Fatty? FAFO.Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe. That’s you fatty.
Fatty? FAFO.Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe. That’s you fatty.
He suggested that in the event a SS check didn’t show up one month, an honest person would call, understand the error, and not file suit when they were assured the checks would come the next month. He suggests a dishonest person screams bloody murder anytime they see a cash flow stoppage as an obvious allusion to USAID.
It was an awkward comment in an otherwise really good interview but he never suggested cutting off SS payments.
Gotcha. I knew some of his background story because he's a Bitcoiner. I'll check it out. Bessent was on there recently as well.He was on All-In this week.
Interview was pretty fascinating, I hadn’t known much about him before. For those who have seen the show Billions, the Bobby Axelrod character is supposedly partially based on him.
Just order the SSA to purge them, though purging them shouldn’t be necessary and shouldn’t be done. They should have a record of everyone that ever received SS payments. Purging everyone that shouldn’t be getting payments is something they should be doing. Once again, order the SSA to do it. Provide any assistance required.That’s some pathetic little semantic nonsense. You understand the larger point re: Musk accessing information. There’s nothing wrong with it. Trump could do so for pretty much anyone in his administration, confirmed appointment or not.
Part of what DOGE is doing is purging old SS numbers. Now before you start I understand old SS #’s don’t mean they’re necessarily receiving payments. But to purge old SS numbers I would think it would be helpful to have access to SS numbers. That track with you?
Data integrity is important.
Here is what he said in that article:
“Anybody who’s been in the payment system and the processes, who knows the easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing,” he said. “Because my mother-in-law’s not calling, come on, your mother, 80-year-olds, 90-year-olds, they trust the government.”
He said his MiL would not call. Not that she would call and understand If that is an incorrect quote than I am wrong and freely admit it was a mistake. But I would love to see a transcript your way or an audio. It is certainly possible this was wrong, but I checked that quote in two different stories. Of course they may both have had the same root.
I think you're too personally affected by budget cuts.Don't do it and arrest those that do. Like what more do you want me to say about that?
Cool. So what are you personally willing to give up in order to help alleviate the problem? I am one of the younger people on this forum. Social Security is 1/4 of the budget. Add in Medicare and we are up to a third. People want to be flippant with things that directly impact me cool, I get it. You know what doesn't impact me but is a huge, massive driver of the debt? Social Security and Medicare. Maybe old people can learn how to code or get their asses out to Walmart so we can start to really address the massive amount of spending the government does on them (33% of $6.75T) along with that massive $270 billion that is paid to lazy, unproductive suckers like me who go to work every day. (And if that sounds pretty dickheaded coming from me, I know. Now you know what Republican messaging around all of this sounds like to me.)
They can both go **** themselves. You guys don't see it now but both of those guys are hurting the conservative movement and the Republican Party. There is going to be a large MAGA hangover when this is all said and done.
Just order the SSA to purge them, though purging them shouldn’t be necessary and shouldn’t be done. They should have a record of everyone that ever received SS payments. Purging everyone that shouldn’t be getting payments is something they should be doing. Once again, order the SSA to do it. Provide any assistance required.
Sorry, Marv, but as a voter for Biden, you have one helluva lot of chutzpa bringing up pardons.You don't think a pardon will come with this?
Violence.People are mad about Tesla being boycotted? Worried about 401K? Does anyone want a list of corporations boycotted by conservatives? What in the wise world of sports is the difference?
This was never promised. The last paragraph doesn’t apply to me.Now you’re offering opinion on how and who you want to run things.
Run for office, no one is stopping you.
This is how Trump is running things. It’s legal. It’s what he more or less promised voters.
And all you guys really have is innuendo about abuse, corruption and self-dealing.
Ever hear of Domestic Terrorism? The Biden DOJ was big on that, remember?All for prosecuting these nuts, but shouldn't this be a local or state matter? If someone vandalized a bunch of Ford pickup trucks, that would be a local matter, right? What makes this a federal case? I'm interested in the legal opinions.
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3 alleged Tesla attackers could face up to 20 years for Molotov cocktails
Three individuals are facing "serious charges" for allegedly using Molotov cocktails to set Tesla items on fire, the Justice Department announced.www.usatoday.com
If those throwing homemade bombs are charged with that, I’m all for it.Ever hear of Domestic Terrorism? The Biden DOJ was big on that, remember?
Just think of it as going throught Melania's underwear drawer - you'd be fine with it.And that's a problem.
What does that have to do with it?If those throwing homemade bombs are charged with that, I’m all for it.
So if some dipshit keys a Tesla you’re all about calling it domestic terrorism? Don’t the Feds have more to do than focus on vandalism?What does that have to do with it?
This is a national movement that is obviously terrorism. No bomb needed.
So if some dipshit keys a Tesla you’re all about calling it domestic terrorism? Don’t the Feds have more to do than focus on vandalism?
English, please.Just think of it as going throught Melania's underwear drawer - you'd be find with it.
You're now arguing a lot of different things. I'll try to address them all.When we know the person that violated the rules and emailed that database was sanctioned we will know there are some guardrails
In the past lawyers were all up into process. What happened to that era? You haven't suggested there is a reasonable process simply because there isn't. Building a bridge without doing any math to determine if it can handle cars is a crappy way of building a bridge. Law of large numbers is that it will work, sometimes. Don't go betting on it long term
Musk fired many with no concern as to good employees vs bad. He is cutting agency locations while reducing phone support. His people have made at least two strategic blunders in emailing a secure db and having write access. None of that indicates a well thought out plan. If he does not give a damn that people who need social security, were promised social security, actually get it, why should I give a damn about his feelings? Apartheid Clyde gets the respect on this front he deserves. If he wants to institute tight controls to safeguard things, great, power to him. I see zero evidence there are any controls. A homework quiz for you, can you point me to his safeguards?
Can you track the various editing done by date and time and user?Marv, I wonder if most here don't understand the concept of write access vs. read only. For those who don't, when someone has write access to a data set, it means that not only can they see it -- i.e. read access -- they can also change it or delete it -- i.e. write to the data set. People with write access have the keys to the kingdom. It's something that should only be granted to those with a need for it. That's what is frightening about what is reported the whiz kids have been granted. They really do have the ability to rewrite anything they can access. Read only is bad enough, but granting write access to these people is literally a huge national security issue.
Lol your reading comp is dogshit. What would it matter dummy.English, please.
I understand it quite well. Are you claiming DOGE is writing data or code?Marv, I wonder if most here don't understand the concept of write access vs. read only. For those who don't, when someone has write access to a data set, it means that not only can they see it -- i.e. read access -- they can also change it or delete it -- i.e. write to the data set. People with write access have the keys to the kingdom. It's something that should only be granted to those with a need for it. That's what is frightening about what is reported the whiz kids have been granted. They really do have the ability to rewrite anything they can access. Read only is bad enough, but granting write access to these people is literally a huge national security issue.
There's a difference between keying a single vehicle and doing it to multiple ones.So if some dipshit keys a Tesla you’re all about calling it domestic terrorism? Don’t the Feds have more to do than focus on vandalism?