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10 minutes ago, Red Five said:

It's like we're cosplaying these positions in our government. It would be an interesting experiment to see how long a country could last like that, if, you know, our lives didn't depend on it.

I'm just glad the children are gone, though.

Cosplay is exactly right, and Hegseth, Noem, Gabbard, Kash are the starkest examples.  They were a test to the GOP senate that failed. 
 

Trump instinctively understands that American voters consume “government and politics” like reality TV. Trump’s circle of advisors that launched him are full of showbiz, wrestling, entertainment people. Before anything else, it helps to view this admin’s actions through the eyes of a show runner or promoter— establishing characters, storylines, cliffhangers.  
 

Except that’s also where it stops.  There’s no back room where they break kayfabe and do any real work except foe grift and punishing enemies. 

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38 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

The actual quote:

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Brutal.  

 

Read correctly, this is an implied threat. If you complain, we’re coming after you.

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Posted
51 minutes ago, TexasHooch said:

The actual quote:

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Brutal.  

 

Also, while there is probably fraud, meaning fake, trumped-up disabilities (bone spurs) in the Social Security Disability system, I think there is very, very little fraud in the "old age" benefits.

And the fraud in disability is not payment fraud, it's fraud in the procurement, which stopping payment does nothing to discover or prevent, except in the most ham-handed way possible.

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

Call his bluff. Shouldn’t be that hard. And if he follows through, it’s just another example to people of what a small person he is that he should be removed. 

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Posted
9 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Also, while there is probably fraud, meaning fake, trumped-up disabilities (bone spurs) in the Social Security Disability system, I think there is very, very little fraud in the "old age" benefits.

And the fraud in disability is not payment fraud, it's fraud in the procurement, which stopping payment does nothing to discover or prevent, except in the most ham-handed way possible.

 

This is what is going to happen.  They will randomly cut off letters of the alphabet (this month, last names beginning with M, next month, S) to see what happens. Trump will go along with this, because he's been told this is how to get rid of fraud.   The GOP will applaud.  

 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

And if he follows through, it’s just another example to people of what a small person he is that he should be removed. 

This ship sailed a loooooong time ago. They wouldn't remove him when he tried to install himself as an un-elected dictator. 

Honestly, whatever he could do that would actually make them impeach and remove him is too terrible to even imagine. 

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You can explain Doge with just two numbers ...

#1 - $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.

#2 - $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior gets from Social Security.

Elon Musk isn’t looking to cut actual waste, fraud, and abuse from Big Pharma, Big Tech, or his own $8 million a day. He’s looking to cut the $65 a day people receive from Social Security.

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This ship sailed a loooooong time ago. They wouldn't remove him when he tried to install himself as an un-elected dictator. 
Honestly, whatever he could do that would actually make them impeach and remove him is too terrible to even imagine. 

Joke’s on you. Imagine the most terrible thing possible…it still wouldn’t be enough.
He could use nuclear weapons against American cities that defy his orders (and thus he deems them to be “in rebellion”)…and his sycophants would just say “it was maybe heavy handed, but you have to follow the president’s orders or face consequences.”
You know I’m right. The GQP is a terrorist movement with nuclear weapons. In other words…Russia II.
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2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

You can explain Doge with just two numbers ...

#1 - $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.

#2 - $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior gets from Social Security.

Elon Musk isn’t looking to cut actual waste, fraud, and abuse from Big Pharma, Big Tech, or his own $8 million a day. He’s looking to cut the $65 a day people receive from Social Security.

The math:

$8 million to Musk each day ÷ $65 per day to the average senior = 123,077 Social Security recipients

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5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

You can explain Doge with just two numbers ...

#1 - $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.

#2 - $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior gets from Social Security.

Elon Musk isn’t looking to cut actual waste, fraud, and abuse from Big Pharma, Big Tech, or his own $8 million a day. He’s looking to cut the $65 a day people receive from Social Security.

If you asked me to describe Trump and Musk in three words, waste, fraud, and abuse would do it. 

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Posted
14 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


And that dude is 100% right.

Donald Trump just single-handedly destroyed the American defense industry, and he did it in 60 days. An all-hands-on-desk frontal attack by Russia couldn’t have done any better.

Guess I should polish up my resume.....

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14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

You can explain Doge with just two numbers ...

#1 - $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.

