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InkaUtexas

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  1. It comes and goes. a few of the usual suspects. But yeah, that core group keeps it level on the news.
  2. Cannot have a meeting AND discuss rethinking an approach. Nope, that must be absolute and entrusted to someone who is not an expert in infectious disease, production, distribution.
  3. What if there isn't an outbreak and we still don't wake him up? Just act like we forgot or it was someone else's fault.
  4. Do we have a wreath fund for the DT Ukraine thread? We might want to pass the hat if not. If there was only a CR thread to discuss it.
  5. I wish leopards would eat the faces of the next person who discusses gerrymandering on this thread. JFC, we have other threads.
  6. Yep, and this is global. Arabs who like peace in Gaza? Most. Arabs who want it to be a new Dubai? The rich arabs who are tired of Dubai.
  7. hehehe, a lot already moved. And you are correct. But if you fire the existing ones, move the office to red state, then rehire for efficiency, well double bonus points. 7D chess only Elon can understand without the help of AI.
  8. Reports coming out of the latest memo on staffing. Two sections were interesting. The plans should be grounded in the principles of ensuring "better service" for Americans, "increased productivity," a "reduced real property footprint" and a "reduced budget," the memo said. That second part of the plan should include "any proposed relocations of agency bureaus and offices from Washington, D.C. and the National Capital Region to less-costly parts of the country," it said. Few things come to mind. 1- There are going to be some pissed off developers in NCR. 2- Lot of real estate out in suburban NCR is going to take a hit. 3- Contractors are already out there. But the reduced budget is going to hit any overhead. 4- This is, nor ever was, designed to make people come into the office. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-tells-federal-agencies-make-plans-large-scale-lay-rcna193850
  9. May and really ramps up, including pressure, over the holiday travel season. People are pissed off when they cannot take little Jimmy to visit the gator swamp fun land near Ocala.
  10. AI would see that and you would get a promotion
  11. USG went through a complete procurement process for ATC. For any who know that process, it is quite thorough for something that big. I imagine maybe some of the bigs also competed. Lockheed, Boeing, AWS, etc. It was not a DEI contract. Now consider what was spent on the governments side for that process. Probably more than tree fiddy. Contract was awarded in 2023. Assume it had a 180 mobilization, launch. Hire people, set up offices, all that shit. Then the right equipment is ordered. Cables, etc. I bet they had a 12 month window for all that. That is before 1 component is installed. Fast forward. Trump says it is not working (he read a GAO report?) Elon says he can do it. Elon gets the contract. All of that cost from USG saying they were thinkng about a new contract for ATC until the decision to say nah, starlink, was already paid for. Probably 5 years of effort (so the contract started the bid process when who was President?) is gone. Now we start over. Starlink have a out of the box, ready to go system, fully integrated? All parts ordered? Staff on board? Cleared? Yay?
  12. Even if they are immigrants from across the border. Shit, any proof the mennonites are citizens? Started in Germany, went to Russia's plains, to the US, to Mexico, back to the US. That is a lot of anchor babies.
  13. Nah, looks more like the London conference. Guaranteed Greek independence, did not really set borders, and Ottomans got paid. Oh yeah, and Greeks were not at that conference either.
  14. News link to what Ana posted. https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-west-texas-death-rfk-41adc66641e4a56ce2b2677480031ab9
  15. Approximately 300B shift is interesting. what is that of the total budget? My abacus does not go that high and my quipus are in the quipu shop for redying.
  16. babying a plant back to life and it finally blooms.
  17. At least he did not visit aggy. Oh wait, that was for sunday but he got the sniffles.
  18. Nah, he is broke. Just moved into a new house. So that is why probably. Did a buddy come over is the question. Beer? Yes. A nice Paulaner.
  19. hahahah, my bobcat son is happy as shit right now. And probably high. Fuck aggy. Roller coaster coming early this year.
  20. Oh I agree. I never advocate for straight through. Certain groups wanted her research to continue. She wanted to head to Uganda and finish a refugee center her Women in Engineering team designed. Wanted to go for at least a year. But nope. Good thing she knows how to run a greenhouse and grow shit.
  21. Surly before Imma catches us. Surly after.
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