 hours.

Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (HF36u)

255 They must also be stealing a lot of Medicare numbers, using them to scam their Hospice care. Still it is hard to believe all that money went to scam operations. Probably others in the system helped them get away with it ... for a FEE.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (vbXSk)

You can't do these tricks from the outside. Someone on the inside will notice, and either demand a cut or more likely, the fraud operation started out from the inside of the system.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)

256 I like trains, and I hope Flagler's Jacksonville to Miami line is resurrected with classic cars with mahogany interiors, leather seating, classy ladies, and Belgian sleuths.

But I'd rather poke my eye out than take a train cross country.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (qUkBO)

257 "teechers" it's an excellent portmanteau of "teachers" and "leeches."

Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 04:38 PM (uuzKD)

258 249 I watched Downton Abbey, and probably had an impression of the English that might have surprised the producers.
Posted by: tubal at M

What was your impression?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 11, 2026 04:35 PM (RkOfE)

Somewhere between Dumbasses and a Society of Self Parody.

Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)

259 Cardboard NOOD
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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[flashes cardboard membership card, exits to new thread]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2026 04:38 PM (XeU6L)

260 @246 ballistic

The trains stopped running on time a long time ago. A friend of mine (Russ-Deutsch) works for "Deutsche Bahn" and told me they have a huge issue where half the work force is getting ready to retire. No replacements in sight.
Posted by: Distant Observer at March 11, 2026 04:36 PM (IV+J7)

I've been seeing German Youtubers bitching comically at the terribleness of the German rail system. It starts out as comic, but all of the old West German system is cracking.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (8avO+)

261 Pennsylvania has a high concentration of small home healthcare agencies in local neighborhoods and strip malls due to a rapidly aging population, high demand for personalized, in-home care over institutional nursing homes, and Medicaid-funded programs (like CHC or OBRA waivers) that allow families to be paid for caregiving. These agencies thrive by offering convenient, accessible, and lower-cost alternatives to hospital care.

Pennsylvania has one of the largest elderly populations in the country, with over 468,000 residents receiving home care annually.
Many agencies specialize in managing Medicaid waivers that pay family members to act as caregivers, creating a massive, localized industry. (For fraud)
There is a strong preference for localized, "neighborhood" care. Small, local offices allow agencies to build trust within specific communities. 🙄
Small agencies require minimal, flexible office space, often found in affordable strip malls or storefronts, allowing them to be conveniently located near the clients they serve. (Employees come from where?!)
Home-based care is a massive, $25.6+ billion PA industry, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. (Of course.)

Context

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (NFX2v)

262 >>> 227 I watched Downton Abbey, and probably had an impression of the English that might have surprised the producers.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 04:26 PM (pDt9x)

Kestrel, I'm wondering about Tubal's impression as well.

Julian Fellowes adores his wife, and from what I gather Lady Mary is a self insert of her. So it was never gonna be hard hitting against the upper classes. But I think he did a good job bringing up the tensions between upper and lower classes, and the foibles and strengths of the people living in both.

And the WW1 stuff was really good, all the trench warfare.

Followes always seemed to crap on Edith plot wise, I'm glad she got happiness. Still haven't seen the last movie! On my must watch list.

Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:39 PM (lHl+o)

263
So why is CPAC inviting Steve Bannon to speak? Epstein gossip?

Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (Y8DZL)

264 He's a Christian, you know.

James Talarico Says Displaying Ten Commandments Is “Violence”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 11, 2026 04:40 PM (ndZc7)

265 The train system in Switzerland is astoundingly efficient and good. Especially the parts carved into the mountains. But I can see it being sketch in other countries.

Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (lHl+o)

266 But I'd rather poke my eye out than take a train cross country.
Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at March 11, 2026 04:37 PM (qUkBO)

I once took an Amtrack from St Louis to Cincinnati. It went through Chicago with a days layover.

That's basically an equilateral triangle route, taking to sides instead of one. There's even two decent sized cities (Indiannapolis and Louisville) along the direct line, but no service there.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:42 PM (8avO+)

267 The train system in Switzerland is astoundingly efficient and good. Especially the parts carved into the mountains. But I can see it being sketch in other countries.
Posted by: LizLem at March 11, 2026 04:41 PM (lHl+o)

Switzerland is about the size of a decent urban area in the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2026 04:43 PM (8avO+)

268 Thank you, Ace for covering this Hospice fraud. My dad was 97 when he died. The people who worked for the hospice organization that we used were a godsend. The hospice nurse came in the middle of the night and sat with me while my dad's body was taken away. People who exploit a program like this in order to steal from the taxpayers are depraved.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 11, 2026 04:46 PM (0Htd1)

269 Speaking of a "Council of Experts," this country has a few of those that could also use a well placed JDAM.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 11, 2026 04:49 PM (XMwZJ)

270 Proposed New Law May Push NYC’s Minimum Wage To $30 — Highest in the U.S.
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NYC McDonalds Big Mac Meal Deal - $20 !
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You know what they call it in France?

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2026 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

271 "his father's extraordinary business empire" Extraordinary indeed.

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at March 11, 2026 05:38 PM (OyBGA)

272 "Highlight from the Auzzie vid:"

Well. I was impressed by the AWFL's rack.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at March 11, 2026 05:48 PM (EhiZ2)

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