#2 - $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior gets from Social Security.

Elon Musk isn’t looking to cut actual waste, fraud, and abuse from Big Pharma, Big Tech, or his own $8 million a day. He’s looking to cut the $65 a day people receive from Social Security.

I think he's looking to privatize the administration of Social Security and any other federal bureaucracy whose administration hasn't been privatized already.

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42 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Also, while there is probably fraud, meaning fake, trumped-up disabilities (bone spurs) in the Social Security Disability system, I think there is very, very little fraud in the "old age" benefits.

And the fraud in disability is not payment fraud, it's fraud in the procurement, which stopping payment does nothing to discover or prevent, except in the most ham-handed way possible.

I see about 50 people with suspicious VACP deposits for every 1 with SSI.  I'm sure some of those VA ones are legit ones that aren't physically viewable, but there are plenty Trump lovers like my uncle that has been on 100% for years for "bad knees" that he somehow got in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He spends his time now golfing, fishing, and driving around complaining to local businesses about how their flags aren't being flown properly. 

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Posted
29 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


And that dude is 100% right.

Donald Trump just single-handedly destroyed the American defense industry, and he did it in 60 days. An all-hands-on-desk frontal attack by Russia couldn’t have done any better.

 

he's absolutely tanking the defense industry. all those LM workers in the dfw area should be very worried 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

he's absolutely tanking the defense industry. all those LM workers in the dfw area should be very worried 

Well Ana should be happy then

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Posted
1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

he's absolutely tanking the defense industry. all those LM workers in the dfw area should be very worried 

They were going to get to make a bunch of shit to replace what we were going to give to the Ukrainians too, but now not so much. So domestic orders-down. Foreign orders- gonezo. 
 

bail them out too, like the farmers?

companies can’t lose money because that’s wrong, but people can lose money.  Well, certain people. Not the ones that can afford to lose some money. 

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5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They were going to get to make a bunch of shit to replace what we were going to give to the Ukrainians too, but now not so much. So domestic orders-down. Foreign orders- gonezo. 
 

bail them out too, like the farmers?

companies can’t lose money because that’s wrong, but people can lose money.  Well, certain people. Not the ones that can afford to lose some money. 

 

the companies will get a bail out, not the workers 

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So, this is fun. Message I just got from our German friends/family:

“Hello Brisket, we received some bad news from my nephew and he would like to ask you for your opinion...
He got the commitment for a scholarship to study in Madison which would have startet in August.
Unfortunately Trump has deleted the money for that and now the university has cancelled the contract. Are they allowed to do that? What is your legal opinion for that?
Nephew asks me, if he may contact you...”

I got to tell them I’m so sorry to hear this…and yes, you’re fucked. Sure, what he’s done is probably illegal, but it will take time for the courts to sort it out…if they can…and if he obeys a court order. Shit, we just had dinner with a friend who is a medium-sized university president. His take was pretty sanguine: higher Ed is turbo-fucked. All of it.

Imagine a way to destroy our standing in the world….and this admin is doing so. But have no fear, it’s ALSO hurting countless people right here at home. My daughter is applying to graduate programs this fall. I had encouraged her to apply to multiple programs in the US. I’m now glad that her target schools are all overseas. Of course, it may be that Americans become persona non grata to our former allies, so not exhaling yet.

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

DoD:  The NYT story about sharing China war plans with Elon was made up fake news.  We are also going to poly everyone to find out who leaked this real and sensitive information. 
 

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Maybe Maury Povich or Montrell Williams can host the results reveal party?

 

Very soon, Elon Musk will be selling Tesla's equipped with Starlink to be given to each illegal or legal immigrant to self deport.  All they have to do is show up 50 miles in from the Mexican border, with a 75 mile charge.

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4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

DoD:  The NYT story about sharing China war plans with Elon was made up fake news.  We are also going to poly everyone to find out who leaked this real and sensitive information. 
 

