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  • #16171
    Originally posted by Shaka View Post

    USAID employees are being treated like many people have been treated in the private sector. Whether it's right or wrong or somewhere in the middle it happens. If even half of what I've been hearing about malfeasance by USAID is true then I applaud their tactics. Now do the Department of Education.
    No. The private sector and the public sector are not at all the same. You know that (or your should). For one, there are federal laws at issue here that have almost certainly been violated. I assume you wouldn't be so ho-hum about the same thing in the private sector.
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

    "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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    • #16172
      Originally posted by Shaka View Post

      USAID employees are being treated like many people have been treated in the private sector. Whether it's right or wrong or somewhere in the middle it happens. If even half of what I've been hearing about malfeasance by USAID is true then I applaud their tactics. Now do the Department of Education.

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      • #16173
        Originally posted by falafel View Post

        No. The private sector and the public sector are not at all the same. You know that (or your should). For one, there are federal laws at issue here that have almost certainly been violated. I assume you wouldn't be so ho-hum about the same thing in the private sector.
        I wonder how Shaka and the others would feel about Biden sending Soros to do similar activities with the DoD? We know there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud there. They can’t even pass an audit after multiple tries.

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        • #16174
          Originally posted by chrisrenrut View Post

          I wonder how Shaka and the others would feel about Biden sending Soros to do similar activities with the DoD? We know there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud there. They can’t even pass an audit after multiple tries.
          Biden or Soros? Just let Elon Musk loose in there to clean it up.
          Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

          For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

          Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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          • #16175
            Originally posted by Shaka View Post

            USAID employees are being treated like many people have been treated in the private sector. Whether it's right or wrong or somewhere in the middle it happens. If even half of what I've been hearing about malfeasance by USAID is true then I applaud their tactics. Now do the Department of Education.
            Well, who can keep up with Russian and Chinese bots and MAGA zealots spuing lies on the internet? Why are we waiting? Time to take that chainsaw to DOD.
            Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

            For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

            Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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            • #16176
              Originally posted by falafel View Post

              The point is more that competent people were out there planning a way to give that lunatic more power. That is not the same thing as Trump on the stump saying he will make all women happy and secure whether they want it or not.

              Also, the argument isn't about crazy Trump promises (Mar-A-Gaza made me LOL). He's always said stupid shit. The argument is he does not care at all about lying directly to the American public's face. People used to pay attention to that sort of thing.
              So the big revelation here is that Trump is willing to lie? That’s hilarious.
              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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              • #16177
                Russians/Chinese/MAGA zealots are flooding the zone with this type of outright lie and/or disinformation with Elon Musk amplifying it.

                Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                • #16178
                  Another example. Dumbo Boebert herself had a subscription to Politico while lambasting AID.

                  Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                  For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                  Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                  • #16179
                    Originally posted by Shaka View Post

                    USAID employees are being treated like many people have been treated in the private sector. Whether it's right or wrong or somewhere in the middle it happens. If even half of what I've been hearing about malfeasance by USAID is true then I applaud their tactics. Now do the Department of Education.
                    If you believe even half of what you are hearing about USAID from folks like Musk, you are gullible.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • #16180
                      Not a surprise at all:

                      While his announcement looked formal and thought-out — he read the plan from a sheet of paper — his administration had not done even the most basic planning to examine the feasibility of the idea, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions, who were not authorized to speak publicly.
                      He spouts this off at a formal press conference with Netanyahu without anyone else planning for this. And then all the sanewashing begins from the GOP, Israel drafts up contingency plans for 'resettlement', and then.....nothing will happen. On to the next TV season scandal.

                      "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                      "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                      - SeattleUte

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                      • #16181
                        I think MBN may have referenced this above, but I want to give a shout out for a recent essay by Ezra Klein. It is called "Don't Believe Him" and the premise is that Trump's avalanche of executive orders is meant to overwhelm the opposition (we have discussed this), but he is also framing himself as a powerful leader in full control of the US government, well beyond the normal levels of executive power. And he wants you to accept that and go along with it. But much of what he is doing is unconstitutional and will be overturned or blocked as long as people fight it head on.

                        It is only 14 minutes. Highly recommended. You can get it on any podcast service. Here is a transcript:

                        https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...lumn-read.html

                        Here is the full thing on video:
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • #16182
                          Originally posted by Shaka View Post

                          USAID employees are being treated like many people have been treated in the private sector. Whether it's right or wrong or somewhere in the middle it happens. If even half of what I've been hearing about malfeasance by USAID is true then I applaud their tactics. Now do the Department of Education.
                          Sounds like you dont know what USAID does. If you did , you simply wouldn't agree with this

                          Who legally has the power of the purse ?

                          Interesting you want to make Education worse next

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                          • #16183
                            Originally posted by chrisrenrut View Post

                            I wonder how Shaka and the others would feel about Biden sending Soros to do similar activities with the DoD? We know there is a tremendous amount of waste and fraud there. They can’t even pass an audit after multiple tries.
                            Oooooh, I'm the face of your ire. Sweeeeet!

                            I've never looked at Musk as a conservative. Musk realized the left had gone looney tunes and he started to evolve towards what is now the center.

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                            • #16184
                              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                              If you believe even half of what you are hearing about USAID from folks like Musk, you are gullible.
                              I didn't say I believed it. I'm open to the idea and want to see the justification.

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                              • #16185
                                Originally posted by Maximus View Post

                                Sounds like you dont know what USAID does. If you did , you simply wouldn't agree with this

                                Who legally has the power of the purse ?

                                Interesting you want to make Education worse next
                                Your statement makes zero sense. I know what they do and am happy that the corrupt are being exposed and shown the door.

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