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[quote=nonniey;1366196]OK this is a weird one. A satellite that had been in orbit for eight years suddenly explodes? All they reported was they detected an anomaly.


[url]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-satellite-intelsat-33e-explodes-space-anamoly/[/url][/quote]

Some sort of structural defect? Nah fuck it, aliens.

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[quote=MTK;1366487]Some sort of structural defect? Nah fuck it, aliens.[/quote]

LOL, meteorite , maybe?

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It's just Boeing doing quality Boeing work

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Russia implicated in terrorist action against the US?

[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turning-planes-into-flying-torches-russia-lashes-out-at-the-west/ar-AA1tMy1w?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b13e9bbd6a174975a22321cb7c51f13f&ei=10[/url]

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Swipe fees destroying small businesses and American consumers. Our swipe fees are 9 times higher than EU, 4x China and twice Canada. Average house pays $1,100 in swipe fees a year.

[url]https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/senate-considers-bill-providing-alternatives-to-visa-and-mastercard-112024.html[/url]

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Interesting article from the Atlantic. This one supports my position that wokeness was a major factor in the Dems defeat last month. But one thing I wish it would have addressed as an example is the Native American switch, which was by far the biggest shift probably since 1932 of any ethnic group. Makes one wonder what pissed off the NAs about the Dems so much over the last 4 years hmmm (Probably not hard for us in this forum to know but the broader Dem community seems to still be in the dark about it).

[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-to-move-on-from-the-worst-of-identity-politics/ar-AA1vUidp?cvid=b22fc55611b04967c817eedf16fcf268&ei=7[/url]

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Now that Jimmy Carter is dead, Worst Living President title now shifts to Joe Biden

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[quote=Chico23231;1370300]Now that Jimmy Carter is dead, Worst Living President title now shifts to Joe Biden[/quote]

C'mon, he just died and it's NYE. This post wasn't necessary tonight.

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[quote=Chico23231;1370300]Now that Jimmy Carter is dead, Worst Living President title now shifts to Joe Biden[/quote]

Unless Trump improves his conduct this time around he has that title locked up.

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[quote=Chico23231;1370300]Now that Jimmy Carter is dead, Worst Living President title now shifts to Joe Biden[/quote]

No one ever accused you of having any class about yourself.

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To be clear, what the
@DOGE
team and
@USTreasury
have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:

- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.

- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!

- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily.

The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from
@DOGE
. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already!

Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.

When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!!



If you aren’t concerned, outrage or disturbed by the above, then you are being manipulated. We are talking basic…basic risk ops weren’t being followed by the Treasury. If your local financial institution wasn’t doing this the OCC wouldn’t have fined it, but would have shut it down.

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[quote=Chico23231;1372836]To be clear, what the
@DOGE
team and
@USTreasury
have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:

- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.

- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!

- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily.

The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from
@DOGE
. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already!

Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.

When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!!



If you aren’t concerned, outrage or disturbed by the above, then you are being manipulated. We are talking basic…basic risk ops weren’t being followed by the Treasury. If your local financial institution wasn’t doing this the OCC wouldn’t have fined it, but would have shut it down.[/quote]
Question, who tells you when it's daytime?

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Hope there's no defending this moron

[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/12/kanye-west-sued-dropped-by-talent-agency-and-retail-platform-over-antisemitic-remarks"]Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs[/URL]

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[quote=MTK;1372943]Hope there's no defending this moron

[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/12/kanye-west-sued-dropped-by-talent-agency-and-retail-platform-over-antisemitic-remarks"]Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs[/URL][/quote]

I have, probably like many experienced folks with Bi-polar and believe there a range of how bad it can be. I’ve known folks who have suffered and as long as they are on their medication they are well functioning, normal folks.

I’ve also known the other side where a woman refused to take her medicine, developed substance abuse issues. Her not treating it with medication and her family not engaging her more directly to take her medication eventually lead to the death of here teenage son. Because of her decisions. She is crazy because of not treating it.

Kanye suffers from the samething, but it’s his choice and the choice of friends and family who refused to help. It’s terrible

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3,2,1..................chico to the defense!