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i have reached a wall where i can't consume dotard on a daily basis....  so i haven't read this thread for 30, 50 pages, i don't know how far i am behind

apologies in advance if this has been cited....

i found 2 metrics for the % of americans that rely entirely on social security: 27% and 40% of all ss recipients, let's split the difference and call it 33%

the ssa on their site says there were 71.6m recipients in 23

23.6m people would be 10-14 days away from starvation, no meds, no utilities, no home, no apartment

the basic necessities of survival, i.e. the basics of civilization, would be at risk for at least 50% of recipients: 35 million people

pitchforks, torches, guillotines, and every billionare's value plunges by half? 2/3rds?

i just can't see it

he might as well just nuke all of florida

/gibbonfatigue

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Posted
4 hours ago, Red Five said:

This ship sailed a loooooong time ago. They wouldn't remove him when he tried to install himself as an un-elected dictator. 

Honestly, whatever he could do that would actually make them impeach and remove him is too terrible to even imagine. 

He could nuke New York, L.A., or Chicago and they wouldn’t remove him. 

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I mean you guys are pretty bad at the fuck y'all get yours thing. Now is the time to enrich yourself and fuck everyone else. If things get normal you can revert, but if you aren't the one feasting now you are gonna starve. 

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22 minutes ago, immamac said:

I mean you guys are pretty bad at the fuck y'all get yours thing. Now is the time to enrich yourself and fuck everyone else. If things get normal you can revert, but if you aren't the one feasting now you are gonna starve. 

Cool. Let me know how I can cancel my membership Lake Monster.

I will stand by for your DM.

Later Surly. Overlord has spoken.

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1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Cool. Let me know how I can cancel my membership Lake Monster.

I will stand by for your DM.

Later Surly. Overlord has spoken.

I don't think you understood my post. 

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Posted
37 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Ok, , I will be the anti-doom human. Gonna tag a few. If I forgot you, well meh.

We are UT. What starts here and all that shit.

We fight with kindness. We fight with what we were raised with. Open a door for someone at a cafe or bar. Be kind.

I ran an experiment today. I bought flowers and walked through a diverse crowed. I handed out flowers to people who seemed sad, perplexed, alone. I had one dude get pissed, he backed off (I did not see him but his "date" wanted to give me her number). And yeah, I had a big ass friend with me who backs this concept. And he is an Aggie (only time I will spell it that way.) Yeah, a simple act.

We are in this together.

So here is my challenge. Let's not be doom. Let us walk off the ledge @Brisketexan and realize, we win if we smile while silently thinking. Let our neighbor know I am here. Go give someone a flower. Just that.

Lets get ready, but right now, lets be kind and wow them with kindness. MLK, Mandela, Ghandi.

Let us hold hands. Simple shit.

@BurntEyes @bolverk @atomheartbevo @Nivek @Rex Kramer @Schulz2.0

Bring on the negs. Don't care. I like Bolivia.

 

I am Sergeant at Arms for The Ledge and would appreciate a tag. 

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Posted
11 minutes ago, immamac said:

I don't think you understood my post. 

Yeah, read mine. Read your reply. Your site. It has been fun.

Please cancel my subscriptions. Or tell me how. I can give UT my cash other ways.

Thank you Sir.

@RDCanecutter  Forgot to tag you.

 

 

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Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Yeah, read mine. Read your reply. Your site. It has been fun.

Please cancel my subscriptions. Or tell me how. I can give UT my cash other ways.

Thank you Sir.

@RDCanecutter  Forgot to tag you.

 

 

There was a lot of talk about that in the first pages of this thread. I'm not saying that I'm doing that. I think maybe you need to take a few breaths. It was more piling on with you from your post than antagonizing you for your post. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, immamac said:

There was a lot of talk about that in the first pages of this thread. I'm not saying that I'm doing that. I think maybe you need to take a few breaths. It was more piling on with you from your post than antagonizing you for your post. 

Nah, cancel pls. As Marley says. Its just a Natural Mystic.

Posted
3 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

Yours is a valued voice here, Inka.

 

Thank you. It was. I won't fuck with Lake Monster.

Damn good group of people.

You all have fun and Hook Em'

I really did enjoy the company. Good and bad.

 

Posted
1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

Nah, cancel pls. As Marley says. Its just a Natural Mystic.

Dude, I was making fun of the people you tagged for saying they were gonna become the monsters and then subsequently not doing it and you calling them out for whining all the time by doing the right thing. Its why I immediately said I don't think you understood my post and specifically why I didn't quote you as a direct response. It was a comment made in jest right after you lighting people up, for ledge dwelling.

If you still want to cancel because I agree with you then I guess fuck me and this site. I just think you are a bit charged up for some reason and are clearly not understanding what I meant in the post. 



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